Join the Celebration of South African MTB Heritage at Lions Karoo to Coast
Heritage Day 2023, or Braai Day as it is more commonly known, coincides with the twenty third edition of the Lions Karoo to Coast mountain bike race; on Sunday, 24 September. Which is exceptionally fitting as the event is more than a mainstay of the South African cycling calendar. It is among the most iconic […]
2021 CCPP Group Lions Karoo to Coast Mountain Bike Challenge
Record number of entries for the 2021 version of this iconic event. The 2021 date is set for South Africa’s favourite single day mountain bike event: 26th September. Heading into the 22nd edition the Karoo to Coast promises to be as challenging, rewarding and fun as ever – when 4 500 riders take on the […]
2020 CCPP Group Lions Karoo to Coast Postponed to 2021
The 22nd CCPP Group Lions Karoo to Coast Mountain Bike Challenge will not take place on 20 September 2020, as scheduled. Amidst uncertain times as to when cross-provincial travel will once again be allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as out of concern for the health and safety of the riders and other […]
Rising Strong – Enter the Lions Karoo to Coast and set your goal for Spring
Vulnerability is not winning or losing – it is having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness, it is our greatest measure of courage. Brene Brown Over the past 21 years that this iconic event has taken place, there have been many […]
The Dr Evil Classic and Karoo to Coast combination: 4 days of Garden Route bliss
Two very different mountain bike races happened on the Garden Route over the Heritage Day long weekend. With the growing trend amongst cyclists to do both the Dr Evil Classic and the Karoo to Coast, we spoke to some of the riders about what makes the combination of the two races, one a stage race […]
Stark and Giliomee Beat the Elements at Karoo to the Coast
Sebastian Stark and Nicky Giliomee prevailed against the elements, on a day when the heavens opened over the Prince Alfred’s Pass, to win the 2019 BUCO Karoo to Coast. The 96-kilometre-long, ultra-marathon, mountain bike race started in Uniondale as a few drops of rain began to fall, but by the time the riders reached Knysna […]
SA’s Largest Charity Owned Point to Point MTB Event Poised to Sell Out Again
It’s that time of year again when riders start planning the second half of their year event calendars, and the Buco Lions Karoo to Coast Mountain Bike Challenge is always a favourite. Among hardcore mountain bikers and roadies alike. “I’ve done Karoo to Coast a few times now,” says 2018 winner Craig Boyes. “For me […]
The ultimate mountain-biking long weekend
Celebrate the Heritage Day long weekend with all the best of what the Garden Route has to offer. Tapering. What’s that? Who needs a big rest ahead of a goal event when you can cruise three beautiful days and then – with all your muscles firing – blaze the goal. For this reason the Buco […]
Day 2 of the Dr Evil Classic just went next level
Johan Vorster is a passionate man and this is most clearly conveyed by his telling of plans to unlock the trail potential on Kurland Hotel and Polo Estate in the Plettenberg Bay area of the Garden Route, which happens to be the start venue for Day 2 of the Dr Evil Classic, the 3 day […]
Plan your feast of Garden Route mountain biking on the Heritage Day long weekend
The Buco Dr Evil Classic 3 Day Stage Race turns 8 years old this year, and has matured into “the best reason to head to the Garden Route on the Heritage day weekend”. 2019’s dates are Thursday 19th to Saturday 21st September, with Heritage Day falling on the Tuesday 24th, so it’s the perfect excuse […]
Boyes and Tunstead victorious at the 2018 BUCO Karoo to Coast
The 2018 BUCO Karoo to Coast was won by Craig Boyes and Pauline Tunstead in remarkably different fashions, on Sunday the 23rd of September. Boyes held off his breakaway companions in a sprint for the line, while Tunstead slowly ground down the women’s field on the route’s long climbs of the Prince Alfred’s Pass, between […]
Stage set for spectacular Karoo to Coast
The BUCO Karoo to Coast, 100 kilometre MTB Challenge, is the largest single day mountain bike event in South Africa; attracting 4 500 riders to the sleepy Karoo town of Uniondale annually. This year the event is set to take place on Sunday the 23rd of September and though the focus is on ensuring each […]