Scott Sports Africa, an official distributor of Maxxis tyres, are giving away a pair of Ikon or CrossMark mountain bike tyres every Friday in December. Just show us your Maxxis rubber to stand a chance to win 1 of 5 sets of Maxxis tyres.
First Look Friday is an introduction to the gear that we are currently testing for review. This week we've got the Santa Cruz Hightower, The Cyclist Co socks and apparel, and a Lyne Pulse Crankset.
Other than being one of the world's greatest downhill racers, Greg Minnaar is also a co-founder of the Crank Chaos mountain bike festival. Like a good host, Greg spent most of the event on his bike ensuring that all the riders were having a great time. Craig Kolesky managed to catch up with Greg in the Lesotho mountains for a closer look at his Santa Cruz V10 CC downhill bike.
First Look Friday is an introduction to the gear that we are currently testing for review. This week we've got the YT Jeffsy, the Garmin 820, Vee Tire Co. Rail Tracker tyres, and Adidas Men’s Adistar CD.Zero3 kit.
Sam Dale is a professional downhill racer for GT Factory Racing. He has a solid track record, with 19 top 25 spots in the UCI World Cup, including a 5th place at Lourdes in 2015. We caught up with him during the recent GT Bicycles Good Times Tour of South Africa to find out a bit more about his life on the GT team and the ups and downs of competitive racing.
Jérôme Clementz is an enduro racer and all-around talented mountain biker riding for the Cannondale Pro team. A previous champion of the Enduro World Series (EWS), Jérôme placed third overall in 2016. We caught up with him in Cape Town during a recent holiday to South Africa.
Like many good adventures, this one was born over a cup of good coffee one lazy afternoon in Stellenbosch. The initial plan was to cycle from Cape Town to Knysna over two days on mountain bikes, but this had been done before. After looking at the routes, it was clear that gravel grinders were the perfect fit for the farm back roads and we decided on Vermaaklikheid as the ideal place to finish.
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Bike Hub and the sports scientists from Science2Sport will be doing a series of podcasts to address common cycling training related questions, and we want your input to fuel the discussion.
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