Jacks Ridge Summer Series – Round 3

The final round of the Summer Series was another warm day at Jacks Ridge, with plenty of talk beforehand about track conditions. As expected, it was fast and dry. It was always going to be a quick start followed by a steady race, where pacing, hydration and focus mattered.

The field was stacked with some seriously strong riders and the pace at the front was high from the gun. Thankfully our team-mates looked after us in the self-seeding bunch start and edged us forward early. We chased the front three for a lap, then settled into our own rhythm and focused on lap consistency. There were no issues with bike or body. Laps two through seven were all within a 30-second window, with lap one being the fastest and lap eight more of a cool-down. We finished 3rd on 8 laps.

3rd with a B&E burger

Supavest Team-mate Grant Hodgins rode a solid, consistent race to finish 4th, also completing 8 laps, four minutes back. He’s never far off the podium and backed up his good form from earlier rounds with another reliable ride.

Team-mate Russell Rankin put together a very good ride to take 2nd place, finishing on 7 laps. He rode smart and kept the pressure on throughout the race.

A highlight of the day was team-mate Michelle Newstead, who took 1st place in her category. She completed 7 laps, riding consistently and edging out the competition with steady pacing.

Overall it was a solid day for Supavest Racing, with podiums across multiple categories and everyone finishing strongly in tough summer conditions. A good way to wrap up the Summer Series.

Across the three rounds of the Summer Series, Simon Ballard topped the Solo 40-49 Men standings ahead of Tim Lee, with Grant Hodgins in third, we rounded out the top four. In the Solo 50-59 Men’s category Russell Rankin topped his category, and Michelle Newstead took out the Masters Women’s title with the highest points tally.

Results can be found here.

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2025 December Masters Racing - MyWhoosh

 Not a post we expected to do.

This week wrapped up the December Masters racing block on @mywhoosh , and with it another reminder that in this series is never about just one night. Masters racing is steady pressure, repeatability, and doing the work even when motivation is fighting festive food, late nights, and a calendar that insists on being busy.

We ended the December series 3rd overall. No race wins along the way—both 1st and 2nd overall managed that—but enough solid results stacked together to land on the podium anyway. It’s not the flashy way to get there, but it’s a satisfying one. Show up. Ride smart. Don’t implode. Repeat.

Each race was its own little problem to solve: when to push, when not to, how deep is too deep, and how long you can sit right on the edge before paying for it. Masters fields don’t gift anything, and every position is earned the hard way.

Results and numbers are all up on @mywhooshinfo for anyone who likes to dig into the data.

December done. Onward to the next block and challenge.

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Round 2 - Jacks Ridge Summer Series

Jacks Ridge hosted the second round of their Summer Series over the weekend. We missed the first round due to other commitments and we were really looking forward to getting back on the trails. Some mixed of weather conditions in the 48hrs prior to race start had a few riders questioning, but we know Jacks is a superbly well draining trail. Hero dirt conditions met the competitors on race morning. The near perfect morning enhanced the trail and pushed the riders to perform to their best.

A quality group riders were on the start-line and from the start gun everyone set off at at race-pace into the single-track.

The course was the usual manicured trails that Jacks Ridge is known for. Quality smooth flowing trail. It was an absolute blast to fly along the trails and it seemed everyone around us was having plenty of fun too.

Nearing the finish line midway through the event.

In the two or so hours of racing we rode with our Grafton team mates to begin with. They are no slouches and together we'd made a winning team of three this year at the Taree 6hr. A couple of solid efforts and we looked back to find they were no longer holding our wheel. A few more laps and we couldn't seem to bring back any other riders in front of us and it was time to settle in, at near to full effort, and crank out some laps.

Our SupaVest Racing team mates managed to snag a top spot in the Masters Womans and a top 3 in Super Masters Mens, Grant managed to place 5th just behind us in 4th for the day.

Results for Jacks Ridge Rnd 2 can be found here.

Jacks Ridge host their final round of the Summer Series in January, details on their Facebook and EntryBoss Page.

Thanks to our Supavest Racing Sponsors;

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Round 4 - MVMTB Coast 4hr Series 2025

Macleay Valley MTB hosted the final round of their Coastal Series after mix of weather events throughout the year. Super dry conditions met the competitors. The dry and dusty trails were enhanced by the warming day, potentiality pushing riders close to their limit.

Our accommodating hosts MVMTB got us out early on the track. Our small but diverse group of 4hr rider set off at a comfortable pace, being the lead rider meant we cleared the trail of cobwebs.

The course had a combination of previous trails, getting away from the event hub it was all smooth switchbacks. As we crossed towards the more eastern trails it became more rocky, then we entered some new-to-us trail. Probably the highlight of the day, a granny-gear switchback climb. It was nice to get some tech climbing and the smooth fast "Halloween-esk" trails immediatly after were a nice touch too.

As the 2hr riders joined in, and the Super Juniors, it was good to have the extra riders on the trail, chase down a few wheels. We managed to pass most of the 2hr riders, but our Grafton team mates were putting in some solid efforts, only catching them at the BBQ and presentation. 

All of SupaVest Racing got on the top step of our respective podiums, and for the 2025 Series.

Results for MVMTB events can be found here. Thanks to MVMTB.

Jacks Ridge host their super competitive Summer Series starting in November, details on their Facebook and EntryBoss Page.

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2025 PBM Hardrock 6hr

The PBM is a current staple on the endurance MTB  calendar, yet it's one mid coast NSW event we'd not ever raced. Having heard plenty of stories  about manicured trails and the great vibe created by the Tipriders, we've always been keen to check the event out.

When a Supavest team-mate reached out for like minded team-mates to attend the PBM for some fast, fun laps we jumped at the chance. Turns out the attendee numbers tripled in the last few days before the weekend, with over 130 riders keen for some mountain biking during their long weekend. It was great to see riders from as far as Sydney, Grafton and Tamworth pumped to get out on the PBM's Kiwarrak state forest trails.

Sunday morning, race start, with lots of teams present it was quick off the start line. Somehow we'd been voted to do the start lap, which was also our sighting lap. Our team-mates had arrived the day prior and already completed a sighting lap of the race loop. With lots of single track, a mix of riders on trail it wouldn't take long for the leading riders across all categories to make significant gaps to chasing riders.

With live timing, by the Tipriders, our team were keen to see how we went every lap. Turns out we were sitting in second after the first lap, three minutes down with 5.5hrs to go and we would have to get a full rotation of riders to really understand how strong the teams were.

Our team-mates for the PBM 6hr were Supavest riders Russell and Grant, both quality endurance riders in their own right. Most recently both attended the MVMTB 2/4hr Series, where we chased each other around the Kempsey loops.

Back at the PBM we'd now each completed a lap each and it was going to be close, there was less than a minute between the two teams. A rotation later and our team had remained consistent between our first and second laps, creating a two minute gap. But we were up against some PBM locals, with intimate knowledge of their trails.

Over the next couple of laps we switched leads, thirty seconds doesn't sound like a lot, but that's what we were playing with. Then in the back-end of the event, it shifted our way, the locals chasing to pin us back. A bit big well done to Russell and Grant whose lap times between fastest and slowest was never more than a minute, their consistency was really starting to show in the results.

We kept the pressure on, striving for consistency while others were starting to show signs of becoming tired. Then we crossed the line and sent Russell out with just 25 minutes and 30 seconds remaining of race time, could he do a sub 0:25:30?

We held our collective breath. Imagining the dusty first section of trail, the 'wall', the climbs, the green zone and then finally the tight dusty turns on the return...

It was so close, we don't remember a count-down but the race commensaire said he'd have to check the official time. Either way our MTB competitors for the day didn't go out and were clocked five minutes behind on their last lap, meaning we'd triumphed! Taking the top step!

It was great to catch-up with both our Supavest Team mates and Tamworth friends, who all rode really well. 

Race results can be found via the PBM Hardrock website.

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