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<\/a>SA Cross Country Champion, Cherie Vale in action on the day. Photo Credit: Volume Photography.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe trails are crazy, purposefully built mountain bike trails,\u201d said Stefan Sahm of Team Bulls and 2014 Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails champion. \u201cYou don\u2019t get that in Europe. The event is so much fun. I\u2019ll definitely come back every year.\u201d<\/p>\n
SA Cross Country Champion, Cherie Vale relished the opportunity to take it easy out on route. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely important that there is a balance between racing and having fun. Today was absolutely stunning. I got the opportunity to make new friends, catch up with old friends and enjoy the scenery. Being able to take a step back and take it all in is so special. I am really looking forward to riding the trails at Bartinney Wine Estate tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was very cool,\u201d says Candice Neethling. \u201cThis was my first ride back. It was hard, but very enjoyable. I\u2019ll approach stage two in the same way, totally go out and have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dakar Rally star, Giniel de Villiers was also seen savoring the Stellenbosch trails which are also affectionately known as mountain bike heaven. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy route, but it was nice. This is the second time that I take part in the Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails. The event takes place in my backyard and is really good training for Dakar racing. It is an all-round enjoyable event.\u201d<\/p>\n
Starting in Church Street and finishing at the picturesque Blaauwklippen Wine Estate, long course riders took on a +-60km course that featured a 1750m elevation, while short course riders tamed a +- 31km course that featured an 850m elevation.<\/p>\n
After a fun day out on route, mountain bikers could either relax in the Windhoek Light Bar Area or the ISUZU Chill Zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stage one of the Pennypinchers Origin Of Trails kicked off in Stellenbosch today (Friday, 27 November 2015). Each year leading mountain bikers welcome the opportunity to relax and enjoy the trails at South Africa\u2019s mountain bike party of the year. According to Team Bulls owner and captain, Karl Platt, he has always wanted to take […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1968],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-18988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-origin-of-trails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988","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=18988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18988"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=18988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}