Sven and Gary Perkin are about to launch a coffee table book of all their best photos. It's called Chronology and will be in bike shops by the end of April 2010.
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
For the cycling photographers
Sven and Gary Perkin are about to launch a coffee table book of all their best photos. It's called Chronology and will be in bike shops by the end of April 2010.
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Cape Town sunrise rides
Sticking with the sun theme, we went out to scout a ride early (real early!) this morning in Stellenbosch over to Zevenwacht wine estate. It was a great morning but the air has certainly got a bit chillier now and some of the vines in the area are starting to turn to their autumnal colours.
Our iRide Africa jerseys are starting to be seen on all the best mountain bike trails and today's ride was no different. This was our last ride with Jennie before she goes over to Europe for her race season :(
Yesterday some friends scoped out the new Contermanskloof trails (start at Hillcrest estate). I took a quick photo of the hooligans descending the final piece of singletrack. These trails are going to be fantastic come winter time!
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Ceres sunset singletrack
Just getting back from another magical mountain bike tour. Join us for our next one!
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Cape Argus 2010 results
Cape Argus 2010 results
Men 1 Malcolm Lange (Suid-Afrika) Medscheme-span 2 Christoff van Heerden (Suid-Afrika) MTN Energade 3 Daryl Impey (Suid-Afrika) Radioshack-span 4 Burry Stander (Suid-Afrika) Specialized-span 5 Rene Hasselbacher (Oostenryk) sainfo.co.za-span 6 Dean Edwards (Suid-Afrika) House of Paint 7 Bjorn Glasner (Duitsland) Kuota-span 8 Johann Rabie (Suid-Afrika) Medscheme-span 9 Lance Armstrong (Amerika) Radioshack-span 10 Nicholas White (Suid-Afrika) Medscheme-span Women: 1. Anriette Schoeman (Suid-Afrika) Biogen Toyota 2. Robyn de Groot (Suid-Afrika) MTN Energade 3. Catherine Williamson (Engeland) Bizhub-span 4. Cherise Taylor (Suid-Afrika) Nashua-span 5. Joanna van de Winkel (Suid-Afrika) Biogen Toyota 6. Jennie Stenerhag (Swede) Alpha Pharm 7. Marissa van der Merwe (Suid-Afrika) MTN Energade 8. Chrissie Viljoen (Suid-Afrika) MTN Energade 9. Mariske Strauss (Suid-Afrika) MTN Energade 10. Fabiana Luperine (Italië) Selle Italia Ghezi |
Friday, 12 March 2010
iRide to work
Every Friday we head up over the mountain instead of the normal commute to work by road/rail.
We start at 6:30 at Rhodes Memorial gates and have a slow jaunt into town. Join us and appreciate this city!
Today was special-the mist made us feel like we were on an island and when the sun broke through...WOW!
I turned around and rode 'the other woman' back home-a phenomenal start to the day!
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Cycling in Cape Town
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Cape Town bike trip
Cape Town bike trips 2010
- 4 Day mountain bike trip 29th March-1st April 2010 -price R6220 incl accomodation and most meals
- 3 Day MTB tour 22April -24 April -price to be confirmed
Don't miss out on these singletrack holidays when the weather is perfect here!
Contact us for more information
Monday, 1 March 2010
Cycling feels the heat
If you don't believe the hype about Cape Town's weather-then check out this screen grab of the following weeks weather (it continues like this for 2 weeks!)
This is why we are trying to convince you all that our winter is actually the best time of year to cycle! Come and ride with us in April/May/June!
This is why we are trying to convince you all that our winter is actually the best time of year to cycle! Come and ride with us in April/May/June!
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
March cycle trips and tours Cape Town
Cape Town cycling trips in March:
26 -27 February: 2 day singletrack trip -Belville/Wellington/Stellenbosch/Cape Town
2 March: Day trip of scenic road riding through Stellenbosch region
8-11 March: 4 day road cycling tour in Stellenbosch region-great prep for Cape Argus Cycle Tour!
21-30 March: 10 Day road cycle tour in Stellenbosch region
Contact us today if you want to cycle in amazing weather with incredible rides!
26 -27 February: 2 day singletrack trip -Belville/Wellington/Stellenbosch/Cape Town
2 March: Day trip of scenic road riding through Stellenbosch region
8-11 March: 4 day road cycling tour in Stellenbosch region-great prep for Cape Argus Cycle Tour!
21-30 March: 10 Day road cycle tour in Stellenbosch region
Contact us today if you want to cycle in amazing weather with incredible rides!
Monday, 22 February 2010
Cape Town cycling tour -over 50's only!
Our friends over at Soul touring have a great tour planned for the active over 50's. Check it out!
South Africa road champs 2010 -results
Jennie Stenerhag competed brilliantly with the pro teams in Klerksdorp over the weekend and ended up 3rd across the line in the elite womens road race. See the full ladies results here.
Still on top form she stayed over in Johannseburg for the weekend to race in the Dischem 'Ride for sight' and enjoyed the sprint finish into 1st place. Well done to the star of iRide Africa! More results here
Still on top form she stayed over in Johannseburg for the weekend to race in the Dischem 'Ride for sight' and enjoyed the sprint finish into 1st place. Well done to the star of iRide Africa! More results here
Thursday, 18 February 2010
To lighten up your day
Came across this old flyer and updated it a bit. Thanks to Graham for the fun!
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Cape Town cycling -2 days of brilliant rides and views
Two days cycling with two great girls from Sweden. I'll let the pictures do the talking!
3rd place in Construction du cap ninety niner
(lead road guide iRide Africa)
This weekend I did not need to travel far for racing. I have done this race in Durbanville every year when I have been here in South Africa and I enjoy the race. The route was changed this year to a more hilly and challenging finish. The race was 108km and with only 6km to the finish we had 2 very steep hills to conquer. On the start line was The Bizhub team with 5 girls, Cycle lab with 2 girls and me as professionals and some good local girls. We started together with vets 40+ men and after getting out of Durbanville the attacks started. A group with 5 men got away and after that the pace went down even though we could see them almost all the time, so we were not far behind. I felt fine during the whole race and when one guy bridged over I regretted that I did not go with him.
When we came to the 18% gradient Visseshoek hill approaching the last kilometres of the race, me, Ashleigh and Anriette put the hammer down and left the Bizhub team together with the rest of the men behind us. I tried to put pressure on the other girls and maybe I did it a bit too much because I could not respond when they kicked close to the top. I tried to chase on the way down but could not close on the 2km downhill. The finish was at the top of a 1.2km steep hill and starting the hill a bit behind I could not get back to the girls. Ashleigh won 15 seconds a head of Anriette and I came in another 23 seconds later. I am happy with the race after another podium position!
Read the article on
Results:
1 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (Biogen Toyota, RSA) 2hr54min53sec
2 Anriette Schoeman (Biogen Toyota, RSA) 2:55:08
3 Jenny Stenerhag (Alpha Pharm, SWE) 2:55:31
4 Yolandi du Toit (Bizhub, RSA) 2:55:52
5 Lise Olivier (Natro, RSA) 2:56:21
6 Catherine Williamson (Bizhub, ENG) 2:56:21
7 Jade Roberts(Bizhub, RSA) 2:56:43
8 Jennifer Hohl (Bizhub, SUI) 2:57:02
9 Heletjie van Staden (RSA) 2:58:28
10 Mary Haw (RSA) 2:59:20
2 Anriette Schoeman (Biogen Toyota, RSA) 2:55:08
3 Jenny Stenerhag (Alpha Pharm, SWE) 2:55:31
4 Yolandi du Toit (Bizhub, RSA) 2:55:52
5 Lise Olivier (Natro, RSA) 2:56:21
6 Catherine Williamson (Bizhub, ENG) 2:56:21
7 Jade Roberts(Bizhub, RSA) 2:56:43
8 Jennifer Hohl (Bizhub, SUI) 2:57:02
9 Heletjie van Staden (RSA) 2:58:28
10 Mary Haw (RSA) 2:59:20
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Summer South African mountain biking
A great photo essay from Sven Martin. he captures perfectly what it's like to ride in Cape Town right now.
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