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 […]
Hello, my name is Gutter Case, I am a banjo player from Zakynthos island. Well, the guys from 48×17 cycles asked me to pen together some words about riding in my homeland, Zakynthos island. So here it goes. I thought about describing my favorite route, but then I realized that I haven’t got one! The reason is […]
Truth be told, the Ghost Lab Cross was our first take on an official sanctioned race. Coming from a full 10 years of organising street racing events it is a great feeling coming full circle and there is no better timing than this. We have talked about the Greek CX scene before, being in its […]
2016/7 was the winter that changed things around for CX in Athens. No more πατέντες bike, racers appeared geared up and determined to train, participate and promote the sport. This season the World of Cross consisted of 4 races spread out through the winter starting from November to January. The courses were hard, technical and […]