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Claudio

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  1. I'm there with you, but depending the winning I might go for a Nicolai. The craftsmanship is phenomenal.
  2. Rohloff currently only offers the Speedhub 500/14 as shown above.
  3. The most vulnerable part of your bicycle and the one that most bicycle manufacturers seem determined to keep: the derailleur. Why? Is there a benefit over internal gearboxes? Are gearboxes a luxury that we can do without, or are they something that manufacturers should have jumped on years ago? Click here to view the article
  4. The Slanghoek Mountain2Mountain MTB Classic will take place on Saturday, 12 October 2013. Participants can look forward to an exciting mountain bike experience like no other. Click here to view the article
  5. ISUZU ambassadors Alec Riddle and Sibusiso Vilane will make their FNB Wines2Whales Mountain Bike (MTB) debut the weekend of 01 – 03 November 2013 when they take on the much anticipated. Click here to view the article
  6. Swimmer turned triathlete, Robyn Williams will have her eye on the prize on Sunday, 27 October 2013 when she takes on the Slanghoek Triathlon presented by Vital Health Foods. Click here to view the article
  7. Former South African road race champion, Lynette Burger, outsprinted her rivals to claim victory in the Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge in Pretoria on Sunday, giving her Momentum Toyota team a total of seven wins in seven races. Click here to view the article
  8. Cycling South Africa’s Track Cycling Commission will be hosting the SA Madison Championships in Bellville in the Western Cape over the same weekend that the third round of the Interprovincial Series, also known as the SA Cup series, and Grand Prix (GP) will be held, on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 October 2013 Click here to view the article
  9. If you thought that trials was only for rigid, tiny, urban based bikes, think again. Chris Akrigg shows us how some trials skills can translate to the trails. Click here to view the article
  10. This Sunday presents another opportunity for Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung to display its project to the world when it lines up for another of cycling’s monuments, Il Lombardia. As the team hopes to make its GrandTour debut in 2014, the race allows another opportunity to race in front of the Giro d’Italia organisation. Click here to view the article
  11. Something for the weekend to motivate you to ride. What is it about mountain biking, or riding in general that makes you happy? Click here to view the article
  12. The Ironman World Championships are just over a week away and Tri Talk SA this week spoke to Kris Fesel who is racing in Kona for the first time. Click here to view the article
  13. The South African Cycling star is definitely on the rise and another great performance last Friday from Team MTN Qhubeka’s Louis Meintjes. Click here to view the article
  14. Two-time Olympian Sifiso Nhlapo and compatriot Teagan O’Keeffe took part in the final round of the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series in Chula Vista, San Diego, at the weekend. Click here to view the article
  15. The United States played host to the final round of the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series in the city of Chula Vista, San Diego, at the weekend. Elite BMX racers Teagan O’Keeffe and Sifiso Nhlapo represented South Africa at the Supercross track, situated at the state-of-the-art Olympic Training Centre. Click here to view the article
  16. The fourth annual Ride for RedCap, a gruelling 640km bicycle ride from Johannesburg to Durban, is fast approaching and is now open to all those who feel that they have what it takes to complete one of the most daunting challenges on the local cycling calendar from November 24-25. Click here to view the article
  17. South Africa’s newest cycling world champion Neville Ackermann will proudly don his crisp, new UCI rainbow striped jersey at the Msunduzi Road Challenge on 26 and 27 October as the Highveld star tackles both the time trial and road race in his men’s 55-59 year category after winning the time trial world title in Italy last month. Click here to view the article
  18. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung returns to racing this week with tomorrow’s Milano-Torino (1.HC) and Tour de l’Eurométropole (2.1) starting on Thursday. The races are part of the final European program for 2013 and are being used as a build up to the last major events of the season, Il Lombardia and Paris Tours. Click here to view the article
  19. The 2013 Msunduzi Road Challenge will be introducing tandem bicycles for the first time after the organisers were asked about the possibility of having the two-person bicycles in the race and it has been suggested that tandem riders use this race as an opportunity to prepare for the big road classics coming up around the country in the few weeks after the race. Click here to view the article
  20. Cold and windy conditions on the day did not deter the BMX youngsters as they pushed their limits for the all-important race on the national calendar at the 2013 SA National BMX Championships, which took place at the Alrode BMX Track in Alberton, Gauteng on Sunday 22 September. Click here to view the article
  21. Do you suffer from lower back pain on your mountain bike? Is it set up related or something more chronic? How do you know? Click here to view the article
  22. If cycling 2000km over ten days with over 52 000m of climbing thrown in sounds like fun to you then this week’s Cycle Talk SA is a must listen. And yes, that is not a typo, 52 000m of vertical climbing over ten days. Click here to view the article
  23. Portugal’s Rui Costa claimed a stunning victory in the 2013 UCI Road World Championships Elite Mens Road Race - his country’s first ever in that category - outpowering Joaquim Rodriguez of Spain in a two rider duel. Alejandro Valverde, also of Spain, then beat Italian Vincenzo Nibali for bronze. Click here to view the article
  24. Louis Meintjes finished second during Friday’s under 23 road race in the UCI World Championships in Florence. The 21 year old earned a silver medal, representing the South African national team and came agonising close to catching the eventual winner, Matej Mohoric (Slovenia). Click here to view the article
  25. With just under a month to go, road racing cyclists in the non-elite racing categories are preparing for the 2013 Msunduzi Road Challenge, which is the only leg of the global UCI World Cycling Tour (UWCT) on the African continent, in and around the Noodsberg / Wartburg area near Pietermaritzburg, on 26 and 27 October. Click here to view the article
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