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National title adds to Reid’s Marathon Worlds confusion
Freshly re-crowned national marathon champion, James Reid is faced with a tough conundrum of decisions ahead of the 2014 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships which take place in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 29 June. Trek South Africa’s James Reid’s victory in the recent SA National MTB Marathon Champs has left him deliberating as to whether […]
Mountain bike community launches anti-rogue riding campaign
Although currently one of the fastest growing recreational sport categories in South Africa, the sport of mountain biking (MTB) is being threatened by the emerging negative trend of rogue riding. According to Johan Kriegler, Director FNB Wines2Whales(W2W) MTB Events, the exceptional growth of the sport has resulted in an increase in the number of MTB […]
Winner of the Photo of the Day, May 2014
Voting’s all done and our May winner has been chosen! Congratulations to Grebel for his shot “Between the tapes”. http://media.thehubsa.co.za/forum/uploads/gallery/category_11/gallery_17843_11_214621.jpg The result and an audit of the votes If you were following the voting the winner announcement may be somewhat of a surprise. After the voting closed on Friday we did a quick run […]
De Groote retains National Marathon title on ‘hectic course’
Robyn de Groot (Biogen Toyota) outclassed a strong field and conquered a tough course to retain the South African Women’s Marathon Mountain Bike title in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday. Candice Neethling (silver), Robyn de Groot (gold) and Samantha Sanders (bronze) the podium finishers at the 2014 Elite Women’s South Africa Marathon Championships in Pietermaritzburg. De Groot […]
Pfitzenmaier, Groustra take emphatic Knysna win
Nico Pfitzenmaier and Renay Groustra powered to a third consecutive stage win to claim an emphatic victory in the RECM Knysna 200 on the Garden Route on Sunday. Women’s solo category winner Anriette Schoeman of Africa Silks-Bestmed (left) chases Merrell rider Andrea von Holdt, who won the mixed race with Graeme van der Nest, at […]
Pfitzenmaier and Groustra take muddy Knysna win
World cross-country masters champion Nico Pfitzenmaier and teammate Renay Groustra outclassed the competition to take a mud-splattered victory on the opening stage of the RECM Knysna 200 in the Garden Route town on Friday. Mountain bikers Renay Groustra and Nico Pfitzenmaier powered to victory in the first stage of the RECM Knysna 200 on Friday […]
Minnaar to race 100th UCI World Cup at the Fort
South African downhill icon and current World Champion, Greg Minnaar, will be racing his 100th UCI World Cup this weekend at Fort William in Scotland, on 8 June 2014. Minnaar’s illustrious downhill racing career has dubbed him as one of the most consistent riders on the world circuit. This feat goes without saying, as Minnaar’s […]
World Champ Dahle opting out of Marathon Worlds
The race for the women’s title at the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships has been thrown wide open with the confirmation that current world champ Gunn-Rita Dahle will not be on the start-line to try and feed the crown she won in Austria last year. Dahle has taken the bold move to forgo the defence […]
Western Province Championship DH at Contermankloof Race Report
A cold, muddy and rutted Contermanskloof Mainline awaited the DH riders this past weekend for the Western Province Championship for 2014. The legend that is Contermanskloof Mainline With more than 20mm of rain falling the night before, it was always going to be an ever changing track of slippery rocks and sketchy moments. A quick […]
GoPro captures gunpoint mountain bike robbery in Somerset West
Malcolm Fox was bikejacked at gunpoint during a ride in Somerset West on Saturday, 31 May 2014. Unbeknownst to the thieves the events were all captured on his GoPro and the footage used as evidence against them. From Malcolm Fox’s YouTube video: MTB ride on Saturday 31st May 2014 from Ongegund, last few km’s before […]
Race Report: WP DH Champs on a trail bike
I have Andrew Backstrom from Dial’d Bikes to blame for this. He convinced me that riding the Main Line at Contermanskloof on my trail bike was a fine idea, having never ridden any line there before. As it turned out, it was in fact a great idea, if you’re judging the idea but how much […]
Tracy Moseley, Nicolas Lau victorious in Enduro World Series Round 2, Tweed Valley, UK
The demanding trails of Britain’s Tweed Valley took their toll on the Enduro World Series’ top riders this weekend, while revealing a depth of technical prowess amongst local riders. Image credit: Matt Wragg/Enduro World Series “I think both the physicality and the technicality of the trails here caught a lot of riders off guard,” said […]