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Backyard Bike Checks: Congratulations to Our Winners
Last month we launched our Backyard Bike Checks Competition, which saw hundreds of Hubbers showing off their prized bikes. We want to thank all the users that took part, as well as Muc-Off, who sponsored some fantastic prizes for the winners: Muc-Off Bike ProtectMuc-Off Bike Protect is the ultimate liquid bicycle protection. Preserve and freshen […]
Backyard Bike Checks: Show Your Bike Some Love and Win
For the past few years, the Bike Hub crew have been bringing you Bike Checks from the Cape Epic. Since things didn’t quite go according to plan this year, we thought we’d turn the focus on the many bikes now confined to garages or spare rooms, dreaming of a life beyond Zwift. Introducing Backyard Bike […]
Bike Check: Jennie Stenerhag’s Silverback Stratos SBC
Silverback’s latest dual suspension cross-country race bike, the Stratos, was unveiled ahead of the 2019 Cape Epic. The Silverback – Fairtree pairing of Jennie Stenerhag and Mariske Strauss raced the Stratos in the 8-day event. Get a detailed look at Stenerhag’s new Stratos race bike below. The New Bike As the Silverback Stratos is a […]
Bike Check: Connor Fearon’s Kona Operator CR – 29 vs 27.5?
The Kona Factory Racing team have been riding the prototype Operator for some time. So it was no surprise when Australian rider Connor Fearon and the rest of the team appear with a brand new Operator for the 2018 downhill season. Our man on the ground caught up with Connor ahead of the Leogang World […]
Bike Check: James Reid’s Olympic Specialized S-Works Epic
We managed to squeeze in some snaps of James’s Specialized S-Works Epic Torch Edition between the time team mechanic JP Jacobs completed the build and James Reid picked up the bike before leaving for Rio. Along with some other Specialized supported riders, James will be riding the S-Works Epic FSR Torch Edition frame at the […]
Bikes of the Epic: Louis-Bresler Knipe’s Pyga Stage
Some say that being a mechanic at the Absa Cape Epic is almost as tough as riding the race itself. Louis-Bresler Knipe did both this year and, with his partner Francois Theron, still finished in 41st place overall. While Knipe prefers running his Pyga Stage with 110 mm travel in the rear for every day […]
Bike Check: Alban Lakata’s Canyon Lux CF
Team Topeak Ergon’s top team featured Alban Lakata, who has completed the Cape Epic an impressive 7 times (finishing as an individual rider on one occasion), and last year’s winner Kristian Hynek. This year the pair rode Canyon’s Lux CF marathon race bike. To my eyes, Lakata’s bike is looks pretty good. The first detail […]
Bike check: Centurion Numinis Carbon Team.29
Team Meerendal Centurion Vaude finished 8th at the 2015 Cape Epic as well as winning the final stage. We caught up with team rider Jochen Kaess and his Centurion Numinis. Centurion is a German brand with ties to Merida. The Numinis Carbon Team.29 is their flagship cross-country marathon offering. Despite sharing the same name, the […]
Bike check: Bulls Wild Edge Team 29
At the end of Stage 3 of this year’s Absa Cape Epic at Oak Valley, I took a brief look at Karl Platt’s Bulls Wild Edge Team 29. Platt’s bike features a Shimano XTR drivetrain. Interestingly, he goes with the electronic Di2 gear shifting components in the rear and sticks to mechanical parts in the […]