This image by Dino Lloyd
Team Europcar at the recent Mzansi Tour
This is my site where you can read about my latest adventures in the world of cycling and biking. Come and see me at Cycle Lab in Fourways, the largest cycling retailer in SA, come for a chat about your passions for cycling, and we will share ours with you.
You will find news of my races, with our Toyota SuperCycling Academy and the young talented riders that I ride with. Also see my other interest - touring. Preferably on my mountain bike through some fantastic mountain scape or African bush, infested with the wild, as only Southern Africa can offer!
Please take a look at my galleries of races and tours, many images have been taken by me, but the great ones have been taken by some of my friends, Wayne Hayward, Craig Dutton, or many others that I hope I have credited. Cycling is a splash of colour in a multitude of backgrounds and sharing our experiences with others can only partly be done by good pictures, for the entire taste you have to have been there!
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News
| Faith in that gear to get us to the end of Old Mutual joBerg2c |
| May 8, 2013 |
| Supplied by Nic White from NicWhite |
| The time of the Old Mutual joBerg2c has just passed and once again I had the great opportunity to team up with my buddy Grant Usher and race the trails down to the sea! When deciding on what we would want to do in the year, number one thoughts went to the race at the time of the falling leaves, and this journey to the sea was decided on. We had such great memories of the previous year and couldn't resist putting our hands up for it again. ... |
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| Team Europcar SA at the Mzansi Tour |
| April 24, 2013 |
| Supplied by Nic White from NicWhite |
| South African road cycling has been missing an international road cycling tour until now, the UCI 2.2 rated Mzansi Tour powered by Cathsseta has just finished, and it has been a great spectacle of racing. South Africa's Robert Hunter, out from Europe, won the event racing with a National team setup. Local riders had the chance to square up in an International field, and South African's Team Europcar, gained a great result with Paul Van Zweel finishing 5th, also a huge learning experience for the young developing team.... |
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| Malealea Monster |
| March 20, 2013 |
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| For a taste of Lesotho's Mountain biking magic, in April, the Malealea Monster takes place on the 13, and 14th April, and offers distances of 70km or 25km
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| The Mountain Kingdom awaits |
| January 29, 2013 |
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| Once, a man rode his Bicycle across the border to Lesotho.
The Customs Official checked out this man, who had a bag of sand on his pannier.
Suspicious, the Customs Official asked the man to empty the bag, determined to see if there was anything but sand in the bag, which there wasn't.
This went on week after week, but never found anything but sand in the bag.
One day, at the bar in the town, the Customs Official, having a drink, came across the man in Question.
He eventually had to ask: "What have you been taking across the border in your bag of sand? I know it is something, but can never get to the bottom of it?"
The man, looked at the customs official, and replied. " I have been smuggling Bicycles!"... |
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| Such a sad day for South Africa |
| January 4, 2013 |
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| With the terrible news of the tragic loss of Burry Stander in a road accident while he was on the bike, South Africa and the world mourns for him. He was someone who we all looked up to and respected and who carried our hopes in the big arena of mountain biking and more. He was a true inspiration and legend for South Africans.... |
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| That was 2012 |
| December 24, 2012 |
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| It has now come to the end of the year, and it has been an interesting one for me. I had a bit of change of focus in 2012, along with the Cycle Lab bicycle shop, I have added a few interesting races to my list of what I've done this year. My sons are getting bigger, and riding a few bikes which will probably get busier soon. Hopefully Di can also get riding soon again, and we can discuss some objectives for the coach!... |
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| Toyota CSA Academy in 2012 |
| December 17, 2012 |
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| What a year it has been for the Toyota CSA Academy. With small resources, and a good attitude the young riders of the team who have made some good progress and results during the course of the year.... |
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| Big Sky Ride 2013, a new horizon in Lesotho |
| December 14, 2012 |
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| Lesotho, the mountainous kingdom on our door steps, is vastly different to South Africa, and offers pure landscapes, skies and endless mountain bike terrain just waiting to be explored! This Bicycle trip explores new options in 2013!
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| Omnicane Southern Tropical Challenge |
| December 5, 2012 |
| In a quick trip to Mauritius, Ben Melt Swanepoel had a fantastic experience in the Four day MTB race, Read his story, and I will add my part below...... |
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| German favourite beaten by South African youngster at Momentum 94.7 Mountain Bike |
| December 1, 2012 |
| Kallen Williams (Toyota Cycling Academy) managed to cause quite the upset in the midst of his optometry exams by winning the Momentum 94.7 Mountain Bike race.
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