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A regular column by KZN downhiller, Enduro rider and trail shredder Kathryn Fourie. Sponsored by Liv Cycling South Africa.
Our regular contributor KATH FOURIE has been with Full Sus since 2013. This Ezel Enduro report will unfortunately be her last. 2017 has been a tough year. I guess I realised, when I started displaying signs of someone whose experienced maybe a bit too much trauma, that I needed a […]
Regular contributor KATH FOURIE gives some advice about taking care of your bike I am a person who likes to focus on knowing the basics, and leaving the not-so-basic to the experts. For example, I can make a quiche quite happily, but ask me to make a soufflé and I’ll […]
After a tough couple of months for our regular columnist KATH FOURIE, she managed to cheer herself and her father up by doing a daughter and dad ride. Recently, I’ve been feeling a little jaded with things. The world’s a pretty tough place, and sometimes I feel like I need […]
KATH FOURIE shares her thoughts on why it’s beneficial for kids to start riding at a young age. When it comes to children, bicycles are perhaps one of the first steps a little one can take towards growing up. There are so many things that are off limits to kids […]
Regular writer, Kath Fourie recently met up with top female rider and artist, Karen Fortune. Once upon a time I was churning along a sluggish wet river bank during a race, and there was a slight blonde lady in front of me. I had seen her at a couple of […]
Regular columnist and mtb-junkie Kath Fourie, spent some time with Giant’s new female specific enduro machine. One of Liv’s most exciting productions in 2017 has been that of the Liv Hail. The Hail is a female specific, 160mm travel Enduro bike that is built first and foremost for descending, but […]
Mountain bikes offer different suspension setups for different types or riders. Regular columnist Kath Fourie recently found out that less travel is not necessarily a bad thing. When I first bought my own bicycle, I had no idea that bikes came with different suspension measurements. However, it didn’t take long […]
Recently I was scanning through the news online, when an impressive image caught my eye. It was a photograph of a young women in full aqua coloured hijab flying along on a Liv Triathlon bike. Extreme athleticism is not often associated with the Islamic dress code, but one Liv athlete […]
When I was 24-years-old, I was late for work and dashed to the car in the rain. My arms were full and I slipped going down into the garage and bounced down a flight of stairs on my backside. After 6 months of chronic back spasms and misdiagnosis, it turned […]
As a young person, I was never very goal orientated. I was pretty happy to cruise along, never trying massively hard to achieve much. I found I really struggled to make proper friends at school, and I was bad at sports. I was rubbish to be honest, and extremely rotund, […]
