Cait Elliott
Irish Elite Enduro Mountain Bike racer. Cycling and other adventures. Based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbPersonal Sponsors
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Bluegrass Enduro – Dabo, France
Last weekend was the first round of the Bluegrass Enduro Tour in Dabo, a small village in the Alsace region of France. Having done some of this series last year I was keen to go back, the races are great … Continue reading
24 Hour Track Race
Yes you read it right, a 24 hour race in a Velodrome. Until now I’ve avoided any long distance races like the plague, they go against everything I enjoy about racing and I’d much rather go flat out for a … Continue reading
EWS Finale Ligure
What a weekend! Autumn sunshine, dry dusty super technical trails, a rare chance to swim in the sea, awesome food and coffee – Finale Ligure is a close as you can get to paradise so to have the chance to … Continue reading
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BMC Chauxmont Super D
At the weekend I raced the BMC Chauxmont Super D in Neuchatel in the french speaking Swiss Jura. 5 times stages over 16km with 2200m descending connected by 19km/1200m liasons and two uplifts. The weather was pretty wet with on … Continue reading
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Equinoxx Enduro, Jura CH
After a 19 hour day on Friday hiking and eating unhealthy German food on our annual work day out in the Black Forest, I had 4 hours sleep before jumping on the train to Delemont in the Swiss Jura for … Continue reading
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Superenduro Madesimo
Prologue The race began on Saturday evening with a flat out 40 second sprint as fast as your nerves would let you down a short trail, around a steep berm, through a few concrete corners and finishing with a mad … Continue reading
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Tagged Alps, enduro, Italy, madesimo, mountain bike, race, superenduro
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Bluegrass Enduro, Mollau France
At the weekend I headed to France for the International Bluegrass Enduro race in Mollau, Alsace. The event run by top Enduro rider Jerome Clemenz, entirely took over the tiny little village with the locals doing everything from building trails to … Continue reading
Frühlingscup crits – Brütten
Racing in Switzerland in February? you’d have to be mad! The Steiner season kicked of with the Frühlings Cup, a local 3 race crit series with a handicapped start. The first race was 40km in sub zero temperature, surrounded by … Continue reading
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Tagged argon 18, cycling, Frühlings Cup, road racing, Steiner, Switzerland, Zurich
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BMBS – Newnham Park, Plymouth
I love mountain biking. After last weekend I was almost ready to quit cycling and had no interest whatsoever in going the final race of the year at the BMBS in Plymouth. I only made the effort because everything was … Continue reading