Ride Where Champions Race: Join the songo.info Champions Race in Kayamandi
On the eve of the Absa Cape Epic, the spotlight shifts to the heart of Kayamandi for one of the most electric grassroots cycling events on the calendar: the songo.info Champions Race. Taking place tomorrow at the songo.info clubhouse, this fast-paced short-track mountain bike race brings world-class riders, local fans and the Kayamandi community together in celebration of cycling. And the best […]
Moir and Sheppard Win the 2025 songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime
South Africa’s Luke Moir and New Zealand’s Samara Sheppard won the 10th edition of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️, on Wednesday, 12 March. Held on the streets and trails through the heart of the Kayamandi community – in Stellenbosch, where songo.info’s clubhouse is located – the race is part final shakeout before the Cape Epic, part fundraiser […]
Matt Beers and Keegan Swenson to take on Cape Epic as Team Outride-Toyota-Songo
For the 2025 edition of the ABSA Cape Epic, Outride has joined Matt Beers and Keegan Swenson as teammates under Team Outride-Toyota-Songo. The ABSA Cape Epic 2025 is a multi-day stage race that puts all contenders and equipment to the ultimate test. It is considered one of the most challenging races in the world, with […]
Celebrating 10 Years of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime
On the 12th of March 2025, on the Wednesday between the Cape Town Cycle Tour and the Absa Cape Epic, the streets and fields of Kayamandi will host the 10th edition of the songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime™️. Renowned as a spectacular spectator friendly urban mountain bike event it has seen riders of the […]
Beers and Terpstra Storm to Champions Race, presented by fibertime, Victories
After a three-year hiatus the 2024 songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime, proved once again why it was a mainstay of the packed March cycling calendar, on Wednesday evening. Riders and fans alike were treated to a late afternoon of fantastic racing and an electrifying atmosphere; as the streets and footpaths of Kayamandi played host […]
The songo.info Champions Race, presented by fibertime, is Back!
The greatest mountain biking spectator event, the songo.info Champions Race is back from a three-year hiatus, with fibertime as the new presenting sponsor. As ever the event will be staged in Kayamandi on the Wednesday before the Absa Cape Epic and some of the world’s best MTB racers will turn out to hone their skills […]
Bike auction: songo.info and Soil Searching Shaping Better Futures
songo.info are auctioning two limited edition Specialized Bicycles to raise funds for their trail building internship programme. Specialized Bicycle’s Soil Searching programme is a movement to recognise and support the trail builders who help shape our sport and ensure our stoke. Since 2018, it has provided financial, organisational and outreach support for trail systems around […]
Specialized Riders dominate songo Champions Race
The 2018 songo.info Champions’ Race saw the Specialized Racing team riders, Annika Langvad and Sam Gaze continues their winning streaks from the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup. The pair rode to commanding victories on the evening of Wednesday the 14th of March at the charity race in Kayamandi, backing up their wins from Saturday afternoon […]
songo.info celebrates 10 year milestone
songo.info is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2018, on the 6th of March at Dornier Wine Estate. From its humble beginnings of providing a safe space for children to play on bikes after school, it has grown into a sport and academic support programme focused on creating a long term positive impact on the children […]
Kulhavy’s S-Works Epic goes under the hammer for songo.info
songo.info are once again auctioning off a unique bicycle to raise funds for their educational and sporting programmes. This year the custom 2017 S-Works Epic, which Jaroslav Kulhavy raced to second position in the Absa Cape Epic, will go under the virtual hammer on an online auction which takes place on www.songo.info. The bike which […]
songo.info Riders Reflect on the 2017 Absa Cape Epic
The dust has well and truly settled on the Absa Cape Epic of 2017 and for the elite riders the mountain biking season has moved on with new challenges already firmly in sight. For the young riders from the songo.info programme the race was their main focus on their bikes for the year, but while […]
Bikes of the Epic: Christoph Sauser’s Specialized Epic FSR
Swiss marathon specialist Christoph Sauser and his partner Jaroslav Kulhavy of team Investec Songo-Specialized were many people’s favourites coming into the Absa Cape Epic this year. A few unlucky mechanicals saw them miss out on the coveted top step of the podium, but claim second overall in the most competitive field to date. We took […]