![\"ccs-41808-0-24641600-1401348450.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-41808-0-24641600-1401348450.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nWith GPS unit firmly attached to their handlebars, 2013 race winner Eszter Erdelyi (back) follows her partner Lise Olivier through the beautiful Msundusi and Mngeni valleys. Erdelyi believes the trend of GPS navigation, to be used again in the 2014 BSi Steel dusi2c, is one which will continue to grow in mountain biking stage racing circles in South Africa. \/\/ Image credit: Anthony Grote\/Gameplan Media<\/span><\/p>\n The introduction of the concept at 2013\u2019s inaugural edition of the race through the Msundusi and Mngeni Valleys marked the start of a revolutionary trend in the South African stage racing mountain biking scene and, despite a few anxious competitors last year, the resounding success first time around has everyone eager to enjoy the format again.<\/p>\n \u201cAh, it was just so much fun!\u201d 2013 dusi2c women\u2019s winner Eszter Erdelyi exclaimed. \u201cI used a device that wasn\u2019t quite ideal but the whole concept was just incredible!<\/p>\n \u201cWe went off track once or twice but that was part of the amazing fun of GPS racing and racing through the beautiful valley!<\/p>\n \u201cYou got to a split and we\u2019d go left only to see some of the riders behind is go right and so we\u2019d have to turn around and correct ourselves \u2013 it was such fun!\u201d she oozed.<\/p>\n Erdelyi, who won the women\u2019s category of the race\u2019s first edition with fellow Time Freight VELOLife team mate Lise Olivier, believes the format is something that the mountain biking fraternity is catching onto quickly and is not only beneficial for the riders but event organisers as well.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking for arrows or day glow stickers along a route is easy, racing \u2013 especially stage racing \u2013 with a GPS add such a different element to a race!<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s then not necessarily just the strongest riders who win but also the smartest.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is also easier for organisers so I definitely like the concept and hope to see it at even more events in the future,\u201d added Erdelyi.<\/p>\n TIB Insurance\u2019s Andrew Hill, who walked away with the 2013 men\u2019s title with partner Tyrone Bird, is another who has backed the idea and was glad to see the further introduction of GPS racing at one of race director Glen Haw\u2019s other iconic events this year, the Old Mutual joBerg2c.<\/p>\n \u201c2013\u2019s first dusi2c was fantastic. The routes were great. The river crossings were fantastic. The accommodation was wonderful. The food was delicious \u2013 as always and all in all it was just right up there with the usual Farmer Glen standards!\u201d said Hill.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing the first GPS race I\u2019d ever done, last year\u2019s dusi2c was interesting. I enjoyed the whole GPS racing concept though.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was then very interesting to see this year\u2019s joBerg2c followed suit and I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see more and more stage races doing the same in the near future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n