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All the event and racing news from the South African cycling scene.
Muddy Faces Thrive on Stage 1 of the W2W Chardonnay
The Faces team of Candice Lill and Adelheid Morath got their FNB Wines2Whales title defence off to a winning start on Friday, 25 October. Departing Lourensford Wine Estate in consistent rain, the Elite Women endured a muddy day on the bike, but that did little to dampen Lill and Morath’s spirits as they thrived in […]
Students Gearing Up for Varsity MTB at W2W Pinotage
Thanks to Varsity Sports and FNB the top university mountain bikers from across the country will be contesting for the Varsity MTB title during the FNB Wines2Whales Pinotage event. The midweek race, which takes place from Monday 28 to Wednesday 30 October, will see students from six institutions of higher education do battle. Each university […]
Multi-Award-Winning Field Lines Up For W2W Chardonnay
With a whopping R252 500 in prize money up for grabs, including R100 000 to the winning team, it is no wonder the 2019 FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay race has attracted a stellar field from across the globe. Boasting national champions aplenty and a World Championship bronze medallist, it is without a doubt the strongest ever […]
Meet the new Bike Hub
Unlike the bike industry with its annual colour-way refreshes, new model cycles and the next new “standard”, Bike Hub has retained a largely unchanged look and feature set for a number of years now, incremental improvements aside. And while we’re not the type to propose fixing something that isn’t broken, as the digital world advances […]
Young Guns category drawing young riders to the KAP sani2c
Young riders are entering the 2020 KAP sani2c, the iconic 3 day mountain bike stage race that takes place in KZN in May each year. At the 2019 event, a “Young Guns” category awarded prize money to the top men’s and women’s teams aged 19-23. In 2020 the prize money will extend to a second […]
Cape Town Cycle Tour entries open, e-bikes welcome & short route clarification
Excitement is mounting! Thousands upon thousands of South Africans are eagerly preparing to enter the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020, Cape Town’s annual festival on two wheels and the bucket list item that everyone wants to tick off, at least once! Next year, 8 March will be the day when Cape Town invites its residents […]
One Race to Rule them all. EWC and SA Enduro Champs, Jonkershoek.
Jonkershoek played host to the 3rd and final round of 2019’s. Western Cape Enduro MTB series. It would be a four-stage, titanic battle to find who be would become Western Province and South African Champions for the year. EWC #3 Video Highlights: The EWC management team paid the weather gods a significant amount to deliver […]
Flying finish to 2019 Berg & Bush Descent
Nico Bell and Wessel Botha (NAD Pro) and Amy McDougall and Robyn de Groot (dormakaba) are the 2019 Grindrod Bank Berg & Bush Descent champions. Photo credit: Em Gatland Bell and Botha were neck and neck with Phil Buys and Matthys Beukes (Pyga Eurosteel) all weekend, ultimately taking the win just three seconds ahead of […]
Giant Unveils All-New XtC 29 Range
Press Release Giant is introducing an all-new range of XtC 29 off-road bikes with lightweight composite framesets that make them lighter and more responsive for XC racing and riding. This marks the latest evolution of an iconic hardtail that has been ridden to race wins and podiums at World Cups and other major professional XC […]
Spectacular Finish For 2019 Spur Schools MTB League
A record-breaking 2019 Spur Schools Mountain Bike League (SSMTBL) finished in grand style this weekend at Wagpos High School in North West with 87 schools competing for the various National SSMTBL Championship titles. After a day of fiercely contested racing that saw 536 riders from 11 provinces and regions as well as Zambia and Namibia […]
Nguni Trails breaking ground in KZN Midlands
A much-talked about dream in the making for several years, Nguni Trails (Pty) Ltd officially put “rake-to-trail” in late June of 2019 under the leadership of Mr Jabulani Mthalane. Nguni Trails is a small black-owned business that is part of the “Adventure Tourism Incubator” or ATI, which is a pilot project aimed at creating an […]
The Dr Evil Classic and Karoo to Coast combination: 4 days of Garden Route bliss
Two very different mountain bike races happened on the Garden Route over the Heritage Day long weekend. With the growing trend amongst cyclists to do both the Dr Evil Classic and the Karoo to Coast, we spoke to some of the riders about what makes the combination of the two races, one a stage race […]