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STEF GARLICKI has been training hard to make 2018 his best season yet. According to him preparation is key! IMAGES: STEF GARLICKI You have most likely heard people say that preparation is key in life no matter what you are doing. However, last year I really took this to heart. […]
NIKKI HAYWOOD shares her experience after a recent trip to the Garden Route area with her and the Trail Angel’s crew. IMAGES: NIKKI HAYWOOD One of the perks of being part of the Trail Angel Community is the opportunity to go away on a women’s mountain biking getaway. This for […]
Our regular nutrition-expert ADRIAN PENZHORN looks back at what fuel is needed to compete the gruelling eight day long Cape Epic. It’s all banked. Hours in the saddle, extra in the gym and hopefully some time in the kitchen too. All that is left is to peddle from here to […]
HENDRIK LEMMER vertel in hierdie uitgawe wat nou juis die probleem is met die SA-bergfietstoneel. Plaaslike sterre moet beter ondersteun word om nuwe hoogtes te bereik. Dis ’n vraag wat baie mense, mense wat fietsry volg of van die locals hier op my dorp wat bietjie die Wêreldbeker Cross Country […]
Stirling “Senior” Kotze looks back at what was probably the craziest time of the year to own a bikeshop – luckily for him the March-madness is something of the past. The cool thing about being a “free” freelance scribe is that, because I write for free (meaning: I don’t get […]
Our crazy Tequila drinking, mountain biking, downhill racing lady, TAMY DANIEL, recently spent a day at the splendid Wolwespruit trails. IMAGES: TAMY DANIEL I’m not an early morning person at all, so for me to wake up and get going takes two black coffees and three hours later to eventually […]
Lesotho, the enclaved heart of our country, pumps fresh water through its veins, enriching the farms which feed us, stirs our imagination to wonder what lies within the high peaks and valleys of the mountain kingdom. And yet many South Africans have never passed through the numerous border posts to […]
Our resident nutritionist sheds some light on what you might want to chow before a tough event The new year brings a number of key races to the doorstep. Training is banked but some nutrition questions come knocking too. Most of these revolve around what to do in the lead […]
Tying in with our XCO-theme, coaching masterminds’ DR MIKE POSTHUMUS AND BEN CAPOSTAGNO explain what it takes to succeed at this discipline. An XCO race is a mass start event that typically lasts between 90 and 105 minutes and takes place over numerous laps of a predetermined course. The course […]
HENDRIK ‘GROOT LEM’ LEMMER vertel ons hierdie maand van sy tipe “cross country”. Hy verkies die toer- en verken deel veel meer. Die maand se topic verstaan ek nie lekker nie. Dis glo cross country. Nou as ek dit vertaal kom ek NIE uit by ’n klomp mense wat om […]
