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Adventure and Travel
The joy of exploring by bicycling.
Ride report: Climbs and cowbells at the 2018 Swiss Epic
When you get that phone call with an offer to ride your bike in the Swiss Alps you’d be a fool to say no, right? On a casual Friday afternoon ride, I received one such call from a school friend and regular riding partner. With less than ten weeks until the 2018 Perskindol Swiss Epic […]
Race Report: Dodging Donkeys at Lesotho Sky
Lesotho Sky keeps pulling us back. This is the fourth year Bike Hub has taken part. It’s a combination of the friendly people, wide open scenery, and challenging natural trails that we keep returning to enjoy. Help the organisers of Lesotho Sky host an even better event in 2019 and WIN R2,000 to spend at […]
The EzelEnduro: Number 4
Number 4. The toughest yet. Unanimously. Running as a standalone event and not part of the Eselfontein festival, this year’s Ezel returned to the eco-hut campsite with a smaller and more limited group of riders taking on the lunar landscape that we’ve come to know over the last few years. The later than usual 9am […]
Race Report: Piket-Bo-Berg Cycle Challenge
The Piket-Bo-Berg Cycle Challenge and Trail Run took place this past weekend, showing off plenty of spring splendour and sublime singletrack. Ashley Oldfield got to grips with what’s said to be a must-do event on the Western Cape mountain bike calendar. After 63km and 1600 metres of climbing I began to wonder, ‘why does Jeep […]
Klipberg Enduro 2018
During an unsuspecting bachelors weekend away a few months ago, we stumbled upon a location that had a strong resemblance to Ezelfontein, and more specifically EzelEnduro. We were convinced it checked all the boxes for a similar but smaller event, and many beers later, it was the best idea ever. It wasn’t too far from […]
Bikepacking the Munda Biddi: Giving it a go, mate
When we let the family know that we planned to spend three months in Australia to visit them, my brother-in-law sent us an email – ‘something to do while you’re here’ he said, and added a link to a bike trail in Western Australia. Bikepacking has been on our ‘to do’ list for a while, […]
The Melon Optics crew shred Cape Town’s classic spots
Skids, bum whips, banana eating, and a lot of rain!! What happened when the Melon Optics crew hit South Africa to shred the gnar!!
Tour de Bogan
You’ll never ride them we were told … you’ll be gagging for suspension on the dirt and will have your legs ripped to pieces on the road. Three years on, since these ill-fated words were uttered, Gravel Bikes have risen second only to brown bottle beer in the incredibly competitive hierarchy of any Bogan’s life. […]
Video: Trail Hunter – South Africa
Matt Hunter went to South Africa to ride some local trails in Karkloof before moving on to the Drakensberg. What he found was a reminder of what a connection to homeland means and how people can express it, through the eyes of local trail builder, Hylton Turvey. The end result shows us all that the […]
Race Report: SRAM WC XCO Series, in association with Tygerberg MTB Club #4 Bloemendal
The final round of the SRAM WC XCO Series, in association with Tygerberg MTB Club culminated at the new Bloemendal XCO track in Durbanville. The area has undergone heavy trail development in the last few months as the Tygerberg Club hopes to rear its very own XCO World Champ on its turf someday. Photo credit: […]
Video: Johann Potgieter shreds the Garden Route with pro surfer Dylan Lightfoot
What do pro surfers do when the waves are flat? In the case of Dylan Lightfoot, he goes shredding trails with four-time South African downhill champion Johann Potgieter on the Garden Route.
The PWC Great Zuurberg Trek: A best kept secret of South African stage racing
The Great Zuurberg Trek flies somewhat under the radar in terms of the South African Stage Race calendar. Perhaps because it is not conveniently close to either Johannesburg or Cape Town or because it can accommodate only a limited number of riders. Whatever the reason, this is part of the charm. A select field means […]