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Tubeless-Ready Hunt Bike Wheels Hit the Road
HuntBikeWheels is a new marque based in Sussex, UK and available world-wide which is focusing on tubeless-ready road wheels for their launch range. The company has just launched their website and social media and was founded by Tom Marchment who has spent the last 12 years working with prominent bicycle companies, component brands and distributors […]
Exciting results at day one of African Track Champs
A number of para-cycling titles were decided on the opening morning of the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) Continental Track Championships at the Sax Young Cycling track in Alexandra Park, Pietermaritzburg, on Wednesday. Roxy Burns stopped the clocks in 5:11.51 in the women’s C4-C5 individual pursuit over 3 000 metres, while Dane John Wilson recorded […]
Meet the race favourites for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic: The Women
With the added incentive of the same prize money as the men, the Women’s Category is shaping up to be the most competitive ever. The favourites on the starting line will be 2014 winners Ariane Kleinhans and Anika Langvad of Team RECM Specialized. The Swiss/Danish duo won comfortably last year in spite of some serious […]
Meet the race favourites for the 2015 Absa Cape Epic: The Men
The 2015 Absa Cape Epic has attracted a stellar field, with an array of world champions and former winners. Photo: Nick Muzic / Cape Epic / Sportzpics The pre-race favourites will be Team Investec-Songo-Specialized’s Christoph Sauser and Jaroslav Kulhavy, two of the most decorated mountain bikers ever and winners in 2013, the only previous Absa […]
SA to host African Road Champs for first time
The rural town of Wartburg outside Pietermaritzburg will play host to the Confederation of African Cycling (CAC) Road Cycling Championships from 9 to 14 February, the first time that South Africa has hosted the continental road cycling showcase event. The three days of time trial and three days of road racing will follow immediately after […]
Pietermaritzburg all set for African Track Champs
Following a revamp to the Sax Young Cycling Track at Alexandra Park, Africa’s Bike City will increase its credentials as the go-to biking Mecca of South Africa when the city adds the African Continental Track Championships from 21-25 January to its already impressive portfolio of international cycling events it has hosted. While efforts are continuously […]
Bike Sense Research by Jaguar Land Rover to prevent cyclist accidents
Jaguar Land Rover is developing a range of new technologies that use colours, sounds and touch inside the car to alert drivers to potential hazards and prevent accidents involving bicycles and motorbikes. Sensors on the car will detect when another road user is approaching and identify it as bicycle or motorbike. Bike Sense will then […]
Report: The Rocky Fest 2014 at Afriski
The mix was just perfect as a famous mountain bike brand combined with a spectacular new venue to produce a memorable RockyFest 2014. The brand was Rocky Mountain Bicycles and Afriski in Lesotho, with stunning, freshly-cut single and downhill tracks provided the backdrop to this event. With participants having to make use of a ski […]
Cut-off for Berge en Dale entries looms
Much like its signature Hillsnacks climb, the entry deadline for the Action Ford Berge en Dale Classic looms once more on Monday night. The entry deadline for the Action Ford Berge en Dale Classic looms on Monday evening. Pictured here is last year’s winner Costa Seibeb. Photo: Supplied Thousands of cyclists are expected to book […]
Burns hopes to hop African Track Champs stepping-stone
Two-time Paralympian Roxy Burns is planning to use the 2015 African Track Cycling Championships from 21-25 January in Pietermaritzburg as the ideal preparation as she works towards the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships happening in the Netherlands from 26-29 March, and put a frustrating 2014 behind her. After a frustrating 2014, South African Para-cycling ace […]
Momentum Grape MTB Ride a new addition to Stellenbosch Wine Festival
From 30 January to 1 February 2015, visitors to the Stellenbosch Wine Festival will again be able to experience the very best of what this popular wine region has to offer – the best wine, the most delicious food, great music and art and the breathtakingly beautiful natural environment of the Boland. The 2015 festival […]
Trek Bicycles team up with Totalsports XTERRA
The sporting season has commenced on a high note with Trek Bicycles signing up as the bike partner of South Africa’s largest off-road triathlon, the Totalsports XTERRA presented by REHIDRAT® SPORT. “We are excited to welcome Trek Bicycles as the bike partner of the Totalsports XTERRA,” says Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports. “All […]