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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Video: Danny MacAskill – Wee Day Out
Danny MacAskill has raised the bar yet again with a staggering array of bike tricks using man-made and natural features backed by the memorable National Express song from The Divine Comedy. Filmed during the summer, MacAskill pulls off a series of tricks on a day out in between train trips that will take your breath […]
How to follow the 2016 Cape Pioneer Trek
The Cape Pioneer Trek kicks off on Sunday the 16th of October at 10:00. The seven-day stage race, through the Garden Route and Klein Karoo region of the Western Cape, starts with a 13km prologue along the cliff-top trails and urban paths of Mossel Bay. It concludes on Saturday the 22nd of October with a […]
Dirtopia invites all to run, bike and hike on Delvera to celebrate relocation
After months of hard work, Dirtopia will celebrate the move of the Trail Centre and bike workshop to a new building on Delvera farm. Taking the management of the Cafe and Lodge also under their wing, the team of Dirtopia would like to welcome all outdoor enthusiasts to this outdoor village outside Stellenbosch with various […]
Team Dimension Data have 20 riders ready for World Championships
The week of the 2016 UCI Doha World Road Cycling Championships has arrived and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka has a number of riders in Qatar, all set to represent their respective nations as they do battle for the coveted rainbow stripes between 10-16 October. The week of racing got underway yesterday already for our […]
Video: The Hunt for Glory – The Glorious Chapter
On August 21st 2016, N1NO Schurter completed his collection of Olympic medals by winning Gold in Rio de Janeiro, after winning the Bronze medal in Beijing in 2008, and Silver in London in 2012. The 5x UCI MTB World Champion had not only set himself the biggest goal, but also put himself under tremendous pressure […]
De Lange, Lennard claim dominant wins at Trailseeker Hemel & Aarde
Tristan de Lange and Katie Lennard claimed dominant wins in the men and women’s marathons respectively at Round 3 of the Nissan TrailSeeker Western Cape Series Hemel & Aarde event held near Hermanus at the weekend. De Lange (Mannie’s Bike Mecca) clocked a time of 02 hours 48 minutes 51 seconds for the 62km distance, […]
Crank Chaos confirms exciting bike exhibitors and event partners
The magnificent AFRiSKi Mountain Resort in Lesotho in the Maluti Mountains, has launched a new 3-night mountain biking festival weekend from the 27th to 30th October called CrankChaos Maluti Mountain Bike Festival. Competition: Win a weekend for two at Afriski for CrankChaos. Enter here. Santa Cruz, Transition and Banshee will be at the first mountain […]
Entries open for the 2017 Lesotho Sky
The entries for the 2017 Lesotho Sky officially opened at 12pm today. After the roaring success of the 2016 stage race, the 7th edition of the Lesotho Sky promises to sell like 1X11 conversions. This is an African mountain-biking experience with no equal. It covers 390km over six days with close to 10 000 metres […]
FNB W2W MTB Stage One route announced
The 2016 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events will kick off on Friday, 04 November 2016 with the FNB W2W MTB Adventure. The first of two destination stages, Stage One is the ideal ice breaker with riders starting off at the picturesque Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West, traversing a 68km route that includes […]
Val de Vie Estate announced as the Grand Finale host for the 2017 Absa Cape Epic
In its 13 years of existence thus far, the Absa Cape Epic – the leading mountain bike stage race in the world – has only made use of three venues for its Grand Finale. Owing to its location in the exquisite Paarl-Franschhoek Valley and its landmark setting in the Cape Winelands, Val de Vie Estate […]
Top teams crowned at 2016 Spur Schools MTB League Finals
A record Spur Schools Mountain Bike League season, which saw more than 10 500 kids competing across South Africa, culminated in a nail-biting final at Bekker School in Magaliesburg this weekend. Ariane Kleinhans of Team Spur wishing the youth women 15 years good luck before their race. With 438 mountain bike riders representing 84 schools […]
Second annual Fairtree Simonsberg Contour promises even better riding
After the devastating fire of January 2016, the inaugural Fairtree Simonsberg Contour MTB stage race overcame serious challenges and presented riders with a premier winelands riding experience. In February 2017, Fairtree Capital in collaboration with the Simonsberg Conservancy, landowners and Stellenbosch event organisers Dirtopia, will present riders with the 2nd edition of ‘The Fire Ride’ […]