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Africa Cycle Fair: Day 2

· By Nick · 46 comments

The second day of the 2014 Africa Cycle Fair was action packed. Being a Saturday, there was a huge increase in visitors from the previous day to the Nirox Foundation Sculpture Park. Couch fever also spread. We could barely keep up with all the bikes and people wanting their time on the couch.

Some big (and not so big) name industry players were even spotted answering our questions. Expect the full interviews to be released over the coming weeks. For now, enjoy our photos and video from Day 2 of the 2014 Africa Cycle Fair.

A big thank you to those Hubbers that came to visit us at the Africa Cycle Fair today, including HayleyEarth, Patches, BigBen, awesme, Wyatt Earp, MTBaaisikilist, The_black_stig, Tayyib, and those too shy to let us know their usernames.

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Comments

mada3400
mada3400

Oct 25, 2014, 9:16 PM

hayleyearth wins with that collection!

TALUS
TALUS

Oct 25, 2014, 9:50 PM

Nice pics. Thx. Will see you tmrw

BarHugger
BarHugger

Oct 26, 2014, 3:37 AM

Surly Karate Monkey at the "Best Bike" section........damn that is biiieeeaaatiefooeel!!!!

NotSoBigBen
NotSoBigBen

Oct 26, 2014, 3:53 AM

That 20" fat bike :o my grandsons gotta have one!

amasendeinja
amasendeinja

Oct 26, 2014, 4:43 AM

Great coverage guys...I am heading there in a coupla hours from now and you have certainly pushed the anticipation levels to max.

 

I see no pics of beer though...WTF? Especially pics of fancy craft beers for pretentious c's like me ;)

Matt
Matt

Oct 26, 2014, 4:55 AM

Great coverage guys...I am heading there in a coupla hours from now and you have certainly pushed the anticipation levels to max.

 

I see no pics of beer though...WTF? Especially pics of fancy craft beers for pretentious c's like me ;)

There is plenty of that fancy crafty beer around, although yesterday those Cyclocross-ers were hogging most of it ;)

vinylguy
vinylguy

Oct 26, 2014, 5:03 AM

Can we bring our bikes in and do a loop in nirox?

Matt
Matt

Oct 26, 2014, 5:16 AM

Can we bring our bikes in and do a loop in nirox?

 

Yes you can - they give you a tag for your bike at the entrance.

corrie.kuilder
corrie.kuilder

Oct 26, 2014, 5:26 AM

Had fun on Saturday at the fair,wished we took our bikes along,maar nou ja,lol. Where is Garmin/Bryton/Suunto this year? Surely this is the time to show of their new toys/gadgets. The cyclo-x race was fun to watch,while having a nice cold one from the tap,and the uni-cycle riders rocked #thumbs-up

Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp

Oct 26, 2014, 5:28 AM

The beers were good.

Johny Bravo
Johny Bravo

Oct 26, 2014, 5:35 AM

Those Yeti  bikes are flippen hot, also that Pyga prototype is sexy as hell.

BarHugger
BarHugger

Oct 26, 2014, 5:50 AM

Where is Garmin/Bryton/Suunto this year? #thumbs-up

They sent their commercial partner.......Solomons :@

BarHugger
BarHugger

Oct 26, 2014, 5:54 AM

Those Yeti bikes are flippen hot, also that Pyga prototype is sexy as hell.

.......and the Surly Karate Monkey......again......B-) (tsk,tsk!)

vinylguy
vinylguy

Oct 26, 2014, 10:18 AM

Fair was cool some nice bikes not that many bargains around tho. The pygas look real pretty :)

Baaisikilist
Baaisikilist

Oct 26, 2014, 10:31 AM

Had fun on Saturday at the fair,wished we took our bikes along,maar nou ja,lol. Where is Garmin/Bryton/Suunto this year? Surely this is the time to show of their new toys/gadgets. The cyclo-x race was fun to watch,while having a nice cold one from the tap,and the uni-cycle riders rocked #thumbs-up

No Scott, no Spaz, Dragon's brought all the Giants, but not a single Santa Cruz.

Overall the fair is really cool. More of the industry needs to support it.

Baaisikilist
Baaisikilist

Oct 26, 2014, 10:34 AM

And yoh, how amazing is that Pantani inspired Mercer with the internal routing and di2...?!

BarHugger
BarHugger

Oct 26, 2014, 1:26 PM

....only gripe.with yesteday is that the 33749 reply SMS had no functionality..........did I mention tue SURLY?........pure bedroom bike......./:-)

Guest notmyname
Guest notmyname

Oct 26, 2014, 2:53 PM

How saxxy are those Ritchey frames. Lordy, I almost cried.

Guest notmyname
Guest notmyname

Oct 26, 2014, 2:55 PM

Oh. The pyga on the best bike in sa stand left me with a broken heart. WOW! !!

GrantRH
GrantRH

Oct 26, 2014, 3:09 PM

Loved that Yeti... The lady at the stand was taking details of those people trying to enter. Apparently something wrong with Vodacom.

 

@ R3 per sms, they might actually make some money off of it!

 

Picked up some S7 bibshorts. That new 94.7 route is in trouble now!

King_Crispy
King_Crispy

Oct 26, 2014, 3:18 PM

The beers were good.

I went there thinking I would just look.

But then Darryl at the Shimano stand gave me an ice cold diet Castle.

Then I had to try the craft family. I loved the Pilsener most.

Wanted to buy the new XTR groupo, but took another beer instead.

BarHugger
BarHugger

Oct 26, 2014, 4:15 PM

I went there thinking I would just look.

But then Darryl at the Shimano stand gave me an ice cold diet Castle.

Then I had to try the craft family. I loved the Pilsener most.

Wanted to buy the new XTR groupo, but took another beer instead.

They should maybe consider a system where the money spent on cycle equipment and and kit earns you beer tokens.......like a loyalty scheme......may have just bought that Karate Monkey then.
udxcob
udxcob

Oct 26, 2014, 5:11 PM

Whats the deal with all those steel frames hanging up?

Rocket-Boy
Rocket-Boy

Oct 26, 2014, 5:51 PM

Great coverage guys...I am heading there in a coupla hours from now and you have certainly pushed the anticipation levels to max.

 

I see no pics of beer though...WTF? Especially pics of fancy craft beers for pretentious c's like me ;)

I saw a tafel in one of the pics and appropriately someone with a mullet sitting next to it :P

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