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World Cup Bike Check
Bike Check: Cherie Redecker’s Head Trenton
After a tough season racing as a privateer in Europe, Cherie Redecker’s efforts were rewarded with a team ride for HEAD CICLO XC in 2018. Cherie now lives in Germany but made the trip to Stellenbosch to kick off her World Cup season. Cherie confirmed that she will be participating in many of the World […]
Bike Check: Emily Batty and Evie Richards’s Trek Procaliber
Team Trek Factory Racing descended on Stellenbosch in full force with four riders taking part in the World Cup. Anton Cooper and Sergio Mantecón representing the team in the men’s race while Emily Batty and Evie Richards raced in the women’s ranks. Most mountain bike fans will know Emily Batty from her exploits on the […]
Bike Check: Fumic and Marotte’s Cannondale Scalpel-Si
Manuel Fumic is no stranger to South African audiences with memorable performances in the Absa Cape Epic while Maxime Marotte has been a solid podium performer on the international XCO circuit for a number of years. We tracked down their race bikes at the team house ahead of the Stellenbosch World Cup. Manuel Fumic’s Cannondale […]
Bike Check: Sam Gaze’s World Cup winning Specialized S-Works Epic
The titanic battle between former under 23 world champion, Sam Gaze and Nino Schurter at Coetzenburg Stadium on Saturday had us enthralled. Nino is the reigning world champion, and remained nearly unchallenged in 2017, so to see a close and ferociously fought battle unfolding was an unexpected surprise. Here we take a look at the […]
Bike Check: Annie Last’s BH Lynx Race
Annie Last had a season to remember in 2017 with a win at the Lenzerheide World Cup, earning a silver medal at the World Champs in Cairns, and defending her British national championship title. This year Annie joined Team KMC EKOÏ SR Suntour riding a BH Lynx Race. With a change of teams comes a […]