Gravel Burn Bike Check: Kevin Benkenstein’s Santa Cruz Stigmata
With Gravel Burn just around the corner, we’ve heard a lot of debate around setup choices. To get an informed perspective, we called on Kevin Benkenstein, South Africa’s original ultra-endurance racer and a pioneer of gravel riding, to unpack his setup choices and share his thoughts ahead of the event. Hear it straight from the […]
Going the Distance | Kevin Benkenstein and The Rhino Run 2023
In The Rhino Run 2022, CIOVITA Ambassador, Kevin ‘Benky’ Benkenstein experienced the kind of setback that might break a lesser spirit. To push oneself to the limit, and traverse over 2,700 kilometres of demanding terrain, only to fall short in the final push is a harrowing experience. It is the kind of moment that can […]
Interview: Kevin Benkenstein invites you to Climb for Qhubeka
Kevin Benkenstein has been raising funds for Qhubeka through his Everesting rides and other challenges for some years. He recently joined the charity in an official capacity. Kevin enjoys tough endurance challenges and often leverages these to promote and raise funds for Qhubeka. We caught up with him to chat about his involvement with Qhubeka, […]
Interview: Reuben van Niekerk of Team Driepoot
For most able-bodied bike riders the Absa Cape Epic is an extremely testing eight days, but for Reuben van Niekerk completing an Epic is a bit more difficult. Reuben lost his lower right leg in an accident in 2008. This life-changing incident has not prevented Reuben from getting out and enjoying riding his bicycle. Since […]
Interview: Kevin Benkenstein on The Munga
The Munga covers over a thousand kilometres non-stop from Bloemfontein to Wellington, through the heart of the sweltering Karoo. Riders faced soaring temperatures, scorching sun, endless corrugated farm roads, and a 40 kilometre an hour headwind for the majority of the route. Kevin Benkenstein finished fifth overall, after 3 days, 5 hours, and 44 minutes […]
Photo Story: The Munga 2016
Johan Badenhorst joined The Munga on a motor bike to document Kevin Benkenstein’s journey through the heart of South Africa. Along the way he witnessed the fortunes of many of the leading riders. This is his story of following the 2016 The Munga. The Munga was an eye opener to what average people can do […]
Interview: Kevin Benkenstein is Climbing for Qhubeka
For three consecutive weekends this month, Kevin Benkenstein will be Everesting (climbing 8,848 metres) in three different cities to raise money for Qhubeka. This is a haul of over 26,500 metres of ascent. Kevin completed his first challenge in Cape Town over the weekend with Johannesburg and Durban to come. We asked Kevin a few […]
Gutsy trio to ‘Everest’ Sani Pass for Nepalese victims
Extreme adventurers Martin Dreyer and his wife Jeannie are about to start one of their most daunting challenges yet as they join a worldwide effort to raise funds for the victims of the earthquakes in Nepal in April by mountain biking up and down Sani Pass in KwaZulu-Natal’s Southern Drakensberg ten times this weekend. Martin […]