Three-time National Champion ready for 2015 Stihl SA DHI Cup #2
The second round of the 2015 SA Stihl MTB DHI Cup takes place at Cascades MTB Park, in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 5 April. With the right race attitude, and a phenomenal support base, the three-time National Champion and National Cup Series winner, Tiaan Odendaal, is all systems go for this event, and ready to do […]
Entries open for round two of 2015 Stihl SA DHI Cup Series in PMB
The second round of the 2015 Stihl SA DHI Cup takes place at Cascades Mountain Bike Park in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday 5 April. The opening round of the four-part series that took place in Cape Town last month, saw a well-supported field take to the track to open their series points log. Round number […]
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 […]
Entries close tonight for first DHI Cup Series of 2015, Contermanskloof
Online pre-entries for the Stihl 2015 SA Mountain Bike Downhill (DHI) Cup Series, taking place in Contermanskloof, Western Cape, close at midnight tonight (17 February). Photo credit: Terence Vrugtman/ AdventureLife.co.za. The popular Contermanskloof track in Durbanville, Western Cape, plays host to the opening round of the Downhill national series in partnership with Western Province MTB […]
Race report: KZN MTB Downhill #1 at Karkloof
Perfect sunny South African summer conditions greeted a field of 87 Downhillers at the first round of the 2015 KZN MTB Downhill Series presented by NMI-DSM in Karkloof on the 8th February. The Karkloof venue was a new addition to the series with a fast and unforgiving track awaiting the riders. Rain in the week […]
Contermanskloof to host first DHI Cup Series race of 2015
The popular Contermanskloof track in Durbanville, Western Cape, plays host to the opening round of the Stihl 2015 SA Mountain Bike Downhill (DHI) Cup Series in partnership with Western Province MTB Commission on Sunday 22 February. The route follows the Contermanskloof main line, which covers a distance of 1.2km and has an elevation difference of […]
Bryceland, Peat and Brosnan ahead of the 2014 World Championships
For 2014, the UCI MTB World Championships have landed in Norway on what is set to be and incredible weekend of racing. The pits are alive with chatter of who can take the Rainbow Stripes for 2014 and from watching the timed training runs, it appears to be anyone’s race to win. Sam Hill jumping […]
A maiden World Cup win for impressive Carpenter
Madison Saracen Factory Team star Manon Carpenter produced the run of the day as she powered her way to her first ever World Cup win in the women’s Downhill at the first UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, ahead of fellow Brit and current World Champion, Rachel Atherton at the Cascades MTB Park on […]
Sneaky tweaks could surprise downhillers in 2014
Cascades MTB Park’s downhill course designer Nigel Hicks might have sprung a few subtle surprises on the downhill competitors for the 2014 UCI MTB World Cup, presented by Shimano, after all the riders had the opportunity to have a look at the layout during their course walk on Tuesday afternoon and hometown rider Tim Bentley […]
[Video] Highlights and full coverage of Hafjell’s DH World Cup
For all you who may have missed this past weekend’s events, check out a few videos of the downhill highlights and even the full coverage. Look at those crazy haphazard conditions, and the speed they’re carrying into that fog. Be sure to also see that slide at the end. How he caught it, only he […]
Highlights from this weekend’s World Cup In Hafjell, Norway
What was initially thought to be a dry weekend quickly turned around as riders met slippery conditions and had to adjust their strategies to suit the wayward weather. The practices on the dry courses couldn’t prepare the riders from either XC or Downhill for what the actual race runs would be like. Image credit: live.redbull.com […]
[Video] Steve Peat shows us around the Hafjell World Cup Downhill course
Fresh off our own homegrown World Championship race, this weekend sees the UCI World Cup heading to Norway. Steve Peat, via This is Peaty, gives us a walk through of this weekend’s Downhill course and some commentary about how he faired on it last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzfstGzWuu4 Set to host the World Championships next year, Hafjell […]