New Floating Bridge for Sunday’s Husqvarna Classic Mid-Illovo MTB Challenge A 60 metre long floating bridge has just been completed for this Sunday’s Husqvarna Classic Mid-Illovo MTB Challenge – another exciting adventure for the 1 500 mountain bikers who will head for the green hills of KwaZulu-Natal this weekend. Race organiser Craig MacKenzie said that the most exciting aspect...
A study of the results of Philimon Sebona in the Absa Cape Epic and the Old Mutual Joburg2C mountain-bike tours reveals that he is one of the Exxaro Mountain Bike Academy’s biggest success stories. Sebona and William Mokgopo are actually developing into a quite formidable mountain-bike team. After the first stage of the Absa Cape Epic they were 207th in...
Defending champions Neil MacDonald and Waylon Woolcock proved they were well and truly in the mix as they chalked up their first stage win to move into second overall on day five of the Old Mutual joBerg2c on Tuesday. The 102km stage from Winterton to Kamberg in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands ended in a thrilling sprint finale against overall leaders...
Swaziland’s mountain bike champion Thulani Gule and national off-road series winner Fana Mentani have been invited to join the African challenge in this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c. The pair is among a number of elite teams from as far afield as Kenya and Namibia who will be competing in the 910km South African stage race. The event takes place...
For the past two decades, 24-hour racing has captured the committed mountain biker’s imagination because it’s a form of racing that asks for – and delivers – more. More energy, more concentration, more time on the bike, more fun, more reward. But why stop at 24 hours? Introducing the 36ONE MTB Challenge, a 361km race with a 36.1-hour time...
Howick – The thousands of mountain bikers descending on the Mr Price Karkloof Classic MTB festival this weekend will be able to tackle the popular routes through the forests without fear of confronting a massive bull buffalo that was darted and safely removed from the area this week. The one-ton male buffalo wandered into the Sappi forests from...
Kia Motors have announced their significant support of mountain biking inSouth Africawith the sponsorship of a range of established events on the South African calendar as well as the creation of a new ranking system that will encompass all off-road races countrywide. The Walkerville Classic, South Africa’s largest winter race, the challenging KZN Expedition and hugely popular Krugersdorp Game...
The sani2c mountain bike race, presented by BoE Private Clients, is blazing new trails for community development in rural KwaZulu-Natal with the addition of a third event. According to organiser Glen Haw, the three-day stage race from Underberg to Scottburgh was first held in 2005 but demand for entries grew to such an extent that a second event, the...
Howick – The biggest mountain biking festival in the country received a major boost recently when local MTB stars David George and Kevin Evans of Team 360Life confirmed their entries into this year’s Mr Price Karkloof Classic, the main event of the Mr Price Karkloof Classic MTB Festival which gets underway on Friday evening. Having suffered another unfortunate run...
Date: 20-22 April 2012 Venue: Karkloof, Howick Schedule: Friday 20 April 18h00 – Peri Night Race (Entry fee – R100, Late entry fee – R150) Saturday 21 April 12h00 – STIHL Karkloof Enduro (Entry fee – R100, Late entry fee – R150) 13h30 – STIHL KZNMTB Schools Lap Race (Entry fee – R100, Late entry fee – R150) Sunday...
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