Press Release – 12.02.2008

Bottles And Chains and the Dirt Devils Mountain Bike Club are excited to announce that 2008 will see the Australian Singlespeed Nationals mountain bike event coming to Tasmania for the first time ever. To be held over the weekend of April 19-20, the event is a celebration of single-geared bicycles, dirt trails and the people who ride them.
The 2008 Australian Singlespeed Nationals will feature a series of events and races over two days. Saturday April 19 will open the event with a casual BBQ and pub crawl, allowing interstate travellers to sample some of Tasmania’s fine hospitality. The evening will culminate at The Brisbane Hotel for a pre-race party featuring an open-entry bicycle roller race event, local bands, an outdoor 16” BMX race track and a mad basket of antics. The pre-race party will be open to everyone and is sure to be a wild evening of sweat, beer and bicycles.
The Glenorchy Mountain Bike Park will play host to the race itself on Sunday April 19. The park’s professionally built XC trail and 4X track will be the battle ground for the final points that could well decide the overall event winner.
However the 2008 Australian Singlespeed Nationals is a bike race where winning is less important than the people you meet and the good times had. Lycra-clad warriors are sparse in a field of costumed and cross-dressed misfits who love riding simply for the joy of it. Points will be accumulated by riders over the entire weekend and awarded not only for winning events, but also costumes, random antics and interesting equipment choices.
Singlespeed mountain biking is a unique approach to a fun and exciting sport, and there’s no greater celebration of one gear than the 2008 Australian Singlespeed Nationals.
Further details and registration information will be available over the coming months on the Bottles And Chains website – www.bottlesandchains.com
Event details:
2008 Australian Singlespeed Nationals
Date April 19-20, 2008
Location Hobart, Tasmania
Info www.bottlesandchains.com
For further information please contact:
Mischa Pringle
El Presidente - Bottles And Chains
p. 0438 599 147
e. info@bottlesandchains.com