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By no means the definitive guide to bike parks in SA but it certainly will give you great options wherever your journey takes you over the summer holidays. GAUTENG Cradle Bike Park Where: 520 Kromdraai Road, Kromdraai, Krugersdorp 1739 Website: http://www.thatchcafe.co.za/#bike-park Contact details: T: 071 812 8406 | Opening […]
Words and Images by David Bristow There is mountain biking and then there is you know, sweaty climbs, sweeping singletrack, gnarly descents and things that want to eat you. You could ride a bicycle shaped object in reserves like Cape of Good Hope, De Hoop, Bontebok, West Coast, Namaqualand, St […]
Words and Images by: Rob Vogel I am “feeding the monster” and there is no end in sight. I am a passionate mountain biker and that passion is the reason I can’t help myself. Let me explain. About 10 years ago I made a choice to get off my butt […]
Words: Tim Brink | Images: Bosch e-Bike systems E-bikes are here to stay. And that is a good thing, no matter how purist your views are on them. We were avowed anti-E-ers until we rode them, in appropriate conditions. The bike-shop car park is not the place to form an […]
They are here, people, and here to stay. E-bikes – love them or hate them – are getting people pedalling, and that is a good thing. Let’s open this e-issue of Full Sus with an open letter from Burg Wheelers Cycling Club member, BRETT FOURIE.. I was prompted to put […]
The step out the front door is probably the hardest one to take, even for veteran traveller Billy Stelling. After that first step, it’s one foot in front of the other, drawing on your life experiences to make reasonably educated decisions about what comes next. That doesn’t ever mean there […]
Words & Images by Ewald Sadie More than ever, the answer to that is yes, as EWALD SADIE discovered at the 2019 Enduro Western Cape Series. Following the successful first year of the Enduro Western Cape series during 2018, the EWC is back with a bang in 2019, selling out […]
Even JO DOBINSON was a trembling beginner, once. That was 25 years ago; today, she coaches MTB skills to some of the best, including us! There are three fundamentals that hold true for all riders, experienced and not. Whether you are cruising a trail, bombing a rock garden (you will […]
With apologies to Madonna (who does actually ride a bike), two-time Olympian ERICA GREEN wants to see more girls on the trails, enjoying the same safe and satisfying stoke the okes do. Read further as she destroys every excuse not to join the knobbly revolution. Gone are the days that […]
Even though Cuba is almost first world, equipment choice for Billy Stelling’s bikepacking trip needed to err on the side of wile, just in case. My choice of bicycle and equipment was quite personal, but there are many to choose from, even here in South Africa, with a variety of […]
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