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Adventure and Travel
The joy of exploring by bicycling.
SRAM Western Province Gravity Enduro Series # 2 | Contermanskloof
Following last months successful first round of the WP Gravity Enduro in Jonkershoek, the series moved on to Contermanskloof for another great day of racing. It would come at a price though, as yet again the timing demons popped out of the woodwork and spoiled the party. With high hopes of a second successive smooth […]
Trail Daze | Tokai MTB Trails
The Trail Daze crew head out to explore the original and most iconic of all Cape Town mountain biking destinations, the Tokai MTB trails. With more than a year and a half of reconstructing, felling and other such rehabilitation activities, the Tokai MTB Trails closure during 2015 left a massive hole in the lives of […]
Singletrack stories: Taming the Tyger
For Patrick Roberts, the theme for most of his 56-years has been building – it’s something he cannot appear to escape from, an unavoidable destiny of sorts. The son of a Kruger game ranger, Patrick qualified as a quantity surveyor and spent years being meticulous about the built environment. In 2011, he decided all the […]
Video: Bike Life – iNsingizi Game Lodge
A perfect venue that checks all the boxes of an adventurous getaway! The trails flow for days, the accommodation is cosy and the food is incredibly scrumptious! For more info on iNsingizi visit – https://www.insingizi.co.za/ Video by Visual Outdoor.
A wild ride in Pondoland
There are mountain bike stage races aplenty in South Africa, all offering something different to the mountain bike enthusiast. From Wines2Whales in the Western Cape to the Berg & Bush in KwaZulu-Natal, mountain bikers are able to pick and choose from numerous events that suit their respective styles and skill levels. The first day starts […]
Trail Daze | Fatbiking the Garden Route – Part 2
The Trail Daze crew continue their bike packing stint along the Garden Route en route to Knysna. This episode of Trail Daze is dedicated to the people of Knysna and surrounding areas, who were affected by the devastating wild fires during June 2017. Our sincere condolences go out to those who lost so much, in […]
Exploring L’Agulhas by gravel bike
With the very welcome winter rainfall has come the seasonal chill, cold, dark mornings, and a noticeable decrease in riding time. To shake ourselves out of hibernation we headed to the southernmost tip of Africa: the Cape L’Agulhas for a gravel Gran Fondo (which I think might be code for a lot of coffee stops […]
Following the Horsemen Premiere
There are few roads in Lesotho. There are even fewer mountain bikers. Here the horse is supreme and the myriad horse trails that have been carved through its steep and rugged mountains are its lifeblood. Horsemen ply these trails, just as they have for generations, riding between villages that have remained unchanged over centuries. Amidst […]
Pure Savage race report: Blue Ribbon Yzerfontein MTB race
After the massive #CapeStorm earlier in the week which resulted in a forced taper, 5 Savages arrived on the start line in Yzerfontein on a gloomy winters morning excited about the half gravel, half road challenge that lay ahead. Brendon and Calvin are proper dirt roadies, while Aaron, Waldo and Kevin are more accustomed to […]
Chasing the Storm
With no pressing deadlines, for once, I could decide at the last minute to head off to Ceres and the Matroosberg for a couple of nights in search of fresh snow. What the exact idea was I’m still not sure, but riding up the mountain in the freezing cold was without a doubt one of […]
This is Home: Greg Minnaar
The schedule of one of the most successful downhill racers of all time doesn’t allow for much time to spend with family or friends, yet somehow – Greg Minnaar makes it work. This past winter, Shimano paid him a visit in his hometown of Pietermaritzburg to film the latest episode of This is Home.
SRAM Western Province Gravity Enduro Series # 1 | Jonkershoek
The 2017 SRAM WP Gravity Enduro series kicked off with a bang in Jonkershoek, starting things on a very positive note. Two very important events occurred in relation to this event, the first of which was the 23mm of rain that we received on Saturday evening. This might not seem stellar, but with the current […]