Wayne Potgieter Posted November 13, 2013 Share I know of a certain hubber who takes time out of his personal life to help build and maintain trails at Tokai. This selfless generosity cost him a knee recently, as he blew out his knee in a build day. So Him and people like him, the unofficial trail riders that help on weekends keep trails maintained etc, also deserve a mention. (Deon), Blackbeard, Tumbleweed and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbearpig Posted November 13, 2013 Share Gnarly is my idol!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuctionLamb Posted November 13, 2013 Share Steve Bowman - one of our first pro MTBer's Neil Bradford - super talent and still racing with the pro's They both super nice guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted November 13, 2013 Share Gnarly is my idol!!! He was mine too…until I saw him drinking lite beer. the nerd and Pants Boy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicanZA Posted November 13, 2013 Share I know of a certain hubber who takes time out of his personal life to help build and maintain trails at Tokai. This selfless generosity cost him a knee recently, as he blew out his knee in a build day. So Him and people like him, the unofficial trail riders that help on weekends keep trails maintained etc, also deserve a mention. how about a hubber who supports up and coming cycling talent? take a bow wayne... (Deon), Blackbeard and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meentb Posted November 13, 2013 Share I'll nominate Derek Palmer. This man was very involved with Gauteng mountain biking in the 90s. One could also spot him with his red Nissan hard body out marking trails in fountains valley for all the provincials and nationals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted November 13, 2013 Share Hmmm... some of the people getting listed as legends makes me feel old, and I'm not old, just been around the industry a while. My list: Burry, Greg, Needles... for obvious reasons Meurant Botha - Dirtopia, Amarider and a huge chunk of the trails in the Cape Dimitri Nenkov - Omnimotion 24hour, and many other races back in the day Terry Spinman - the original mtb media man Brett Coates - Sabie Classic etc Dylan Victor - Represented SA in more than one discipline, probably still our best Trials rider, bike shop owner Robbie Powell, Chris Nixon - Downhill pioneers Wayne Hayward - Best local based photographer (until he moved to the states a few years ago), mtb nutter, covered every mtb, road, sprogs race in this country, and rode many of them too. Gary Perkin and Sven Martin - SA's world class mtb photographers, all round nice guys and bike nuts. Erica Green - First mtb olympian if I recall, still runs cycling clinics and rides pretty seriously Anne Pearton - Long the first lady of SA mountain biking, multiple senior age category world champ and mother to JP Pearton, imho probably the closest rider to Burry talent wise that SA has produced. Her other two boys can ride a bit too! Michelle Lombardi - Top rider, Cape Epic mixed winner and made cycling look good while still being a hardcore rider. Fritz Pienaar - Multiple SA Champ, Former bike shop owner, business owner and the man behind the biggest mtb series in the World. Suzie & Herman Mills - Founders of Ride Magazine Kevin Vermaak - Began the stage racing craze in SA and created the pinnacle event of world marathon Mtb right here in SA. Still remember watching his little video presentation at the Cycle Tour expo all those years ago when the Cape Epic was all but a dream Peach., (Deon), SoftTail and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLuvsMtb Posted November 13, 2013 Share I'm a legend, but not a hero. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted November 13, 2013 Share What about Frrritz Pienaar? AFAIK he is behind the Adventurance organisation that brings us so many great events in these parts. Also participates in most of the events, and was a racer back in the day. Love what you do, do what you love! Okay bar the cartel / competition commission saga. But look what came out of that: Buycycle I disagree with this slightly as then you may as well lump all the event organisers.... Its fine to include pioneer event organisers, but i would not even include Karkloof in that listing and that is been going for a lot longer than the nissan series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted November 13, 2013 Share I'm a legend, but not a hero. Does that count? The big fella in your avatar most probably thinks you're a legend and a hero. SoftTail and GLuvsMtb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTail Posted November 13, 2013 Share The Spruit Fairy (think he wants to remain anonymous but a lot of people know who he is) Manages to find time between his Job, his family and training to go fix up the trails, make new trails and make the current trails safer.If everyone put in half as much effort and money as he does all the trails in SA would be INSANE Yes definitely the Spruit Fairy and all of his helpers. They quietly do an amazing job and all of us love them for it. They make the world a better place for everybody who loves the Spruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sworks20 Posted November 13, 2013 Share I'm a legend, but not a hero. Does that count? In your own lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellar Posted November 13, 2013 Share In your own lifetime lunchtime. Like most of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wessel-Louis Posted November 13, 2013 Share Well being new to this I don't know many names... But one name I've heard time and again is that of Sean Lawrence. If we talking about unsung heroes he is most definitely one of them. Few ppl have I met with such passion and love for the sport with the willingness to part with their time and knowledge. He is an awesome instructor and sliick at what he does! For those who live in Jozi and want to get into riding or just get better at their skills Sean is your guy. He won't disappoint!???????? DR ◣◢ and SoftTail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbean Posted November 13, 2013 Share Interresting that by seeing who people are nominating you can see how long they been mtbiking for. Craig Pritcher Edited November 13, 2013 by stringbean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftTail Posted November 13, 2013 Share Well being new to this I don't know many names... But one name I've heard time and again is that of Sean Lawrence. If we talking about unsung heroes he is most definitely one of them. Few ppl have I met with such passion and love for the sport with the willingness to part with their time and knowledge. He is an awesome instructor and sliick at what he does! For those who live in Jozi and want to get into riding or just get better at their skills Sean is your guy. He won't disappoint! +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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