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November 8, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Belgian and Kenyan duo score Rwandan Epic win

The Rwandan Epic is a new face on the global mountain bike stage race circuit. Having first run earlier this year after some delays to get rolling, the second edition just finished on the November dates where the event has now found its home. The Belgian team of Jens Schuermans and Frans Claes, who won […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, biking, Epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, rwandan epic, Stage Race, XCM

October 12, 2018 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Stage set for 24th Crocodile Trophy in Cairns

Related Event: Crocodile Trophy

The iconic Crocodile Trophy has long established itself as one of the most difficult and spectacular MTB stage races on the calendar. Somewhat of a pioneer in this format of MTB racing The Crocodile Trophy has seen many adaptations since it’s first edition in 1995 that ran from Darwin to Cairns. The race now takes […]

Filed Under: Crocodile Trophy Tagged With: Atherton, Cairns, Crocodile Trophy, Epic, Konny Looser, MarathonMTB, MTB stage racing, Stage Race, Stage Racing, urs huber, XCM

March 23, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Centurion Vaude win Queen Stage at 2018 Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
Cape Epic MarathonMTB

Centurion Vaude’s Daniel Geismayr and Nicola Rohrbach have won the 4th stage of the 2018 Cape Epic, yet still find themselves in fourth place on the general classification – five minutes behind Canyon Topeak. Catch up! Prologue | Stage One | Stage Two | Stage Three After a solitary night in Worcester, the race transitioned […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: biking, cape epic, centurion bikes, Epic, jaroslav kulhavy, mountain bike, MTB, Specialized, Stage Race, XCM

March 22, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Specialized teams lead Cape Epic

Related Event: ABSA Cape Epic
MarathonMTB Cape Epic

After the 2018 Cape Epic’s longest stage, Team Songo Investec Specialized’s top men’s and women’s teams will both start Thursday’s crucial Stage 4 of the Absa Cape Epic in the respective category leader’s jerseys. Catch up!: Prologue | Stage One | Stage Two Former five-time winner Christoph Sauser has become a super mentor to the […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: alban lakata, biking, cape epic, Epic, jarolslav kulhavy, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, outside, south africa, Specialized, Stage Race

March 10, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Epic Rides launch Hail the Trail

After a successful inaugural year raising more than $USD26,000 for trails, the second-annual Epic Rides “Hail the Trail” fundraiser has launched on March 1 with a goal of raising $USD40,000 by raffling off four high-performance mountain bikes worth $USD6,000 each. Hail the Trail will benefit the four host communities in the Epic Rides Off-Road Series […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: cannondal, Epic, epic rides, hail the trial, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Pivot, Singletrack, Specialized

February 19, 2018 By Ed McDonald Leave a Comment

Racing a Classic: the Coppermine

Before the days of Trailforks, finding an epic trail was all about distant magazine articles.  One of the most lauded trails was the Dun Mountain loop, a short back-country loop based out of Nelson, New Zealand.  Like many of New Zealand’s back country rides, it follows an historic route through the hills, tracing the old […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Reports Tagged With: coppermine, dun mountain, Epic, gravity nelson, marathon, nelson mtb, Race

January 28, 2018 By Ed McDonald Leave a Comment

Backcountry Beauty: The St James Epic

St James Epic New Zealand

The St James is a loose name for a backcountry area of New Zealand’s south island around the headwaters of the Waiau river, spanning from the alpine divide down towards the Hanmer Plain.  In the 1990s, the New Zealand Government purchased the area from the landholders for a tidy sum of $40,000,000.  Given that this […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: 100km, Epic, hanmer, marathon, MTB, Race, st james

September 14, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

End of the beginning: Imo races the Flight Centre Epic

Related Event: Flight Centre Epic
Epic women's elite podium

Last year when Queensland’s biggest and oldest MTB marathon, the Flight Centre Epic rolled around, I had recently returned from World XCM Championships and had had some time off. It had also been raining. The prospect of pedalling through thick black mud for five hours held little attraction for me, and Mike and I sat that […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Epic, flight centre, Hidden Vale, marathon mountain biking, mountain biking, MTBA, national xcm, pacing, recovery, strategy, XCM

July 11, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Backing up at the Hidden Vale Giant 3plus3

Returning to racing Recovering from injury has taken longer than I’d hoped (you can read more about what happened in my last blog), but I finally got rid of my walking stick about five weeks ago and got the all-clear to start some strength work on my weak left arm and shoulder, so it’s time […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: endurance, Epic, giant 3+3, Hidden Vale, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain biking, Racing, recovery, XCM

July 1, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A closer look at the new Specialized Epic

Specialized Epic S-Works MTB MarathonMTB

We’ve just spotted some early release photos of the updated Specialized Epic FSR – and while we don’t have official details, it looks like one of the most successful cross-country full-suspension platforms has had a bit of a makeover. We heard a new one was coming but it looks like a RedBull athlete (note the […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, CX, Epic, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Specialized, specialized epic, XCM, XCO

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