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Oudtshoorn Youth Festival anticipates large entry field for June
The annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival once again heads to the Western Cape and takes place this year from Monday 27th to Thursday 30th June 2016. The festival encourages all young riders to participate as cycling teams. Event organiser, Corne Bence, says that the regions included in this event are: Western Province, Cape Winelands, West Coast, […]
joBerg2c champs team up at Zuurberg
Overall winners of this year’s joBerg2c women’s race, Anriette Schoeman and Samantha Sanders, will aim to add the PwC Great Zuurberg Trek mountain bike title to their conquests when the race gets underway outside Addo on Friday. Schoeman, who lives in nearby Port Elizabeth, had originally been preparing to defend her mixed title alongside John […]
Trailseeker Lionman lives up to its wild reputation
South African marathon champion, Max Knox and African marathon champion, Amy Beth McDougall, won the men and women’s titles respectively at the Nissan TrailSeeker Lionman mountain bike race near Bela Bela at the weekend. Knox clocked a time of 2 hours 24 minutes 16 seconds for the marathon event, which was just short of 70km. […]
Cross country aces lead Sappi Karkloof charge
Last minute entries by cross country stars Brendon Davids and Alan Hatherly for Sunday’s 60km Sappi Karkloof Marathon, the feature race of this weekend’s 2016 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival which takes place at Karkloof Country Club, is set to produce an interesting tussle between the duo and fellow XCO ace, Julian Jessop. Having confirmed […]
Mixed BSi Steel dusi2c title shot in Team Sani’s sights
After powering their way to their maiden mixed category victory at the 2015 BSi Steel dusi2c the Team Sani duo of Bianca Haw and Andrew Houston will return to defend their title at the 2016 edition of the two-day journey through the Valley of a Thousand Hills from Pietermaritzburg to Durban starting on 11 June. […]
Two wholesalers in bicycle price-fixing charges get R4m administrative fines each
Tuesday 31 May, the Tribunal has issued both its order and its reasons in the Omnico and Coolheat Cycle case. It has awarded an administrative penalty to Omnico of R4627412 and to Coolheat Cycles a penalty of R4250612. The Tribunal has already confirmed six consent orders by wholesalers and 11 retailers in the bicycle sector […]
Review: Specialized S-Works Turbo Levo FSR 6Fattie
In 2015 Specialized announced the Turbo Levo, a range of electric pedal-assist trail bikes, and have since rolled out several variations. These include a women’s specific, a fat bike, a hardtail, a full suspension 29er, and a full-suspension 27.5-plus model which we spent last Friday afternoon riding at the spectacular Jonkershoek trails. UPDATE 18 September […]
Junior Eliminator Series Western Cape video and overall results
The Junior Eliminator Series 2016 kicked off in the Western Cape with two highly entertaining races at Bloemendal Wine Estate and Bishops Diocesan College where young riders representing 24 different schools entertained the crowds with some exciting, high paced racing action. Eliminator is a short course heat racing format of mountain biking, riders race four […]
New kids on the block: The Westpeak Launch
Westpeak began with an idea mid way through 2015. As two students who couldn’t find any clothes that looked as good on the bike as they did off, we decided to make our own. You can find out more about us and our story here. A few months down the line and this is where […]
Sought after Buffalo title up for grabs at 2016 dusi2c
The two day BSi Steel dusi2c is set to be a tough a battle for supremacy for the over 180kg combinations as all of the top five in 2015’s Buffalo category return for another shot at one of the more unique, sought-after titles up for grabs when they head off from Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg […]
Team Dimension Data’s Kanstantsin Siutsou finishes 10th overall at the Giro d’Italia
The final stage of the 2016 Giro d’Italia was set to be a celebration ride for the GC contenders and another one for the sprinters. However, the weather didn’t play into the organizers cards, who had to neutralize the final laps on the technical city circuit in Torino. For Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka the […]
Hill and Louw aim to regain Zuurberg crown
Mountain bike pros Andrew Hill and Adriaan Louw will be out to re-assert their authority on the three-day PwC Great Zuurberg Trek when it takes place just outside Port Elizabeth from June 3 to 5. The TIB Insurance-Contego team made light work of the inaugural event two years ago, claiming a hat-trick of stage wins […]