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December 3, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Two

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Stage Two of The Pioneer was the queen stage, covering 112KM and 2500m of climbing, it […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, New Zealand, sam fox, Sebastian Jayne, shimano mtb, Stage Race, the pioneer

December 2, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage One

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Today was another early morning, 5:30AM for a 7:30AM start. With a very refreshing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, coronet peak, epic series, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, New Zealand, sam fox, Shimano, Stage Race, the pioneer

September 3, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Jolanda Neff’s all-new Trek XC bike

For anyone following the World Cup cross-country racing this year, you will have seen XCO phenom (and 2016 XCM World Champion) Jolanda Neff racing on a new full-suspension bike. There’s nothing totally crazy about that, but until the racing at the UCI XCO World Championships in Canada on the weekend, the shock and linkage on […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, Jolanda Neff, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Trek, trek supercaliber

October 2, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Ariane Lüthi wins Swiss XCM Title

This new items has been provided by Team Spur On Sunday morning, 30 September, Team Spur’s Ariane Lüthi lined up in Einsiedeln, Switzerland, close to the southern shores of Lake Zurich for the start of the Swiss Marathon Championships. One hundred kilometers – and over 3,700m of climbing – later the Swiss powerhouse came home ahead of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, Lüthi, MarathonMTB

September 1, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Have you met Ben May?

Ben May MarathonMTB XCM World Championships

Words: Andrew Handyside. Photos: Melissa May The XCM World Championships are nearly upon us and, as any responsible national governing body would do, MTBA have named their athletes who will pull on the green and gold to represent us against the finest the world has to offer. As you know, kitting up for the lads […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Ben May, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, World Championships, XCM Champs

August 28, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: C Bear DUB Ceramic Bottom Bracket

C Bear DUB bottom bracket review

This C Bear DUB bottom bracket review has been provided by Adam Cooper from Davy Sprocket. Davy Sprocket specialise in custom bike builds where the finest custom details are all part of the pleasure of the build. If you’ve been following SRAM’s announcements this year you’ll be aware of their DUB bottom bracket system. Designed […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, Bottom Bracket, C-bear, ceramic bearings, davy sprocket, mountain bike, Review, SRAM DUB, tested

March 13, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Sonya Looney tackles the conditions at Andalucia Bike Race

Related Event: Andalucia Bike Race
Sonya Looney Andalucia Bike Race MarathonMTB

It started like a normal day in the Mediterranean at Spain’s premiere stage race.  But the days to follow would be plagued with extreme rain, mud and challenges. Andalucia Bike Race is a UCI S1 6 day stage race in Southern Spain. This would be Sonya’s second time at the race with her first time in 2014. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Andalucia Bike Race, andalucia stage race, Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Sonya Looney

March 7, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

English and LeMaitre win JetBlack 24hr titles!

JetBlack 24hr MarathonMTB

For the first time in it’s 10-year history, the JetBlack 24 Hour with its JetBlack 6+6 Hour offspring took place at Rydal Showgrounds near Lithgow on 3+4 March 2018. In the men’s 24 hour solo competition, it was the race favourite and multiple 24-hour Solo World Champion Jason English from Newcastle who claimed his seventh […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: 24 solo, 24hr, biking, Jason English, JetBlack, mountain bike, Shimano

March 2, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

24hr tips from Ed McDonald

Here at MarathonMTB.com we have a bit of 24 hour pedigree amongst our team. Not only was Ed McDonald 2016 Australian 24hr Solo champion, our XCO/XCM/Stage racer Imogen Smith has raced a 24hr solo, and many team events. And Mike Blewitt has also done plenty of 24hr team events with podium finishes. Did you catch […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: 24 hours, 24 solo, 24hrs, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain biking

February 28, 2018 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

How can SRAM Eagle eTap change mountain biking?

SRAM Eagle etap wireless mountain bike

Numerous images have been spread across the internet in recent days of Nino Schurter, and other riders, testing parts for SRAM. By all appearances, it looks like SRAM’s 12-speed Eagle group set has gone wireless, much like their eTap group sets on the road. Having heard from a SRAM employee in late 2014 that they […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: MarathonMTB, mountain bike, nino schurter, sram eagle, SRAM etap, wireless

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