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Last year, the World Marathon MTB Championships in South Africa started slowly with me hovering around the top-50 before I put in a top-10 time in the 2nd half of the race to finish 20th. This year, my goal for the Worlds was to improve my start and the overall result against a stiffer field. This […]
Words: Harlan Price Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake “It is a real mountain bikers course. A technical, bumpy, chunky course and not manicured at all. It required a ton of focus for the last day. By the end of the week you’re a better rider and this is a good test […]
Anyone who follows me, or MarathonMTB on social media will be aware that my World Marathon Championships didn’t exactly go to plan. Around 30km into the 60km race my rear wheel bearings randomly failed. The second descent was pretty hair raising anyway and with my wobbling wheel I felt really unstable on the bike. I […]
We came for the trails and Squamish did not disappoint. With over 2000 metres of climbing in 50 kms, it also meant plenty of descending. Quite possibly the best descending yet. There was one trail that was just berm, berm, table top, berm, roller, berm, berm. It went on for a good few minutes and […]
Words: Harlan Price Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake “That was the best yet. Fantastic last trail, Expresso, just brilliant. I heard someone say everything is rollable so I just rolled everything. Rode it blind. It’s really what I came here for. If I have the energy I’ll do it again […]
Photos: Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake Whoa! I could not get in to 5th gear today! After 3 good days I think my legs said hold up a little. The pace was on early up a filthy steep tarmac climb, I remained with the front group for the first 15 or so […]
Back in the day, bottom-brackets would screw into frames, and there were only two standards – English or Italian (referring to the thread of the BB). However, screw in (BSA) BB shells are fewer and fewer with all sorts of new standards and types. A bewildering amount. I can count 10 distinct types without thinking […]
Photos: Margus Riga, Dave Silver, Erik Peterson, Todd Weselake Today is what I’ve been searching for. The trails today were why I came to BC. Techy but still a chance to get up some good speed and let it all hang out! For me I had a good day. Still lacking the climbing legs to […]
While the Expo at the Sellaronda Hero was fun, the real interest was catching up with two of the most approachable guys on the marathon scene, Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm of Team Bulls. These guys have won more races together than just about any other racing duo. We had the opportunity to find out what’s […]
A nice addition to the World Marathon Championships was a tech show laid on by the organisers in the centre of town. Quite a few big brands made the effort to represent, bringing with them a decent selection of tech old and new. Obviously, being Italy, the big Italian brands were there in force, notably […]
