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April 12, 2017 By Lomas Wefing Leave a Comment

Lomas Wefing: Firsts are not always podiums

Lomas Wefing 2016 MarathonMTB

It’s been a winter like no other. For the first time ever, I have been riding to power zones and heart-rate zones. For the first time ever, I’ve been training full-time and working part-time. For the first time ever, I’ve been riding carbon as well as steel. All this as my first year at U23/Elite […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: focus, Lomas, Lomas Wefing, MarathonMTB, MTB

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

August 10, 2015 By Wil Barrett 4 Comments

Why The Hardtail Isn’t Dead

The Rise Of Full Suspension It’s the age-old question; “Should I get a hardtail or a dually?” Having worked in many bike shops over the years, this is without doubt one of the most common questions I’ve heard from mountain bikers who are in the market for a new XC bike. And it’s likely a […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: bearwitness, focus, Hardtail, procaliber, raven max, soft tail, Trek, World Cup

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