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  • cycling south africa
  • mtb  cape town
  • cycling south africa

Help build more mtb trails in Jonkershoek

BMT bike shop is hosting a fund raising evening next week for Jonkershoek trail building and maintenance.

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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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Single speed Showdown Sunday! (SSSS)

Get rid of those pesky gears and join us this Sunday for a day of laughs, spills and no rules.


(Great image! Thanks @CafeRacer)

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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Tokai trail build day - Tokai gets better!


Another successful Tokai trail build day was held yesterday, focussing on a newly created ‘all mountain’ section of trail, starting where the DH trail and ‘Boulders’ intersect.

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New year mountain bike holiday

We have finalised dates for our ever popular end of year single track holiday. So if you’re keen to ride the best mountain bike trails in and around Cape Town, you better free up your calendar from 30 December 2011 - 8 January 2012.

The official itinerary for the trip can be found here but we wanted to show you a bit more about this single track vacation and get you amped to ride with us!

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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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Jonkershoek new trail - review of the fire hut trail


There’s been a new trail at Jonkershoek for a while now but it has eluded us here at iRide Africa. As far as we know, the Ace of Spades trail crew built it and it is one fantastic trail! Be warned though, you want to be an advanced rider if you ride this trail ie-you are able to ride tight, steep switchbacks, and are comfortable with a fair amount of exposure.

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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 -Jonkershoek

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 Jonkershoek (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 -Oak Valley

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 Oak Valley (click on the links to see a photo/video the section being talked about)

cape town mountain bike day trip

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