“” The King Took Back His Crown”"

Hi everybody I´m Javier Araya, writting from Chile and i´ll write a few words about the biggest race of the year in Chile.

That big race has been placed in Valparaiso since 2003 and it´s the biggest downhill event in the country in terms of crowd and “glamour”. Riders came from several countries like Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and the last years more riders from US and Europe had visited us.

The course this year was like always, full of stairs, steep sections and jumps… creating a lot of nice spots to see the riders skills and also creating too much stress on the bikes sometimes…. the race was full of flat tires, broken rims and derailleurs.

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From Fluidride Team Rider: Anka Martin

The reason that I am in South Africa is because I am participating in the Absa Cape Epic, a 9 day xc stage race where Megan (my partner) and I will be riding 920km (580 miles) on dirt!Our team is called the Ironhorse Maidens, and we will keep you updated here on what we are getting up to with our preparations for the Epic.

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From Fluidride Team Rider: Anka Martin

As I am writing this, I am struggling to stay awake after having ridden many miles in 40+ (102) degree heat on the one day and sweating buckets in monsoon style rain and humidity the next. We rode some of the finest singletrack in South Africa in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch on Sunday and in Grabouw on Saturday. The South Easter wind has been howling everyday, and it has just gradually been getting hotter and hotter, yesterday being the hottest day I think I have ever ridden my bike in. The weather has been very strange this year, not normal at all, and not cooling down at all. I woke up to pouring rain, which was a pleasant welcome after Saturday’s scorcher.

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Well the weather’s been so nasty lately- I’m talking 8-10 inches of snow in town NASTY- that I really haven’t been able to get any good dirt-under-knobs riding in for a while. Can’t even get any snow-under-knobs saddle time in either. So being the endorphin needing person I am I’ve set up my very own hamster wheel in the upstairs bedroom. Now lets face it-You gotta be pretty hard up to enjoy (enjoy that’s crazy..tolerate) the hamster wheels.10 minutes on it feels like an hour, an hour feels like all day, you know-If you don’t know then good for you. So in (more…)