Huber crushes record and strong field to win Attakwas
Swiss marathon specialist, Urs Huber (Team Bulls), shattered the course record on his way to winning the Fairview Attakwas Extreme mountain bike marathon near Oudtshoorn, South Africa on Saturday. Karl Platt (Team Bulls) leads the pack with defending champ Christoph Sauser (Specialized Racing) in tow Photo: ZOON CRONJE/NIKON The 28-year-old former Swiss national champion clocked […]
Video of the Week: 10 Things Every Mountain Biker Should Have Done
Some of these are small, some of them huge, but all of them are surely on any mountain biker’s short list. How many have you done? What’s at the top of your list? http://vimeo.com/80735548
Video: Songo.info prodigy Sipho Madolo takes on Wines2Whales with Sauser
Five years ago Christoph Sauser started a charity organisation called Songo.info with the aim of getting kids in Kyamandi on bikes. Sipho Madolo, a promising rider from Songo.info, recently took on the Wines2Whales Race with Sauser. While not quite matching Madolo’s high expectations for the event, the pair claimed a respectable 12th place overall. A […]
Video of the week – Klunkerz: A Film About Mountain Bike History
The origins of mountain biking was a bunch of hippies throwing themselves down mountain trails on cruiser bikes. Who would’ve thought? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h19n-5qIp78 The 60’s didn’t bring just drugs, sex and rock n’ roll, but the beginning of mountain biking. I’m sure they all went hand in hand though. No matter what type of mountain biking […]
Video of the Week – How to be a mountain biker
I don’t think any of us need to be told how to mountain bike. But maybe you’ve been missing something. Do you fit the criteria and conform to all the necessities? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVRU7jSYkQ There isn’t just one kind of mountain biker out there, obviously. What does your clothing say about your riding style? Does nature and […]
Strong field all set for Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek showdown
The 2013 Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race that starts on Sunday near Oudtshoorn in South Africa’s Western Cape Province will celebrate its fifth edition with it’s strongest racing field yet. Image credit: Karin Schermbrucker Both the men and women’s categories have attracted riders that have excelled at international level in marathons […]
FedGroup Itec continue 2013 stage race success
The FedGroup Itec racing team goes into this weekend’s FedGroup Berg & Bush Descent mountain bike stage race in KwaZulu-Natal with good form and loads of confidence following victory at last weekend’s Isuzu 3 Tower’s stage race in Mpumalanga. South African Brandon Stewart and guest teammate, Konny Looser from Switzerland, secured two stage wins and […]
Slanghoek Mountain2Mountain MTB routes sure to impress
The Slanghoek Mountain2Mountain MTB Classic will take place on Saturday, 12 October 2013. Participants can look forward to an exciting mountain bike experience like no other. Image credit: Jetline Action Photo Louis Van Nieuwenhuizen and Hennus Trotzky are the two men behind the Slanghoek Mountain2Mountain MTB routes. According to Van Nieuwenhuizen the 60km route is […]
NissanTrailSeeker Hakahana could be the first MTB gold for Olympic gold rower
Seeing that Matthew Brittain (USN) is an Olympic medallist, it should be no surprise that he always strives to go one better. Image credit: Absa Cape Epic Brittain’s track record so far in the Gauteng based Nissan TrailSeeker Series is testament to this. Brittain finished fourth at Nissan TrailSeeker Hazeldean and was third at the […]
MTB World Champs leaves R3 billion indelible print on PMB
After the dust has settled and the bike wheels stop turning the local organising committee of the UCI Mountain Bike Masters and MTB and Trials World Championships triggered an economic boom for the city of Pietermaritzburg and its broader regional economy worth R3 billion in direct economic activity and media exposure. Image credit: Darren Goddard/Gameplan […]
Smith takes the win and World Cup title at final DHI race of the year
The women’s and men’s titles were both down to one race, the last leg of the DHI World Cup in Leogang, Austria. It was a nail-biting sort of weekend as the DHI titles were being slug out. Rachel Atherton vs Emmeline Ragot; Stevie Smith vs Gee Atherton. The results are in, the winners named and […]
Croeser heads to China and Malaysia after Hill 2 Hill victory
After claiming a dramatic last gasp victory in Sunday’s Sunday Tribune Jeep Hill 2 Hill mountain bike race, Kargo Pro MTB team star Rourke Croeser sets his sights on two major international events in the Far East. Sprint finishes are by no means unfamiliar territory for Croeser, having claimed victory in numerous tight encounters recently, […]