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Review: Silverback Signo Tecnica
Designed from the ground up around the use of a 29″ front and 27.5″ rear wheel, Silverback’s 279 range of mountain bikes are not your usual run of the crowd bikes. By doing this Silverback believe that they have combined the best of both worlds into one chassis giving the rider an advantage on the […]
Near perfect autumn conditions for 7th Amarider 100Miler
Nearly 900 riders lined up on Saturday morning 23 May for the seventh edition of the Amarider 100 & 50Miler races in the Swartland. The 100Miler bunch was led out at sunrise in a neutral procession through the streets of Malmesbury, with load shedding not making much of an impact on the start of 07h30. […]
Review: Forca SPS-400 adjustable seatpost
The Forca dropper seatpost is a low tech mechanical adjustable seatpost. While you may want to cringe at the thought of a spring and pin operated mechanism between the legs, the Forca is a solid offering and features benefits over hydraulic or air operated systems. What is the Forca SPS-400? Forca is based in Bruchsal, […]
World Ports Classic #2: Janse van Rensburg and Goss crash heavily
The final stage of the World Ports Classic would literally end with a bang for our African team as Matt Goss and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg came crashing down in the final few kilometers while Kris Boeckmans (Lotto-Soudal) went ahead to ride away with the stage and overall GC victory. In a stage that had […]
Tour of Norway: Edvald Boasson Hagen finishes 2nd on GC
The final Tour of Norway stage would be a wet and tough 175km affair. A hard 12km circuit would be completed 3 times to end of the race and it was the late breakaway rider, Andreas Vangstad (Sparebanken Sor) who would come out on top. As Vangstad was not a threat to the GC riders, […]
Edvald Boasson Hagen consolidates podium at Tour of Norway
The Tour of Norway saw another tough stage in the Hardanger area. 167 km from Rjukan to Geilo were on the menu today with a three categorized climbs. Spaniard Amets Txurukka (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) managed to drop his closest rivals on the final incline, wining solo ahead of David Lopez (Sky) and Davide Rebellin (CCC-Sprandi). […]
Andy Stauff breaks clear, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg finishes top10
The opening stage of the World Ports Classic lead the peloton from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Antwerp in Belgium. The 195 km flat stage was taken by Italian Andrea Guardini (Astana) in a high speed bunch sprint. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg was the teams best placed finisher in eighth. The stage got off to […]
Kleinhans, De Groot defeat the Monster on first attempt
Close to 2 000 adventure seekers toed the line at the ATKV Buffelspoort on Saturday, 23 May 2015 to test their mountain biking prowess at the much revered FNB Magalies Monster MTB Classic presented by ISUZU. Erik Kleinhans left nothing to chance conquering the 75km FNB Magalies Monster in a lightning fast time of 03 […]
White wins first Walkerville ultra
Nic White showed his enduring class in a testing two-man sprint to take the victory in the first ever ultra-marathon at the Bestmed Walkerville MTB Classic, presented by ASG, in Gauteng on Saturday. The 80km race kicked off the mountain biking component of the new Bestmed National Cycling Series, putting ex-African road champion White at […]
Determined Edvald Boasson Hagen moves up to second overall at Tour of Norway
Stage 3 of the Tour of Norway would see another strong performance of Edvald Boasson Hagen who eventually finished second on the day. The teams Norwegian allrounder was one of the most active riders in the final and managed to put himself in a good GC position for the upcoming stages. The 185 km stage […]
Watch and win joBerg2c entry
Organisers of the Old Mutual joBerg2c will be giving away the journey of a lifetime to one lucky individual who watches this year’s television highlights package on DStv from Monday evening. Would-be participants in the nine-day mountain bike race will have to watch the one-hour show on SuperSport Eight to discover the answers to a […]
Behind the Stripes: South African champion Jacques Janse van Rensburg
The first part of my 2015 season has been a big success for me and has given me the confidence to look forward to the rest of the season with high hopes. It started with a really good off season and base training in November and December in South Africa. I really like training in […]