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Archives for August 2015

August 13, 2015 By Richie Tyler Leave a Comment

Dates set for 2016 Craft BIKE Transalp

Riders enjoying themselves at the 2015 Bike Transalp. Photo: © Markus Greber

The organisers of the Craft BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma have announced that the 2016 event will take place from July 17 to July 23 next year. The announcement comes just weeks after the 2015 event was raced and won by a dominant Team Centurion-Vaude. A true classic in the mountain bike marathon and stage […]

Filed Under: News

August 12, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Top Professionals sign up for the Swiss Epic

Related Event: Perskindol Swiss Epic

The Perskindol Swiss Epic went off with a bang in its first year in 2014, and the Swiss mountain bike stage race will be taking place this year for the second time, from 14 to 19 September 2015. Two-person teams will come from Switzerland and beyond to race their bikes across the Valais in the Swiss Epic format (400 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lakata, MTB, Racing, Swiss Epic

August 12, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

How to climb steep hills

Sometimes the most technically difficult challenge on a trail can be maintaining traction on a steep climb. But with the right approach and technique, you will be amazed at what you can climb up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndgi1O6dWgw

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: climb, climbing, how to, Subaru, Tech

August 11, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Livigno – The Interlude

There isn’t much that hasn’t been written or said about the altitude training haven of Livigno. Sitting high in the Italian Alps, Livigno has become one of the most desired high altitude training locations in Europe. A desire built upon high alpine passes, flowing backcountry and bike park singletrack and, of course, Italian coffee! After […]

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Team Diary Tagged With: Altitude, Livigno, Training

August 10, 2015 By Wil Barrett 4 Comments

Why The Hardtail Isn’t Dead

The Rise Of Full Suspension It’s the age-old question; “Should I get a hardtail or a dually?” Having worked in many bike shops over the years, this is without doubt one of the most common questions I’ve heard from mountain bikers who are in the market for a new XC bike. And it’s likely a […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: bearwitness, focus, Hardtail, procaliber, raven max, soft tail, Trek, World Cup

August 9, 2015 By Cory Wallace Leave a Comment

Transitioning from TransRockies: The SingleTrack 6

TransRockies was arguably North America’s premier stage race for a number of years and went through a major overhaul last year as it transformed into SingleTrack 6. The format is great with 6 days of riding some of the World’s best trails in a different iconic Canadian town everyday and new region each year. In 2014, […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Canada, Racing, Singletrack, Wallace

August 6, 2015 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Merida Ninety Six Team 2016: Ride impressions

With offices in Germany, and an uber-strong mountain bike race team starring riders like Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå and José Hermida, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Merida was as Euro as Nutella and headbands. Not so. Merida was founded in the early 70s by Taiwanese engineer Ike Tseng who, it is rumoured, was so incensed […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: gunn-rita, jose hermida, MarathonMTB, Merida, mountain bike, multivan-merida, ninety six, Race, World Cup, XCO

August 5, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Riding the Norco Threshold Cyclocross bike

If you like riding and racing long distances, there’s a very good chance you’ve got a keen eye for cyclocross too. While a ‘cross race bike is a race tuned machine, other ‘cross bikes can also be great for long road miles on beaten up roads and forest trails. They are a brilliant tool for adventure […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Cyclocross, Norco, Training

August 5, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

ABSA Cape Epic change women’s rules

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic

Much has been said about equality in sport, especially cycling. Mountain biking is quite often more favourable than other disciplines –  but that’s not a hard and fast rule. Beyond prize money, there is also the question about equality in the race itself. If men and women start together, is it really a women’s race […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cape epic, MTB, south africa

August 4, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Vittorio Brumotti goes off in Livigno

Livigno has long been regarded as a training haven by riders from the Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team. The altitude of about 1800m, with road passes to 2350m nearby, and off road passes to over 2700m means not only does it have the altitude, but also the options required for training. Even better, there is plenty of flat […]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Livigno, MTB, Training

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