School Children kick off Mountain Bike Show Case
Nearly 200 school kids had the opportunity to test their mountain bike skills on sections of the upcoming UCI Worlds MTB Champs courses when the 6th leg of the Spur KZN MTB Series, presented by Mongoose took to the world class Cascades forest tracks this last Saturday. Thomas More College rider Keegan Brand in action […]
Thumbs up for MTB World Champs venue and infrastructure
With a week to go to the start of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters World Championships, which precedes the UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, organisers and visiting riders have given an unqualified thumbs up to the tracks and the infrastructure that has spring up at the Cascades MTB park course. Organisers of the UCI […]
MTB World Champs courses close for final subtle tweaks
With just over a week to go until the start of the UCI MTB Masters World Championships, which precede the highly anticipated UCI MTB & Trials World Championships, at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg, cross country course designer Nick Floros and his downhill counterpart Nigel Hicks have asked for the full cooperation of both the […]
MTB World Champs track training dates
The downhill and cross-country courses will be closed for mandatory maintenance from Friday 16 August onwards. Please note that this does not affect this long weekend, therefore the tracks will be open for those who wish to practice on Friday 9th, Saturday 10th, and Sunday 11th August. MTB WORLD CHAMPS TRACKS OPEN FOR PRACTICE: Friday […]
Downhill racer Bentley geared up for World Champs
21 year old Tim Bentley’s selection for the South African downhill team for the UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at the Cascades MTB Park starting on 26 August will give the young student a chance on home turf to follow in the footsteps of world champion and fellow Pietermaritzburger Greg Minnaar. 21 year […]
Province backing of Bike City provides massive returns
With thousands of mountain bike enthusiasts expected to converge on the Cascades MTB Park in a month’s time, the province has completed detailed studies that show that cycling events have brought more than a billion Rands worth of value and economic spend to the region. With the province of KwaZulu-Natal having invested R24 million into […]
Pietermaritzburg secures MTB World Cup opener in 2014
The UCI (International Cycling Union) released the 2014 Mountain Bike World Cup calendar last week and Pietermaritzburg returns as the opening round for the global cross-country and downhill season from 5-6 April. New to the World Cup line up for the South African leg is the cross-country eliminator (XCE), which features as part of this […]