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Words: Frans le Roux | Images: Reblex Photography DIE MENSE WAT LANDSWYD ROETES BOU VIR ONS FIETSRYERS MOET BESLIS MEER ERKENNING ONTVANG. FULL SUS MTB HET GAAN INLOER BY ELKE PROVINSIE SE VOORSTE BOUERS EN UITGEVIND WAAROM HULLE IN DIE STOF EN MODDER SPEEL. EERSTE AAN DIE WOORD IS KEITH […]
Regular contributor and lover of tough rides Timo Cooper shares his experience of a recent Northern Cape ride. Images by Jarrod van den Heever Wind, wind and some more wind was the order of the day for my ride from Upington to Onseepkans in the Northern Cape. We spent the […]
MICHAELE COOPER GIVES A VERY CLEAR PERSPECTIVE ON HER EXPERIENCE AS A LADY IN A CYCLING CONTEXT. BIKE SHOPS, EVENT MEDIA AND DISTRIBUTORS ARE ALL IN THE FIRING LINE. AND GO! I would like to rant about a few things in the female cycling community, or rather the lack thereof. […]
Weekend warriors and pro’s alike were all forced to rethink their riding regime due to the current global Covid-19 pandemic. Former Full Sus MTB editor Frans le Roux caught up with some of our country’s best riders to discover what they’ve been up to during lockdown. MATT BEERS What […]
Words by William Keith Your editor and I – or is that my editor(?) go way back, to a time when chest and facial hair was the second most desirable thing for a teenage boy. We lost touch for a few decades but then this wonderful sport of ours reconnected […]
Helmets are acknowledged as the most important safety gear a cyclist can wear. Shayne Dowling takes a look at the history and development of lids. We take a lot for granted nowadays, however I am sure the current worldwide pandemic and consequent lockdown has put a lot of things into […]
Mountain bikes have changed a great deal in the last decade, wheels have got bigger, then smaller, then bigger again; tyres have got wider, a lot wider, then slightly thinner again. Plus, there’s suspension design, improvements in carbon layups, boost hubs and of course 1x drivetrains. Seamus Allardice takes a […]
In fact I own the “KOM” on every cycling app I have ever used – fact! Allow me to elaborate, says Brett Fourie. Until the advent of smart phones, smart sports watches and the dozens of applications to run on these smart devices, the only way to settle who was […]
Lockdown and no trainer! Not one to be put off by a challenge, Rudolf Zuidema, passionate cyclist and master joiner, set about making his own set of rollers that turned out to be functional art! The whole thing started with pending lockdown and the tale of a missing indoor trainer […]
Here is the story of the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown on the South African cycling industry as told by Seamus Allardice. Or at least the effects as of week one of the lockdown … These are strange and frankly stressful times. We are all worried about our health […]
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