life after Argus

[Toon63]

This is my first year of doing races and done the Argus MTB and Argus Cycle tour

 

what is the next MTB race to train for in Western Cape that very popular? and as good as these Argus races?

Edited March 13, 2014 by Toon63

[Skubarra]

Go do the MTN Tulbagh race on Saturday, a very nice challenge

 

April - June is kind of quiet, mostly smaller local mtb races, quite a few worth doing.

 

Next really "big" one is Knysna Cycle Tour early July (mtb and road)

[Caerus]

Go do the MTN Tulbagh race on Saturday, a very nice challenge

 

April - June is kind of quiet, mostly smaller local mtb races, quite a few worth doing.

 

Next really "big" one is Knysna Cycle Tour early July (mtb and road)

Where can I get a definitive list of all the MTB races in the Western Cape from small races to the large ones. Possibly Road as well?

[Super Sywurm]

Is there a mtb race on 19 April somewhere in the Cpt area (Easter weekend).

[Skubarra]

Where can I get a definitive list of all the MTB races in the Western Cape from small races to the large ones. Possibly Road as well?

 

This one got all the mtb events worth doing

 

http://www.dirtopia.co.za/calendar

 

Road - Nothing happening until September (unless you are into league racing), PPA should have something on their website by July/August

[Pooyan]

Look at the Events tab on the Hub

Events tab on PPA website

Races tab on Bicycling mag.

Also Dirtopia as listed above by Skubarra

 

Big races;

Mtn Tulbagh this Saturday- (you can enter on race day)

Knysna races in July

Die Burger Mtb race in Aug?

Karoo2Coast in Sept

 

There's also a bunch of stage races

Edited March 13, 2014 by Pooyan

[dannygirl]

This is my first year of doing races and done the Argus MTB and Argus Cycle tour

 

what is the next MTB race to train for in Western Cape that very popular? and as good as these Argus races?

 

www.alltheevents.co.za lists MTB, road, running, tri etc. events - I find their list to be the most comprehensive and user-friendly (can search by type / month / region etc) with links to event details.

 

@ Sywurm, event on 20th (Easter Sunday) at Solms Delta in Franschhoek.

[Jewbacca]

ndorfin.co.za

 

There is a race/multiple races almost every weekend 52 weeks a year

[Lone_Ranger]

There's also the Vinyard races at Lourensford which coincides with the end of the Epic. Think its the last weekend in March. Nice race, with a nice vibe at the end.

 

www.vineyard-races.co.za

[flymango]

Explore trails with mates - Welvanpas / Jonkershoek / Schapenberg / Oak Valley-Thandi / Tygerberg

 

Arabella Challenge

Houw Hoek Tour

Sani

Knysna

Karoo to Coast

Transbaviaans

W2W

Hell n Back

 

Should keep you busy until Burger seeding ride in December.

[VicanZA]

if the argus and 94.7 are the highlights of ur MTB year u need to start doing some real events! both those are oversubscribed and that makes them unpleasant.

[Super Sywurm]

if the argus and 94.7 are the highlights of ur MTB year u need to start doing some real events! both those are oversubscribed and that makes them unpleasant.

 

Some of the smaller and less know races are way more fun and much better to ride than the 'big' races. The one race I enjoyed last year was the 80km mtb race at the Oyster Festival in Knysna (and this is a big one).

[MTBeer]

find a friend, race against him/her away from the crowds. much more fun.

[flymango]

find a friend, race against him/her away from the crowds. much more fun.

 

Strava?

[Overlord]

Dirtopia 100 miler

[DJR]

Explore trails with mates - Welvanpas / Jonkershoek / Schapenberg / Oak Valley-Thandi / Tygerberg

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Should keep you busy until Burger seeding ride in December.

 

Yup, that's what I decided too. We're planning our own 3-day mtb "tour" including the above.