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Contego Segment Hunter #1: Gert Heyns takes on Bloemslang
We’re excited to launch the first episode of our online video series Contego Segment Hunter. The first segment in the series is Bloemslang – Just the Drop at Bloemendal Wine Estate. After consulting with the team and local riders, Gert Heyns was selected a worthy challenger to Louis Bresler-Knipe’s King of the Mountain. Watch the […]
Gearing Up for the RECM Knysna 200
The RECM Knysna 200 is now less than a month away and the chances to join the Garden Route Events crew and the RECM Asset Management team for a weekend of mountain biking bliss in Trail Town South Africa are slipping through your fingers. Visit #TrailTown South Africa for the RECM Knysna 200. Photo by: […]
Video: The Hunt for Glory – “Building Endurance with Nino Schurter”
If you race mountain bikes, you’ve learned to love to suffer. No one knows this better than World champion Nino Schurter. Learn more about Nino’s strategically tough interval training to get an idea of how the pro’s get their endurance training dialed. Time for a sufferfest.
First Look Friday: Silverback Sphere 1; Verve Infocrank; SRAM NX
First Look Friday is an introduction to the products that we are currently testing for review. This week we’re previewing the Silverback Sphere 1 plus bike, Verve Infocrank, and a SRAM NX upgrade. Silverback Sphere 1 The Sphere 1 is Silverback’s reimagination of the hardtail with plus sized wheels. It features 3.0″ tyres to add […]
Trek announce Fuel EX with 27.5 Plus
Trek has expanded one of the world’s most popular trail bike lines with the introduction of the Fuel EX 27.5 Plus. The popularity of mid-fat tires has shown riders how a little extra tire volume can yield a lot more traction and a lot more fun. Now the benefits of wider tires are being combined […]
Giro d’Italia #18: Dimension Data for Qhubeka protect GC position
Matteo Trentin (Etixx-Quickstep) won the 18th stage of the Giro d’Italia with Moreno Moser (Cannondale) taking 2nd and Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx-Quickstep) rounding out the stage podium. Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) kept the pink leader’s jersey once again. Today the riders had a long 244km haul from Muggio to Pinerolo. The only real obstacle of the day […]
‘Ballies’ ready for thrilling dusi2c podium dice
The experienced pair of Warren Price and Trevor Rowe are eagerly counting down the days to the start of the 2016 BSi Steel dusi2c that takes place from Camps Drift in Pietermaritzburg to Durban’s Blue Lagoon on 11 and 12 June, as they go in search of a much sought-after top three finish. The Safire […]
Grant Usher joins Kargo Pro Cycling Team
The Kargo Pro Cycling Team is proud to announce that Grant Usher is the latest addition to its rider line-up. Grant joins the team as a marathon, stage-race and ultra-endurance specialist and will focus on events such as the Cape Pioneer Trek and Absa Cape Epic, as well as shorter one-day races. He has acquired […]
Video: UCT Track Tuesday League – May
The boys at UCT cycling have found a diamond in the rough, rocky area that is Table Mountain with their short cross-country style mountain bike track on which the weekly “Track Tuesdays powered by Private Client Holdings” is held. The UCT Cycling Club has partnered with Private Client Holdings, Trek, Free-wheel Cycology and William Simpson […]
Entries are now open for the 2016 Berg & Bush
Don’t wait too long to enter one of the most spectacular races on the South African MTB calendar, the Grindrod Berg & Bush. Entries are now open for the 2016 Grindrod Berg & Bush. Mountain bikers who want to participate in what has been labeled by many as the best stage race on the calendar […]
NMMU cyclist selected for SA road team
Port Elizabeth cyclist Anja Gerber ticked off one of her goals when she was selected for the junior national women’s road team that will be competing in races across Europe from the end of June. The 17-year-old NMMU student, who was notified by Cycling South Africa last week, was earlier this year also included in […]
JBay MTB Open to be known as JBay Wind Farm MTB Classic
Mark Pickering, General Manager of Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm announced this week that Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm has come on board as title sponsor to the mountain bike event that has traversed the farm for the past two years. “This (2016) will be the third year that we welcome this event through our wind farm,” […]