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With former winners as well as numerous current and former national and continental champions set to line up for the seven-day event from 16-22 October, the eighth edition of South Africa’s Cape Pioneer Trek international mountain bike stage race, looks set to boast its strongest field yet. The list of […]
Multiple Absa Cape Epic winner, Ariane Kleinhans and South African XCO National Champion, James Reid – are helping Spur Schools Mountain Bike League participants sharpen their bike skills. While preparing for the Marathon and Cross-country World Champs in Europe, they also made a series of videos to inspire the next […]
South African Cross Country Champion James Reid will partner his American counterpart Howard Grotts in the 2016 Absa Cape Epic and the young pairing could provide a glimpse into the future of the world’s premier mountain bike stage race. Both Reid and US champion Grotts cut their teeth in cross […]
In their final competitive race in RECM colours, at the FNB Wines2Whales MTB Race, Erik Kleinhans and James Reid claimed victory, while Ariane Kleinhans riding with Candice Neethling finished second in the ladies category and Nico Bell racing with Pieter Seyffert. From the Full Sus team we’d like to wish all […]
A last minute decision saw Reid enter the Ilovo Eston MTB Challenge in KZN. The previous winner of the half marathon managed to back up his winning XC performance in Stellenbosch with the win. Reid secured the victory in the final meters, much like the recent National XC Championship in […]
It was a tale of two races at the 2015 Stihl SA MTB Championships presented by Subaru Cape Town/Novus Holdings with James Reid snatching victory in an end sprint whilst Cherie Vale put in a commanding performance to win the ladies cross country title on Saturday. In a race that […]
Team RECM’s JAMES REID rode a tactically flawless race to clinch victory from the jaws of defeat in the Elite Men’s South African National Cross Country Championships on Saturday afternoon in Coetzenburg, Stellenbosch. The race came down to the final few meters, ending off in a sprint finish with Kargo Pro MTB […]
While we’re stuck in the middle of a South African winter Erik Klienhans was in the Alps, to ride his bike and support his friends and teammates in a pretty important race. Sadly the time has finally come for Christoph Sauser to race his last professional MTB race. And there […]
The third round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup took place in the Swiss Alps, Lenzerheide. Ariane Kleinhans raced the XC in Lenzerheide in preparation for the Swiss National XC Championships in two weeks time. The 30 degree temperatures and 1 500m of altitude suited the Swiss rider and […]
Nico Bell rode a tactical race to finish in second place at the recent SA XCM Championships this past weekend. Early on in the race, a 5 man group including Bell established a 30 second lead over a bunch of chasers. Defending champion James Reid and team mate Erik Kleinhans […]
