Upcoming Rides / Races

Sunday 5th September

Coca Cola Dome, Johannesburg

91km, 40 km

Start 06h00

www.dome2dome.co.za

 

5 September - St Francis MTB Challenge

Family Fun In The Spring Sun

60, 30, 15 and 5 km - sure there will be something for everyone.  The route is great!  Flat and fast with a few sharp little hills, and a few sandy patches, but gear down and go fast.  Sure you will have fun!  Details and entry below and attached.

An event that should be circled in highlighter in your diaries and on calendars is the upcoming St Francis Bay MTB Challenge 2009. Set for Sunday 06 September, this event is staged around the beautiful St Francis Links Golf Course, with the sea and bush serving as picturesque backdrops.

With various routes mapped out, catering for the kiddies to the mountain biking enthusiast, trails options are as follows: 5km, 15km, 30km or 60km. This is truly an event aimed at families: Mom and Dad can participate, as well as the little ones. Discounted accommodation is available making this first weekend of Spring an ideal opportunity for family fun in the sun!

Fantastic lucky draw prizes are on offer, including an hydration pack sponsored by J-Bay Cycle Centre, a R500 picnic basket hamper from Cape St Francis Mini Market, and a two nights stay at Village Break in St Francis.

NO LATE ENTRY - PLEASE GO TO www.fattracks.co.za to enter online!

Where: East London, Hempel's Farm

When: Saturday 11 September

Registration @ 13:00

Race Starts @ 14:00 

Who: All mountain bikers welcome!! There will be a fun/sports category for beginners!

Contact: Marlene @ 071 140 5549
 

Makro 2010 Cycle Tour and Fun Ride

Distances 90km, 30km, 10km and 5km

Sat 11 September 2010

Starting time: 0700

Laerskool Lorraine Primary, Port Elizabeth

www.leisurecycletours.com

Race Date: 19 September 2010

Where: Race start and registration opposite Willow Academy. Follow pointers from Willow road. 

Registration: 10:00

Race Start: 11:15

Race Duration: 1 hour 

Format: 
Riders will do a number of laps on a non technical course consisting of single track in the veld. Riders ride for one hour after which they must do one additional lap. The winner is the first rider with the most completed laps.

Medals for all finishers. Lots of Lucky Draw prizes. Certificates to all category winners. 
 

100km Mountain Bike Challenge
Voted by Bicycling Magazine Readers as one of the top ten mountain bike races in South Africa.


Sunday 26 September 2010
 

When: September 24-25, 2010
Where: Rhodes Village, SW Drakensburg, E Cape
How Far: 85, 40 & 15km

The Rhodes Extreme (formerly the Rhodes Challenge) is an extreme multi-day high-altitude team MTB stage race based on a ‘clover leaf’ out of Rhodes Village in the Eastern Cape Drakensberg Highlands. Surrounded by crystalline rivers and magnificent mountains, the three-stage race takes place over two days on the September Heritage Day long weekend and is the ideal getaway for avid mountain bikers and outdoorsmen seeking alpine adventure.

Rated in the book ‘Best Mountain Bike Rides in South Africa’, the Rhodes Extreme is the ‘grandfather’ of the MTB calendar. This is one of the most adrenalin-filled rides in Africa – a ‘must do’.

The new race format is believed to be the highest MTB stage race in South Africa and includes:


Stage 1:  'Lucky 13' Friday 09h00. 39km alpine adventure through mountain track and really tough new single track

Stage 2:  'Night-lights' Friday 18h30. 15km festival night ride around the village

Stage 3:  'The Grandfather' Saturday 07h30. 85km extreme alpine ascent & thrilling downhill

Declared a Conservation Area in 1997, Rhodes Village is reminiscent of a bygone era, thanks to its Victorian heritage. Tucked away in the Eastern Cape Highlands on the southern-most tip of Lesotho, the village exudes the timeless charm and quiet of yester-year. ‘Off the bike’ activities include snow skiing and boarding, fly fishing, hiking, horse riding, trail running, wing shooting for Greywing Francolin, hunting, walking, San rock art cave tours, alpine flora, 4x4 trails, star gazing, shopping for local ceramics and textiles or simply relaxing with a coffee and absorbing the village atmosphere.
 
Riders eagerly anticipating this year's Rhodes Extreme MTB stage race should be thrilled to hear that the event has now become part of the popular Bonitas Wild Series – a Wildlands Conservation Trust initiative.

The race organisers, as well as 2009 title sponsor antonapps, are extremely excited about welcoming on board new joint title sponsor for the 2010 event, Bonitas Medical Fund, which is chief sponsor of the Wild Series events.

Rhodes Extreme MTB race: www.rhodesextreme.co.za
or enter at www.cyclelab.co.za
Rhodes Village:   www.rhodesvillage.co.za 

Did you know? Rhodes Village also has impeccable credentials as a high-altitude training zone. Uniquely positioned on the Freedom Trail, the village hosts pioneering Freedom Challenge MTB riders, refuelling during their mid-winter 2300km 26-day cut-off epic ‘Ride Across South Africa’, as well as being the final destination of the ‘Ride to Rhodes’, a 550km six-day supported stage race through the southern and south-west Drakensberg. You owe it to yourself to get there.

 

This is not for Elite riders only!!
Distances to choose from will be a 10km (easy Rolling), 21km and 42km.  The 42km will be two loops of the 21km.  The route is more or less the same as for 2008.  There are a few nice ups and downs which we always get in a good MTB race!  All age category winners in the 42km event will get an EPMBA certificate. 

Venue:  Ottoford Forest. 45min drive from P.E. towards Hankey.  Turn right 5km past Loerie.  This turn-off will be marked.  Food and drinks for sale on the day.

Registration:  7:00 to 8:30
Race Start: 8:45 
Prize giving: 12:00 
       
Entry Fee: (Under 16yrs R20 for all routes)  
10km - R30   
21km -  R60 non members  (R40 members)
42km - R70 non members  (R50 members) 

             
More Info:  Kevin: 083 7608 968  Charl: 072 0812 802

 

Sunday 17 October

0630 start

Pietermaritzburg city hall to Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban.

Distance: 106km

www.amashova.co.za

When: 31 October 2010

Where: Addo Elephant National Park

Race Distances: 85km, 60km, 30km and a kiddies ride.

 

 

For full race details and entry forms go to: http://www.leisurecycletours.com

Something exciting is brewing in Hogsback.

Prepare yourselves for a premium 3 day mountain bike stage race which will take riders up mountains that have never been cycled up before, and through brand new tracks through forests that some believe where the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.
All three stages will start and finish in Hogsback, so it will be the ideal stage race for the mountain biking family! Hubby can ride to his hearts content every day, while wife and kids enjoy the amazing accommodation and entertainment offerings the Hogsback community are conjuring up!

Watch this space for more details, but keep the 18th – 20th November open for the experience not to be forgotten.

 

GET READY FOR THE 2010
CORONATION DOUBLE CENTURY!

Saturday, 27 November 2010
 

Swellendam
 

202 km
 

1 July 2010 (for team bookings)

www.coronationdc.co.za

5 December: Longmore Classic MTB Event
Where: Port Elizabeth
Venue:  OFFCAMBER ADVENTURES 
Directions: Follow Cape Road towards St Albans .  Past St Albans turn right (past the church) towards Rocklands.  At the intersection go straight towards Elands River and continue for about 10 km.  Follow the pointers.  (Map on the entry form.)
 
Registration: 6:15 to 7:45
Race Start: 7:50                                           
Entry Fee: (U/16 - R20 all routes. U/16 not allowed on 60km) 
    5km   – R20  
    15km -  R40 non members  (R30 members)
    30km – R60 non members  (R40 members)
    60km – R80 non members  (R60 members)
[THE 60KM IS EQUIVALENT TO 100 KM ON THE ROAD.]
                       

Join Fat Tracks together with Rob Rudman and CYCLO PRO for a great race day. The Longmore Classic has always been one of the top MTB events in P.E.  This year, instead of starting in Longmore we start just outside at OFFCAMBER ADVENTURES who also have accommodation facilities ( www.offcamberadventures.co.za )  They kindly agreed to let us use this beautiful venue.  This is a day that the whole family can enjoy with a ride that caters for all levels of fitness.  After the short 5km ride the youngsters can enjoy the swimming pool and lovely natural surroundings.  No need to rush home after the ride!  Refreshment will be on sale and lots of lucky draws at prize giving!!

More Info:  Kevin: 083 7608 968