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September 3, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Selle Repente Artax GL mountain bike saddle – trail tested

Selle Repente Artax GL saddle MarathonMTB

Earlier this year I reached out to Selle Repente about testing one of their saddles. I wasn’t very aware of the entire range, but had seen a few athletes (Italian riders specifically) using them, and their designs looked intriguing. While I have moved to the flat, wide, short style of saddles over the past few […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain bike saddle, MTB, Selle repente, selle repente artax GL, Stage Race, XCM

September 2, 2023 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Top 5 mountain bike races that no longer exist

What race do you miss the most? Team rider and contributor Justin Morris reflects on some of the races we longer get to pin a number on for.

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: cape epic, Croc Trophy, Crocodile Trophy, Highland Fling, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, pioneer, Stage Race, UCI, XCM

September 1, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bikepacking the Swiss Alpine Bike #1 MTB Route

Last week I set off to ride the Swiss Alpine Bike #1 MTB route, which runs across Switzerland from Scuol to Aigle (or Aigle to Scuol), covering 670km and 24700m of climbing. It is suggested to cover the route in 16 days, but I planned around 8, booked my accommodation on Booking.com and arrived in […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alpine Bike, alpine bike #1, Bike, Bikepacking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, swiss mobility, Switzerland, XCM

August 22, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Alpine Bike #1 route in Switzerland – the preparation

I’m sitting on a train, travelling backwards on the way to Zurich. Every now and then I take a cursory glance at my bike bag near the train’s entry. My final destination today is Scuol, right in the east of Switzerland in the canton of Graubuenden. But this is far from my final destination on […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Alpine Bike, Bikepacking, biking, flashpacking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Switzerland

July 3, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Imogen Smith’s Factor Lando XC

For 2023, our team riders made the move to the recently released Factor Lando XC full-suspension frames. The bikes were released in 2022, one of two mountain bikes that Factor have designed and built. Given their place in the high end road, gravel and triathlon markets, it is no surprise that both the Factor Lando […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, EIE carbon, factor bikes, factor lando, factor lando xc, MarathonMTB, Maxxis tyres, mountain bike, MTB, Shimano XTR, Stage Race, XCM

June 26, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

6 reasons to ride The Redback this August

Mountain bike stage races and Alice Springs go together like red wine and cheese. The city in the centre of Australia has hosted mountain bike stage races for two decades, with riders visiting from the edges of the continent to ride the sweet singletrack in the red centre. In 2023 The Redback runs from 18-21 […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Alice Springs, Bike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, the redback

June 23, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bike check: Mike Blewitt’s Factor LS for the Devil’s Cardigan

Mike Blewitt Factor LS Gravel bike

Here at MarathonMTB.com we’ve realised there is a lot of crossover between the training, racing, and outlook of marathon events and gravel events. And that’s why along with Justin Morris and Imogen Smith, I’m mixing in a few gravel events this year. Having used a Norco Threshold for cyclocross racing, road racing, training and gravel […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: devils cardigan, factor bikes, factor LS, Gravel, gravel bike, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, Mike Blewitt, shimano GRX, Tasmania

June 6, 2023 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Unbound Gravel a marriage of XCM & Road Racing?

Team rider Justin Morris parked the MTB to tackle likely the most famous gravel race in the world, the Unbound in Kansas, USA. Hear about his dissection of the race from an MTBer and Roadie angle.

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: carolin schiff, Dirty Kanza, Gravel, gravel bike, Gravel Grind, gravel racing, Justin Morris, Keegen Swenson, MarathonMTB, Unbound, Unbound Gravel

June 2, 2023 By Imogen Smith Leave a Comment

Goosebumps and Gravel – The Sunday Creek Classic

On Wednesday I picked up my first ever gravel bike, a sweet little Trek Checkpoint SL 5. On Thursday I rode it up and down Mt Coot-tha. It seemed fine. So on Saturday I raced it for the first time, driving it up to the cute town of Kenilworth for The Sunday Creek Classic. The […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Gravel, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, sunday creek classic

May 25, 2023 By Ben Thomas Leave a Comment

BeMC – Beautiful scenery, beer and bike racing

A pilgrimage according to the Cambridge dictionary is a visit to a place is considered special. Since 2010 I’ve visited the Ardennes most years for a bike race! This obsession started when I raced the final ever Houffalize round of the UCI World Cup Cross Country Series, then a few years later in 2014 I […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Belgian Mountainbike Challenge, belgium, BeMC, MarathonMTB, Stage Race, UCI

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