Andrew Neethling follows Loïc Bruni down the Leogang World Cup track
Austria’s premier mountain bike destination hosts a World Cup downhill event for yet another season. Modifications in recent years to Leogang’s Speedster downhill trail have made this course feel less bike park-like, with technical sections just waiting to trip up the downhill elite. 2017 saw a third win for Aaron Gwin, which signalled the start […]
Chasing Trail: Cape Town with Andrew Neethling and Scotty Laughland
Watch Andrew Neethling and Scotty Laughland enjoy the dry, dusty trails around Cape Town. Video: Thomas Sandell. Cover Photo: Eric Palmer
Video: Andrew Neethling goes full circle
Andrew Neethling is a South African journeyman, champion, pioneer and ambassador of the downhill world cup mountain biking scene. He takes us back to where it all started at the foot of the Helderberg mountains. Andrew has recently returned to where it all started – Helderberg, Somerset West, to open his own bike shop and […]
SCOTT Sports Launch Exciting 2018 Range
From Friday the 1st of September to Sunday the 3rd, SCOTT Sports Africa hosted local cycling media, and their SCOTT Bicycles dealers, at the Protea Hotel in Durbanville; to introduce them to the 2018 range of cycling products from SCOTT Sports. Though education was SCOTT’s primary aim, the lure of experiencing the SCOTT lifestyle and […]
Scott announce new Genius platform
Scott recently announced the new Genius platform. Watch Andrew Neethling ride the new bike in the Alps. Press Release Evolution of the line The Genius has been a longstanding staple in our range of mountain bikes for many years now. Having always been the result of a focus on innovation, technology, and design, the genius […]
Andrew Neethling joins SCOTT Sports in ambassador role
SCOTT Sports is pleased to announce that we have added Andrew Neethling to the family. In a new MTB Ambassador role, Andrew will travel the world to spread the SCOTT MTB Message. After years of success on the Downhill World Cup Circuit, renowned video segments and phenomenal MTB ambassadorship, we felt that Andrew was the […]
Trail Daze | Helderberg – The Stairway to Heaven
Having hosted countless mountain biking events, ranging from XC to Enduro to DH (some of them at National level), the Helderberg Trail Network certainly does not need any formal introduction. With around 40 km of marked trails, all starting from the family friendly coffee shop, the terrain caters for all skill levels from the very […]
Stefan Garlicki wins WC Downhill Round One at Helderberg
Stefan Garlicki (Investec) won the first event in the 2016 Western Cape Downhill series held at Helderberg trails on Sunday 14 February, in a time of 02:49.213. The 2015 South African National Downhill Mountain Bike Champion edged out Andrew Neethling (Polygon UR) 02:50.680 and Adi Van Der Merwe (Solid) 02:59.314 – the only two other […]
Hart and Ragot succeed in Schladming
We’re looking back at one of the most demanding, but also most popular races of the whole iXS season. It was far from easy to make it down the track in one piece this weekend for more than 400 riders from 30 different nations. The fastest riders of the weekend were Emmeline Ragot and Danny […]
SA’s Downhill daredevils ready for “Fort Bill”
The second round of the Downhill discipline of the 2015 UCI MTB World Cup presented by Shimano takes place in Fort William (also known as “Fort Bill”) in Scotland from 6-7 June, with some of our top DHI stars competing – Greg Minnaar, Andrew Neethling, Sam Bull, Johan Potgieter, and Stefan Garlicki. The riders are […]
The Neethlings: A Brothers’ Story
Andrew Neethling and Jonty Neethling started MTB DH at their young age and after racing WC together for several years they found their own path at Polygon UR team. Discover the story behind the two brothers.
Stefan Garlicki wins SA MTB Cup Series DHI #1
The first downhill event of the Stihl 2015 SA MTB Cup Series took place in Contermanskloof in the Western Cape on Sunday 22 February 2015. Over 60 riders were in attendance with some new names and some firm favourites all ready to open their 2015 campaign with maximum points towards the national series log. It […]