PAARL ALL SET FOR 2021 SA MTB MARATHON CHAMPS
After Covid-19 restrictions forced the cancellation of the 2020 South African Mountain Bike Marathon Championships, it’s all system go for the 2021 edition, to be held in Paarl, W ...
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TESTED: SPECIALIZED EPIC EXPERT
It’s won more Absa Cape Epic titles than any other bike. It’s won World Championship, World Cup and Olympic titles and it’s one of the most popular high-performance marathon and X ...
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RACING IS BACK! HERE’S A LIST OF EVENTS TO ENTER
Finally! Mountain bike racing can resume, albeit in a restricted format, following the shift in South Africa’s Covid-19 restrictions back down to Level 1 from 1 March 2021. Here’s ...
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SPECIALIZED TYRES – WHY THEY’RE SUCH A GOOD OPTION
When you’re thinking of buying new tyres for your mountain bike, which three brands do you immediately think of? If you’re not a Specialized bicycle owner, you probably didn’t lis ...
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INTERNATIONAL TEAM SAYS ‘YES’ TO SOUTH AFRICA’S HILL
While 2020 was a year most professional bike racers would rather forget, it became the year when Sarah Hill’s international ambitions took a turn for the better. It was confirmed ...
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TESTED: NORCO REVOLVER FS 100 AXS
You may have heard of Norco and have probably seen the brand on South African trails in the last couple of years. Our favourite link with Norco has been Bryn Atkinson’s videos sho ...
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TAKE THE 2020 SA MTB SURVEY AND STAND TO WIN A GARMIN EDGE 530 BUNDLE
Last year we launched the 2019 SA MTB Race Survey in partnership with Garmin. But a Covid-19-wracked 2020 forced the cancellation or postponement of most mountain bike races. Sout ...
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ALL SET FOR A KAP SANI2C WITH A DIFFERENCE
A very different and exciting KAP sani2c is set to take place from 2-5 December 2020 (The Adventure is from 2-4 December, and the Race is 3-5 December), with a smaller field and n ...
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CAN SOUTH AFRICA END 2020 ON A MEDAL HIGH?
In 2019, Robyn de Groot became the first South African woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships medal when she scooped the bronze in a sprint finish at the en ...
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THIS IS WHY SPORTS EVENTS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
How do you make the best mountain bike and trail running events in the world even better? You acknowledge that they’re world class and shift your focus to giving your entrants som ...
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