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Helping to support your bodyʼs mobility in sporting and everyday activities. Bemvelo Science is committed to bringing world-leading skincare and body products to South Africa. By working closely with our Swiss partners, Swissforce Pharma, we ensure only the highest quality and most innovative products are brought to our market. Since our inception, we have broadened […]
Inside Cape Town’s cSixx Components
Cape Town based component manufacturer, cSixx, has become well regarded locally and abroad for their range of performance focussed aluminium and carbon bike parts. What started with a gravity focussed carbon chain guide has expanded into an array carbon and aluminium components for mountain bike, road and gravel riders. Founder Mark Hopkins is no stranger […]
2022 Cape Town Cycle Tour Set For Traditional March Date
Last year the Cape Town Cycle Tour was postponed to October 10 as a result of Covid restrictions with a limited field of 18 000. This year organisers have confirmed a larger capacity but Covid protocols will still apply. “After missing out on our traditional March date last year, we are delighted to be back […]
SRAM acquires Hammerhead cycling computers
SRAM, one of the world’s leading bicycle component manufacturers, announced today the acquisition of Hammerhead, a leading cycling technology company and maker of the Karoo 2 cycling computer. Hammerhead will join SRAM’s portfolio of brands and will continue to develop its Karoo product line under the SRAM portfolio. The companies completed the transaction on December […]
Cannondale launch new Synapse with built-in safety awareness
Cannondale is making road cycling more inviting and efficient than ever before with the launch of the reimagined Synapse road bike and new SmartSense technology. “SmartSense is designed to make road riding more enjoyable for experienced riders, more inviting for new riders and more convenient for everyone,” says David Devine, Cannondale Global Senior Director of […]
Andreassen and De Villiers Beat the Heat to Win Attakwas Extreme Titles
Oudtshoorn’s Yolande de Villiers and Denmark’s Simon Andreassen coped relatively well with the extreme heat in the Klein Karoo on Saturday, 15 January 2022. In doing so the pair were able to best survive the 16th edition of the Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. Their victories were completed in 6 hours, 6 […]
Liv Commits to Mariske Strauss
Liv Cycling South Africa have signed Mariske Strauss, the multiple South African cross-country champion for 2022 and beyond. The 2021 Absa African Jersey winner will focus on UCI XCO World Cup racing in preparation for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as selected South African stage races, including the Absa Cape Epic. Strauss will […]
Introducing Team Imbuko {type}DEV equipped by Giant
Imbuko Wines, {type}DEV and Giant Bicycles have combined forces to support a large squad of talented young riders in 2022 and beyond. Having sponsored a South African mountain biking team since 2017 Imbuko Wines has built a reputation for fostering young talent and promoting exciting racing. {type}DEV, for their part, entered the sport when their […]
Defending Champions Face Stern Test at 2022 Attakwas
The Momentum Medical Scheme Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, is set to take place on Saturday, 15 January 2022. The 16th edition of the race will see South Africa’s top mountain bikers go head-to-head in a battle to raise a stone from the Attakwakloof above their heads. In so doing they will get their 2022 […]
Bike Hub: 2021 Year in Review
Another 12 months have flown by and once again it’s time to look back at the past year on Bike Hub. 2021 gave us some glimpses of normality, with many more cycling events taking place, albeit on a compressed schedule. And while constrained supply fell short of the demand for new cycling gear, many consumers […]
Pirelli partners with UAE Team Emirates in 2022
Milan (Italy), 17 December 2021. A few days before the start of the new year, Pirelli announces yet another sporting partnership with another cycling team in the top UCI category: the World Tour UAE Team Emirates. The team, which has a high-profile roster starting with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, will ride on Pirelli tyres in 2022 […]
The Little Wing kids’ bicycle seat launches in South Africa
Introducing the LITTLE WING, an on-bike platform for children, now available for order in South Africa. The LITTLE WING has been designed and manufactured in Cape Town, South Africa by mountain biker Doug Bird, who decided to develop the bicycle seat when he could not find something similar that was locally produced. “I am passionate […]