WIN the South African DreamBike 2025 with PedalForGood
PedalForGood (P4G) is on a mission to inspire a new generation of youth through the power of bikes. This is the third edition of the SA DreamBike Raffle, offering riders more than just a chance to win top-tier prizes but a way to shape a brighter future for at-risk youth. Supporting youth development with Trail […]
Vote for the Wild Bike Foundation to Accelerate Wilderness Conservation
The Wild Bike Foundation has been short-listed to receive a yearly grant from the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA) and they are now part of a public vote to select a final recipient. Get all the details on how to to show your support in the announcement below: The Wild Bike Foundation is excited to […]
Win a Dream Bike and help Pedal Project provide Trail Therapy
Pedal Project is using the power of bikes to provide Trail Therapy and allowing you to win a dream ebike while supporting at-risk youth. For the second year the charity, which currently provides weekly mental health counselling and a healthy outdoors outlet for 120 children from schools in Macassar and Stand, will be staging a […]
Specialized and Wild Bike partner to support conservation in KwaZulu-Natal
It’s June up in northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It’s winter, the grass is dry, the bushveld scant. The mornings are cold, but the days warm up beautifully, and the dust of dirt roads pillow in clouds as Sihle Hlabissa pedals his white e-bike on the way to Qomukuphila School. Patch-skinned Nguni cows turn their […]
Pedal Project creates PedalForGood Leaders Jersey
The Pedal Project – a community-based mental health support programme which utilises mountain biking as a vehicle for empowering children from historically disadvantaged communities – is an official charity of the Absa Cape Epic. In an attempt to raise awareness of the charity, to promote healthy competition throughout the race, and to highlight the achievements […]
Joshua Sole joins Reach For A Dream’s charity team as its official ambassador for Ride Joburg 2023
Joshua Sole, a 14-year-old cancer warrior, is leading Reach For A Dream’s charity team – the Dream Riders – in the Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg 2023. This young cyclist is pedalling not just for his love of the sport but to inspire hope in children battling life-threatening illnesses. At eight years old, Joshua was […]
Tienie Maree to Ride the Munga Again for the Cape of Good Hope SPCA
In 2022, Tienie Maree embarked on a remarkable journey, one that would test not only his physical endurance but also his determination to make a difference in the lives of animals. He made a significant decision to purchase an entry for the gruelling Munga MTB race, fully aware that this challenge would be among the […]
Bike auction: songo.info and Soil Searching Shaping Better Futures
songo.info are auctioning two limited edition Specialized Bicycles to raise funds for their trail building internship programme. Specialized Bicycle’s Soil Searching programme is a movement to recognise and support the trail builders who help shape our sport and ensure our stoke. Since 2018, it has provided financial, organisational and outreach support for trail systems around […]
Working Heroines: Normal Women taking on the Absa Cape Epic
They say it’s a man’s world. And when looking around a mountain bike race village it’s difficult to argue. In the biggest races the average man to woman ratio is 10 to 1. Equal prize money has evened the playing field, but arguably only for the very top riders. For the amateur women – who […]
The Other Side of the Hill
Sharjah Jonsson is no stranger to the rolling hills of the Tshelimnyama valley, he has raced countless events at Giba Gorge mountain bike park and spent time in an excavator building trails for the park. But the Ekukhanyeni township on other side of the valley was only somewhere he drove past on his way to […]
Fabio Wibmer releases Video Game
Fabio Wibmer has dropped his first major edit in more than two years – and it’s well worth the wait. Inspired by a passion for video games and immersing himself in things that seemed far away from reality, Wibmer’s new release sees his unmistakable riding style mixed with elements from his favourite game. Photo […]