Specialized Turbo Levo Comp The Levo Comp was the first of the 2020 bikes to land in our office, and we were unashamedly keen to swing a leg over the latest iteration of what has the most cutting-edge e-offering in our market for the last few years. Unashamedly fast, the Levo range […]
Reviews
Ride Report Oct / Nov 2019: Ride2Nowhere
Words & Images: Shayne Dowling START: McGregor (Western Cape) END: Nowhere – you have to do the ride to find out where that is THE JOURNEY: Hard but absolutely worth it! First off let me cop to the fact that this was the first stage race I have ever done […]
Ride Report: De Hoop Vlei MTB Magic
Full Sus planning meetings are famed for heading South, so it wasn’t a difficult sell to get SHAYNE DOWLING to pack the family into the car and head to De Hoop Nature Reserve … De Hoop Nature Reserve is a Cape Nature Conservancy that is in close proximity to Cape […]
Ride Report Aug/ Sept 2019: Y2K
No, not the biggest let-down since that New Year’s Eve; absolutely nothing crashed when Craig Kolesky clipped in this rollercoaster ride around the Klein Karoo. To be fair, nothing crashed then, either. Early August, 2019 (not late December in a previous century), and 400 riders arrive in the small town […]
Test Zone: August / September 2019
The FULL SUS testing section, led by pubisher SHAYNE DOWLING and editor TIM BRINK, where all the new stuff gets pedaled, felt, touched, kicked, jumped, ripped, slid, clicked, worn, stretched… it’s tough, but somebody has to. MICHELIN WILD AM MTB TYRES | RRP R1120 (per tyre) | www.nationalcycles.co.za Reviewer: Shayne […]
Race Report: Kili Challenge Aug / Sept 2019
Words by: Chris Knight | Images by: Mudi Kilwanda How much can change in one bicycle ride? CHRIS KNIGHT travelled to Tanzania to find out. Generally, things like the weather, terrain and people remain fairly consistent within a single day of cycling. But the very first day of the GGML […]
Bike Review August / September: Trek Top Fuel 9.7
Words & Images by: Tim Brink Trek has re-launched a number of their rider-favourite platforms for 2020, and the new Top Fuel is arguably the most relevant for South African buyers. Our racing profile is odd, on the southernmost tip of Africa. Enduro is tiny (but growing), XCO is […]
Ride Report: Darling Brew My Bru!
There is nothing sweet about 28 degrees on a winter’s morning in the Boland. No wind, perfect day, bloody hot! Perfect for consuming beer! But the wily bone crushers at Darling Brew expect you to work for your brewski! Cape Town clearly has a lot of folks who want to […]
Ride Report June / July 2019: Swartberg 100, A Race of 3 Halves
Words: Tim Brink | Images: Peter Kirk Media Around three kilometres from the top of Swartberg Pass is a fabulous lookout point, where TIM BRINK and his fellow travellers gathered for an ubiquitous selfie in late April. With the Southern Cape stretching as far as the eye can see, and […]
The Test Zone: June / July 2019
The FULL SUS testing section, led by pubisher SHAYNE DOWLING and editor TIM BRINK, where all the new stuff gets pedaled, felt, touched, kicked, jumped, ripped, slid, clicked, worn, stretched… it’s tough, but somebody has to. Hydrotac -Bifocal Stick- on Lenses | RRP R460 | www.hydrotac.co.za Reviewer: Shayne Dowling Ok, […]