Xc Mountain Bike Marathon Races

This should hopefully mean the bike will be able to descend and climb with the best.

Xc mountain bike marathon races. Bike 4 months ago. Welsh mtb xc series 2020 round 6 cross country. Gear trek introduces the 2020 supercaliber. Boost spacing will often create more space at both the chain and seat stays for mud clearance boost makes sense with big wheels greatly assisting with wheel stiffness and also helping draw the back end of the bike in for better handling.

Bc bike race 2020. Racing your mountain bike in cross country xc and marathon xcm events may seem quite similar at first but taking a closer look at both disciplines reveals key differences in terms of ideal training and equipment. Bike odyssey 2019 by mtb passion. 20 years on you can.

Midweek mtb madness 2020 rd5 lee quarry cross country. Conceived almost a generation ago it gave riders the opportunity to experience the big mountain wilds with the security of being fully supported 3 or 4 route options from 25km through to 100 km lets riders select a route to suit their stamina. Merida brass monkeys xc enduro series 2018 19 rd 3 winter warmer 27th january 2019. In both the front and rear most xc bicycles have approximately 100 millimetres 10 0 cm.

Cross country bicycles are some of the lightest mountain bikes typically between 7 and 16 kilograms 15 and 35 lb they usually feature suspension forks in front and sometimes have suspension in the rear. One of mountain biking s legendary races the first iceman cometh took place in 1990 hosted a field of 35 riders and had a 5 entry fee. The reach is pretty long for an xc bike with a size large coming in at 460mm. 3 replies 6 964 views last post.

There a plenty of xc action amongst the gravity events and today the epic trail point to point let us loose on the alpine singletrack in the read more. Since then the race has grown and in 2017 more than. Too hard core to be a soft tail. Browse our mountain bike events calendar crammed full with all the latest upcoming mountain bike races events and demo days throughout the uk and ireland.

United kingdom south wales. Hope mtb marathon series. Night rider round 2 haldon forest 2019. This series is widely regarded as being the original single loop off road mountain bike event in the uk.

Ktm myroon prime 29er new in 17 rs1 xtr dt swiss. In this article we focus on the best bike setups for both and how it all comes down to balancing speeds vs. Read the xc marathon blog. 19 march 2019 08 41 by mtb passion.

Follow the latest updates about xc marathon on bike magazine. 3 9 in of suspension travel although some riders prefer 125 to 150 millimetres 12 5 to 15 0 cm. Super boost might be coming in for trail and all mountain bikes but hopefully boost is the xc standard for a while.