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Watch: How Bikepack Racer Lael Wilcox Bikes 20,000 Miles Per Year
Bikepacking is a small subset of mountain biking but it is growing rapidly around the world. If you don’t know the name “Lael Wilcox” by...
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Amy Beth McDougall - The Pocket Rocket of South African Mountain Biking
The pocket rocket of South African mountain biking. Amy shares some of her darkest moments as well as her brightest highlights as we look...
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Industry Powerhouse : Hannele Steyn - Passion4Wholeness
If you haven’t heard of Hannele Steyn in mountain biking circles I suggest you brush up on one of South Africa’s finest talents. Her...
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IMBA Launches #womensmtbday to Celebrate Women Who Ride
The International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) is pleased to announce the creation of International Women’s Mountain Biking Day,...
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NEWS: Dreyer Races to 36ONE Success
Ramses Bekkenk and Jeannie Dreyer rode to dominant victories at the 2018 36ONE MTB Challenge in Oudtshoorn on Saturday, the 21st of...
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Hannele Steyn is about to make it an Epic fifteen
The Lioness” of the Cape Epic is ready to roar With only days to go before the Cape Epic Mountain Bike Challenge on 18 March – Hannele...
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BREAKING: Cape Epic 2018 - Top Team Change for Team Spur
Team Spur will be hoping their fortunes improve when the racing starts later this month, after a tough few weeks just got a bit tougher...
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Simply Sam Sanders
Samantha Sanders fell into cycling by winning her first MTB race on pure talent. Her love of two wheels has taken her from a young...
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2018 ABSA Cape Epic: Q&A - The Newbie, A Second Chance & The Riding Reporter.
DirtyheartMTB got to sit down with three amateur female riders taking on this year’s ABSA Cape Epic. All three are spirited riders who...
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Cape Epic 2018 : Courtney and Langvad gunning for the win
Choosing the Absa Cape Epic as your first-ever stage race and partnering with a modern legend is not a decision most would take. But...
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Community Event: songo.info Celebrates 10 Year Milestone
For 10 years songo.info have been providing the children of Kayamandi with a safe place to ride their bikes and in recent years, as the...
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RISE UP: The Force With Which Women Have Been Pushed Down Is Twice As Powerful As They Rise Back Up
Photo courtesy: www.cape-epic.com Just a month out from the 2018 ABSA Cape Epic I found myself needing to talk about the tremendous rise...
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Team Dormakaba’s Candice Lill ready for Epic following Tankwa title
Team dormakaba’s Candice Lill and Helen Grobert wrapped up the women’s title at the Momentum Health Tankwa Trek this past weekend beating...
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Behind the Pro : Robyn de Groot
South Africa’s most decorated female MTB cyclist. This home-grown talent began her cycling journey on the road and then moved over to...
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Industry Powerhouse: Gina Wills - Building Business Her Way
AFTER 20 YEARS IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRY, GINA FELT IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE. CYCLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HUGE PASSION OF HERS AND SHE HAS...
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2018 New signings - Team dormakaba SA adds pedal power
Contracts penned with two new cyclists. Two of South Africa’s most gifted mountain bikers, Carmen Buchacher and Samantha Sanders, will in...
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Four things roadies can learn from mountain bikers
Anne-Marije Rook I recently joined a group of highly skilled mountain bikers on a trip to Sedona –a mountain biking paradise in the...
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Industry Powerhouse Interview: Debbie Mostert Agenbag
Adventure is in her blood. We get to dive into the world of Wildtrail SA owner, Debbie Mostert Agenbag. Debbie has a great zest for...
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Industry Powerhouse Interview: Charnelle & Lynn Munitich
Female driven businesses are staking their claim and becoming a force to be reckoned with ; not only in the mountain biking arena, but...
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