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New format boost for Ashburton Investments National MTB Series
Three fresh venues and a new format will give the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series a boost for the 2017 South African mountain bike-racing season. The 2017 Ashburton Investments National MTB Series will open for the first time at Grabouw. Photo Credit: www.zcmc.co.za Five of the seven rounds of the 2017 Ashburton Investments National […]
Nissan Trailseeker Series continues to boost mountain biking growth
The immensely popular Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series sold out yet another event this past weekend with 3200 mountain bikers taking to the trails at Round 3 at HazelDean, east of Pretoria. Incredibly, one in six riders that took part were doing their first mountain bike race. This statistic was revealed by SASeeding, a national mountain […]
Big five reserve mountain bike stage race roars back in 2015
After a hiatus, the Tour of Legends mountain bike stage race makes a return to the calendar in 2015. The three-day, three-stage event is based at the luxury Legends Golf and Safari resort in the Limpopo province, with virtually the entire race route held inside a big five game reserve. Photo credit: www.zooncronje.com. Advendurance, the […]
National MTB Series showdown at MTN Hilton Dirt Fest
Although it is a different year, Max Knox (EAI Solutions/Specialized) will face exactly the same challenge as in 2012 when he lines up at the start of the MTN Hilton Dirt Fest on Sunday (28 July). Last year he had to win the MTN Hilton Dirt Fest ultra-race over 100km to ensure that he was […]
Nico Bell tops latest Kia Rankings
Nico Bell (Westvaal/Bell Cycles), who is currently the top rider on the KIA Mountain Bike rankings, has proven that consistency does pay off. Hardly a weekend has gone by without Bell achieving a top-ten finish in some race. A definite highlight for the rider from Nelspruit was when he won the MTN Rooiberg ultra-marathon. This […]
The exclusive MTN Tour of Legends opens limited entries to the public
“Why walk on the wild side if you can ride on it.” This is how the organisers of this exclusive event sum up the three-day MTN Tour of Legends. As far as the MTN Tour of Legends is concerned, reference to the ‘wild side’ is certainly no exaggeration. It is not unusual nowadays for mountain […]
The first event of the Nissan TrailSeeker Series hits Pretoria this weekend
In 2010 Adrien Niyonshuti (MTN-Qhubeka) made South African mountain-bike history when he won the Nissan TrailSeekers Curro/Hazeldean marathon in Pretoria. It was the first time that a black rider had won any of the Nissan TrailSeekers races. Just to prove that it was no fluke, he went on to win the Down and Dirty 70km […]