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March 17, 2020 By Sam Fox 1 Comment

Sam Fox recaps XCO National Championships

Sam Fox MarathonMTB XCO

In Australia, The Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) XCO National Championships is the race that brings out all the big names. 2020 was no exception, with previous winners returning to defend their titles in Elite Men and Women, under 23 Men and Women, and other big names like Cam Ivory (2018 XCO, XCM, XCC champ), Brendan […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, biking, cross country, marathonmtb super light, MAxxis Aspen, Maxxis tyres, mountain bike, Racing, sam fox, shimano mtb, Shimano XTR, XCO

July 4, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Travel south for the Southern Peaks

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Southern MTB Southern Peaks MarathonMTB

A single day marathon requires travel, accommodation, and dedication to making sure everything goes right on the day. But thankfully there’s a new crop of events that are appearing, and growing in strength. 2-4 day mountain bike festivals are gaining favour as a way to use your weekend and maybe another day or two to […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Albany, cross country, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain bike festival, MTB, Southern Peaks, urban downhill, XC, XCO

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

March 11, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Canyon’s new cross-country bike

Mathieu Van Der Poel canyon MTB

HOLD ON! The Canyon Lux has been launched – check it out!! It’s been clear that Canyon have been working on a new cross-country full-suspension bike. With the LUX first spotted ahead of the Cape Epic in 2012, it’s life cycle may have run too long. Those who paid attention during the Tankw Trek might […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, biking, Canyon, cross country, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, stellenbosch, van der poel

January 16, 2018 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

XCO National Series Round 3 and 4 – inferno on the Commonwealth Games Course

I arrived early for Round Three of the Australian XCO National Series at the Commonwealth Games course at Nerang and watched the junior men race. By 8:30am it was already over 32 degrees and very, very humid. The field was completely devastated by the heat, many youths ending up in the first aid tent. I […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, commonwealth games, cross country, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, MTBA, National Series, nerang, Racing, XCO

December 31, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Battle on the Beach returns in 2018

Battle on the Beach MTB race Photo: Anthony Pease

The 5th edition of Battle on the Beach returns on April 14/15th with entries set to open at midnight on January 1st – a perfect way to kickstart your cycling year. From its humble beginnings, the unique event has grown to become one of the biggest cycling events in the UK, attracting over 850 riders […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: battle on the beach, Beach Race, cross country, mountain bike, Wales, welsh cycling, XCO

July 23, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Centurion Vaude and Meerendal CBC win 2017 Transalp!

MarathonMTB Transalp mountain bike race

Daniel Geismayr and Hermann Pernsteiner have successfully kept hold to their BIKE Transalp powered by Sigma title. The Austrian champion and his fellow countryman mastered the 544.80 km and 17,987 metres of climbing featured in this years anniversary edition in a time of 22:43.02,2. The Austrian Centurion Vaude duo therefore became the fourth pair in […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alpine, Bike, biking, cross country, cycling, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Stage Race, Transalp, XCM

May 18, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Lukas Fluckiger’s BMC Fourstroke and Teamelite

BMC Shimano Fox Lukas Fluckiger MarathonMTB. Photo: Phil Gale

  The 2017 World Cup season is about to start, and we caught up with the BMC team in April at a training camp, and looked over the two bikes that Swiss racer Lukas Fluckiger can choose for his races in 2017. BMC have a refined range, with the 100mm travel Fourstroke, and also the […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, BMC, cross country, fourstroke, Hardtail, lukas fluckiger, MarathonMTB, MTB, MTT, softtail, teamelite, teamelite01, World Cup, XCO

March 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt 2 Comments

Bike Check: Peta Mullens’ Focus O1E

On the last weekend of February, Peta Mullens pulled on her new Focus-Attaquer MTB kit and raced on the dirt for the first time in months, aboard her new Focus O1E. Although Mullens has a number of mountain bike national titles to her name, her summer had consisted of road racing until she lined up […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, BIke Check, cross country, focus, Focus o1e, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Peta Mullens, SRAM, sram eagle, XCM

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