The idea of travelling across Africa has been on the back of my mind for a very long time. Primed by glossy travel magazines, enticing backpacker documentaries, biographies of travellers and chats with globetrotters, complemented by my very own travel experiences through Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and, my adopted home, South Africa; the hunger to explore more of the incredible continent I am living on grew … Continue reading Dream Big and then make it happen
Today’s stage started off with a +/- 1 hour spin up Montagu Pass followed by a freewheeling flight into the community of Herold. From here on it was mostly open gravel road until Paardepoort where the climate changed to dry and hot temperature. The Karoo welcomed us with 40 degrees and made the last 40 kilometers a tough ride. While riding in these conditions it … Continue reading Cape Pioneer Trek: Stage 2 George to Oudtshoorn
XCO Racing is certainly not for the faint hearted, but if you like the ‘blood’ zone effort (the area beyond red) and enjoy riding rock gardens, don’t mind the odd drop in the trail and some airtime in between then this is certainly for you. I wanted to try out something new and so I entered the XCO champs in June. With some high intensity … Continue reading Pushing Limits at the SA XCO Champs
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