PYGA INVESTS IN ITS OWN SOUTH AFRICAN FACTORY
2019 has been a momentous year for PYGA MOUNTAINBIKES as it has seen the realization of a dream to bring manufacturing back home to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. A fitting place ...
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CRANKCHAOS 2019: WE CAME, WE SAW, WE CRANKED!
On the 31st of October, CrankChaos riders and spectators from across Southern Africa descended on the mountain kingdom of Lesotho. The incomparable views you get when riding the M ...
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‘DIVE IN; STEER OUT; LET IT DANCE…
If you haven’t already seen it, you’re missing out. And if you have, you’ll never be able to watch it enough… Bryn Atkinson gives a masterful display of how to flippen ride a bike ...
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THESE ARE THE TRAVEL PREFERENCES OF SOUTH AFRICAN CYCLISTS
What are the travel preferences of South African cyclists and mountain bikers? It’s a simple question that’s been asked often, but the answer is, not surprisingly, multi-layered. ...
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TAKE OUR SURVEY AND STAND TO WIN ONE OF TWO GARMIN EDGE 530 GPS UNITS!
Every time we ride our bikes, we’re travelling. Physically and emotionally, every ride removes us from our daily grind. Like a mini-holiday. But of course the real bonus is when w ...
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COME MOUNTAIN BIKING IN THE FRENCH ALPS, THEY SAID. HOW COULD WE REFUSE?
By Sean Badenhorst I’ve never seen myself as a person that would spend a holiday at a Club Med resort. My perception of Club Med is not too dissimilar from those old Peter Stuyves ...
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IS THIS THE HARDEST DOWNHILL MTB RACE?
The hills of Dyffi Valley in Wales, United Kingdom, are molded into a relentless test of MTB skill as Dan Atherton's brainchild returned for a fourth year. Twenty of the wo ...
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ALAN HATHERLY’S SOLID SILVER AT CAIRNS
Team Spur’s Alan Hatherly capped off his best ever XCO season by finishing in second place in the U23 Men’s race at the UCI MTB World Champs in Australia, on Friday 8 September. H ...
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2017 UCI MTB WORLD CHAMPS RESULTS, CAIRNS AUSTRALIA
This past week the 2017 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships got underway in Cairns, Australia. South Africa has a team of riders competing in both the XCO and DHI disciplines, s ...
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DOWNHILL WORLD CUP MONT SAINTE ANNE “IT WILL RAIN”
The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup circuit’s oldest track served up yet another classic in Mont Sainte-Anne. In the 27th running of the iconic round at one of the most brutal tracks ...
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