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Event Name: 24Hours Of Oak Valley When: 1 February 2020 - 2 February 2020 Where: Oak Valley Estate, Western Cape Category: MTB The 24Hours of Oak Valley returns… You have asked and waited for it to return...the 24Hours of Oak Valley event is back in early 2020. Camp and ride your mountain bike in Grabouw for a weekend with friends and family, while trail runners can join the 12hour. Riding around the clock in the Elgin Valley with various categories and this year the junior team option is back, where we expect a big competition. Note that VERY limited solo entries will be taken, to increase the team participation. Only pre-entries taken, so get your teams together and enter this awesome event. There will be food & drinks for sale and the ever-needed coffee stand. The venue is still a favourite with great facilities and beautiful scenery on the route and at the campsite and start/finish area! E-bikes will also be allowed to join in the fun in their own fun E-class category! The Oak Valley course, with its first half of climbing and the long descents in the second half, is ideally suited to E-bikes. The event is also a great platform to test these bikes and by introducing rules restricting the number of batteries you are allowed to use, gives everyone to see what the bikes are capable of in real-life application. See the website for the E-class rules. Dates: Saturday 1 Feb 2020 (12h00) – Sunday 2 Feb (12h00) Venue: Oak Valley Estate, Elgin Valley, Grabouw, Western Cape Format: Ride as many 10km laps as you want or can over 24hours. The trail will keep participants busy with singletrack and jeeptrack sections. The course conditions even changes over night… Trail runners must run as many 6km laps as they want or can over the 12hour period, ending at midnight. CATEGORIES for the MTB Relay: Solo - One person that rides as much as he/she wants during the 24-hour period. Open (single sex) - team of 4 riders. Mixed – team of 4 riders (A mix of male and female riders). There must be at least one person from the opposite sex to qualify as a mixed team. Juniors – team of 5 riders. All under 18. OneFourZero - team of 4 riders. Collective age 140 years +. Fun category - teams of 5-8 riders. CATEGORIES for the Trail Run: • Solo - One person that runs as much as he/she wants during the 12-hour period. • 4 Man Team –team of 4 runners Don’t miss out on this great outdoor event that offers something for everyone! For more information see the website: www.24hoursofoakvalley.co.za or www.dirtopia.co.za and email: info@dirtopia.co.za or 078 343 3572 Go to Event Page

Visit the Cape Winelands where you can get spoiled with outdoor activities, as the trails on offer near Stellenbosch will not disappoint. Dirtopia is known for mountain bike and trail run events, but can now offer everyone a bit of entertainment every day of the week. Click here to view the article

Have you heard about Enduro mountain bike events? What is it and can anyone take part? Click here to view the article

The Wellington Enduro proved to be a lot of fun for all participants, so the next event taking place at Delvera on the 17th of May is much anticipated. Anyone can try this discipline and course designer, Meurant Botha, loves taking part himself! Click here to view the article

98 riders made the trek out to Delvera trail centre just outside Stellenbosch on a fresh Autumn Sunday to take part in the one day Enduro stage race. The 15.8km route was broken up into 4 timed special stages and 4 non timed Liaisons. Unlike last year the organisers decided to combine SS2 and SS3 together to help the flow of the course and create a stage with contrasting features from technical rocky tight sections to hard pack flowy singletrack with jumps and berms near the bottom. Click here to view the article

The first Dirtopia Enduro for 2015 took place in the hills around the picturesque town of Wellington, about 1 hour drive from Cape Town. Welvanpas is nothing short of mountain biking motherland and with Jonkershoek suffering severe damage in the devastating fires it now stands head and shoulders above all other Western Cape trails for pure Enduro type riding. Click here to view the article

The last event in the popular 2014 Falke Trail Run Series will take place at the picturesque Delvera Farm on R44 about 10 km from Stellenbosch on Saturday, 6 December. Click here to view the article

When I was 8 or 9 years old, I won a competition in the jellybean journal; that's the kiddies section of the newspaper. They called me up on stage at school to get my prize. The horror. That was pretty embarrassing. For the next twenty years I won nothing and did nothing impressive with my life. Click here to view the article

The third of the Dirtopia 2016 Enduro series offers two days of trail riding this weekend on the well-known Welvanpas trails. The start and finish will be hosted by Val De Charron Wine & Olive Estate, with wonderful facilities like a restaurant, accommodation and incredible views of the mountains. Click here to view the article

With six events scheduled until November, mountain bikers that enjoy the Enduro concept have a lot to look forward to! Dirtopia’s Enduro events makes room for new comers to the discipline with fun trails to ride at all the events. Click here to view the article

After the devastating fire of January 2016, the inaugural Fairtree Simonsberg Contour MTB stage race overcame serious challenges and presented riders with a premier winelands riding experience. This past weekend of 4 & 5 February 2017, Fairtree Capital in collaboration with the Simonsberg Conservancy, landowners and Stellenbosch event organisers Dirtopia, presented riders with the 2nd edition of ‘The Fire Ride’ where riders got a chance to experience the recovering Simonsberg Conservancy. Click here to view the article

Riders that are fortunate enough to be part of the second Fairtree Simonsberg Contour two-day stage race on 4 & 5 February, will have a special experience on the trails, prepared by route designer Meurant Botha of Dirtopia. “The route team has been working hard to finalise the first stage for the 2017 Contour” says Botha. Click here to view the article

Riders from the Cape Town & Boland areas will be gathering their camping gear for an enjoyable two days in Grabouw this weekend, 28 & 29th of January 2017. The 24Hours of Oak Valley, presented by Bike Hub, will take place from 12h00 on Saturday and riders can enter in various categories of teams of four. The Solo category is limited, but there is also a fun team category where 5 to 8 riders can do the relay. But hurry, as only pre-entries are accepted. Click here to view the article

After months of hard work, Dirtopia will celebrate the move of the Trail Centre and bike workshop to a new building on Delvera farm. Taking the management of the Cafe and Lodge also under their wing, the team of Dirtopia would like to welcome all outdoor enthusiasts to this outdoor village outside Stellenbosch with various events the weekend of 15 & 16 October. Click here to view the article

After a scenic two hour drive from Cape Town over rolling hills, you will find the Southern-most region of Africa, part of the magical Overberg, where the majestic Atlantic and Indian oceans meet. This area stretches from Die Dam in the west, to the De Hoop Nature Reserve in the east. Click here to view the article

Hike, bike or run in the Simonsberg region this weekend, as Dirtopia brings you the Delheim Outdoor weekend on the 12th and 13th of November. Click here to view the article

Outdoor enthusiasts are spoilt for choice next weekend when the annual Staalwater MTB Challenge and trail runs take place from Caledon Casino. On Saturday 10 Sept the 40km and 60km mountain bike routes will head North West towards Greyton on private farms never ridden before. Both routes also have special permission to ride through the botanical gardens. On the 60km the highest point is called “Jean se Bult” and the riding in lush green wheat fields bring some singletrack sections as well. Click here to view the article

From 1 September 2016, Dirtopia’s Delvera based offering will expand to include the current Simonsberg Cafe and Oakleaf Lodge. Further, Dirtopia’s Fietswinkel (Cycle Shop) operation located at nearby Welgevonden will also move to Delvera. Click here to view the article

The second Dirtopia enduro of the year took place on a perfect autumn day at Uitkyk wine estate on the slopes of the Simonsberg mountain. Chris Hitchcock was there, camera in hand, to capture all the action. Click here to view the article

Launching a new race is never easy, so having to contend with the devastating Simonsberg fire just 2 weeks before the race certainly tested the organisation to the limit. 90% of the trails constructed over the past 2 years were damaged and the bulk of the forest canopy lost when fires ravaged the Simonsberg Mountain and adjacent wine estates from 19to 22 January. Click here to view the article

Setting the routes for the inaugural Fairtree Simonsberg Contour has been a real challenge since the blazing Simonsberg fire interrupted the final building of trails. Click here to view the article

In 2016 five events of this mountain bike discipline are planned in the Western Cape, and on Sunday 3rd of April, the home of Dirtopia trails near Stellenbosch at Delvera will be the host. Click here to view the article

Riders compete in the Dirtopia All Mountain Enduro held at Helderberg Farm, Somerset West. Photos by Chris Hitchcock. Click here to view the article

The Spur Mountain Bike Classic is one of the longest running mountain bike events in the country and has always been a great family outdoor event. Click here to view the article

Many riders from the Cape Town & Boland area will be gathering their camping gear for an enjoyable weekend in Grabouw on the 23rd & 24th of January 2016. The 24Hours of Oak Valley will take place from 12h00 on the Saturday and riders can enter in various categories of teams of four – even school teams. The Solo category is limited, but there is also a fun team category where 5 to 8 riders can do the relay. Click here to view the article