Spur MTB Classic offers an outdoor family day this Sunday
The Spur Mountain Bike Classic is taking place for the first time at Nooitgedacht Estate on the R304 near Stellenbosch this coming Sunday. With kids routes on offer plus a 13km, 30km and 45km longer distances, the event offers something for all ages & abilities. Route descriptions The 45km route heads off flat and fast […]
Mountain Bike Classic moves to new winelands venue this September
The Spur Mountain Bike Classic is one of the longest running mountain bike events in the country and has always been a great family outdoor event. After careful consideration and discussions between the event organisers, Dirtopia, and the title sponsor, Spur Steak Ranches, a decision has been made to move the event to Nooitgedacht Estate […]
Photo Epic: Dirtopia Enduro Helderberg
Riders compete in the Dirtopia All Mountain Enduro held at Helderberg Farm, Somerset West. Photos by Chris Hitchcock. Results available here. The full gallery is available on Facebook here. For more photos by Chris Hitchcock, check out his website here.
Family friendly mountain bike and run trail opens close to Stellenbosch
Do you live in the Welgevonden or Nooitgedacht residential areas and love the outdoors? You’ll be elated to know that you can now run and cycle on marked trails from your doorstep. The team from Dirtopia has developed a new trail on L’Avenir and Nooitgedacht Estates that even beginner mountain bikers can enjoy and is […]
Race report & video: Dirtopia Enduro – Delvera
98 riders made the trek out to Delvera trail centre just outside Stellenbosch on a fresh Autumn Sunday to take part in the one day Enduro stage race. The 15.8km route was broken up into 4 timed special stages and 4 non timed Liaisons. Unlike last year the organisers decided to combine SS2 and SS3 […]
Delvera hosts second Dirtopia 2015 Enduro near Stellenbosch
The Wellington Enduro proved to be a lot of fun for all participants, so the next event taking place at Delvera on the 17th of May is much anticipated. Anyone can try this discipline and course designer, Meurant Botha, loves taking part himself! Enduro events are geared for mountain bikers that enjoy single track and […]
A sensible approach to bike riding
After many years of pouring my money into skateboards, I bought a heavy alloy mountain bike in 2008 and headed up the mountain with my friend Kat. We sweated slowly up to the top of the highest singletrack in Tokai, and bombed all the way to the bottom. Then we went home. On the second […]
Dirtopia Easter Enduro: Welvanpas, Wellington
The first Dirtopia Enduro for 2015 took place in the hills around the picturesque town of Wellington, about 1 hour drive from Cape Town. Welvanpas is nothing short of mountain biking motherland and with Jonkershoek suffering severe damage in the devastating fires it now stands head and shoulders above all other Western Cape trails for […]
New venue in Malmesbury for Amarider 100miler & 50miler
The one-day ultra mountain bike marathon in the Swartland, the Amarider 100Miler, will start & finish at the Malmesbury Festival grounds on Saturday 23rd of May this year. However, the route will be more or less the same and the 50Miler option will still start at Delico, Riebeeck Kasteel as it did previous years and […]
Easter mountain bike adrenalin in Wellington
Have you heard about Enduro mountain bike events? What is it and can anyone take part? It is geared for real mountain bikers that enjoy single track and are fit enough to ride uphills, but more importantly like riding downhills fast! Therefor more adrenalin junkies like downhillers enjoy this discipline of the sport, but the […]
Race report: Going for the win at 24 Hours of Oak Valley
When I was 8 or 9 years old, I won a competition in the jellybean journal; that’s the kiddies section of the newspaper. They called me up on stage at school to get my prize. The horror. That was pretty embarrassing. For the next twenty years I won nothing and did nothing impressive with my […]
Wrapping up Falke Trail Run Series with summer run
The last event in the popular 2014 Falke Trail Run Series will take place at the picturesque Delvera Farm on R44 about 10 km from Stellenbosch on Saturday, 6 December. Registration starts from 06h00 at the Dirtopia Trail Centre and runners have a choice of four distances depending on fitness levels – a 15km, 12.5km, […]