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March 15, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Imogen Smith’s XTR equipped Norco Revolver for the 2022 Cape Epic

Imogen Smith Norco Revolver

In March 2020, MarathonMTB.com Team rider Imogen Smith was making the final preparations to race the Cape Epic with Briony Mattocks. Her Norco Revolver was prepped, she was fit, they were there in Cape Town – and of course the race was cancelled hours before the start. Countless teams were left wondering what to do, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, BIke Check, biking, cape epic, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Shimano XTR, south africa, Stage Race, UCI

January 27, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Fulcrum Red Zone Carbon bring new tech to mountain bike wheels

Fulcrum have returned to the mountain bike wheel game, coming in with a focus on low weight and strength. So they look perfect for marathon, cross-country and stage race riders who are looking to add a high-end carbon wheel set to their bike. Of course, matching low weight and strength isn’t always easy, and Fulcrum […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, carbon wheels, fulcrum red zone carbon, fulcrum wheels, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain bike wheels, MTB, Stage Race, XCM

June 2, 2021 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

What’s new on the Santa Cruz Blur and Juliana Wilder?

On June 1st, the Santa Cruz Blur and Juliana Wilder appeared across news sites and social feeds around the world. If you pay attention to global cross-country racing, you probably weren’t that surprised. With French star Maxime Marotte joining a new Santa Cruz World Cup team. You don’t roll into the World Cup sphere if […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, juliana wilder, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, News, Santa Cruz, santa cruz blur, Stage Race, What bike

April 30, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Convict 100 Bike Check: Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver FS 100

After a covid induced hiatus from XCM racing, the races are returning in Australia. The longstanding Convict 100 is underway on May 1. We take a look at team rider Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver prepared for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: carbon wheels, Convict, Convict 100, EIE carbon, Fox suspension, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, Maximum Adventure, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, Shimano XTR, sydney, XCM

June 26, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Norco Revolver Hardtail team builds

With two new Norco Revolver hardtails added to the MarathonMTB.com service course, it is worth asking what role does a hardtail play in the mountain bike world? The humble hardtail is often seen as the bike for beginners, for family riders, and for ‘cross-country’. A hardtail can also be seen as a race-only bike, a […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: EIE carbon, Fox suspension, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, Mike Blewitt, mountain bike, norco revolver hardtail, Shimano, Shimano 12 speed, Shimano Deore XT, Shimano XTR

April 28, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Maxxis Wide Trail Aspen and Rekon Race

Norco Pioneer Bike MarathonMTB Shimano

Maxxis has recently announced two new additions to their range of cross-country tyres. Anyone who has kept a close eye on the World Cup circuit (ok, in 2019) won’t be overly surprised that Maxxis has released Wide Trail (WT) versions of the Aspen and Rekon Race, in 2.4″ widths. The WT standard is optimised for […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, MAxxis Aspen, MTB, nino schurter, rim width, wide trail

October 4, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The bikes that won XCM World Championships

In September, two new Cross Country Marathon (XCM) World Champions were crowned in Graechen, Switzerland. The demanding routes for men and women saw both riders arrive at the finish line solo – the course was truly decisive. But what bikes were the riders racing on to win the XCM World Championships? With Pauline Ferrand-Prevot racing […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, canyon lux, giant anthem, mountain bike, pauline ferrand prevot, SRAM, XCM

September 6, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The new Trek Supercaliber – the Goldilocks bike?

While we took a punt at what was going on with Jolanda Neff’s new Trek XC bike earlier this week, most of what we didn’t know is now revealed through an entertaining but a little weird parody video. It’s really short travel, looks like a hardtail and rides like a full suspensions bike apparently. The […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Jolanda Neff, Trek

September 4, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

CeramicSpeed conquer Driven shifting

About 14 months after CeramicSpeed unveiled their radical drivetrain concept that they said would reduce the large amounts of friction in drivetrains, they have made a rideable version that shifts. And it’s possibly even better than they expected. CeramicSpeed are pretty much the company devoted to marginal gains. Having spent time on their bearings in […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, ceramic bearings, ceramicspeed, Driven, Gear, MarathonMTB, mountain bike

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

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