National Road Team Announced for African Continental Champs (EGYPT)
Cycling South Africa has announced the road cycling team that will be participating in the 2013 African Continental Championships, which takes place in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt, from 29 November to 5 December 2013. The riders will compete in all the road cycling disciplines during the prestigious Championship event, these being the Team Time Trial, […]
Tri Talk SA – Schoeman and Steyn talk about the 5150 African Championships
This past weekend saw the inaugural Ironman 5150 Ekurhuleni African Championships take place on the East Rand of Johannesburg and Brad Brown from Tri Talk SA was there to witness Henri Schoeman and Andrea Steyn claim victory. Image credit: Zoon Cronje This week on the show Brad caught up with both of them to discuss […]
Cycle Talk SA – Jay Thompson looks back and hopes for better in 2014
The European pro season is done for the year and many of the South Africans that race abroad have returned home. One of those pros is MTN Qhubeka’s Jay Thompson. Image credit: www.teammtnqhubeka.com Brad Brown from Cycle Talk SA touched base with Jay to find out how he felt his season went and what his […]
Video of the Week Two: Sven Martin Shoots Crankworx Whistler
South African photographer, Sven Martin is renowned for his expertise as a MTB photographer and has made his mark as one of the best. http://www.pinkbike.com/video/339058/ Yes, it’s the second video of the week, but I couldn’t not post this. Sven Martin is homegrown and we have to show support. Bicycle photography has become its own […]
Video of the Week – Instinct in the Monashees
The plan was to head to the Monashee Mountains near Revelstoke, British Columbia with Wade Simmons and Kevin Calhoun to shoot an autumn alpine video for our new Instinct MSL. We wanted to showcase the bike’s versatility under two very different riders—Kevin is an XC racer on our Factory Team, while Wade’s contributions to freeride […]
Daryl Impey Re-Signs With ORICA-GreenEDGE
ORICA-GreenEDGE is thrilled to announce that Daryl Impey has rejoined the team on a three year contract. The first South African to wear the yellow jersey has flourished during his two year tenure with the Australian outfit. In 2012, Impey earned his first WorldTour win, made his Grand Tour debut at the Giro d’Italia and […]
C’est la vie for Winelands EAI Val de Vie MTB Challenge
Between ravaging fires and devastating floods, Mother Nature did her best – or worst – to derail this year’s EAI Val de Vie MTB Challenge in September. But the hardy organisers from ASG Events pressed on and the event, presented by Bestmed, will finally roll out across 21 farms in the Cape Winelands between Franschhoek […]
Buys beats the bunch to win the fifth and final Nissan TrailSeeker event
Philip Buys (Scott) kept his word on Saturday when he won the Nissan TrailSeeker Down and Dirty Marathon, the fifth and final event in the immensely popular Gauteng based Nissan TrailSeeker Series held in Centurion. Last week Buys was still in two minds on whether or not he would be racing. “My body took quite […]
Alan Winde Interview: 100 000 in ten
The aim: to bring 100 000 bicycle based tourists a year to the Western Cape within ten years. The implementation: Full Sus spoke to Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in the Western Cape, Alan Winde, and while WC Government is putting the structures in place they need you to take action too. Alan […]
Sprint to the finish at the 2013 FNB W2W MTB Adventure
Spectators were treated to a nail biting sprint finish at the Onrus Caravan Park (just outside Hermanus) on Sunday, 03 November 2013 when Team Pendale’s, Ian Franken and Andrew McPherson were seen battling it out with Team Infocus Racing’s, Owen Green and Donovan Le Cok. Stage 3 // Image credit: Cherie Vale NEWSPORT MEDIA Although […]
Africa Cycle Fair: the bikes that stood out
It’s kind of odd that out of all the bikes I rode at the Africa Cycle Fair, the four that stood out fit into two specific categories: full suspension trail and steel hardtails. I guess they are the two types of bikes that were most interesting to me, but they were also the ones that […]
Video of the Week – GoPro: Combing Valparaiso’s Hills
Top freeride and DH riders explore the hills in Valparaiso, Chile. The hills are steep, the speeds are epic, and the cojones aren’t lacking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN-YTcSnE6c For those of you who don’t know, there’s the Urban Assault DH race on Signal Hill this weekend. Looking to participate myself on my trusty Nukeproof Snap. Yes, hardtail. Though […]