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Kargo Team wins KZN Road Title
The Kargo Pro MTB Team dominated the podium at the 2016 KZN Road Cycling Championships in Eston, Pietermaritzburg this past weekend. Through sterling teamwork the riders ensured their first race for the season ended in a win. Brendon Davids took the coveted first place, followed closely by team mates Alan Hatherly (4th Overall / 1st […]
Interview: Gary Blem – Team Sky Head Mechanic
South African Gary Blem is the Head Mechanic for Team Sky. He has worked for a some of the world’s top riders such as Bradley Wiggins, Mark Cavendish and currently Chris Froome. Bike Hub was lucky enough to interview Gary at the Standard Bank Africa Cycle Fair. Gary Blem Interview Part 1: 1. Who are […]
Croc2Croc: A unique approach taking boutique MTB stage events to the next level
The Croc2Croc@Verlorenkloof aims to be the perfect MTB event and promises riders a weekend of unforgettable and extreme MTB pleasure. The Croc2Croc MTB stage event takes place between 27 and 30 May at Verlorenkloof in the heart of the trout triangle in Mpumalanga. According to Event Director Luther Erasmus the Croc2Croc dream started many years […]
Change of guard at Attakwas Extreme MTB Challenge
There was a changing of the guard at the 10th edition of the Fairview Attakwas Extreme Mountain Bike Challenge in South Africa’s Western Cape province on Saturday. The German Team Bulls pair of Karl Platt and Tim Bohme decimated the field to claim a tie victory in the men’s race, while South African marathon champion, […]
Team Dimension Data Preview: Santos Tour Down Under
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka will get its World Tour campaign underway at the season opening Santos Tour Down Under, which takes place from the 17-24 January in Adelaide, Australia. After Cameron Meyer, Nathan Haas and Mark Renshaw got us off to a great start at the Australian National Road Champs last week, our African […]
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 […]