SRAM Western Province Downhill 2020 | Hellsend Dirt Compound
Nothing new can really be said about 2020 and the challenges we all faced during the year. The WP DH season was no exception to things being negatively affected, but luckily we got to end things on a very high note indeed. For the first time in years, Hellsend Dirt Compound played host to a […]
SRAM Western Province Downhill & SA Championships 2020 | Jonkershoek
Jonkershoek. Arguably SA’s best trail network. Countless events have treaded these hills, from enduro MTB to trail running to marathon stage races like the Cape Epic. This weekend however was the turn, and return, of the Western Province Downhill series. After a 2 year hiatus, the track was revived and renewed by master trail builder […]
Race Report: Bloemendal WC XCO #1
The home of the Tygerberg Mountain Bike Club hosted the first event of the Western Cape Cross Country series in sweltering conditions. Here’s what went down. Mountain bike racing is back in full flow after the December hiatus and ‘base’ training period. The downhill hooligans have already had their first provincial race and the Tankwa […]
SRAM Western Province Downhill 2020 | Paarl
The 2020 Western Cape Downhill season kicked off with an absolute bang this past weekend, for the first time in a very long time, hitting triple digits in entries. With the event doubling up as a shuttle day on Saturday and race day on Sunday, and the inclusion the Enduro category, plenty new riders joined […]
Enduro Western Cape 2019 | Contermanskloof
We take a look at the 2019 Enduro Western Cape season opener. Following a super successful first year of the Enduro Western Cape series during 2018, the EWC is back with a bang in 2019, selling out entries and topping out at 230 riders. With the weather gods on their side, riders were treated to […]
EWC Round 3 | Jonkershoek
We wrap up the 2018 Enduro Western Cape season with a pearler of a day in Jonkershoek What an end to the season it was. Jonkershoek delivering four amazing stages of racing with the iconic mountain backdrop that could fool you for a second into thinking that you’re somewhere in Europe. The fun and adrenaline […]
The EzelEnduro: Number 4
Number 4. The toughest yet. Unanimously. Running as a standalone event and not part of the Eselfontein festival, this year’s Ezel returned to the eco-hut campsite with a smaller and more limited group of riders taking on the lunar landscape that we’ve come to know over the last few years. The later than usual 9am […]
Klipberg Enduro 2018
During an unsuspecting bachelors weekend away a few months ago, we stumbled upon a location that had a strong resemblance to Ezelfontein, and more specifically EzelEnduro. We were convinced it checked all the boxes for a similar but smaller event, and many beers later, it was the best idea ever. It wasn’t too far from […]
Bikepacking the Munda Biddi: Giving it a go, mate
When we let the family know that we planned to spend three months in Australia to visit them, my brother-in-law sent us an email – ‘something to do while you’re here’ he said, and added a link to a bike trail in Western Australia. Bikepacking has been on our ‘to do’ list for a while, […]
Downhill riders Seagrave and Pierron win big in Fort William
Britain’s Tahnée Seagrave and France’s Amaury Pierron took their respective wins in front of a packed crowd at the second round of the Mercedes-Benz UCI World Cup downhill. The Aonach Mor venue is just about as iconic in terms of mountain bike racing as it’s possible to get. Only Canada’s Mont-Sainte-Anne has appeared on the […]
Video: Johann Potgieter shreds the Garden Route with pro surfer Dylan Lightfoot
What do pro surfers do when the waves are flat? In the case of Dylan Lightfoot, he goes shredding trails with four-time South African downhill champion Johann Potgieter on the Garden Route.
Suspension: Dialling it all in with ShockWiz
Are you getting the most from your investment? You bought a new bike, you got a bike fit, either from the store or spent the extra cash on an independent bike fitter. You have sorted out saddle widths, saddle height, handlebars and stems, and you are now sitting perfectly to pedal for hours, right? You […]