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<\/a>Luke Moir. Photo credit: Ewald Sadie Photography<\/span><\/p>\nLuke Moir from Cape Town is fresh off a Top 5 finish at the last round of the Western Province Enduro Series, and a second place at the EzelEnduro<\/a>, however the 15-year-old national marathon champ remains on the fence about whether his fitness and skills will give him the edge over local knowledge, \u201cI think the locals will dominate us from the Cape, but with the event taking place over two days, consistency will be key to a good finish position\u201d Moir added, \u201cI\u2019m feeling relaxed because Enduro isn\u2019t my main focus, I ride it more just for fun but I\u2019m excited to race with mates from Durban on different trails\u201d.<\/p>\n The PYGA team are on their home-turf in Howick, with Mark Malherbe, Luke Dinkel and Keira Duncan all strav-evidently training hard. But it is Duncan who has an even closer link to the event, \u201cI thought I couldn\u2019t get more excited about racing on home trails, but when an opportunity to mark out and dig an event trail came up, the excitement only multiplied. I have been blessed with the opportunity to give back to the local MTB scene by dreaming up and creating new trails in my own backyard\u201d. Duncan, who has made a full recovery from a severe arm injury at the last Enduro Champs added, \u201cEverything on the trail is rideable, but when racing as fast as you can for the SA Enduro champion title, things are going to get rowdy\u201d.<\/p>\n Also from Pietermaritzburg, Sam Bull is the reigning SA Enduro Champ and has penned his name down to ride. Unfortunately, Bull has had ongoing knee injuries that have cost him time off the bike in 2017 and 2018. \u201cI am just feeling stoked that I am able to take part to be honest! I had written it off with the surgery to reconstruct my ACL, and thought that for the next 18 months I wouldn’t be riding a bike. So the fact that I can take part and go out and have a good time with everyone else, that is the critical thing for me, I am just so stoked to be out there riding. But I am super competitive, so I will always try to go fast, but I know that needs to be done within reason at this stage\u201d.<\/p>\n A stealthy character that doesn\u2019t always feel the need to enter every race, Tim Bentley will be entering the event. Probably. Maybe. \u201cI sold my bike the other day and it doesn’t look like my new bike will be here in time, not completely ideal! I am going to have to ride on a borrowed bike and I mean it’s someone else’s bike, so you don’t want to break it. But, I am still going to go out there and just have fun. Actually, I better enter before they cap the entries!\u201d. Bentley added, \u201cThe thing that excites me the most is getting to ride the Karkloof trails, I have heard Hylton (Turvey) has built some new stuff, which I really keen to check out. It’s always such a treat to ride in Karkloof, the trails are top class. Next most exciting thing is seeing friends from all over the country and getting to spend the day on the bike with them\u201d. We have it on good authority that Tim did, in fact, enter online late last night.<\/p>\n<\/a>Keira Duncan. Photo credit: Craig Kolesky<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Sam Bull. Photo credit: Retrospective<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Tim Bentley. Photo credit: Ant Grote Photography<\/span><\/p>\n