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  • cycling south africa
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  • cycling south africa

Cycling in Cape Town




Cycling in Cape Town has been popular for many years. For a summary of cycling Cape Town please keep on reading…

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Cederberg mtb routes

Cederberg mtb trails

I few weeks back I went to see what the Cederberg had to offer in terms of singletrack trail riding. I came back pleasantly surprised! Now people need to go and ride it so that they build more trail!

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Great riding in Greyton

The good folks in the beautiful village of Greyton have organised a perfect sounding MTB and trail running event. Better you put this date in you diary as the riding is fantastic!(The photo was taken on one of our trips out there)

At a glance:
Venue: Genadendal Church Square, 5kms before Greyton
Date: 19thNovember 2011
Time: 1st event starts 8.30am
MTB: 48km challenge & 23km funride
Trail Run: 10km & 21km

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Schapenburg Trail review

As far as single track trails go, the newest kid on the block is the Schapenberg trail network and iRide Africa was invited to ride it a few weeks ago.

Schapenberg map - Somerset West

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World Cup Road Trip!


Single track was the name of the game. To watch the best riders in the world compete in first round of the Mountain bike World Cup and then to ride single track, ride some more single track and then do it again!

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2011 World Cup Four-Cross/4X Results

Results of the Four-Cross/4x World Cup round 1 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa:

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iRide Africa rides Giba Gorge


An old friends wedding meant that we had the excuse to visit my old home town of Howick a few weeks back. I hadn’t ridden there for a good few years and reports kept getting back to me that the trail network had improved after the huge fire 4 years ago, so it was with excitement that Louise, Harry and myself landed in Durban airport.

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Trail report - Delvera

iRide Africa recently held another singletrack tour where we showed off some of our local trails to foreigners.
Herewith are short trail condition reports on each of the trails we visited.

Todays update is Delvera (click on the links to see a photo/video the section being talked about)

The updates main purpose is to inform the public about which trails are still good to ride after our first winter rains.
Hopefully it will also serve as a reminder to the various trail builders (who are our hero’s!) on which trails to re-visit and do some upgrading.

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Trail report - Hillcrest

iRide Africa recently held another singletrack tour where we showed off some of our local trails to foreigners.
Herewith are short trail condition reports on each of the trails we visited.

Todays update is Hillcrest (click on the links to see a photo/video the section being talked about)

The updates main purpose is to inform the public about which trails are still good to ride after our first winter rains.
Hopefully it will also serve as a reminder to the various trail builders (who are our hero’s!) on which trails to re-visit and do some upgrading.

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Trail report- Contermanskloof

iRide Africa recently held another singletrack tour where we showed off some of our local trails to foreigners.
Herewith are short trail condition reports on each of the trails we visited.

Todays update is Contermanskloof (click on the links to see a photo/video the section being talked about)

cape town mountain biking single track.jpg

The updates main purpose is to inform the public about which trails are still good to ride after our first winter rains.
Hopefully it will also serve as a reminder to the various trail builders (who are our hero’s!) on which trails to re-visit and do some upgrading.

Keep reading