Buys & Wakefield win maiden SA Marathon titles at Karkloof
Philip Buys and Amy Wakefield produced supreme displays at the 2022 Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival to claim maiden national marathon titles in the men’s and women’s races respectively on Sunday. PYGA Euro Steel’s Philip Buys wins the national marathon title at the Sappi Karkloof Classic Trail Festival on Sunday. Anthony Grote/ Gameplan Media Both […]
Rider Photos: SA DH Champs 2016
This past weekend saw SA Downhill Champs taking place in Pietermaritzburg. In between the practice and race runs we caught a few of the riders and their rigs up on the mountain. And in case you missed it Stefan Garlicki was fastest down the mountain in the Mens and Sabine Thies claimed the Womens title. […]
Garlicki and Thies secure national DHI titles
Capetonian Stefan Garlicki (Investec) and Martitzburger Sabine Thies (Greg Minnaar Cycles/Pizzology/Foxhead South Africa) descended the mountain slopes of Cascades MTB Park in the quickest overall times in the Men and Women’s categories to claim the National Titles at the STIHL 2016 South African National Mountain bike Downhill Championships in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday 17 July. For […]
Photos: SA MTB Champs XCO
The 2016 South African Cross-country mountain bike champs took place at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 16 July 2016. In the elite categories it was Mariske Strauss and James Reid who came out tops to be crowned XCO champs. Our Bike Hub team was in attendance to cheer furiously, eat pancakes and kick […]
Reid bounces back in electrifying XCO Champs finish
It must be dubbed as one of the most electrifying races when Team Spur’s James Reid fought back a 45-second deficit behind Scott LCB’s Philip Buys to claw his way back and take the Elite Men’s victory at the STIHL 2016 South African National Mountain Bike Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday […]
Strauss dominates Elite Women’s Cross-country Championships
The Western Cape’s Mariske Strauss (Novus OMX Pro Team) put in a dominant performance to claim the 2016 South African Cross-country National Championship title in the Pro-elite Women’s category at the STIHL 2016 South African National Mountain bike Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday 16 July. Strauss crossed the finish line in […]
Course Preview: SA MTB Champs XCO
Straight off the plane from the Lenzerheide World Cup, Mariske Strauss and Cherie Redecker of OMX Pro Bike Team have been hard at work training on the SA National MTB Champs XCO track at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg. Watch as Mariske and Cherie give us a guided tour of the National Championship course. The […]
Course Preview: SA MTB Champs Downhill
A brand new downhill track has been built at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg for the 2016 South African National Mountain Bike Championships this weekend. Watch local downhill shredders Jonathan and Christopher Philogene from the 2Bro’s Downhill Racing Team show us down the track. The downhill race takes place on Sunday 17 July at Cascades […]
Cascades MTB Park to host SA National XCO and DHI MTB Championships this weekend
The 2016 South African MTB XCO & DHI National Championships are to be held at the Cascades MTB Park at Cascades Lifestyle Centre in Pietermaritzburg this Saturday and Sunday, the 16-17 July. Natalie Bergstrom. Photo credit: QuickPix. In anticipation of the turnout, Cascades Lifestyle Centre is encouraging its tenants to come out of their stores […]
Cherie Redecker anticipates defending her XCO Championship title in home town
Current XCO Elite Women’s Champion, Cherie Redecker has enjoyed the pride felt from wearing the National Championship jersey over the past year, and hopes to keep it in her possession for the next season when she tackles the 2016 South African National Mountain bike Championships at Cascades MTB Park in Pietermaritzburg from 16-17 July. “It […]
Race report: 2015 South African XCO Championship
The 2015 XCO SA Championship went down this past weekend at the ever popular town of Stellenbosch, with loads of spectators flocking there to show their support despite the bitterly cold morning temperatures. The 4.8km Coetzenburg loop was mostly the same as for the WP Championship, however course designers Hanno Lategan and Corrie Muller added […]
2015 South African National Downhill Championships – Jonkershoek
Winter has delivered so many gorgeous days this year, but when it decides to rain… it POURS! Friday was one of those days & DH racing was not sounding like the best of ideas, the roads became rivers & the freshly burnt pine plantations had turned into a mush of mud & ash. A few […]