What is in a name? When William Shakespeare penned that line, he used it to suggest that naming things is irrelevant, that a rose, called by another name, would smell as sweet. Well, the team at sani2c, the legendary 3-day South African mountain bike stage race, including its founder ‘Farmer’ […]
Author: Online Ed
CHASING ADAM GOES CONTINENTAL
Adam Jacobs is a 22-year-old Capetonian who has established the ‘Chasing Adam’ brand. An avid cyclist, Jacobs is known for his social media messaging to ‘get out there and get moving’ and on 6 July, at 10:00, outside of Rook Cycles in Bree Street, Cape Town, Jacobs is taking his bicycling passion to another level, […]
“I will definitely be back to this ride, it is good enough to be an annual pilgrimage. Farmer Glen and his team have an incredible formula that feels different to anything else I’ve done in South Africa, and it really is a celebration of why we love riding this amazing […]
Again and again, KAP sani2c delivers the best three days you can have on a mountain bike
The 20th edition of the KAP sani2c saw all three events, The Race, Adventure and Trail, thrill riders from Underberg to Scottburgh on 265 kms of exclusive trails. Through community and landowner relationships, the organisers have crafted a breathtaking amount of singletrack over twenty years, covering 44 farms, a nature […]
Foster and Terlouw, Sanders and Strydom are 20th KAP sani2c Champions
Michael Foster and Jaedon Terlouw (PYGA Euro Steel 2) are the 2024 KAP sani2c champions. The pair took the third and final stage of the 20th edition of the KAP sani2c in a time of 02:54:45, after a sprint finish with the Insect Science team of Arno du Toit and […]
PYGA Euro Steel’s Foster and Terlouw maintain their lead on stage 1 at KAP sani2c
The PYGA Euro Steel 2 team, Michael Foster and Jaedon Terlouw, made it two of two today at Mackenzie Club in a time of 03:01:48. Sam Sanders and Danielle Strydom (Efficient Infiniti Insure) dominated the women’s race, finishing in 03:36:50, taking 6th place overall for the stage. After the elite […]
‘Local’ boy Foster puts his stamp on the KAP sani2c Race Prologue
The PYGA Euro Steel 2 team, iXopo local Michael Foster and teammate Jaedon Terlouw, won the KAP sani2c Race Prologue at Glencairn Farm near Himeville today in a time of 00:39:31, followed by the PYGA Euro Steel 1 team of Philip Buys and Pieter du Toit (00:40:14). Only one second […]
Some ‘sani spice’ in store at the KAP sani2c Race Prologue
The KAP sani2c Race kicks off on Thursday 24 April, where, for the first time in the 20-year history of the event, there will be a Prologue for the UCI registered riders. KAP sani2c is now a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Category 2 marathon stage race and points are allocated […]
Heart Transplant Recipient and CEO Charge their Batteries for 2024 KAP sani2c Trail
With less than a week to go until the 23 April start of the 2024 KAP sani2c Trail, heart transplant recipient, Billy Macleod and his teammate Steph Bester, CEO of AllLife are ‘tapering’ when it comes to their training. ‘Team Change of Heart’ remains firmly focused on achieving Billy’s goal […]
KAP sani2c: Foster just gets faster
Michael Foster ‘grew up with sani2c’, and later this month the 22-year-old heads to the 20th edition of KAP sani2c as a pro rider with the PYGA Euro Steel team of Phil Buys, Pieter du Toit, and Jaedon Terlouw, who he will partner with for the Race. He says: “I […]