The 2019 UCI XCM World Championships started on a clear and crisp day in Graechen, Switzerland. Sitting in the canton of Valais, the area is known for wine, the Matterhorn, being the driest canton – and it should certainly be known for mountain biking. With men taking on a 91km race with about 3800m, the […]
VIDEO: The 2019 Appenninica MTB Stage race
New for 2019, the Appenninica MTB Stage race set out to not be the biggest, hardest, most technical… but an immersive race away from Italy’s tourist hotspots. Traversing the Emilia Romagna region, the race would visit spa towns, travel through chestnut forests, past medieval fortifications and more. Get a look at how the race unfolded […]
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 […]
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 […]
Training For the Crocodile Trophy
The Crocodile Trophy has been through many variations over its 25 year history. From an utter gruelling misery march across Australia to a shorter stage race focusing on singletrack racing. The modern Crocodile Trophy offers a complete MTB experience for all styles of riders from the old school hardened racer who wants to hammer out […]
Australian XCM World Championships Team for 2019 announced
Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) have just released the complete team list for the 2019 UCI Cross Country Marathon (XCM) World Championships, which will be taking place in Graechen, in the Valais canton in Switzerland. The team will be made up of five riders in 2019, including two members of the MarathonMTB.com Team. Elite MenJustin MorrisSebastian […]
Wallace and Ravaioli are WEMBO 24hr champions!
The municipality of Costa Rica, in the North of Mato Grosso do Sul State hosted the eighth edition of the 24-Hour Solo Mountain Biking World Championship, the first ever held in Latin America. After 24 hours of excitement and adrenaline, Canada’s Cory Wallace and Italy’s Gaia Ravaioli were crowned world champions in the elite category. […]
Your Crocodile Trophy survival guide
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The Crocodile Trophy is looming! One of the longest running marathon mountain bike stage races in the world, the 2019 Crocodile Trophy gives you a race experience like no other. Where else can you rub shoulders with some of the best mountain bikers in the world, and even ex-Tour de France professionals? The Crocodile Trophy […]
Catching up on BC Bike Race 2019
Ok, we missed the start of the 2019 edition of the BC Bike Race. Why? Well there was bike racing happening at home, and it was cyclocross and there was some bike prep to do, kit to prepare, and extra training to finish off. But, that doesn’t mean riders weren’t ripping in BC. So here’s […]
New trails for FNB Wine2Whales
Eleven years on from the inaugural FNB Wines2Whales many things in mountain biking have changed. One remains constant however, the sport’s iconic stage race’s commitment to continual route refinements. Every year has seen new singletrack added and old trails reworked and perfected. 2019 is no different. Winter in the Western Cape is trail building time. […]