Colin Levitch

1 week ago | flowmountainbike.com | Colin Levitch

Have you ever heard of the QL muscle? I hadn’t until the day before I was to drive from Flow’s SEQ headquarters on the Gold Coast to Glen Innes for goodnessgravel. The Quadratus Lumborum connects the pelvis to the lumbar spine and your floating rib. Its a key player in side bending, extending the spine and breathing — essential things for riding a bike. My QL muscle had decided to seize during the laborious process of dripping lube onto my chain, prepping my bike for the weekend.

1 week ago | flowmountainbike.com | Colin Levitch

The pristine trails of Mogo are about to steal the spotlight as the NSW South Coast rolls out its red dirt carpet to welcome riders from across the globe. Only a two-hour drive from Canberra and a four-hour drive from Sydney, Mogo is ready for the masses. Rocky Trail Entertainment has made a gutsy, game-changing move, securing a 10-year license to bring the globally iconic Sea Otter Festival to Australian shores.

2 weeks ago | flowmountainbike.com | Colin Levitch

Flow Mountain Bike A professional downhiller riding in a gravel event, I’m just as shocked as you! When the opportunity arose to ride the Beechworth Granite Classic, I was all in! I’d only heard great things about the event, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. After a massive block of downhill racing in the Southern Hemisphere, I wanted to just ride my bike while not having to scrutinise lines and sector times. So on Friday morning, I set sail from Canberra to Beechworth — with a stop...

3 weeks ago | flowmountainbike.com | Colin Levitch

Since 2008, the Cape to Cape mountain bike stage race has developed into the biggest and most popular event of its format in Australia. Starting as just 100 riders getting lost on sandy four-wheel-drive tracks, it has evolved into a must-do MTB event on the calendar. Every October, punters and pros come from all around Australia (and the world) to experience what the southwest corner of this country has to offer in the Margaret River region.

1 month ago | flowmountainbike.com | Colin Levitch

Flow Mountain Bike Six. That’s how many goodnessgravel events I’ve done, and yet every single one still gets me excited. There’s something about these events that keeps pulling me in. Maybe it’s the flawless organisation, maybe it’s the challenge of unfamiliar terrain, or maybe it’s just their simple mantra of getting people out of the city and riding in new places. This time, the adventure led me from my home south of Sydney to Orange, NSW, where deep forest trails, big scenery and the...