Three fresh venues and a new format will give the Ashburton Investments National Mountain Bike Series a boost for the 2017 South African mountain bike-racing season. Click here to view the article
The immensely popular Gauteng Nissan TrailSeeker Series sold out yet another event this past weekend with 3200 mountain bikers taking to the trails at Round 3 at HazelDean, east of Pretoria. Incredibly, one in six riders that took part were doing their first mountain bike race. Click here to view the article
After a hiatus, the Tour of Legends mountain bike stage race makes a return to the calendar in 2015. The three-day, three-stage event is based at the luxury Legends Golf and Safari resort in the Limpopo province, with virtually the entire race route held inside a big five game reserve. Click here to view the article
Although it is a different year, Max Knox (EAI Solutions/Specialized) will face exactly the same challenge as in 2012 when he lines up at the start of the MTN Hilton Dirt Fest on Sunday (28 July). Click here to view the article
Nico Bell (Westvaal/Bell Cycles), who is currently the top rider on the KIA Mountain Bike rankings, has proven that consistency does pay off. Click here to view the article
"Why walk on the wild side if you can ride on it." This is how the organisers of this exclusive event sum up the three-day MTN Tour of Legends. As far as the MTN Tour of Legends is concerned, reference to the ‘wild side’ is certainly no exaggeration. It is not unusual nowadays for mountain bikers to encounter all sorts of wildlife during races in South Africa, but you don't often hear cyclists telling stories about having to stop to allow elephants to pass, or even being diverted to allow the lions to move to a safe distance. Click here to view the article
In 2010 Adrien Niyonshuti (MTN-Qhubeka) made South African mountain-bike history when he won the Nissan TrailSeekers Curro/Hazeldean marathon in Pretoria. Click here to view the article
