{"id":17623,"date":"2016-09-14T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2016\/09\/14\/afriski-partners-with-bike-hub-for-the-crankchaos-maluti-mountain-bike-festival-r5551\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T07:41:08","slug":"afriski-partners-with-bike-hub-for-the-crankchaos-maluti-mountain-bike-festival-r5551","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/afriski-partners-with-bike-hub-for-the-crankchaos-maluti-mountain-bike-festival-r5551\/","title":{"rendered":"Afriski partners with Bike Hub for the CrankChaos Maluti Mountain Bike Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we gear up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankchaos.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CrankChaos Maluti Mountain Bike Festival<\/a> in just over a month, Afriski Mountain Resort is very excited to announce our event media partnership with Bike Hub, South Africa\u2019s favourite online cycling community. Covering the event live from Afriski, Bike Hub will be on site to provide exciting news \u2013 from reviews on new bikes to interviews with riders, results, videos and more.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-37249800-1473847025.jpg\" data-fileid=\"801659\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"801659\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-62657-0-37249800-1473847025.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-62657-0-37249800-1473847025.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re stoked to be on board for the CrankChaos Festival. Each year we avidly follow international mountain bike festivals with longing and envy. We can&#8217;t wait to experience one in our own &#8220;back yard&#8221; come October.&#8221; &#8211; Matt Eagar, Founder of Bike Hub.<\/p>\n<p>Afriski offers the perfect location for any mountain bike event, with CrankChaos being the first of its kind in Southern Africa. To all enthusiasts out there, this is your chance to spend three days immersed in the world of mountain biking through the unique and exciting element of an interactive exhibition. Not only can riders enter a number of fun events throughout the weekend, including 5 different downhill lines, enduro, marathon, slope style, cross-country, downhill eliminator &#8211; but with some of the biggest brand names in mountain biking present, they will have the opportunity to ride and test the latest gear and equipment in the industry in a natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>At 3 222m, guests will experience a weekend of serious altitude with a festival format that all can enjoy. From exploring world-class mountain trails to fantastic live evening entertainment and fun family activities \u2013 come breath in the fresh mountain air as you relax in the Mountain Kingdom and enjoy the hospitality of Afriski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough our partnership with Bike Hub, and with the support of Greg Minnaar (three-time Downhill Mountain Bike World Champion), we are hoping to take this inaugural event to great heights and cement its place on the mountain biking calendar.\u201d Peter Peyper (Marketing Director at Afriski)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event date:<\/strong> 27 \u2013 30th October. Only 200 guaranteed spaces available.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_ks_qMHSm8?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"text-2xl font-bold\">Details:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crankchaos.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.crankchaos.com\/<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>For bookings contact Peter: peter@afriski.net\n<\/li>\n<li>Sponsorship enquiries: max@maxcluer.com\n<\/li>\n<li>CrankChaos Facebook event page: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/283245545362373\/\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/283245545362373\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we gear up for the CrankChaos Maluti Mountain Bike Festival in just over a month, Afriski Mountain Resort is very excited to announce our event media partnership with Bike Hub, South Africa\u2019s favourite online cycling community. Covering the event live from Afriski, Bike Hub will be on site to provide exciting news \u2013 from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40244,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[871,2108],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-17623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-afriski","tag-crankchaos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17623","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=17623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17623"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=17623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}