The weekend was wrapped up with Peaty taking Gold. The course was super rocky and filled with buck jumps with lines continuously changing as practice wore on.
After taking a bit of time off to prepare, Nathan came into World Champs having put in a considerable amount of training looking strong and focussed, which paid off in the end. Having a little off during practice, Rennie ended up with eight stiches in his hand and having to do a bit of iceing a few days before race day, but this didnt stop him from pulling in a top 10 result. The … Read More »

Team Kenda Morewood had a spectacular weekend as Mitch Delfs takes 9th place at the 5th World Cup round of the season, in Maribor, Slovenia. Mitch Delfs was looking fast all weekend on the frighteningly fast track in Slovenia. Filled with an enormous amount of roots and natural doubles, and made slick by torrential rains on Saturday, Delfs smashed thought the rocks of the infamous rock garden, barely keeping to together.

Mitch Delfs, Kenda Morewood Team Rider:
“My run was blistering up top. My Kenda Morewood was hookin’ up all the way until I got a bit tired. I got … Read More »

After some disappointing results and a series of injuries that didn’t allow Nathan Rennie to achieve results that were up to his caliber, Kenda Morewood Team Management together with Nathan Rennie decided that the best solution for the actual situation will be taking a break from racing, going back to Australia to recover from injuries and concentrate on training for World Championships on Nathan Rennie’s home track in Canberra, Australia.

Nathan Rennie, who finished the overall 2008 World Cup on 7th placed had a knee surgery at the end of 2008. The surgery should allow Nathan to ride his bike pain-free. … Read More »

Fort William, Scotland was home to yet another World Cup this past weekend. The world’s best decended upon Aonach Mor to brave the cold and the midges and battle for the win on a legendary downhill track and one of the series long standing venues. The sun stayed out for most of the race weekend, allowing riders to let it all hang out as they smashed their way though huge braking bumps and a new woods section that caught many riders off guard in practice. Deep loam and newly exposed roots turned the largely off camber section … Read More »

Here are a few pics from the weekends suspension testing in Peille France

The first round of the Nissan UCI Mountain Bike World Cup took place in the sleepy hollow of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the home to Morewood Bikes. It was a first of great things to come for Mountain Biking in South Africa and Morewood made themselves well known at the event with one of the best pits on the scene as well as playing host to the afterparty which was held up at CrossWays Pub on the Sunday evening.

The weather couldnt have been any better with constant sun and not a drop of rain which bought on dry and dusty track … Read More »

Nathan Rennie

Patrick Morewood has personally been polishing Nathan Rennies Makulu all day yesterday, and now it is ready to build. Check it out more on Morewood Spy!

Or, read what Andre from Rushsports had to report over here.