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Timing.Mobi: affordable real-time results for event organisers
While near-field communication (NFC) is nothing new to the sports industry, Timing.Mobi provides an easy-to-use mobile solution to both race organisers and participants. Launched in South Africa this week, this innovative sport-timing system was developed specifically to support small to medium sporting events by offering an affordable tool to record real-time results. Race organisers now […]
SwiftCarbon signs South African World Triathlete Series star Henri Schoeman
Professional Olympic and sprint distance triathlete Henri Schoeman recently inked a bike contract with SwiftCarbon. The 24-year-old wasted no time in climbing on his new SwiftCarbon Ultravox Ti, racing it at the Cape Town leg of the ITU World Triathlon Series. His world-class performance placed him in 6th, the best South African, despite a mishap […]
Garlicki wins Round Three of the South African National DH series
Stefan Garlicki (Solid Reverse Factory Racing) won Round Three of the South African National DH series at Cascade Manor on Sunday 1 May. Garlicki claimed his second win in the National Series when he beat Christopher Philogene and Theo Erlangsen in a time of 02:01.652, a comfortable winning margin of some four seconds. Due to […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka all set for first Giro d’Italia
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka are all set to start this year’s Giro d’Italia, which gets underway on 6 May in Apeldoorn, Holland. It will be the first time our African Team start the Italian Grand Tour, making it a significant moment for our team and for African cycling in general. The Giro d’Italia is […]
RMB Change a Life Zulus embrace rounded KAP sani2c experience
The 2016 KAP sani2c’s Race event, which takes place from Glencairn Farm near Himeville down to Scottburgh on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast from 12-14 May, will see no fewer than four of Martin Dreyer’s RMB Change a Life MTB Academy two-rider teams in action as they look to race to success while learning along the way […]
Phil Buys edges closer to Rio
It was a wet and muddy affair this past weekend at the Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival. The XCO was rated as a UCI HC (hors class) event, which means that there were more points up for grabs leading up to the Rio Olympics. Aspiring Olympics qualifiers did not let the most horrid conditions keep them from […]
Schools and Enduro races wrap up long weekend of mountain biking
The third and final day of the 2016 Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival wrapped up a fantastic long weekend of various mountain biking disciplines with the KwaZulu-Natal Schools Challenge and the Enduro events Cascades MTB Park in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday 2 May. Perfect cycling conditions prevailed as young and old traversed the trails on offer. The Sprog […]
One-day ultra-mountain bike marathon partners with the Malmesbury Fietsryklub
The eighth annual Amarider 100Miler & 50Miler event, presented by Bike Hub takes place on Saturday 21 May 2016 in the Swartland, at the Malmesbury Festival grounds. With less than a month to go, the 100 Miler team is getting all the last details sorted to present a great day of racing. Only pre-entries are […]
Giveaway: Praxis Works Wide Range Cassette and Wide/Narrow Chainring
Bike Hub will be having a series of giveaways in 2016. In May we’re kicking off with a Praxis Works 10sp Wide Range Cassette and a Praxis 1x MTB Wide/Narrow Chainring with a combined valued of R3,390.00. To enter this giveaway, simply complete the form below. The Prize Praxis Works 10sp Wide Range Cassette The […]
Stewart and Dreyer clock fastest times at Masters Marathon Champs
While South Africans celebrated National Worker’s Day today, mountain bikers took to the warmer trails of Cascades MTB Park in KwaZulu-Natal to put in some hard work for the SA MTB Masters Marathon Championship titles on offer for age categories over 30-years-old at the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival on Sunday 1 May. After extremely […]
Tour de Romandie #5: Merhawi Kudus climbs with the best
Chris Froome (Team Sky) won the 4th stage of the Tour de Romandie, crossing the line a few seconds ahead of Ion Izaguirre (Movistar) and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ). Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was able to retain the overall race lead. After numerous attacks in the first 30km of the 4th Tour de Romandie stage, 11 riders […]
Mud fest tests inner strength of riders at PMB MTB Festival XCO
Austrian National Champion Gregor Raggl (Haibike Otzal Pro Team) and Mariske Strauss (Novus OMX Pro Team) claimed top honours in the Elite races and German Alexander Bunn (Team Firebike Drossiger) and Danielle Strydom (Swiss Cycles) claimed top honours in the Junior races, raking in the highest UCI points on offer at the rain-soaked second annual […]