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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Van Zyl takes maiden victory in Tour of Rwanda
Johann van Zyl added to an already successful Tour of Rwanda on Thursday by taking his first individual win as a professional during stage 4 of the African race. The result earned Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung its sixteenth victory of the season, the second most by any Professional Continental team this year. Image credit: MTN-Qhubeka […]
Greg Minnaar and William Newman to sit on UCI Commisions
Cycling South Africa’s President William Newman and three-time Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar have been appointed as members of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Commission for 2014. Members of 18 commissions of the UCI have been appointed. Newman will sit on the UCI Track Commission, while Minnaar sits on the UCI Athlete’s Commission as a […]
SA online bike shops, Part 4: Conclusion
“There’s always going to be an online site,” says Chris of Chris Willemse Cycles. And this is true. The convenience of being able to browse bike components while doing other mundane things, like working, is too great to live without. Not to mention the fact that you don’t have to settle with what your LBS […]
Louis Meintjes moves into race lead in Rwanda
Louis Meintjes turned what started out as a gloomy day for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung into a joyous one after he won stage 3 of the Tour of Rwanda. Africa’s first Professional Continental team started the day in the yellow jersey with Jay Thomson. Image credit: MTN-Qhubeka Unfortunately the South African national champion fell ill […]
SA online bike shops, Part 3: Dial’d Bikes
There is much debate surrounding the reasons for purchasing a bike online. But are they all justified? I spoke to some of the main players of South Africa’s growing online shopping community to find out how they started, why they did so and what some problems they encountered. I also asked about some of the […]
Triumph for ladies as 2014 Absa Cape Epic sets benchmark with R690 000 prize purse
The Absa Cape Epic, the Untamed African Mountain Bike Race, will match the Ladies prize purse to the Men’s prize purse in 2014. The Absa Cape Epic is already the largest total prize purse in the world for mountain biking and the increase to R690 000 ($68 048) for the Ladies purse now takes the […]
SA online bike shops, Part 2: Evo Bikes
There is much debate surrounding the reasons for purchasing a bike online. But are they all justified? I spoke to some of the main players of South Africa’s growing online shopping community to find out how they started, why they did so and what some problems they encountered. I also asked about some of the […]
Moolman Pasio gives Momentum Toyota the sweetest swan song
It was fitting that Ashleigh Moolman Pasio won the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge on Sunday. It marked the final race for the Momentum Toyota team which she raced on for all five years of its existence. Her win also confirmed that the team objective had been met – to develop world-class female South African road […]
Team MTN-Qhubeka places four riders in top ten in Rwanda
The opening stage of the Tour of Rwanda got underway with a 3.5 kilometre prologue. The race started and finished at the Kigali sports stadium and was supported by thousands of people on the roadside. The crowds got what they came for when local rider Janvier Hadi (Rwanda Karisimbi) blitzed through the course with the […]
SA online bike shops, Part 1: Chris Willemse Cycles
There is much debate surrounding the reasons for purchasing a bike online. But are they all justified? I spoke to some of the main players of South Africa’s growing online shopping community to find out how they started, why they did so and what some problems they encountered. I also asked about some of the […]
MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan announced race dates for 2014
The MTN National MTB Series driven by Nissan has changed the face of mountain biking in South Africa. What started as a small series with a couple of hundred participants in 2002 is now the biggest national mountain bike series in the world with tens of thousands of participants. The events that formed part of […]
Video feature of the week: some suspension designs explained
Instead of focusing on one video for pure entertainment, this week is all about education. We hear a lot of fluff about suspension designs, but what differentiates them from each other? Here is a collection of videos explaining various suspension designs, from Yeti’s Switch Technology to Dave Weagle explaining his Split Link design. It seems […]