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Adventure and Travel
The joy of exploring by bicycling.
Preview: Suzuki Nine Knights in Livigno
Monster Energy have invited me to cover the 2015 Suzuki Nine Knights from the Italian Alps. For those unfamiliar with Nine Knights, it’s a freeride exhibition being hosted for the fifth year in Livigno, Italy. The idea is to bring top riders together in a relaxed environment with a progressive course to watch them push […]
2015 SRAM WP Gravity Enduro: Lebanon MTB Trails
A new addition to the 2015 SRAM WP Gravity Enduro venue lineup saw riders head out to the Lebanon MTB Trails in the greater Grabouw area. It’s an area that seems the perfect fit for any outdoor activities, with endless trails through mountains and pine forests. With 4 stages and a total of 30km of […]
South Africans Going Downhill: Vallnord World Champs track walk (Andorra)
Registration took place on Sunday, which resulted in a rather frantic dash around trying to get our international racing licenses printed. Somehow Mark, Cobus and I had not put two and two together, and the angry man and bewildered young lady at the registration table managed to firmly tell us that showing a picture of […]
Enduro World Series Diary: Crested Butte Day 1
Kicking off the first North American round of the 2015 Enduro World Series, Crested Butte Colorado is perhaps the perfect venue, and certainly the epitome of mountain biking. With a population a little shy of 1500 people, the former coal mining town that is often referred to as the “last great Colorado ski town”, is […]
Trail Daze: Contermanskloof during Winter
Once a year, for a few months, Contermanskloof transforms into a winter wonderland with a seemingly unending expanse of rolling grass fields and ribbons of trails running through them. Contrasting the extremely barren and dusty conditions during the summer months, you’re welcomed by lush greenery and a cool breeze rising up from the Atlantic ocean. […]
Race report: 2015 South African XCO Championship
The 2015 XCO SA Championship went down this past weekend at the ever popular town of Stellenbosch, with loads of spectators flocking there to show their support despite the bitterly cold morning temperatures. The 4.8km Coetzenburg loop was mostly the same as for the WP Championship, however course designers Hanno Lategan and Corrie Muller added […]
2015 South African National Downhill Championships – Jonkershoek
Winter has delivered so many gorgeous days this year, but when it decides to rain… it POURS! Friday was one of those days & DH racing was not sounding like the best of ideas, the roads became rivers & the freshly burnt pine plantations had turned into a mush of mud & ash. A few […]
Eselfontein: Singletrack Heaven in the Farmlands of Ceres
The Winter rains finally arrived here in Cape Town after about 7 months without any, and we were happy to break out our long forgotten wet weather gear and long sleeves. We headed off to Eselfontein, a very popular piece of MTB heaven, featuring more than 100km of single track, just outside Ceres. Farm owner, […]
SRAM WP Gravity Enduro Series Round 1: Helderberg
A long awaited and welcome return for the SRAM WP Gravity Enduro series, saw round one take place at the popular Helderberg Trails, just outside Somerset West. With some good rain a few days prior, and a fair amount of sunshine in between, the soil was perfectly tacky and conditions were great all round for […]
Family friendly mountain bike and run trail opens close to Stellenbosch
Do you live in the Welgevonden or Nooitgedacht residential areas and love the outdoors? You’ll be elated to know that you can now run and cycle on marked trails from your doorstep. The team from Dirtopia has developed a new trail on L’Avenir and Nooitgedacht Estates that even beginner mountain bikers can enjoy and is […]
2015 KZNMTB Regional Championships
On the 6th and 7th June Enduro and DH riders descended upon Cascades Mountain Bike Park in Pietermaritzburg for the 2015 KZNMTB Regional Championships presented by NMI-DSM. The event brings to a close a highly successful 2015 race season, with a 3 round series and 1 championship event hosted at bike parks around the KwaZulu-Natal […]
Western Province Downhill Round #4 – Cascades
Last Sunday was Round 4 of the WP DH series, this time at a fresh new track in Paarl! Words and photos by Eric Palmer. We’ve been lucky enough to have amazing weather despite winter approaching and wake up to fresh crisp mornings that warm up as the day goes. Sunday was not one of […]