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The inaugural Prince George Monumental 100 Miler took place on Saturday, 15 October 2022. Tristan Nortje and Yolande de Villiers were crowned the first king and queen of Klein Karoo gravel racing; having raced to victory across the 165 kilometre long course, which started in Prince Albert and finished in George. Nortje was joined on […] View full article

Farhad is a passionate road and mountain biker and managing director of Old Mutual Wealth, the business that partnered South Africa’s premier long distance amateur road bike race and is adding real value to riders. When the annual Double Century no longer had a sponsor and was cancelled by lockdown protocols, many feared the holy […] View full article

South Africa’s oldest road cycling race will take place on Sunday 23 October, with full road closure on the famous Comrades route from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. The race which is in its 36th year is well-known as both a great family event as well as a key race on the cycling calendar for competitive riders. […] View full article

The organisers of SA’s ‘MTB Party of the Year’, the Savanna Origin of Trails MTB Experience that will take place at Coetzenburg Stellenbosch University on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November 2022 are looking to crown the event’s two best dressed riders (x1 male and x1 female). As motivation R20 000 (R10 000 each) and 20 cases of Savanna (10 cases each) is up for grabs. Ariane Lüthi by Tobias Ginsberg View full article

The organisers of SA’s ‘MTB Party of the Year’, the Savanna Origin of Trails MTB Experience that will take place at Coetzenburg Stellenbosch University on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 November 2022 are looking to crown the event’s two best dressed riders (x1 male and x1 female). As motivation R20 000 (R10 000 each) and […] View full article

William Mokgopo restarted his racing schedule with victory in the 2022 Glacier Cradle Traverse, from the 31st of September to the 2nd of October. Held in the Cradle of Humankind, from a race village at Avianto, it is a relaxed event. With short, punchy, routes – measuring no more than 42 kilometres in length – […] View full article

Photographer, Dan Milner has spent the best part of the last three decades travelling the world on mountain bike adventure shoots. With memories of his last Moroccan adventure flooding back he was quick to suggest the Atlas Mountains as the ideal destination for a PRO Community Riders trip. We pump our handlebars around swooping, natural […] View full article

8 days. 658 kilometres. 15 775 metres of climbing. These are the stats of the 2023 Absa Cape Epic alone. But as history has proven over the past 18 editions of The Untamed African Mountain Bike Race, statistics and what happens on the trails of Africa are never one and the same. The 2023 edition […] View full article

The 2023 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, is set to take place from the 3rd to the 9th of September next year. Entries for the thirteenth edition have opened hot on the heels of the highly successful 2022 race. Calling upon those who took part to relive the challenges and thrills […] View full article

GoPro announced three versions of its all-new HERO11 Black camera: HERO11 Black, HERO11 Black Creator Edition and HERO11 Black Mini. All three cameras feature a new, larger sensor that delivers the highest resolution, highest 10-bit colour depth, highest level of video stabilisation and widest field of view ever featured natively in a HERO camera. Each […] View full article

Imbuko {type}DEV A and Efficient Insure Infiniti Racing wrapped up the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, titles in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, 10 September. Both the men in the yellow First Ascent leaders’ jerseys and the women in pink suffered punctures on Stage 6, but could rely on the buffers they […] View full article

The Queen Stage of the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, finished at 1 575 metres above sea level, at the summit of the Swartberg Pass on Friday, 9 September. Imbuko {type}DEV B were the fastest team up the day’s final climb, sealing their second successive win of the race. While the […] View full article

The 36ONE MTB Challenge is dubbed “the ultimate race.” It is not hard to see why when looking at the simple statistics. At 361 kilometres long, with nearly 5 000 metres of climbing, it is a huge ride. Then there is the afternoon start, racing through the night and the 36-hour cut-off. All considered, completing […] View full article

Imbuko {type}DEV B have been instrumental to the A team’s success thus far at the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen. On Thursday, 8 September, Stage 4 from Louvain to Oudtshoorn Wessel Botha and Rudi Koen received their just rewards with a historic stage victory. The win is Botha’s first at […] View full article

Stage 3 of the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, took in a circular route from Louvain Guest Farm, in the Langkloof, on Wednesday, 7 September. The elite men’s race was a relatively measured affair which played out in a four-up sprint after 63 kilometres of racing. In the women’s race […] View full article

Stage 2 of the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, took the race from George, in the Garden Route, to Louvain, in the Langkloof on Tuesday, 6 September. The 76 kilometre long stage took in an ascent of the Montagu Pass, which proved decisive in the men’s race. Imbuko {type}DEV A’s […] View full article

Stage 1 of the 2022 Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, provided a drama filled day, general classification changes in the elite women’s race and a sprint finish in the men’s. Efficient Insure Infiniti Racing’s Theresa Ralph and Kim le Court won the stage to claim the pink First Ascent leaders’ jerseys. […] View full article

The Momentum Medical Scheme Cape Pioneer Trek, presented by Biogen, got underway in George on Sunday, 4 September. Arno du Toit – who won the race when it was last held, alongside Gert Heyns – won the 26 kilometre long Prologue with his Insect Science Pro teammate Keagan Bontekoning. Yolande de Villiers and her Madmacs/Coopetto/Bester […] View full article

Luke Moir, an 8 times national winner and top ranked junior XCO 2020 cyclist in the World gives us some insights into his current bike set up, favourite places to cycle and top tips when travelling with all your bike gear. What does a typical training week look like for you? It depends on what […] View full article

The 2022 Trans Baviaans Repeat took place in challenging – if not quite as cold as the Race, the weekend before – conditions on Saturday, 20 August. Yet, rain still fell, the wind still blew and riders were subjected to a muddy finale after a wet 24 hours in Jeffreys Bay before their arrival. It […] View full article

PRESS RELEASE Giant introduced its all-new range of Propel aero road bikes. Each of the models is built on a composite frameset with improved aerodynamics, efficiency and adjustability compared to the previous generation, making this a more versatile and highly capable choice for performance-minded road riders. The new range includes three series: Propel Advanced SL, […] View full article

Take your business to the next level with Euphoria, proud sponsors of the popular ‘Vasbyt’ trail in the beautiful Tokai Mountain Bike Park You may have seen a few adverts from Euphoria Telecom on Bike Hub in recent months. This proudly South African company is committed to supporting the local mountain biking and BMX communities. […] View full article

The 2022 Trans Baviaans Race was among the most brutal events in recent memory, due to icy rain and cold temperatures. Every rider who finished, be it on Saturday afternoon or in the late hours of Saturday night and Sunday morning, can thus be very happy with their effort. There are of course those who […] View full article

Titan Racing has joined forces with design guru Hasie & the Robots, to create two Switch gravel bikes for Valley Electrical Titan Racing’s HB Kruger and Matt Keyser as unique as the man’s art. The idea started when the UCI announced earlier this year that for the first time ever there will be a Gravel […] View full article

The Glacier Storms River Traverse is not a traditional stage race. In fact, the racing element is played down in favour of enjoying the time out on the trails with friends. There are nonetheless those who derive their pleasure from going fast, while there are others who revelled in a slow cruise. At the sharpest […] View full article