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We've been busy (riding!)

The past couple of months has been pretty busy for us here at iRide Africa.
Unlike most work places though, at iRide Africa being busy = more riding. Lucky us!

Jennie has left our sunny country for the European road race season (she's already come 2nd in her first race in Sweden!) So I've been doing a bit more road riding than normal and it'll treat me well for some of the future races I hope to be doing this year. Look out for the iRide Africa gazebo at your local race and join us for a beer after your race!


More good news is that we have a host of wonderful new trails here in Cape Town! Here's Jo shredding a piece of the Ellioti trail that was burnt in last years huge Jonkershoek fire. Most of the old trails in Jonkershoek now seem to be opened (Ellioti is not completely opened yet though so it's not worth riding yet)



We've had 3 sets of repeat customers over the past 2 months so we must be doing something right!

The photo on the left gives you an idea of what keeps the peeps coming back. Big mountains, blue skies and great singletrack all to yourself.

The new trails out Durbanville way are really, really good. Check out the map here. Don't let the lack of mountains let you think that there are no climbs out this way! The views over Table Bay and Table Mountain are such a nice change from the usual. Plus these trails cater for a wide range of skills (though beginners will struggle with the steep climbs). I can safely say that the black and double black runs will test even the most advanced rider out there!

Though the combined trail (between Hillcrest and Contermanskloof)is only about 22km long, the elevation gained is 896m and it took us 3 hours to complete at a leisurely pace. Did I mention that the singletrack is top class?! Check the proof!

Oh, and just to make things that much better for you, iRide Africa has a nice new van and trailer to transport you and your precious bike(s) to all the best rides in Cape Town!

It's about to get some big branding, so if you see it zooming around Cape Town, give us a hoot and a thumbs up and maybe you'll get a free iRide Africa shirt thrown at you!

For the cycling photographers

Here's a link to a great photo essay about a week in the life of Sven Martin. Sven is one of the worlds best mountain bike 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.

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!

Ceres sunset singletrack

Just getting back from another magical mountain bike tour. Join us for our next one!

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

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!

Cycling in Cape Town

Just another perfect day in Cape Town. Riding up chapmans peak, this is Rebecca from Australia finding yet another reason to emigrate to South Africa!

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

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!

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!

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

To lighten up your day

Came across this old flyer and updated it a bit. Thanks to Graham for the fun!