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August 30, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Fitting Tubolito tubes for test

Tubolito MarathonMTB lightweight tubes

If you’re a bit of a weight weenie, and chances are you are, then you will probably have heard of Tubolito Tubes. The bright orange inner tubes are pretty special as far as inner tubes go for a variety of reasons. They’re light – 85g for a standard 29″ tube. Tubolito claim they are twice […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: marathonmtb super light, Mike Blewitt, mountain bike, MTB, tubolito, XCM

August 29, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Ryan Standish’s Merida Ninety Six

Ryan Standish Merida MarathonMTB Bike Check

This Merida Ninety Six was photographed on location on the Mongolian steppe by Alex Malone from Cyclist. The whole bike shot is noticeably different as it’s clean! This was taken in Park City by Ryan. Ryan Standish is an American bike racer who has grown up on the rocky and spikey trails of Alice Springs, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, Fox suspension, Knight composites, MarathonMTB, Merida, Merida ninety Six, Mongolia BIke, Ryan Standish, Schwalbe Tyres, sram eagle

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

August 8, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

REVIEW: Coxa Carry Coxa R5

Coxa Carry backpack review MTB

There is a world of choice when it comes to choosing a backpack for riding in. And it is easy to get lost amongst the options that are around, especially when you consider all the different things we can carry in a bag, even narrowing it down to what you’d want to carry in a […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: backpack, Coxa Carry, cycling, gear review, hydration, MarathonMTB, mountain bike

July 15, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: OOfos footwer

How exactly can a set of things (jandals, flip flops) or slides help you recover? Typically when we think of recovery, we think of time off our feet, sleeping, adequate nutrition and hydration. But OOfos claim to have created a casual footwear that does help you recover. I was sent a set to test out, as […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: footwear, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Oofos, outside, slides

June 28, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Maxxis release the Rekon Race

Maxxis Rekon Race

Just as we’re getting some trail time on the Maxxis Rekon in a marathon friendly 29×2.25″ size, Maxxis have released the tyre we’ve seen the likes of Nino Schurter on for close to 12 months – the all-new Maxxis Rekon Race. While the Rekon has taller, ramped knobs and strong L-shaped edge knobs, the Rekon […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, MarathonMTB, maxx tyres, Maxxis, maxxis rekon race, nino schurter, rekon race, semi slick, XCO

June 26, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

8 things you should know about the new Canyon Lux

Canyon Lux Alban Lakata

A few months ago we put together a feature on what we could pick up from phots of the new bike Canyon team riders were on. But we still had questions. What was the geometry? What was the travel? The weight? Canyon have just released all that information. There are 6 models of the all-new […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: alban lakata, bikes, Canyon, canyon lux, marathon, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, Shimano XTR, sram eagle

June 25, 2018 By Chris Pedder Leave a Comment

Light Bicycle RM29C06 wheels long term review

Light Bicycle Wheels RM29C06 MarathonMTB mountain bike

Following up from my first look post here , here are my thoughts after nine months with the 1238g Light Bicycle RM29C06 flyweight wheels through an autumn, winter, spring and now into summer at home in Switzerland. In starting to write this review, I first went to look up the origin of a quotation that I felt […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, carbon wheels, chinese carbon, dt swiss, light bicycle, light bicycle RM29C06, lightweight, Review, wheel set, wheel test

May 28, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Jolanda Neff’s Kross Earth

MarathonMTB Jolanda Neff Kross Earth Shimano XTR M9100 Bike check. Photo: Phil Gale

Jolanda Neff is one of the most exciting and dynamic riders in cross-country racing. She is the reigning XCO World Champion and won the XCM World Championships in 2016. Neff has also confirmed she will ride the Whaka 100 in New Zealand this October. Since riding for Kross Neff has been on a Kross Level hardtail, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, biking, cross country, dt swiss, Jolanda Neff, kross bikes, Mitas, mountain bike, Shimano XTR, XCM, XCO, XTR

May 22, 2018 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Bike Check: Nino Schurter’s Scott Scale from Albstadt

Nino Schurter Scott Scale Etap Albstadt MarathonMTB

Did you miss the 2nd round of the World Cup in Albstadt? It was a muddy and intense race, but one where both current XCO World Champions came out on top. Jolanda Neff rode away from all her rivals winning over 2 minutes ahead of Yana Belamoina. In the men’s race Nino Schurter came back […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: dt swiss, Hardtail, Maxxis, mountain bike, nino schurter, Scott bikes, Scott Scale, SRAM

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