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August 2, 2016 By Imogen Smith 1 Comment

The 2017 Scott Scale – why the hardtail still lives

Scott Scale MTB 2017 MarathonMTB

  In 2017 the Scale, Scott’s impressive range of lightweight hardtails, will again be available in both 27.5 and 29” wheel sizes. While the upper-mid end of the range, the 930/730 and the 935/735 carbon models will have plenty of interest for serious marathon and XCO racers, it’s the newer models at the top of […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Hardtail, mounain bike, MTB, Scott, Scott Scale

July 27, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Norco Ithaqua: Full fat, low weight

Norco Ithaqua Project fatbike

Fat bikes aren’t always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of marathon and stage races – but think a little deeper, and events like the Iditarod come up, or even the Snow Epic. So while fatbikes are synonymous with adventure rides, people who can’t go fast so want to get something […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: fatbike, MarathonMTB, Norco

July 12, 2016 By Rachel Fenton 0 Comments

Bike Check: Chris Pedder’s Open 1.1

Open MTb

Chris Pedder is a Brit (for the time being) mountain biker currently living in Luxembourg. When not investigating very small, very cold things in his day job as a theoretical physics researcher, he likes to daydream about mountain bike rides in proper mountains. Whilst Luxembourg doesn’t have many of those, it’s a lot closer to […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike Transalp, MarathonMTB, Open, Shimano, Stage Race, Stans

July 7, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Riding Lapierre’s new XR full-suspension bike

Lapierre XR 729 ei Damian McArthur (19)

Last week, French manufacturer Lapierre released their updated cross-country full-suspension bike – the XR. They’ve billed it as the bike for the racer inside. The Lapierre XR has sat within the Lapierre mountain bike range for a few years, and was one of the first bikes in the line-up to use the e:i automatic suspension management […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, Full Suspension, Lapierre, XCM, XCO

June 29, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Rocky Mountain release the new Element

Related Event: BC Bike Race

Rocky Mountain Bicycles have released a new Element – their flagship XC full-suspension bike, sporting 120mm front travel and 100mm rear. The new frame design is the result of over two decades experience. The new Element has a more efficient suspension design, refined marathon geometry, Ride-9™ adjustability, and room for two bottles inside the front triangle – which […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, Element, Rocky Mountain, XCM, XCO

June 25, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Bike Check: Anna Beck’s Rocky Mountain Element

Anna Beck XCM Worlds Rocky Mountain

Anna Beck is a Brisbane based mountain biker who packs a punch. With a full-schedule of life, she still manages to run a women’s MTB Team (Sol Breads-Cyclinic), coach a number of athletes, and race national level XCO and XCM, plus state level road. This year, Beck made it a goal to represent Australia at […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Anna Beck, Cyclinic, Rocky Mountain, XCM

June 24, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Bike Check: Imogen Smith’s Norco Revolver 29 FS

Imogen Smith Norco Revolver XCM World Championships

We have taken a look at Imogen Smith’s team bike in the past, both in 2014 before the Crocodile Trophy, and then almost a year later before the Swiss Epic. While the Bianchi Methanol 29 FS frame and Stan’s NoTubes Valor wheels remained the same those times – in 2016 the whole Subaru-MarathonMTB.com Team are […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Full Suspension, Imogen Smith, laissac, MarathonMTB, Norco, revolver, XCM

June 20, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

The damage and repair of Imogen Smith’s Norco

MarathonMTB La Clusaz Roc des Alpes Norco MTB

Being able to repair a bike on the road, or on the trail, takes some luck, preparation and hopefully some calm thinking. A couple of weeks ago, I posted about the spare parts and tools that Imogen Smith and I would be taking to Europe for three races across France and Switzerland. The selection was […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: MarathonMTB, Norco, Repair, roc des alpes

June 11, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Scapin release new Oraklo 148

Scapin Oraklo 148 MTB

Scapin have been hard at work on their 29er race hardtail, and Oraklo 148 is ready for delivery. Born for maximum stability and precision steering, and designed for competition and ideal for marathons, the Oraklo 148 takes its name from the rear boost standard and its monocoque frame is made from Toray T800 carbon fibre. Aesthetically, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: MTB, oraklo, Scapin, Tech

June 9, 2016 By Mike Blewitt 0 Comments

Nino Schurter’s new Scott bike

Nino Schurter Scott bikes

If you have been glued to RedBull Tv like many other mountain bikers, you will have noticed that cross country’s most exciting male racer is playing with a couple of new bikes. That’s right, although Nino Schurter helped pioneer the Scott Scale 700 and Spark 700 – it looks like he’s shifting to 29″ wheels […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Full Suspension, nino schurter, Scott

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