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<\/a><\/p>\nThe Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek has some of the most challenging terrain for riders and equipment, a key motivation for Continental to launch a Cape Pioneer Trek edition X-King ProTection model tyre.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Photo credit: Oakpics.com <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The fifth Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek takes place in South Africa\u2019s Western Cape province from 20-26 October. It is a seven-day international mountain bike stage race that covers a total of 549 kilometres and climbs a total of 11 657 metres, covering a wide variety of terrain.<\/p>\n \u201cContinental takes a serious interest in mountain biking in South Africa. Our terrain here is very varied and offers some challenging surfaces and conditions for mountain bike tyres,\u201d said Ray Earl of Interac, the South African distributor of Continental bicycle tyres.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Cape Pioneer Trek is one event that covers probably more surface variety than any other race in the world. Riders using Continental tyres won every stage of both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s open categories without a single tyre failure at the 2012 edition of the race,\u201d added Earl.<\/p>\n \u201cMuch of the tyre development work was the result of a flow of information on terrain conditions from the Cape Pioneer Trek over the past three years to Conti\u2019s R&D team in Germany. The factory regards South Africa as a key research point due to the high quality of our internationally recognised MTB stage races like the Bridge Cape Pioneer Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n The Conti X-King 29er 2.2-inch ProTection model will go on sale nationally in South Africa with a \u201cCape Pioneer\u201d logo on the sidewall. This tyre was chosen due to the surge in demand for this format in recent times and the numerous successes achieved on these tyres both locally and internationally.<\/p>\n