Author
Press Office
Video: 2016 Specialized Stumpjumper FSR announced
Mountain biking has come a long way since the Stumpjumper FSR first debuted in 1981, but one thing’s stayed the same for decades: The Stumpjumper FSR is the ultimate trail bike. And this year, it features revolutionary new technology, like our proprietary Rx Trail shock tune, never before seen, fully integrated SWAT technology, 650b, 6Fattie, […]
Last chance to enter new Bestmed Walkerville ultra
Gauteng mountain bikers have until Monday evening to get their entries in for the testing new ultra marathon race and half-marathon that form part of the Bestmed Walkerville MTB Classic on Saturday, May 23. The 80km event, which is a full 20km longer than in previous years, is set to attract some of South Africa’s […]
Annual Badplaas Youth Festival free entry a winner
Young cyclists under the age of 18 from the northern provincial regions of South Africa will get the opportunity to compete in the third annual Badplaas Youth Festival, which takes place at Forever Resort Badplaas, Mpumalanga, from 2-5 July 2015. And for each and every competitor, race entry is free! All young riders under the […]
Tour of California #5: Matt Goss hits out for 8th
The Amgen Tour of California saw its 4th bunch sprint in 5 stages and Mark Cavendish (Etixx-Quickstep) again showed his speed to take a hatrick of victories during the 5th stage. Zico Waeytens (Giant-Alpecin) was 2nd with Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) 3rd this time around. As in the previous sprint stages, there was an early break […]
Mid-Illovo Classic next up on Quattro ROAG Series calendar
The 2015 Quattro ROAG Series is in full swing with back-to-back events in KwaZulu-Natal with the Sappi Karkloof MTB Festival being the focus last weekend but the attention shifts to ROAG Series Race 4 at the Husqvarna Mid-Illovo MTB Classic taking place at the Mid-Illovo Club on Sunday. The field will be boosted by the […]
Lill and Woolcock barnstorm first stage of Nedbank sani2c
Riding for their professional lives the Blend pair of Darren Lill and Waylon Woolcock blitzed the 79km first stage of the Race at the Nedbank sani2c from Glencairn outside Himeville to the Mackenzie Club to set up a handy two minute lead whilst it was the dominant RECM Women’s Team pair of Ariane Kleinhans and […]
Bayern Rundfahrt #2: Another day in the break and top 10 for MTN-Qhubeka
For the 2nd day in succession MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung had a rider in the break at the Bayern Rundfahrt. Today was the turn of Adrien Niyonshuti to go on the offensive as he formed part of the early 6 rider breakaway. After going clear within the first 15km of the stage, the leading 6 riders […]
Van Gaalen gears up for MTB Marathon Champs
Rated as having the best mountain bike trails in the province is an accolade that Van Gaalen Cheese Farm is proud of, and the star venue of the fourth round of the Ashburton Investments National MTB Series will also play host to the 2015 South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships powered by Stihl, in the […]
2016 Merida Scultura: World’s lightest production bike?
Better is the enemy of good: This was the motto that MERIDA’s head of R&D Jürgen Falke and his team were following when developing the fourth generation of the SCULTURA road bike platform. Being the lightest frame in MERIDA’s line-up, this frame has always been built to conquer long, steep climbs. But as extensive wind […]
Youth Festival back in Oudtshoorn in June
The annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival will take place from 29 June – 2 July 2015 and encourages all young riders to participate as cycling teams. Oudtshoorn has been recognised as much more than merely the ostrich capital of the world, and locals and tourists alike return every year to the prime Garden Route spot in […]
Tour of California #4: Tyler Farrar goes 5th
It would be another bunch sprint that decided the 4th stage of the Amgen Tour of California. This time Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) would be able to better his 3 previous 2nd places and take the win. Wouter Wippert (Drapac) would run 2nd while Mark Cavendish had to settle for 3rd. MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung could be […]
Bayern Rundfahrt #1: Eventful stage for MTN-Qhubeka
The opening stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt would come down to a bunch kick which Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon) would snap up. Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) was 2nd fastest with John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) in 3rd. A lot would go on before the final sprint for the line, particularly for our MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung boys. Louis Meintjes would […]