Riders are required to have a strong mountain biking background with enough fitness to get you through 6 back to back days of riding 20 – 35kms and climbing approx. 1000 – 1800m and being out on course approx. 4 – 8hrs each day.  You are required to have solid technical single track skills.  The trails and courses will be very vast variety throughout the 6 days – some faster, smoother flowier days, some technical steeper rockier days, some open terrain rock slab trail riding and everything in between.  You must be a very high level blue/intermediate rider at minimum but you will struggle on some days at that level – this would better suit a solid black trail rider to get the most enjoyment out of it.

Here is the good news… you WON’T have to camp in a tent!  Yes that’s right, during this 6 day event you will be put up in a variety of styles of accomodation from AirBMB houses to motels, to lodges, with a nice clean, warm, dry bed to come back to at the end of each hard day of riding.  We will provide 6 nights of accomodation – the night before the race starts and then every day of the event including the final night.

Cooked breakfast and full dinners will be provided everyday along with on-course snacks and sandwiches for lunches each day.

We provide Airport shuttles before and after the event from Hobart Airport.  See racers info page for specifics on booking your flights with arrival times etc. to meet with our shuttle pickup times.

We will be using the SiTiming/SpotIdent timing system.  It’s highly accurate with instant results!

No, you don’t.  The choice is up to you. 

A helmet must be worn at all times and knees pads are mandatory.  You will be out there for 4 – 8hrs each day so it’s up to you if you want to take a full face along with you.  Trails are intermediate to advanced.

Hobart Airport Sunday March 15, no flights landing later than 3pm.

You just have to hang out until the allocated pick up time (approx 1:00pm for first bus and 2nd bus at 4:00pm).

Shuttles from Derby take you back to Hobart leaving Derby at 10am arriving at Hobart CBD around 2:00pm – so no flights before 3pm.  You can choose to stay in Derby (you need to book your own accomodation for longer and organise you own shuttle to Launceston or Hobart Airport.  There are several companies that offer this service on a per person basis for not much money.

We will store you bike box’s and bags during the event and will ge them back on the final day.

A variety of AirBNB houses and motels, and lodges.

You bike bag (that will be stored during the event).  Your riding/day pack and 1 x large luggage/duffle bag for your clothes, sleeping bag, etc. Please be mindful of the volunteers that will be helping transport your luggage bags and do not make them over 50lbs/23kgs.

To keep things simple and light, just bring tools that you would essentially need out on the trail.  E.g. allen keys, shock pump, spare tubes, hanger for your bike.  Other major tools like pedal wrenches can be brought to put your bikes together but can be left in your boke bag for the week. Hub tools, cassette tools, bb tools, floor pumps etc. don’t need to be brought as we will have those on hand for you to use.

There is no dedicated support for this event.  However we are always close to a repair place that will be able to fix most things for you at your own expense.

For mechanical support: Maydena has a repair centre that will be on hand to help. Derb also has a bike shop for any extra supplies you might need.

Details can be found above in the “skill level / experience” heading, but if you are concerned on your tech level then just reach out to use via the contact page and we can help you out in deciding if this is the right fit for you.