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Adventure and Travel
The joy of exploring by bicycling.
Karkloof Mountain Bike Trails: Temporary Closures and Rerouting
Sappi and Karkloof Mountain Biking work together to try and ensure safe and sustainable mountain biking in the Karkloof Valley in KwaZulu-Natal. A period of large-scale harvesting started in mid-October in Karkloof, which has resulted in a number of trails on the Karkloof Falls side of the Karkloof Road being rerouted. This is a temporary […]
The EzelEnduro: Enduro on the next level
In an attempt to push trail riding to the next level and introduce riders to properly tough and technical trails, Daniel Dobinson and his team put together an Enduro event not yet seen in South Africa. Five long and relentlessly rocky stages awaited the 47 strong field over the past weekend. Testing and pushing their […]
Dawn of the Dirt takes to the air at Garden Route Trail Park
This weekend saw the first dirt jumping competition happen at the Garden Route Trail Park. A new line of jumps and excited MTB and BMX riders was a recipe for an awesome day of action! Riders from all over the country made their way to the bike park for Monster Energy’s Dawn of the Dirt. […]
Photos: Dirtopia Delheim Enduro
Dirtopia hosted their last enduro of the year at Delheim with the stages winding through the trails of the Simonsberg Conservancy. Gert Heyns walked away with the win in the men’s race while Rika Olivier took the honours in the women’s event. Photos by Chris Hitchcock. Women’s Podium: Claudia Schonitz, Rika Olivier and Gina Nixon. […]
Cairo to Cape Town in world record time: the halfway point
On 9 October 2015, 5 athletes from Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Egypt and the UK departed from Cairo, Egypt, in the shadow of the Giza Pyramids, towards Cape Town. This is the CAROCAP Time Trial, a race to set a new world record: the fastest human-powered crossing of the African continent. The team’s plan was […]
Trail Daze: Jonkershoek rising from the ashes
Early in 2015, the greater Cape Town area lost a few of its flagship trails due to wild fires. One of which was Jonkershoek – a piece of land with immense scenic beauty, and loads of trails for both hikers and mountain bikers. Months of downtime allowed for logging and getting the trails safe again, […]
Race report: 2015 WP Gravity Enduro Championship | Contermanskloof
The first edition of the Western Province Gravity Enduro Championships took place this past Sunday at the scenic Contermanskloof MTB Trails. With the trails still surrounded by green fields and colorful fynbos, the high speed, rough and technical terrain was a welcome change from the previous races. The field of 96 riders faced 4 stages […]
Race report: Java MTB Challenge at Van Loveren Wines
The Java MTB Challenge hosted at Van Loveren Wines, just outside Robertson, took place on Saturday and Bike Hub (well, Kylie and I) were keen to get away for a relaxing weekend of bikes, wine and scenery. The route was largely farm roads and tweespoor. Just a week after finishing Lesotho Sky, I was was […]
2015 Rocky Mountain Rocky Forest Fest
The annual Rocky Mountain Rocky Forest Fest took place this past weekend at the Garden Route Trial Park, just outside Knysna. With a variety of not-so-serious events taking place during the course of the weekend, with the idea of getting riders a chance to test out some Rocky Mountain bikes, the main feature was the […]
Trail Daze: Up the N2 to the Garden Route Trail Park
Guarded by the majestic Outeniqua mountain range and the Karatara river gorge, the Garden Route trail park is located about 5 hours of scenic driving from Cape Town, or just 40km from the ever popular town of Knysna. Owner and trail builder, Rob Dormehl, has put together a high quality MTB destination that should be […]
Lesotho Sky Diaries: Ramabanta Loop
The final stage of Lesotho Sky took us on a loop from Ramabanta Lodge and back. The stage seemed harmless: only 47km and 1400m ascent. I was feeling really good and keen to ride hard. Nick had other ideas. We started out on a steep tar climb back up the pass we came over yesterday. […]
Lesotho Sky Diaries: Roma to Ramabanta
Day 5 took us from Roma back to our starting point at Ramabanta Lodge. It was statistically by far the hardest stage of Lesotho Sky: 2600 metres of climbing over 84 kilometres. Sunrise saw me feeling sore and apprehensive, as I considered the ride ahead. We started off slowly on our stiff legs, winding our […]