Those of you who read my post from last year will remember that my experience at the 2015 FNB 1Zambia MTB was a little different to the norm. Mixed team racing presented a completely new challenge, which my girlfriend and I overcame with great success. Conquering a race like that together was definitely a special […]
Every year September rolls around, the same old issues rear their head. When to drive up? Where to stay? How do I get my car to Knysna? And for many, can I finish this damn thing? I am of course talking about the Karoo to Coast, which by now has seen thousands make their way […]
On Saturday, some of the country’s and world’s best riders descended on Stellenbosch in the depths of winter, to battle it out for the title of SA Cross Country Champion. The course, designed especially for the event which will remain as a permanent feature in the Coetzenberg mountains, offered a battle ground of an international […]
Just over a month ago, I was riding stages 3-5 of the ABSA Cape Epic around Worcester hating life. I found myself riding through horrible soft sand roads strewn with rocks and grass, thinking that this is not the kind of terrain that inspires one to love riding their mountain bike. I was utterly relieved […]
It’s been a while now since I wrote about my trip to Oman. As the months have gone by we’ve been gathering footage, as well as our thoughts on the trip, and this was the result: Keep it rubber side down!
It was Wednesday that I decided to ride my bike again. Two days of rest and I felt like I needed a light pedal to flush the body out. After doping up on ridiculous amounts of coffee, I donned the lyrca and proceeded gingerly. It felt weird being on skinny wheels again, so fast and […]
The 31st of January saw most of South Africa’s top mountain bike pro’s, as well as many top international mountain bikers line up for the first round of the Ashburton National Marathon Series at Meerendal wine estate. Being a home event for me, you would expect to see me on the start line ready for […]
SOLO: noun; a thing done by one person unaccompanied, in particular. Cards; of any certain games in which one person plays alone against others. A person who works, acts or performs alone. Adjective & adverb: for or done by one person alone; unaccompanied. These are some of the definitions of the word SOLO, and for the last 7 […]
Ok, so it wasn’t quite a World Cup, but by the difficulty of the course and the quality of riders on the line, the feeling after the race has left me in a pretty similar way to how one feels like after racing one. What am I talking about? I am talking about an amazing […]
My last blog post came to you from the flight of a Kulula plane on my way to Durban for the World Championships in Pietermaritzburg. Now, over a week later this blog post comes to you again from a Kulula plane on my way home to Cape Town along with all the Western Cape based […]
