Team Spur’s James Reid and JP Jacobs are off to Rio
Team Spur’s James Reid was named as part of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee’s (SASCOC) Olympic team in an official announcement on Thursday, 14 July. The 23-year-old mountain biker will compete for his country in the cross-country (XCO) discipline in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Sunday, 21 August 2016. “It’s the pinnacle […]
Video: Spur Sizzling Skillz – Bottle Handover
Bottle handovers have become an essential part of lap racing and are fun to practice. Our Five-time Absa Cape Epic winner and Swiss Marathon Champion Ariane Kleinhans relies on Team Spur’s Brent Botha for a seamless and skilful bottle transfer. Watch for a close look at the rules and technique…
Video: Spur Sizzling Skillz – Fixing a flat
South African Mountain Bike Champion James Reid has been known to plug a tyre, inflate it, and get racing again in under 20 seconds! Here he takes you through the basics of this essential trailside mechanical skill.
Video: Spur Sizzling Skill – Starting fast
South African Cross-country Mountain Bike Champion James Reid has spent years honing his mass-starting technique. Here he shows you how to make sure you’re the first rider into the singletrack.
Video: Spur Sizzling Skillz – Hopping Pavements
Mountain biking about dealing with whatever the trail throws at you. Successfully getting you and your bike up and over rocks, steps and bumps is an important skill to master. Watch Ariane Kleinhans from Team Spur show you the simple approach to getting over an obstacle, so you can practice on a pavement at home.
Spur Sizzling Skillz – Conquering Climbs
Ariane Kleinhans is known for her climbing powers, and while her incredible fitness gets her to the top quickly, it’s her strong technique that provides the greatest advantage. Let the Swiss Marathon Champion show you how to speed up hills!
Ariane Kleinhans rides away with the Swiss Marathon Champs jersey
A rare moment of indecision darted across Ariane Kleinhans’s face at the start line of the Raid Evolènade, Swiss Marathon Championships in Evolène on Sunday, 19 June. She was puzzling at the grey skies all around her. Should she race with a wind vest or not? Freezing overnight showers had abated for the 10am start, […]
Video: Spur Sizzling Skillz – Pre-race bike check
Watch Team Spur mechanic JP Jacobs, take you through an essential pre-race bike check. Make sure your machine is safe and ready to rip up the trails at your next Spur Schools Mountain Bike League event!
Team Spur: Ariane and James gear up for World Championship battles
It has been a month of hard lessons and hard-fought victories spanning both hemispheres for mountain bike stars, Ariane Kleinhans and James Reid of Team Spur. The final local Olympic selection races had our South African XCO Champion, James battling rivals at cruel altitudes and in a variety of harsh conditions throughout April and May. […]
Reid and Strauss lead from the gun at final local Olympic qualifier
James Reid (Team Spur) and Mariske Strauss (Novus OMX Pro Team) displayed their athletic dominance amidst perfect weather conditions and energised crowds when they raced against some of the country’s top mountain bike enthusiasts at Settlers Park Nature Reserve in the fourth round of the Stihl 2016 SA XCO Cup Series in Port Elizabeth on […]
The Long and Winding Road (to Rio)
If you’re a local mountain biker with dreams of wearing South African colours at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August, you’re probably not getting much sleep tonight! And if you’re passionate about this sport you’ll likely be feeling the same butterflies as star rider, James Reid. At 2pm tomorrow (Saturday, 30 April) […]
James Reid bows out of 2016 Absa Cape Epic
It was a case of until we meet again, rather than goodbye, as James Reid from Team Spur withdrew from the 2016 Absa Cape Epic on Tuesday, 15 March, to focus on his Olympic qualification. Reid started the 100th stage of the world’s most prestigious mountain-bike stage race in the Outcast special jersey for UCI […]