{"id":21493,"date":"2013-10-18T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2013\/10\/18\/idols-host-proverb-amp-track-superstar-maroesjka-matthee-chat-to-cycle-talk-sa-r1029\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:21:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:21:25","slug":"idols-host-proverb-amp-track-superstar-maroesjka-matthee-chat-to-cycle-talk-sa-r1029","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/idols-host-proverb-amp-track-superstar-maroesjka-matthee-chat-to-cycle-talk-sa-r1029\/","title":{"rendered":"Idols host, Proverb &#038; track superstar, Maroesjka Matthee chat to Cycle Talk SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Cycle Talk SA we feature two really inspiring cyclists. First up Brad Brown caught up with the host of South African Idols, Proverb, who last weekend rode his first ever cycle race at the Amashova.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-41808-0-20412100-1382090137.jpg\" data-fileid=\"278538\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"278538\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"ccs-41808-0-20412100-1382090137.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-41808-0-20412100-1382090137.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><span class=\"italic text-sm text-slate-500 block mt-1 mb-4\">Image credit: cyclingsa.com<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Over the last couple of years Pro has lost one fifth of his body weight by exercising and watching his diet. If you want to know how he did it make sure you listen to this week\u2019s cycling podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Brad also touched base with Maroesjka Matthee, who is on her way to the UK to take part in the first of three UCI World Cup Events. Maroesjka\u2019s journey has been a really hard one and Brad spoke to her about what it has taken to qualify for these UCI World Cup events. With little to no sponsorship for track cycling in South Africa Maroesjka\u2019s task has been made even more difficult. The pair also spoke about the state of track cycling in South Africa and how you can get involved in the little known aspect of the sport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bigbradbrown\/sa-idols-presenter-proverb\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bigbradbrown\/sa-idols-presenter-proverb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Cycle Talk SA we feature two really inspiring cyclists. First up Brad Brown caught up with the host of South African Idols, Proverb, who last weekend rode his first ever cycle race at the Amashova. Image credit: cyclingsa.com Over the last couple of years Pro has lost one fifth of his body [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5142,2055],"featured_location":[],"class_list":["post-21493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-cycle-talks-sa","tag-maroesjka-matthee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21493","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21493"},{"taxonomy":"featured_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_location?post=21493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}