The HI-TEC Walkerbay Xtreme (WBX), a four-day adventure sports festival in Hermanus, has added even more variety and off-road fun to its event line-up for 2018. The event, which returns to the Whale Capital for a third time between 27 and 30 April 2018, now includes a mountain bike challenge […]
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Stage Events: Service package or not?
If you’ve ever entered a multi-day stage race, you would have seen a service package can be purchased to make your event less stressful and run smoother. Pro bike mechanic Paul Gibbings sheds more light. IMAGES: OAKPICS & CRAIG KOLESKY The trick to stage racing is to get to […]
Cape Trails broadens their horizons at FNB W2W
Cape Trails, the famous route builders of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events are further expanding their skill set by attending a two week bike mechanic training programme hosted by the Bicycle Empowerment Network (BEN). A SMME with the key objective to build and maintain MTB trails, Cape […]
Blood, sweat and tears on a tough Stage 2
It was literally blood, sweat and tears in the battle for the Hansgrohe Women’s category at the Absa Cape Epic on Monday’s Stage 1. At the end of the stage that started and finished in Hermanus, Jennie Stenerhag and Esther Suss of the Meerendal CBC team had sweated their way […]
Wines2whales Entry A Dream Come True For Greyton Local
Cape Town ~ Nineteen year old Caleb Henderson had a dream come true when the organisers of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events granted him a complimentary entry into the FNB W2W MTB Ride. The FNB W2W MTB Ride will start at the picturesque Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset […]
TEXTBOOK MTB CONDITIONS AT STAGE THREE OF FNB W2W MTB RIDE
Oak Valley Wine Estate (Elgin-Grabouw) was a hub of excitement on Wednesday, 05 November 2014 when eager mountain bikers toed the line one last time to take on the third and final stage of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Ride that finished at Onrus Caravan Park (just outside […]
THE GAUNTLET HAS BEEN THROWN AT THE FNB W2W MTB RACE
With so many top teams taking on the 2014 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race it is practically impossible to decide on a favorite. The last of the three events to take place in November, the FNB W2W MTB Race will start at Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West) on […]
MADOLO AND KLEINHANS SET SIGHTS ON FNB W2W PODIUM FINISH
Sipho Madolo, a songo.info rider, will be seen teaming up with top marathon rider Erik Kleinhans at the 2014 FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Race. Starting at Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West) on Friday, 07 November 2014 and finishing at Onrus Caravan Park (just outside Hermanus) on Sunday, 09 […]
ROTARY CLUB OF HELDERBERG SUPPORTS BIZWENI CENTRE
The members of the Rotary Club of Helderberg can be seen hard at work raising funds for the awe-inspiring Bizweni Centre for Disabled Children. Situated in Somerset West, the Bizweni Centre for Disabled Children was established in 1998 and is a Day Care, ECD (Early Childhood Development) Centre with the […]