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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

March 1, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Yuki Ikeda to visit Tasmania for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Yuki Ikeda Topeak Ergon

In 2019, the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race launched and it was well-received. The event team mapped out a 3 day point-to-point route leading from Derby, to Weldborough, down the Bay of Fires Trail and to St Helens. It was a veritable tick list of must-ride trails in one of the world’s most popular mountain […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bike, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, yuki ikeda

January 15, 2023 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

A rider’s advice for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

The 2023 Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race lands on the dirt at Derby and surrounds on March 16, bringing 3 days of mountain bike fun to the north east of Tasmania. This will be the third edition of the popular mountain bike stage race, and there are a few changes to the Dragon Trail in […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Blue Derby, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, St helens, Stage Race, Tasmania

December 21, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What’s new at the 2023 Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race in Tasmania?

In late 2019, Australian mountain bikers were delivered a treat; a 3-day mountain bike stage race on some of the best singletrack in Australia., and even the world. Geocentric Outdoors had launched a daring new event, racing point-to-point from Branxholm to St Helens in the north-east Of Tasmania, going through Derby and the Blue Tier […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, blue tier, branxholm, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, St helens, Stage Race, Tasmania, weldborough, XCM

December 7, 2022 By Mike Blewitt 1 Comment

Train with Mind Matters Athlete Coaching for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Dragon Trail Imogen

It’s one thing to enter a mountain bike stage race like the Dragon Trail, but how do you truly prepare? Riding your bike more before an event is a good start, but there’s more to it than that if you want to know you’ll get through the event and have fun – or be competitive. […]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: Bike, biking, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, Mind Matters Athlete Coaching, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, XCM

February 21, 2022 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

What to pack for the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Stepping back from even the slightest inkling of performance anxiety, any mountain bike stage race should be viewed as a multi-day mountain bike holiday. But bike races and holidays alike tend to go better if you take what you need. Point to point mountain bike stage races have some slightly more unique demands, as once […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, XCM

December 6, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

7 reasons to ride the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race

Dragon Trail MTB MarathonMTB

Despite being postponed from 2020 to 2021, the inaugural Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race went off with a bang in March 2021. The concept of three days of mountain biking linking popular trails is nothing new. But there was a lot that made the Dragon Trail event unique, right from the get go. Here at […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bike, biking, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, MTB, Stage Race, Tasmania, XCM

October 17, 2021 By Justin Morris Leave a Comment

King Island: An untapped cycling gem

Team rider Justin Morris recently took to the remote island of King Island with his CX bike to explore what the island had to offer,

Filed Under: Diaries, MarathonMTB.com Tagged With: Cycle tourism, Gravel, Norco Threshold, Tasmania, Travel, Victoria

July 4, 2021 By Justin Morris 1 Comment

The Devils Cardigan gravel race sets the scene in Tasmania with epic course and conditions!

Gravel racing has been taking the US cycling scene by storm for a few years now. With the ascension of a now world renowned races such as Unbound Gravel (formerly Dirty Kanza) gravel racing in parts of the northern hemisphere has become a legitimate professional discipline and arguably trumping in popularity the traditional road racing […]

Filed Under: Reports Tagged With: Blue Derby, Derby, devils cardigan, endurance, Enduro, Gravel, Gravel Grind, groad, Justin Morris, MTB Tasmania, nathan earle, Road, Road Racing, Tasmania, XCM

March 16, 2021 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Who can win the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race?

This Thursday the Dragon Trail MTB Stage Race begins in Branxholm, in north-east Tasmania. The three day mountain bike stage race has been a long time coming. After a lot of excitement for the inaugural edition in 2020, the event was postponed to 2021. And to be honest, some may not have been sure everything […]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Derby, dragon trail, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Tasmania

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