On May 19th, 8 years after the first 1896CMRR, the fourth edition of the race took place in the small town of Kardmyli, Mani. The most striking difference from all the other years was obviously the new location away from the buzzing convenience of Athens. So why move away from the classic Marathon route? Why […]
9 months after the Ghost Lab CX event at Papagou the 48×17 CX team returned to a fresh new spot at Nea Philadelphia park to design a creative course that would offer wider gravel roads, steeper off camper sections and more technical obstacles. Showdown date was scheduled for December 10 and after a 15 day period of heavy rainfall […]
This year the annual bike camp out of 48×17 was decided wholeheartedly to venture into the unknown and specifically to Andros island. Notoriously famous for its “meltemia” ridiculously strong summer winds that slams the place 24/7, home to Ted Bafaloukos (acclaimed cinematographer including “Rockers” roots reggae movie), Sariza water spring, lush hill sides and rocky […]
The Transcontinental Race for those unaware of is a super hard race crossing Europe. It is totally self-supported – that means that riders have to carry their necessary gear and sleep, eat and take break whenever they need to. It is also a race without a specified route, participants are given few checkpoints scattered around […]
Kythira is probably the place you wanted to travel with your bike and you didnt know. The island itself is a continuation of the Peloponesse countryside in a sense but a world away culturaly. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands, although it is distant from the main group. Administratively, it belongs […]