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Telkom backs professional cycling team
Telkom will increase its investment in South African cycling in 2016 with the launch of Team Telkom, a professional road and mountain bike racing team owned and managed by former cycling great, Malcolm Lange. The team comprises seven riders, including Nolan Hoffman, South Africa’s most prolific road-and track-race winner since Lange’s retirement in 2010. Hoffman […]
Knight Composites sponsors Novus OMX Pro Team
Knight have produced the fastest road wheel in the World, and now their brand new line of off-road wheels is set to be released, with Novus OMX Pro Team becoming the first mountain bike team with the honour of racing on them. Knight is a company whose characteristics and ambitions resonate with our own: to […]
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka unveil 2016 race kit
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka unveiled its long awaited 2016 race outfit today in Adelaide, Australia and shared that moment with their supporters. Together with title partner Dimension Data the team organized the first of a series of coffee rides. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka believes that #BicyclesChangeLives. For our African team Qhubeka isn’t an […]
Video: Pure Darkness 3.0 – Breaking Ground
Pure Darkness was first unleashed on the world in 2014 as Sam Reynolds, Matt Macduff and Danny Pace took to the road in the UK with one goal; to film in their words the ‘darkest’ MTB project ever. What that came to mean for the rest of the world was the most heavy hitting, action […]
Focus on fundamentals for second PMB MTB Fest
As January reaches the halfway mark, the team behind the second annual Pietermaritzburg MTB Festival is already full steam ahead, with preparations well underway for the event taking place at the Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 30 April to 2 May 2016. Event Director, Alec Lenferna says that all the planning and organisation of […]
Periklis and Tiago bring new flavour to the Absa Cape Epic
As the Absa Cape Epic enters the post-Christoph Sauser era a number of new challengers from around the world are putting up their hands. One of those with the pedigree to challenge the favourites in 2016 will be Greece’s Periklis Ilias, a former Marathon World Champion and Olympian. The 29-year-old will be partnered with another […]
Introducing Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka
Cycling fans may already have noted that Team MTN-Qhubeka has become Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka from the start of 2016. While the team’s title sponsor and team colours have changed, its dedication to supporting Qhubeka has not, and we are excited to see what 2016 holds through the team’s continued commitment to the #BicyclesChangeLives […]
First entries see big names ahead of 2016 SA Road Champs
The 2016 SA National Road, Time Trial and Para-cycling Championships, which is expecting to see some of the country’s biggest names in cycling on the start line, is just less than a month away, and brings with it two exciting competition venues on offer in sunny KwaZulu-Natal from 10-14 February. The four-day 2016 competition will […]
Introducing the Transition Patrol Carbon
The Patrol Carbon is the highly anticipated premium option to our well regarded aluminium Patrol. All the great features of the aluminium Patrol with a large reduction in weight and no compromise in strength. The carbon front triangle, seatstays and chainstays provide a crisp and responsive ride with excellent trail feel. https://vimeo.com/149298198 Featuring all the […]
Grindrod Bank new title sponsor of Berg and Bush
Grindrod Bank have secured the title sponsorship of one of KwaZulu-Natal’s premier multistage mountain bike races, the Berg and Bush. “We are delighted that we were invited to become more involved in this event,” said Grindrod Bank managing director David Polkinghorne, in the wake of the financial institution coming on board as presenting sponsor during […]
Help build the Super Loop at Garden Route Trail Park
Help Matt MacDuff raise his Super Loop at the Garden Route Trail Park outside Knysna. Matt Macduff is about to embark on his most ambitious project ever; building the worlds largest wooden loop de loop at 12 meters (40 ft) and riding it on his Bicycle! Location: Garden Route Trail Park This is no easy […]
Mankele adds new surprises ahead of SA’s first XCO Cup
With the 2016 Olympic year already well under way, Mankele MTB Park in Mpumalanga has added new surprises to the well-known course, as it awaits the entries of top Elite and Junior national and international cross country specialists ahead of the opening round of the Stihl 2016 SA XCO Cup Series on Saturday 30 January. […]