Only a week ago, I didn’t have a bike and wasn’t planning on racing the Western Province Downhill Champs. But the good people at Omnico organised me a great deal on a Mongoose Boot R, which I will...
Only a week ago, I didn’t have a bike and wasn’t planning on racing the Western Province Downhill Champs. But the good people at Omnico organised me a great deal on a Mongoose Boot R, which I will...
I wasn’t even thinking about racing last week as I don’t have a bike at the moment. However on Friday afternoon I headed to The Bike Shed for an XC ride and to chat to Jaco Veldsman. It was the da...
A week ago I raced the 6th leg of the IXS European Cup series in Chatel, France. I had raced there last year and knew most of the track. The track was about 2 and a half minutes long with some pedalli...
Last year, I really enjoyed the track at Pila so I was looking forward to the IXS European Cup race. I felt I could do very well there and I was happy to be back in Europe racing. On Tuesday, we heade...
Friday morning was registration and the track walk for the SA National Champs. I was pretty keen to see the Mankele track because everyone was raving about it and I’d never ridden it before. The...
I‘m back on the bike … finally It’s been a two long months since I crashed in Monte Tamaro but I am finally ready to rip it up once again. Saturday a week ago (30 June), I did my first four ...
Its been six weeks since my crash at the first European IXS Downhill Cup in Monte Tamaro, Switzerland. To recap on what happened, there was a road crossing in the track which I thought I could gap. On...


