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Adventure and Travel
The joy of exploring by bicycling.
Lesotho Sky Diaries: Malealea Lodge to Roma
Day 4 of Lesotho Sky took us from Malealea Lodge to Roma. A journey of 89km with over 1800m of climbing. Today’s ride can be summarised as follows: It was hard and it hurt. There were lots and lots of rocks. Lesotho has various kinds of rocks: loose pebbly rocks, slippery, smooth wet ones, large […]
Lesotho Sky Diaries: The Malealea Monster
Day 3 was dubbed the rest day. However, with only 55 kms and 1500 metres of climbing there was little respite to be had. Starting from the Malealea Lodge, the route headed straight down the valley to the river bed via a fast rocky descent. All hesitation about jumping on the bike for the day […]
Lesotho Sky Diaries: Ramabanta to Malealea Lodge
The route for Day 2 took us from Ramabanta to Malealea Lodge via some truly epic mountain terrain. The first 20 km’s were both the slowest and the best mountain biking we could have imagined. Raw rocky descents- some terminating in adrenalin-spiking drop-offs. Loose, technical climbs that put the heart straight into the red zone, […]
Lesotho Sky Diaries: Semonkong Falls Prologue
The Lesotho Sky prologue is traditionally a time trial event in Maseru but, due to an event clash, it was moved to the Semonkong Falls, 110 kms outside of Maseru, as a mass start. It was a spectacular from start to finish. The Duck and Donkey Tavern hosted the start which spanned over a bridge […]
Race report: Imana Wild Ride 2015
With the various race reports that I have done I prepare a template a head of time with the various criteria that I use to rate the race but after only 20 minutes into day one of the Imana Wild Ride I knew that anything I had used before would just not work for this […]
Photo Epic: Piket-Bo-Berg Cycle Challenge
The Piket-Bo-Berg Cycle Challenge race and the single-track that it runs on, has to be the best kept secret in South African Mountain biking (at least it was until Saturday). Photos and words by Chris Hitchcock. Based 13 km the other side of Piketberg (turn left at the circle) it is only 75 minutes drive […]
Suzuki Nine Nights: Stand out riders
The Suzuki Nine Knights freeride event took place last week in Livigno, Italy. While any rider who can complete the Nine Knights course is impressive, there were those that did it with more flare than others. Here’s my pick of the stand out riders from the 2015 Suzuki Nine Knights. Peter Henke (GER) Peter Henke […]
Race report: Fedhealth MTB Challenge
The Fedhealth MTB Challenge had me hooked from the moment I saw the route map and profile. The Durbanville trails make for some of the most enjoyable mountain bike riding in the Cape: panoramic views of Table Bay, golden canola fields and glorious sweeping single track descents. Even the climbs are “fun” tight switchbacks that […]
Race Report: Isuzu Trucks PE Plett Day 3
Day 3 of the Isuzu Trucks PE Plett took us on a 69km route from Soloko Game Reserve to Tsitsikamma Falls. Again the recent flooding had an impact on our route, although this time the organisers had no option but to skip the too muddy parts of the course through the Tsitsikamma forest. This was […]
Race Report: Isuzu Trucks PE Plett Day 2
Today was the longest stage of the 2015 Isuzu Trucks PE Plett covering 97km from Gamtoos to the Soloko Game Reserve. After yesterdays mud fest we were warned to expect more of the sticky stuff. In the words of Mike Glover of Red Cherry Adventures “There’s no other way to say it, but that you’ll […]
Race Report: Isuzu Trucks PE Plett Day 1
Earlier this year Isuzu Trucks invited BikeHub to take part in the Isuzu PE Plett MTB race. Some will remember the competition we ran giving away 3 team entries to the event. Naturally, were keen to head up the coast and check it out for ourselves. The race takes place over 4 days with the […]
Suzuki Nine Nights: Monster Showdown Pilgrim vs Testa
Thankfully the weather held out and the riders managed to get a full day of riding on the third day of the Suzuki Nine Knights. Some big tricks were pulled out of the bag by Sam Pilgrim and Torquato Testa for the first Monster Showdown at Suzuki Nine Knights. Monster Showdown at Suzuki Nine Knights […]