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October 7, 2020 By Ben Thomas 1 Comment

BeMC Marathon – A yearly pilgrimage

My love affair with the Belgian Ardennes continues, it hasn’t always been a kind relationship, so many times this place has inspired and then demolished dreams. Each May we make our pilgrimage to the area to battle around these beautiful hills, it’s a trip I’ve been making for around six years for marathon races and […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Belgian Mountain Bike Challenge, belgium, BeMC, marathon mountain bike, Mud, National Championships

May 4, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Train with MarathonMTB.com for the Convict 100

Convict 100 MarathonMTB Photo: @mozimage

So far the year 2020 has thrown up challenges around the world. The world of sport has been upended, but in some countries events have been able to reschedule, allowing us mountain bikers to set goals for later in the year. Goal setting is a key part of motivation, and a positive goal to train […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, Justin Morris, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, mountain bike, mountain bike training, NSW, Training, XCM

August 23, 2019 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Swiss Epic 2019 Stage 3

Every race has one, and today was the Swiss Epic’s Queen Stage. The most demanding, most emotional, hardest stage of the race. Today took in 80km and 2,200m of climbing, and while on paper this may look easier than other stages (think stage 1, with 3,000m climbing), the technicality of today’s trails, and the repeated, […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: epic series, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike stage race, Stage Racing, Swiss Epic, Switzerland, XCM

December 18, 2017 By Ed McDonald Leave a Comment

The Joy (and Stupidity) of Singlespeeding

A little while ago, I read an article on the internet that infuriated me greatly.  Surprisingly, it wasn’t just pure clickbait fake news from the Murdoch press inciting against cyclists via facebook memes, but an article on Pinkbike: Riding Rigid is Ridiculous. Putting my keyboard warrior posturing aside, the Pinkbike article makes a very solid […]

Filed Under: Diaries, Features Tagged With: Ed McDonald, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, Singlespeed

November 19, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A season on Shimano XTR Di2

Norco Revolver Shimano XTR Di2 build marathonMTB Imogen Smith

Since 2012, the MarathonMTB.com Team riders have predominantly run Shimano group sets. Usually a mix of XT and XTR parts, mixed for the best combination of price, weight, performance and durability. Favour fell to parts from Shimano due in part to their parts availability when away from home, especially in Europe. Personally, I’ve aimed to […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, norco bicycles, norco revolver, Shimano, XCM, XCO, XTR, XTR Di2

September 26, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

2018 Australian XCM Series revealed

Easter in the Alice LEITA Alice Springs XCM (c) Tim Bardsley-Smith

Mountain Bike Australia (MTBA) have just confirmed the dates and venues for the 2018 National XCM Series. Next year the series is trimmed down to five events, including the National Championship, in a bid to have more riders attend more of the series, according to MTBA CEO Shane Coppin. “We really hope this condensed series […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alice Springs, bayview blast, bendigo golden triangle epic, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, MTB, MTBA, National Series, townsville, XCM

August 18, 2017 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

The Redback time trial – Stage 3

Related Event: The Redback
Redback thumbs up

I woke this morning on day two of The Redback in Alice Springs to what I thought was a truck reversing into my hotel room. Turns out the wind had blown up overnight and was roaring through the courtyard of the Mercure, shaking the ghost gums and kicking up sand. It brought cooler weather, with […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Alice Springs, desert, marathon mountain bike, mountain bike, Redback, Singletrack, Stage Racing, Time trial

April 7, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Convict 100 – the marathon that doesn’t make sense

Related Event: Convict 100 - Sydney's marathon mountain bike race
Convict 100 XCM MarathonMTB mountain bike

At the start of this year, we published a post outlining the ingredients that make for a great marathon MTB race. One of the stand out components is the route – it needs to be challenging and interesting, and you’d also expect there to be singletrack. So how come, the Convict 100 has no singletrack, and […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, Convict, Convict 100, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, MTB, sydney, wiesmans ferry, XCM

February 25, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Nankervis and Mullens on fire in Forrest at Otway Odyssey

Related Event: Otway Odyssey
Otway Odyssey, Forrest, Marathonmtb, bike, mountain bike Nankervis. Photo: Richie Tyler

The Otway Odyssey started in 2007 as an epic event starting opposite the Surf Club in Apollo Bay and climbing up to the Otway Ranges. The course took riders through the trails around Forrest and beyond, before dropping them, with a lot of fatigue, back to Forrest for the race’s finish. Since 2013, the race […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: focus bikes, Forrest, marathon mountain bike, MarathonMTB, otway odyssey, Peta Mullens, XCM

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