Trail Daze | Fatbiking the Garden Route – Part 2
The Trail Daze crew continue their bike packing stint along the Garden Route en route to Knysna. This episode of Trail Daze is dedicated to the people of Knysna and surrounding areas, who were affected by the devastating wild fires during June 2017. Our sincere condolences go out to those who lost so much, in […]
Trail Daze | Fatbiking the Garden Route – Part 1
We change the pace slightly for this micro-adventure episode of Trail Daze, as we add some weight, thicken the wheels and put away the knee pads for our stint along the beach… Discussing this mission over a few beers – mostly what equipment we didn’t have and still need to get – the plan manifested […]
Trail Daze | Jungle Fever in the Garden Route
About an hour’s drive further up the coast from last month’s Trail Daze destination, we re-visited the now world-famous Garden Route Trail Park, to round off our trip up the N2. Nestled at the foot of the Outeniqua Mountains and the Karatara River Gorge, lies one of South Africa’s top mountain biking destinations. Proper trails […]
Trail Daze | Witfontein
Following last year’s example in a desperate attempt to find greener pastures, a Southeaster-less, damp riding environment and even some loam, we headed about four hours up the N2 towards the Garden Route. Based out of Sedgefield, we were pretty centrally located with easy access to a list of trails – all within a 30-40 […]
Expedition Africa 2016 visits the Garden Route
Along the magnificent Garden route of the Western Cape lies a land where mystical elephants reign. A place where heritage and nature meets, creating a phenomenal atmosphere that is both empowering as it is indulging. This wondrous land is home to not only beautiful Outeniqua Trail; but also to the stunning Knysna Loerie, regal Knysna […]
Popular Knysna race opens additional slots
Due to rider demand, organisers of the RECM Knysna 200 have made an additional 50 entries available for the three-day mountain bike race, which takes place along the Garden Route from June 13. An additional 50 entries have been made available for the RECM Knysna 200, which takes place along the Garden Route from 13 […]
Tour of Homewood to put George on the MTB map
The Garden Route town of George will be transformed into a significant mountain biking destination with the introduction of the Tour of Homewood, a new three-day mountain bike stage race, to be based at Fancourt, South Africa’s premier golf resort from 4-6 September 2015. Homewood is the previous name of the colonial estate (1879–1903) on […]
Surprises in store for the 2015 Pennypinchers Dr Evil Classic
The fourth edition of the Garden Route’s most spectacular stage race, the Dr Evil Classic, will take place from 17-19 September 2015. Entries are open and master route designer Leon Evans has guaranteed that his signature event will once again be one to remember. Each stage of the three-day event will be unique with day […]
Trail review: Garden Route Trail Park
There has been a lot of talk about the Garden Route Trail Park lately, so much so that Monster Energy Cape Town decided to take a road trip to find out first hand what it’s like. After a long drive, we were finally greeted by a sign letting us know we were in the right […]
Garden Route Events launches new MTB gem in heart of the pristine Garden Route
The new Susan Deacon 7 Passes Weekend MTB event taking place in April 2015 will start in George central and follow the famous 7 Passes road through indigenous forests, pine plantations and private farmlands. “This truly is a route for everybody as it offers racing snakes the opportunity to blast out from the word go, […]