The Jetblack Wild Wombat is an endurance mountain bike event in Mogo near Batemans Bay in the Eurobodalla Shire on the NSW South Coast that offers a race format for all different kinds of mountain bikers! Take it as seriously or light-heartedly as you wish and join fellow mountain bikers to immerse yourself in the natural beauty of tall forests, rivers and beaches in this unspoilt coastal wilderness.
Bring your friends and family along!
Great for spectators to see the mountain bike racing action up close – entry to the event centre is free. Discover the beautiful Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Garden and its surrounds – bring the family and stay for the weekend in and around Batemans Bay, the holiday paradise on the South Coast.
Check out the location tab on the event website for more details.
Race format
The race is a relay-style race lasting for 12 hours for solo and teams of up to six riders.
Team riders of the first lap (who start the race for their teams) can after 1 lap hand over to the next team member or keep riding – that’s up to the teams to decide. As soon as you ride 1 lap per solo rider, respectively per team, your time counts and is valid in the final results.
In the mixed male/female teams each team needs to record at least one female AND one male lap to be in the results.
Who wins?
The rider in the solo categories / the team with most laps (and shortest time thereafter) wins. If there are riders/teams in a category with the same number of laps, the fastest total lap time determines the ranking.
Racing options and categories
- 12 Hours – Categories for male, female, mixed
- Solo
- Pairs
- Teams of 3, 4 and Open 6
- Junior Team of 4
- Special sub-categories – check out the Registration section for more category information about
- Masters (40+)
- Super Masters (50+)
- Singlespeed
- E-Bikes
Free Feed Zone
The race will have a dedicated feed zone where we will have electrolytes, gels, fruits and other snacks ready for you.
Reach your goal – Solo challenge
Quite a few in the solo racing field will be aiming to win, however, the Jetblack Wild Wombat will offer all solo racers a ‘wild solo challenge’ in addition to the age categories and general classifications: you can chase YOUR personal goal of how many kilometers you aim to complete in the 12 hours of racing time. Tell us when you sign up online – this will be displayed on a screen at the event centre and our cheer squads can help you reach that goal!
So, if you’re a group of friends you could sign up as solo riders and ride all day and into the night TOGETHER and not worry about lap times or general or even category classifications too much, but help each other chase that kilometer goal. Now there’s an idea for a social kind of race that will still make you push yourself.
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