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<\/a>Andrew Stockwell and Dan Fowler, representing Continental Tyres at the 2017 Glacier Cradle Traverse. Photo by Oakpics.com.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Tankwa Trek meanwhile provides more than just a test of durability; the technical singletracks require puncture protection, grip and a low rolling resistance in equal measures. Fortunately as Rae Earl of Interac Distribution, Continental Bicycle Tyre\u2019s South African agents, explains Continental Tyres have that covered: \u201cTo date, no other tyre brand worldwide has been able to match Continental\u2019s Black Chili Compound, which reduces rolling resistance by 26% and improves grip by 30%. Black Chili Compound comes standard on all Conti ProTection MTB tyres.\u201d<\/p>\n
Continental\u2019s ProTection construction ensures superb puncture protection with a patented ProTection casing over four plies of 240 threads per inch (TPI) nylon under the tread and three plies of 180 TPI nylon sidewalls. This is sure to aid riders by ensuring \u201cthe lowest rider down-time due to tyre related problems in seriously tough race events like the Attakwas Extreme and the Cape Pioneer Trek\u201d concluded Earl.<\/p>\n
Interac Distribution and Dryland Event Management have rekindled a partnership which first started in 2009 with the launch of the inaugural Cape Pioneer Trek and even included a Cape Pioneer branded X-King tyre for the fifth edition in 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud to have teamed up with Interac Distribution and Continental Tyres once again\u201d said Henco Rademeyer of Dryland Event Management. \u201cMost importantly though for our entrants this partnership will mean access to Continental Tyres at a discounted rate at all our mountain bike events and discounts on Continental Tyres outside our events through Dryland\u2019s loyalty programme which we will be rolling out in 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to the partnership with Continental Bicycle Tyres, Dryland have also partnered with Continental Tyre South Africa to keep the growing fleet of Dryland vehicles rolling. With the harsh terrain Dryland\u2019s race routes take in the vehicles need a rugged tyre just as much as the event entrant\u2019s bikes do. So from September 2017 the fleet will all feature General Tire tyres.<\/p>\n
General Tire has been producing tyres since 1915 and in 1987 was purchased by Continental Tyres. The General Tire Grabber AT3 products, with which the Dryland vehicles are equipped, are a new generation of all-terrain tyres which are locally manufactured in Continental\u2019s Port Elizabeth facility.<\/p>\n “General Tire is our adventurous brand\u201d explained Ryan Visagie, Product Communications Manager for Continental Tyres South Africa. \u201cOur slogan \u2018Anywhere is Possible\u2019 is a perfect fit for the places that these events will take you. Mountain biking is a sport that plays to the adventurer in all of us, and this is precisely where our General Tire brand likes to play too, enabling the adventure in peoples\u2019 everyday lives.”<\/p>\n \u201cThe durability and integrity that you will find in General Tire products, for your vehicle, is precisely what you will find in the range of Continental tyres for your bicycle,\u201d Visagie added.<\/p>\n Entrants to Dryland Event Management\u2019s races will be able to learn more about Continental Tyres at all the company\u2019s mountain biking events from the Momentum Health Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, onwards, or by visiting www.interacsa.com<\/a>, www.continental-tyres.co.za<\/a> or www.generaltire.co.za<\/a>. For more information on Dryland Event Management\u2019s mountain biking races visit www.dryland.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Famous for its challenging mountain bike events, through South Africa\u2019s most rugged terrain, Dryland Event Management\u2019s mountain bike races place an inordinate burden on the competitors\u2019 bicycle tyres. With this in mind, Dryland have partnered with Continental Tyres to provide race entrants with access to tyres proven to be able to thrive in the Klein […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[400,920,919,917,918],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-16392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-continental","tag-continental-tyres","tag-dryland","tag-dryland-event-management","tag-dryland-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16392"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=16392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>Dryland recommend a Continental X-King tyre on the front wheel and a Race-King tyre on the rear wheel of your bike, as well as General Tire Grabber AT3 tyres on your 4×4. Photo by Oakpics.com.<\/span><\/p>\n