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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

August 12, 2022 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Bike Check: Justin Morris’ hardtail for the Leadville 100

Before embarking on the worlds most iconic XCM, Justin Morris takes us through his setup for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: Diabetes, Fox suspension, Hardtail, Justin Morris, Leadville 100, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, T1Diabetes, Team Novo Nordisk, Trek, Type1Diabetes, XCM, XTR, xtr m9100

April 30, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

Convict 100 Bike Check: Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver FS 100

After a covid induced hiatus from XCM racing, the races are returning in Australia. The longstanding Convict 100 is underway on May 1. We take a look at team rider Justin Morris’ Norco Revolver prepared for race day.

Filed Under: MarathonMTB.com, Tech Tagged With: carbon wheels, Convict, Convict 100, EIE carbon, Fox suspension, Justin Morris, Maddog, MarathonMTB, Maximum Adventure, Maxxis, PRO, Ride MEchanic, Shimano XTR, sydney, XCM

April 28, 2020 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Maxxis Wide Trail Aspen and Rekon Race

Norco Pioneer Bike MarathonMTB Shimano

Maxxis has recently announced two new additions to their range of cross-country tyres. Anyone who has kept a close eye on the World Cup circuit (ok, in 2019) won’t be overly surprised that Maxxis has released Wide Trail (WT) versions of the Aspen and Rekon Race, in 2.4″ widths. The WT standard is optimised for […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, biking, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, MAxxis Aspen, MTB, nino schurter, rim width, wide trail

January 30, 2020 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

Sam Fox joins the MarathonMTB.com Team

For 2020 the MarathonMTB.com Team will expand to four riders. With up to six riders on the team in previous years, 2019 was a smaller team of three riders with Imogen Smith, Justin Morris and Mike Blewitt. Sam raced in the MarathonMTB.com colours at The Pioneer in 2019, racing with previous team member Sebastian Jayne […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: biking, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, MTB, Ride MEchanic, sam fox, Shimano

December 7, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Five

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. And then it arrived. The final day of The Pioneer. After two shortened stages due to adverse […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: epic series, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, New Zealand, sam fox, Seb jayne, Shimano, Stage Race, the pioneer

December 3, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage Two

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Stage Two of The Pioneer was the queen stage, covering 112KM and 2500m of climbing, it […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, New Zealand, sam fox, Sebastian Jayne, shimano mtb, Stage Race, the pioneer

December 2, 2019 By MarathonMTB Leave a Comment

The Pioneer 2019 – Stage One

For the 2019 edition of The Pioneer, Sam Fox has teamed up with Sebastian Jayne to race as the MarathonMTB.com Team. Sam will be reporting each day. He’s also the youngest rider in the race at just 19 years of age. Today was another early morning, 5:30AM for a 7:30AM start. With a very refreshing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Bike, biking, coronet peak, epic series, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, New Zealand, sam fox, Shimano, Stage Race, the pioneer

August 17, 2019 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A closer look at the MarathonMTB.com Team Norco Revolvers

Since 2016, our team riders have chosen to ride and race on Norco Revolver frames. We moved from Bianchi after 2015 as the Australian importer was no longer importing the high end mountain bikes. Choosing a new frame was both fun and difficult. What to pick? What’s available? What can we afford? What features are […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: marathonmtn, Maxxis, mountain bike, norco revolver, shimano mtb, Shimano XTR, Stage Race, XCM, xtr m9100

December 22, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

One year on Nextie NXT29AS30 carbon wheels

Nextie Bike NXT29AS30 carbon rims MarathonMTB bike

Last November we previewed the build of some Nextie NXT29AS30 rims that would be the new race wheels for MarathonMTB.com Team racer Imogen Smith. Having raced on NoTubes Valor rims for over three seasons, then spent some time on an earlier generation of 30mm Nextie rims, Imogen knew she wanted something wider than the Valors, […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, carbon wheels, dt swiss, Imogen Smith, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, mountain bike, MTB, Nextie, wheel test

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