Video of the Week – Road to Rampage Episode 2
In a series warming up to the Rampage, this episode of Road To Rampage focuses on the methods riders use to train for the ultimate gravity showdown of the year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8wD8OfNv4 With one goal in mind, it’s amazing to see how training methods differ so drastically warming up for the Red Bull Rampage. From training […]
NissanTrailSeeker Hakahana could be the first MTB gold for Olympic gold rower
Seeing that Matthew Brittain (USN) is an Olympic medallist, it should be no surprise that he always strives to go one better. Image credit: Absa Cape Epic Brittain’s track record so far in the Gauteng based Nissan TrailSeeker Series is testament to this. Brittain finished fourth at Nissan TrailSeeker Hazeldean and was third at the […]
Interbike: Enduro everywhere
One of the major trends this year at Interbike is Enduro. It’s everywhere you look, and for good reason: it’s the fastest growing sector of the MTB world. Enduro is basically dead centre between DH and XC, and isn’t that just about right? It’s hard to go full on Downhill and, for some, it’s boring […]
Road World Champs: Elite Women ITT highlights and coverage of Elite Men ITT
The UCI Road World Championship is well under way, Florence having already played host to the Team Time Trials (TTT) and the Elite Women Individual Time Trials (ITT), while the Men’s ITT and the final Road Races are to be held on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 September 2013. During the Elite Men TTT on […]
MoreGolf Group acquires Cycle Lab
In what’s been punted as one of the largest leisure and sporting retail deals in the industry for many years, MoreGolf (PTY) Ltd announced its acquisition of Cycle Lab – the largest cycling retailer in South Africa. MoreGolf is also acquiring a number of additional cycling related businesses including the PWC Cycle Park and the […]
MTB World Champs leaves R3 billion indelible print on PMB
After the dust has settled and the bike wheels stop turning the local organising committee of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters and MTB and Trials World Championships triggered an economic boom for the city of Pietermaritzburg and its broader regional economy worth R3 billion in direct economic activity and media exposure. Image credit: Darren Goddard/Gameplan […]
Tri Talk SA: Gillian Sanders and Rudolf Naude join us after the World Championship
The ITU Triathlon World Series wrapped up last week with the Grand Final in London and we managed to catch up with South African Olympian Gillian Sanders from London. Image credit: trigear.co.uk Gillian has had really bad luck this season with crashes and mechanicals not allowing her to perform as well as she thought she […]
Cycle Talk SA: Robbie Hunter on retirement and Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg on the Vuelta
It is just over a week ago since Robbie Hunter tweeted “Guess it’s time to hang up the wheels”. This week on Cycle Talk SA we caught up with the legend of South African cycling to find out what brought the decision on. Robbie was the first South African to complete the Tour de France […]
Mclean to strengthen field at Msunduzi 2013
The Msunduzi Road Challenge for 2013 has received a huge boost with the knowledge that popular South African cycling personality Andrew Mclean has entered to take part in the race and will be hoping to qualify for the 2014 UCI World Cycling Tour Final when the race takes place on October 26 and 27. Image […]
Smith takes the win and World Cup title at final DHI race of the year
The women’s and men’s titles were both down to one race, the last leg of the DHI World Cup in Leogang, Austria. It was a nail-biting sort of weekend as the DHI titles were being slug out. Rachel Atherton vs Emmeline Ragot; Stevie Smith vs Gee Atherton. The results are in, the winners named and […]
ORICA-GreenEDGE earns silver medal in Team Time Trial at Road Worlds
“We can’t fault anyone. If we had gone nine-hundredths of a second faster, we would be world champions today.” Image credit: ORICA-GreenEDGE ORICA-GreenEDGE narrowly missed the top step of the podium and a world title in Florence, Italy in the team time trial at the Road World Championships. The Australian outfit settled for the silver […]
Only UCI World Cycling Tour qualifying event in Africa for Pietermaritzburg
Entries for the Msunduzi Road Challenge are now open and road cyclists competing in the Masters’ categories have the opportunity to participate in the only leg of the UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT) on the African continent, held in Pietermaritzburg next month on 26 and 27 October 2013. Image credit: Anthony Grote – Gameplan Media […]