Tips and Advice

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!

Adventure and Travel

Contego Segment Hunter: Episode 2 Preview – Redhill Road

After a successful first episode, Contego Segment Hunter is back. This time we’ve washed off the dirt and headed for the tarred roads of the Cape peninsula to take in the picturesque views of False Bay from the slopes of Red Hill. The Segment Red Hill In to Lookout is our featured segment for Episode […]

Adventure and Travel

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!

Tips and Advice

Introducing Spur Sizzling Skillz video series

Ariane Kleinhans and James Reid are helping Spur Schools Mountain Bike League participants sharpen their bike skills. While the Team Spur duo are busy preparing for the Marathon and Cross-country World Champs in Europe, they are also hoping a series of videos they release this week will inspire the next generation of mountain biking superstars […]

Adventure and Travel

Contego Segment Hunter #1: Gert Heyns takes on Bloemslang

We’re excited to launch the first episode of our online video series Contego Segment Hunter. The first segment in the series is Bloemslang – Just the Drop at Bloemendal Wine Estate. After consulting with the team and local riders, Gert Heyns was selected a worthy challenger to Louis Bresler-Knipe’s King of the Mountain. Watch the […]

Contego Segment Hunter Episode 1 Preview: Bloemslang – Just the Drop

We’re excited to reveal the first segment in our new online video series titled ‘Contego Segment Hunter’. As the name suggests the series is all about Strava Segments. We’ll be looking for the gnarliest, toughest or just plain coolest sections of road, dirt or trail to unleash our chosen challenger on. For the first challenge […]

Adventure and Travel

Introducing Contego Segment Hunter: a six-part video series

We’re stoked to introduce an exciting new online video series titled ‘Contego Segment Hunter’. As the name suggests the series is all about Strava Segments. We’ll be looking for the gnarliest, toughest or just plain coolest sections of road, dirt or trail to unleash our chosen challenger on. For the first season of this six-part […]

Adventure and Travel

Video: Destination Trail – South Africa

In this episode of Destination Trail, we follow Hannah Barnes and Miranda Miller as the pair ride the scorched wilderness of Stellenbosch, South Africa. A vast network of trails have existed here since the ’90s, but after a massive fire scorched much of the Jonkershoek Nature Reserve in 2015, fresh funding has paved the way […]

Tech

Video: Making carbon rims with South Industries

World of Heroes spent a day with South Industries and went behind the scenes to see how carbon rims are produced.

Adventure and Travel

Video: Destination Trail – Tasmania

In this episode of Destination Trail, we follow Troy Brosnan to the remote island wilderness of Derby, Tasmania. Jungles, pine forests, dry, rocky river beds—this corner of the world checks all of the terrain and flora boxes, and with only a handful of cafes and pubs to keep the isolated locals occupied, an epic trail […]

Events

Video: Inside look at MTN Qhubeka’s race machines

GCN chats to Team MTN Qhubeka’s Jens Zemke and ENVE composites CEO, Sarah Lehman, about the relationship between the team and equipment sponsors.

Events

Video: Thank you, Bicycle

Something we can all relate to!