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May 23, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Merida launch new Big.Nine and Big.Seven

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On Friday before the World Cup in Albstadt, Merida unveiled the new hardtails they have been developing. While it was no secret that Merida had a new racing bike in the works, given Jose Hermida has been racing on a ‘camouflaged’ version so far this year – we just didn’t know the specifications, save for […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Albstadt, jose hermida, Merida, XCO

June 4, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Merida launch Ninety Six full suspension bike

The last UCI XCO World Cup in Albstadt wasn’t just a showcase of sporting talent and German sporting enthusiasm, but it was also the location for Merida’s launch for their updated short travel cross-country bike. While Merida were pretty quick to get into the big wheeled game with the Big Nine and Big Ninety Nine, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Albstadt, Hermida, Merida, XCO

June 2, 2015 By Sebastian Jayne Leave a Comment

Seb Jayne’s Euro Odyssey: Chapter 1

After five weeks, Chapter 1 of my European racing trip has come to an end. And just like a good book it went exceedingly fast. From Germany to Austria to the Czech Republic and back to Germany, each country and race has thrown up its fair share of challenges. Four back-to-back top level XC races […]

Filed Under: Features, Team Diary Tagged With: Albstadt, Bianchi, World Cup, XCO

May 31, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Albstadt World Cup XCO course preview with Sebastian Jayne

Sebastian Jayne has just kicked off his 2015 European season. After races in Austria, and the first World Cup round in Nove Mesto, Seb will take to the course at 9am European time for the U23 men’s World Cup XCO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmCC9z88_M

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Albstadt, video, World Cup, XCO

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