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May 21, 2020 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

My favourite event: The Simpson Desert Bike Challenge

Justin Morris Simpson Desert Bike Challenge MarathonMTB Subaru

With the enforced hiatus from racing upon us, many including myself are reminiscing of race days gone by. I am extremely grateful to have had the opportunities and support to make racing across most corners of the world happen. It’s given me a pretty broad appreciation for how the world works and more specifically how […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Central Australia, fat bike, norco bicycles, norco sasquatch, Queensland, simpson desert, Simpson Desert Bike Challenge, Stage Racing, XCM

January 2, 2020 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Can I take my XC bike to Maydena Bike Park?

If you live in Australia you would have heard about the launch of Maydena Bike Park in early 2018. About 90 minutes north west of Hobart, Tasmania, the town of Maydena sits on the doorstep of the wild west of the island state. This is where the vast expanse of protected wilderness starts. This is […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: Bike, MarathonMTB, maydena bike park, mountain bike, norco bicycles, outside, Tasmania

May 6, 2018 By Sebastian Jayne 1 Comment

Houffalize – A Marathon in Preparation

Sebastian Jayne XCM goal

I’d hoped this story would be more triumph than tragedy where I could use my favourite, “I love it when a plan comes together” line as I saw my hard work come to fruition around the rolling hills of Belgium in the Rod d’Ardenne marathon. But nooo, I had to get sick the week before […]

Filed Under: Diaries Tagged With: biking, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, norco bicycles, roc d'ardenne, Sebastian Jayne, XCM

January 4, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Preparing for the Snow Bike Festival

Related Event: Snow Bike Festival
Snow BIke Festival Gstaad Switzerland

The Snow Bike Festival has grown since inception a few short years ago, filling a gap in the UCI mountain bike calendar as a UCI S1 stage race, and also catering for the need for many of us to ride our bikes more often, in more places. Mountain bikes are a tool for travel, adventure, […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: biking, ground effect clothing, MarathonMTB, Mike Blewitt, mountain bike, norco bicycles, norco bigfoot, snow bike, Travel, XCM

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 28, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Bikes of the Crocodile Trophy: Mike Blewitt’s Norco Revolver 29 FS

Related Event: Crocodile Trophy
MarathonMTB Crocodile Trophy Bike Norco Revolver Mike Blewitt

The 23rd Crocodile Trophy finished last Saturday, and as usual it was a test of the support crew, riders and their bikes. The 8 day race takes in a huge variety of terrain with about 13000m of climbing and over 600km of racing. I have done the Crocodile Trophy 3 times before, so have a […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: BIke Check, Crocodile Trophy, Fox suspension, Full Suspension, MarathonMTB, Maxxis, norco bicycles, norco revolver, Shimano, shimano XTR di2

August 17, 2017 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

Mongolia Bike Challenge stages 3 & 4. Into the Wilderness!

Related Event: Mongolia Bike Challenge
Mongolia BIke Challenge MarathonMTB MTB bike Justin Morris

Stages 3 and 4 of Mongolia Bike Challenge 2017 have now been run and won. With plenty of drama taking place over the past 2 days we now have a change in leadership for both the women’s and the men’s category. I last wrote reporting on the ‘queen stage’ of this year’s race, however now […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: biking, Justin Morris, MarathonMTB, Mongolia, Mongolia Bike Challenge, mountain bike, MTB, norco bicycles, stepp

December 21, 2016 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Norco Revolver MarathonMTB team bike builds

Norco Revolver team bike MarathonMTB

In 2016 our team switched from Bianchi Methanol bikes to Norco Revolver models. This wasn’t a decision made quickly or easily, and spawned from a quick bike test on one of the Revolver models before they were released in early August 2015. As an amateur sporting team, our bikes are purchased. Sometimes up-front, other times […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Norco, norco bicycles, revolver, XCM, XCO

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