Liv Commits to Mariske Strauss
Liv Cycling South Africa have signed Mariske Strauss, the multiple South African cross-country champion for 2022 and beyond. The 2021 Absa African Jersey winner will focus on UCI XCO World Cup racing in preparation for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as selected South African stage races, including the Absa Cape Epic. Strauss will […]
Introducing Team Imbuko {type}DEV equipped by Giant
Imbuko Wines, {type}DEV and Giant Bicycles have combined forces to support a large squad of talented young riders in 2022 and beyond. Having sponsored a South African mountain biking team since 2017 Imbuko Wines has built a reputation for fostering young talent and promoting exciting racing. {type}DEV, for their part, entered the sport when their […]
Bike Hub: 2021 Year in Review
Another 12 months have flown by and once again it’s time to look back at the past year on Bike Hub. 2021 gave us some glimpses of normality, with many more cycling events taking place, albeit on a compressed schedule. And while constrained supply fell short of the demand for new cycling gear, many consumers […]
Pirelli partners with UAE Team Emirates in 2022
Milan (Italy), 17 December 2021. A few days before the start of the new year, Pirelli announces yet another sporting partnership with another cycling team in the top UCI category: the World Tour UAE Team Emirates. The team, which has a high-profile roster starting with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, will ride on Pirelli tyres in 2022 […]
The Little Wing kids’ bicycle seat launches in South Africa
Introducing the LITTLE WING, an on-bike platform for children, now available for order in South Africa. The LITTLE WING has been designed and manufactured in Cape Town, South Africa by mountain biker Doug Bird, who decided to develop the bicycle seat when he could not find something similar that was locally produced. “I am passionate […]
BMC Returns to Southern Africa
Positive Sports Solutions is proud to announce that they have been appointed as the exclusive importer and distributor for the South African and SADC region by BMC. BMC Fourstroke. To effectively address existing opportunities in Southern Africa, BMC, the Swiss premium performance, cycling brand has taken an important step to appoint an established distributor within […]
Imperial partners with Trails South Africa to develop and connect communities safely in the Western Cape
24 November 2021; Yesterday, Imperial in partnership with Trails South Africa (Trails SA), proudly celebrated the official opening of the first section of the planned 6,000km trail network in the Western Cape. Earlier this year, Imperial announced this partnership with Trails SA, a non-profit company engaged in developing an adventure tourist network in South Africa, […]
Giant announce new lighter Anthem with FlexPoint suspension
The new Anthem Advanced Pro 29 has already proven to be a highly capable XC and XCM machine having been raced by the Giant Factory Offroad team in the 2021 UCI MTB World Cup races and by African team Imbuko Giant Pro Cycling at the 2021 Absa Cape Epic. It features an ultra-efficient advanced composite […]
PYGA Euro Steel wrap up Wines2Whales Shiraz title in style
Philip Buys and Gert Heyns raced to a perfect three from three at the FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz on Sunday, 14 November. The PYGA Euro Steel team won all three stages, with {type}DEV Nanotime placing second every day and Imbuko Giant third. Photo credit: Nick Muzik. Despite all three stages of the 2021 FNB Wines2Whales Shiraz […]
Faces Rola roll to FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay title
Mariske Strauss and Candice Lill wrapped up the FNB Wines2Whales Chardonnay victory with their third stage win of the race on the final day of the event. Behind them Fairtree outsprinted Galileo Infiniti SPOT to ensure the stage results matched the final general classification standings. The third and final stage of the 2021 FNB Wines2Whales […]
Perfect Absa Cape Epic for Sina Frei and Laura Stigger
Sina Frei of Switzerland and Laura Stigger of Austria (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized) wrapped up the 2021 Absa Cape Epic in utmost style as they lead the race from start to finish, winning the overall title at Val de Vie today. Sina Frei and Laura Stigger of team 91-Songo-Specialized win stage 7 of the 2021 Absa Cape Epic. […]
Frei & Stigger march on during Stage 4 of Absa Cape Epic
Sina Frei and Laura Stigger (NinetyOne-songo-Specialized) won their fifth consecutive Absa Cape Epic stage in the Slanghoek Valley today. It means they now hold a near-unassailable 17 minute lead over Robyn de Groot and Ariane Luthi (Salusmed) with three stages to go. Sina Frei and Laura Stigger during stage 4. Photo credit: Sam Clark. Early […]