The Glacier Cradle Traverse – which is set to take place in Muldersdrift, Gauteng – from the 6 to 8 April, has added a two-day event option for riders who cannot attend the first day of the race on Friday. The two-day event will run concurrently with the three-day event, along the same routes, on…
The 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen, gets underway this Friday and cycling fans will be able to follow the action live throughout as some of the world’s best mountain bikers race for stage and general classification honours. The event will boast live coverage on Twitter, with highlights on Facebook and YouTube for…
The 2018 Momentum Health Tankwa Trek, presented by Biogen – which takes place from Friday the 9th of February to Sunday the 11th – will pit some of the world’s best mountain bikers against one another on the mountain biking battlefields of the Koue Bokkeveld. Local and international elite riders, lured by significant prize money and UCI…
What Lights do I need for the 36ONE MTB Challenge is a question we often get asked. The 36ONE MTB Challenge, is a unique ride in the sense that you start at 18:00 at night, and have to ride 361 km thereafter. Every rider will need lights for at least one full evening. Those that…
The 2018 Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen, boasts the event’s largest ever start list – with 1 400 intrepid riders signed up to take on the Hell of the South on the 20th of January. 11 of those riders have completed 10 or more traverses of the Attakwaskloof, while 511 individuals are signed up…
The wireless internet service provider BreedeNet has partnered with Dryland Event Management for 2018 and beyond to provide state of the art broadcast solutions to riders, the media and even fans of mountain biking at Dryland events. Starting at the 2018 Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen – on the 20th of January –…
The 2018 mountain biking season gets underway in a few short days, on the 20th of January, at the traditional season opener: the Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. The one hundred and twenty one kilometre ultra-marathon – from Chandelier, near Oudtshoorn, to Pine Creek, in Great Brak River – has once again attracted…
As South Africa gears down for the annual summer holidays the country’s mountain bikers ramp up their training ahead of the infamously tough Momentum Health Attakwas Extreme, presented by Biogen. Taking place on Saturday the 20th of January 2018 the Attakwas Extreme is the traditional season opener and is bound to test the legs of…
The 36ONE MTB Challenge route has been updated for 2018 to make the riding experience more pleasureable by removing the dust kicked up by the 1 000 odd vehicles making their way along the route to Checkpoint 1 at Scheeperskraal. The Checkpoint 1 has been brought forward to the 64km mark at Dysselsdorp, while Scheeperskraal becomes…
Entries to the trail running adventure, that is the 2018 Dryland Traverse, open on Thursday the 30th of November. The event, which will take place from the 1st to the 4th of November next year, offers four days of scintillating trail running and a famously festive atmosphere in the De Hoek Mountain Resort race village. In celebration of…