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The Bicycle Company changes name to Royalty Sports
The South African sports retail industry was given a significant boost when Royalty Sports, previously known as The Bicycle Company, who are the Cape Town based official distributors of the leading sports product brands Trek Bicycles, Bontrager Cycling Accessories, Craft SE sports apparel and Hoka One One running shoes into Southern Africa, announced that London […]
Trail bike project: Decisions decisions
The seed was sown on a particularly bumpy trail ride on my Nukeproof Snap, possibly the stiffest possible ride you will experience bar rigid bikes. It was time, I needed a bike I could throw down a trail without worrying about my poor body being bashed up by the vibrations. And so it started, my […]
Team Velokhaya ready to compete in next week’s internationally-recognised Mzansi Tour
Khayelitsha-based Team Velokhaya is all set to compete for the first time in South Africa’s only internationally-recognised pro-cycling tour, the Mzansi Tour powered by CATHSSETA, when it starts in Johannesburg next Tuesday, April 8. The five-stage tour begins with a prologue/team time trial before moving to the eastern Free State for stages one, two and […]
Winner of the Photo of the Day, March 2014
The voting has been closed and our March winner chosen. Congrats to Disylizzy and her photo “Team Work for the Win” who takes home the GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition this month. http://media.thehubsa.co.za/forum/uploads/gallery/category_11/gallery_12560_11_450272.jpg Well done Disylizzy! Some insight on the spirit of the competition The competition and voting process has been a topic of some […]
Review: Momsen Design pre-production carbon fibre fender
Momsen Design’s first full carbon fibre mudguard has been tested and developed over the last year in their hometown of Port Elizabeth and once the final version has been signed off will be manufactured there too. It is refreshing to see that not all carbon fibre products are manufactured in Taiwan, and that our humble […]
Video: Fairdale R+D – crazy bike contraptions and lots of wood
Oh, to have a garage and many spare bike parts to met about with. The guys at Fairdale Bikes look like they’re having too much fun on their home-crafted, tomfoolery fuelled machines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKinsOnuR6Y
Tri Talk SA – Simon Gear talks weather for this PE’s Ironman South Africa
It is Ironman South Africa time again and the tenth edition of the race takes place this Sunday, 6 April in Port Elizabeth. As always in the week leading up to race day there is much speculation as to what Mother Nature is going to have in store for theses incredible athletes. Tri Talk SA […]
User Review: PYGA OneTen29
I promised a while ago that I’d write a full review of the PYGA OneTen29, having given my first thoughts here. What follows are my opinions after about 150km of varied riding. Initial impressions I’d cobbled together everything needed to build the OneTen29 in the two weeks leading up to the Argus, which forced me […]
Industry Supporters Invest in the Success of Enduro World Series 2014
Continental, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Shimano, Giant Bicycles, Specialized Bicycles, Canyon Bicycles, Mavic, SRAM, Cannondale, Cube Bicycles, Alpine Stars, Fox Racing Shox, Mucky Nutz, Dirty Selle San Marco – it reads like a who’s who among bike brands, and it is. But this line-up also represents the 2014 official supporters of the Enduro World Series. Early […]
Mzansi Tour Criterium entries are open
Online entries are open for the 2014 Mzansi Tour Criterium, which forms part of the morning’s activities on the final day of the five-day tour at Blue Hills Estate, Midrand, on Saturday 12 April. Short-course racing is technical and spectator friendly, and the Mzansi Tour Criterium is open to women, Junior Men, u23 Men, Elite […]
Berg & Bush entries open on April Fools’ Day
Mountain bikers who miss their chance to enter one of KwaZulu-Natal’s premier stage races will be left feeling rather foolish when online entries open on April 1. Image credit: Kelvin Trautman Organisers of the FedGroup Berg & Bush are once again expecting a steady stream of entries for the eighth edition of the event, which […]
Photo Epic: The 2014 Absa Cape Epic in pictures
With the Absa Cape Epic done and dusted, muddy and sore, we thought it would be great to recap the events through all the beautiful images that encapsulate the event so well. Prologue Stephan Sahm beginning his Epic // Image credit: Karin Schermbrucker/Cape Epic/SPORTZPICS Jose Hermida and Rudi van Houts of Multivan Merida Biking // […]