24 часов маратон по планинско колоездене ХСМ | КЛАС ХОБИ

The 24 Hours Mountain Bike Marathon is an annual late-summer mountain bike race near Matenitsa village in the Sredna Gora hills of Bulgaria. Riders start around 13:00 on Saturday and finish at the same hour on Sunday, meaning everyone spends part of the race in daylight and part of it riding through the night. The format is simple: complete as many full laps as possible in 24 hours. It is run by Kriva Spitsa and sits firmly in the endurance corner of hobby racing, with solo categories for men, women, and juniors, plus two-rider and four-rider teams. The course is a lap route rather than a point-to-point ride, making the race as much about pacing, food, sleep, and support as raw speed. Families, children, friends, and support crews are welcome, and riders can set up tents or hammocks in shaded camping space near the venue. The event began in the foothills of the Rhodopes, later used the area around Zhdravets hut, and now runs near Matenitsa. The same wider hobby calendar also includes mountain bike, running, and duathlon races in places such as Zlatograd in the Rhodopes and Lozenska Mountain, where riders can choose shorter or longer routes with marked climbing.