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Video: Freerider – Richard Canham
Richard Canham has been working on his freeride film for the past five months. Watch his unique style as he performs some tricky manoeuvres around Cape Town.
Third term MTB racing off to a thunderous start
A total of 664 high school mountain bike riders competed in the second Gatueng race of the Spur Schools MTB League. The event was hosted at Bekker High School in Magaliesburg, which will also play host to the national finals in October. Racing began with the Sub Juniors where Miguel Moutinho of Midstream College pulled […]
Video: Bas van Steenbergen’s Dream Slalom track
Bas van Steenbergen is one of the world’s best bike-handlers, a Red Bull Rampage alumnus, and uses “slalom” riding to sharpen his ability to change direction — both vertically over jumps and horizontally between creative berms — with his newly-created “Dream Slalom” track in British Columbia’s interior.
Team Dimension Data adds 3 stagieres for remainder of 2016 season
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka is happy to announce the signing of 3 stagieres for the remainder of the 2016 season. South African Ryan Gibbons as well as Eritreans Metkel Eyob and Amanuel Gebreigzabhier spent the first half of the season riding for our African team’s continental outfit. 21-year old Gibbons has enjoyed a solid […]
Contego Segment Hunter: Episode 3 Preview – Cape Cobra
After conquering the tar on Red Hill, Contego Segment Hunter is heading back to the dirt and knobbly tyres. It is also a return to the Tygerberg Trails but there is good reason; the super enjoyable Hoogekraal Cape Cobra (Down & Up) segment. The Segment: Hoogekraal Cape Cobra (Down & Up) tests both fitness and […]
National road team announced for 2016 Tour de l’Avenir (FRA)
Cycling South Africa is proud to announce the under-23 Men’s National Road Cycling Team that will participate in the 2016 Tour de l’Avenir, taking place in France from 20 to 27 August. The eight-day race covers a total distance of 898.9 kilometres and is made up of seven race days and an Individual Time Trial […]
Kruger & De Groot win the 11th Die Burger MTB Challenge
In muddy, misty, cold and windy conditions HB Kruger produced some red-hot form to win his first ever Die Burger Mountain Bike Challenge over 75km in Stellenbosch. Some 4000 riders started the day at Eikestad Primary and rode the 15km, 30km, 42km, 50km, 60km or invitational 75km to the finish line at the Van der […]
MTO partners with the FNB Wines2Whales Mountain Bike Events
MTO is proud to announce a new partnership with the Western Cape’s most revered three day stage mountain bike (MTB) event, the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) MTB Events. “We are extremely excited to partner with MTO,” says Michael Meyer, FNB W2W MTB Director. “A lot of the trails that riders enjoy are on MTO grounds. The […]
Jared Graves and Cecile Ravanel win Enduro World Series Round 5 in Colorado
Jared Graves (Specialized) and Cecile Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro Racing Team) won the fifth round of the Enduro World Series the Yeti Cycles Big Mountain Enduro presented by Shimano in convincing style. Racing under a hot Colorado sun at an elevation of 10,000 feet is no mean feat, but Graves and Ravanel made it look […]
Trail Daze | Hoogekraal
Timing it perfectly between the year’s first proper grey and rainy winters days, the Trail Daze crew headed out towards Hoogekraal, just a few minutes drive outside Durbanville, to experience some tacky trails, green grass and a herd of curious cattle. Forming part of the greater Tygerberg MTB trail network, this loop probably won’t keep […]
Graves and Ravanel lead after day one at Enduro World Series Aspen Snowmass
Jared Graves (Specialized) and Cecile Ravanel (Commencal Vallnord Enduro) each made it a hat trick as they won all three of the stages on the opening day of the Yeti Cycles Big Mountain Enduro presented by Shimano in Aspen Snowmass. Jared Graves on stage 2 – he won all three stages today and goes into […]
First Look Friday: Lapierre Xelius, Specialized Women’s Motodiva, and Oakley Radar EV
First Look Friday is an introduction to the gear that we are currently testing for review. This week we’re featuring the Lapierre Xelius SL road bike, Specialized Women’s Motodiva shoes and Oakley’s Radar EV sunglasses. Lapierre Xelius SL 500 CP road bike The Xelius SL sits at the top of Lapierre’s road range alongside the […]