It is here. The second Pioneer Mountain Bike Stage Race sets off this Sunday with the opening Prologue at the Christchurch Adventure Park, before we are left to ponder longer stages and plenty of climbing over a further six days of riding that will take them around and over the Southern Alps to the finish line […]
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Redback heads to Alice Springs again this August
If there is a rite of passage for an endurance mountain biker in Australia, it must be doing a stage race in Alice Springs. And mountain bikers from across Australia will race along kilometres of hand built singletrack in Alice Springs this August as The Redback, a four-day, six-stage race invites riders to escape the colder temperatures […]
Team Bulls set to give it horns at the Cape Epic
Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Winning the 2016 Absa Cape Epic was the “biggest feeling” ever on mountain bike for Urs Huber, and now he and Team Bulls partner Karl Platt are determined to defend their title. But if the pressure of going for a historic sixth Absa Cape Epic win is getting to Platt he is doing an excellent […]
Gstaad Snow Bike Festival: Victory for Rohrbach and Leumann
Under perfect sunny skies, Switzerland’s spectacular Gstaad was once again home of the start to the third and final stage of the Snow Bike Festival. This stage took the riders from the town’s Promenade through the picturesque Chalet area of Gstaad, deep into the Turbachtal and then down the stunning Lauenental, before turning down the […]
Karl Platt hits the road for Cape Epic preparation
The Bestmed Tour of Good Hope’s international reputation was further enhanced this week after confirmation that five-time Cape Epic champion Karl Platt will be on the start line in early March. The German will lead a strong team in South Africa’s premier road stage race that stretches over five days and 490km in the Cape […]
Star Studded Line-Up for the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge
Related Event: Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge - UCI XCM Series
South Africa’s traditional season opener, the Fairview Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge, takes place on Saturday the 21st of January. Along with a stellar field of local challengers, a number of European mountain biking stars are set to line-up for the 2017 edition. The race’s newly acquired UCI Status and its formidable reputation as the Hell […]
Cycling resolutions for the New Year
It’s a New Year, and any of our indescretions from the past 12 months can now be forgotten, or improved upon. While many consider that the start of a new years is just another day, it’s also a popular belief that it is a perfect time to start afresh, and forge into the coming 365 days […]
Last-minute Christmas gifts for mountain bikers
Christmas is just a few days away, and for the busy gift-buyer with a mountain-biking-significant-other it’s getting a bit late to order a pair of shoes or helmet, or shop around for kit in just the right sizes… Never fear! MarathonMTB.com is at the rescue with a bunch of fabulous biker gifts that you can […]
Norco Revolver MarathonMTB team bike builds
In 2016 our team switched from Bianchi Methanol bikes to Norco Revolver models. This wasn’t a decision made quickly or easily, and spawned from a quick bike test on one of the Revolver models before they were released in early August 2015. As an amateur sporting team, our bikes are purchased. Sometimes up-front, other times […]
Sipping cappuccino in starting block A
Related Event: Craft BIKE Transalp
“I will not rest until I sip cappuccino in starting block A” This was a strong statement, delivered by a friend I made at my first mountain bike stage race, the 2008 Transalp. Thomas Dooley had uttered the sentence with the mix of determination and irony that I would come to learn typified his personality. […]