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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SAY CHEERS TO CABLE TIES!
Mountain biker projects during South Africa’s Lockdown Level 5 and 4 in 2020 ranged from building backyard jump lines, riding around gardens for 24 hours and seeing how long you c ...
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THE LIMITS OF SUSPENSION
Ever wondered what would happen if you bottomed-out the front and rear suspension of your bike at the same time? Well, Pinkbike’s 2020 bottoming out compilation featuring 28 bikes ...
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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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TREAD TOP TRAILS 2020 – NUMBER 5
We’re fortunate to have such a variety of mountain bike trails in South Africa. From inner-city mountain bike parks to remote wilderness trails, from free-to-ride trails on public ...
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NO EVENTS? HERE’S YOUR LOCKDOWN RACE FIX
The re-implementation and extension of Lockdown Level 3 has dealt another blow to an already ailing mountain bike events market in South Africa. But the Covid-19-compliant format ...
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TANKWA TREK 2021 CANCELLED
The organisers of one of the world’s most prestigious international mountain bike stages races, the Momentum Medical Scheme Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, have cancelled the 20 ...
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MOUNTAIN BIKERS, THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT YOU KNOW!
In October, Dryland Event Management took mountain biking events to a new level when they launched the ground-breaking Dryland Rewards Program App. A convenient way to enter event ...
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THE SIX STAGES OF eBIKE GRIEF
The mountain biking community is not the easiest of communities to convince of something that’s new and better. In fact, over the past 20 years, mountain bikers have been through ...
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TOP SA TRAILS OF 2020 – THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
As we close in on revealing the Top 5 of TREAD’s Top Trails of 2020, we figured a summary of Trails ranked 15 to 6 is in order. It’s important to know that this is a subjective ra ...
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