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Ladies mountain bike weekend with Vanessa Haywood
Mountain biking is the fastest growing sport in South Africa and one of the fastest growing in the world, with exponential growth specifically in the woman’s market. Ladies want to get a piece of the action too! Mountain biking is, however quite an intense and highly technical sport to master, which makes it intimidating for […]
Alan Winde Interview: 100 000 in ten
The aim: to bring 100 000 bicycle based tourists a year to the Western Cape within ten years. The implementation: Full Sus spoke to Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in the Western Cape, Alan Winde, and while WC Government is putting the structures in place they need you to take action too. Alan […]
Fun day out at Stage Two of FNB W2W MTB Ride
Stage Two of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride started and finished at Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin) on Tuesday, 05 November 2013. Starting and finishing at the Oak Valley Sport Field (Elgin) on Tuesday, 05 November 2013 Stage Two of the FNB W2W MTB Ride saw riders having to complete a 68km […]
Riders greeted by sunny skies at Stage One of FNB W2W MTB Ride
Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West) was a hive of activity on Monday, 04 November 2013 when just under 700 mountain biking enthusiasts toed the line to be part of the action of the 2013 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride. Karen Strydom and Esti Loizou of Team Sistas enjoying Stage One of the FNB […]
Sprint to the finish at the 2013 FNB W2W MTB Adventure
Spectators were treated to a nail biting sprint finish at the Onrus Caravan Park (just outside Hermanus) on Sunday, 03 November 2013 when Team Pendale’s, Ian Franken and Andrew McPherson were seen battling it out with Team Infocus Racing’s, Owen Green and Donovan Le Cok. Stage 3 // Image credit: Cherie Vale NEWSPORT MEDIA Although […]
Africa Cycle Fair: the bikes that stood out
It’s kind of odd that out of all the bikes I rode at the Africa Cycle Fair, the four that stood out fit into two specific categories: full suspension trail and steel hardtails. I guess they are the two types of bikes that were most interesting to me, but they were also the ones that […]
Video of the Week – GoPro: Combing Valparaiso’s Hills
Top freeride and DH riders explore the hills in Valparaiso, Chile. The hills are steep, the speeds are epic, and the cojones aren’t lacking. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN-YTcSnE6c For those of you who don’t know, there’s the Urban Assault DH race on Signal Hill this weekend. Looking to participate myself on my trusty Nukeproof Snap. Yes, hardtail. Though […]
Top riders comment on dramatic new Absa Cape Epic route
Both local and international mountain biking enthusiasts will be taking on the demanding eight day Absa Cape Epic of 718km with 14 850m of climbing during next year’s event. With its unexplored landscapes, the stage locations of Robertson, Greyton and Oak Valley Wine estate await the most prestigious mountain bike stage race in the world, […]
Rugby Legends ride the Epic & Kevin Vermaak talks innovation
The ABSA Cape Epic Route for 2014 was launched at two functions this week, one in Cape Town and one in Johannesburg. As always the route will be testing, but it is the human spirit that will prevail and this week on MTB Talk SA Brad Brown caught up with a few of the individuals […]
SA track cycling stars race in Revolution Series opening round (GBR)
Cycling South Africa’s track cycling stars were afforded the opportunity to participate in the invitational Revolution Series, which kicked off in Manchester at the weekend. The national team is currently finalising their preparations ahead of this coming weekend’s opening round of the UCI Track World Cup series. The only woman representative, Maroesjka Matthee, kicked off […]
Africa’s Cycling Star Continues to Rise thanks to the World Cycle Centre Africa
2013 has been an amazing year for African cycling. Daryl Impey became the first African ever to wear the leader’s yellow jersey at this year’s Tour de France. Chris Froome then went on to become the first African born winner of the grand tour (And let’s be honest he is more African than he is […]
Ironman Age Grouper World Champion and World Record Holder Kyle Buckingham
Looking back at the Ironman World Championships in Kona a week and a bit ago, South Africa really performed well as a nation at the event. James Cunnama came fourth, the highest a South African has ever placed in the race, while we had another two amateur age groupers, Kyle Buckingham and Matt Trautman, in […]