Epic Bike Check: Bart Brentjens’s American Eagle Atlanta
Bart Brentjens was the first men’s Olympic gold medal winner in mountain biking back in 1996. At the time he was racing on an American Eagle and is now reunited with the brand. The modern carbon frame is named the Atlanta 2.0 after the host city of the 1996 Olympics. Bart loves the Cape Epic […]
Epic Bike Check: Oli Munnik’s Santa Cruz Blur CC
Oli Munnik has been riding the all-new Santa Cruz Blur from the start of this year’s Absa Cape Epic. He went to great lengths to keep the bike under wraps, organising a 5AM appointment with his local bike mechanic and taping up every reference to the brand and model name (which it turns out there […]
Epic Bike Check: Joaquim Rodriguez’s Merida Ninety-Six
Joaquim Rodríguez had a successful career racing on the road with stage and classification wins in the Grand Tours. He is now a member of the Bahrain-Merida staff and an ambassador for the team. He is riding his second Absa Cape Epic with teammate José Hermida. Joaquim Rodríguez is riding Merida’s Ninety-Six carbon marathon race […]