Road cycling in the Western Cape
Having gotten into cycling in the past 6 years we have already seen the sport shift a lot since the days of our secret socks, unshaved legs and spare tube around our waist. So we decided to have a look at what’s been happening with road racing in the Western Cape over...
Dr Evil Stage 3
45km, 750m climbing (Single track and forest jeep track) We started day three with all the best intentions with the plan to ride in. The first spanner in the works was that our Air B&B puppy managed to nip Brendon’s already dodgy rear tyre, no problems, the plugs...
Dr Evil Stage 2
38km, 940m climbing (farm gravel roads and forest jeep track) The boys decided to head to the start today in Boet, Kev’s Ford Ranger, making use of the heater to warm the legs up instead of riding the 25km to the start venue, Kay and Monty wine farm. The weather, like...
PPA Sportif #3 – Killer climb and some cross winds
Round three of the Pedal Power Associations Sportif series took place on Sunday, seeing the largest turn out of riders to date. This probably had something to do with the confidence inspiring West Coast Express funride last weekend, which had a super flat course and...
Dr Evil Day 1
Dr Evil day 1 – 72km, 1300m climbing (district/farm gravel roads and forest jeep track) We decided to ride from our accommodation in Plett to the start at Wittedrift High School. A little 13km downhill warm up, thinking about whether or not we would regret the ‘warm...
Pure Savage – West Coast Express Race Report
The Western Cape road racing season kicked off on Sunday with the West Coast Express. This year saw the return to a similar route to the 2015 edition, with the inclusion of a little surprise near the end of the route. Unlike many of the past races, there was very...
Lumos Helmet review
Initial impressions As most things with Pure Savage, the Lumos Helmet sort of just landed up on our desk by complete chance. Having seen the kickstarter a few years ago and thinking how novel the idea was at the time, the opportunity to try the helmet was taken in a...
Pure Savage Qhubeka bike donation
While scavenging gumtree for some deep section carbon wheels a few weeks back, we came accross a Qhubeka bike for sale. Not knowing at the time that somebody could buy a bike for their personal use we questioned the sale. After being enlightened to the awesomeness...
Pure Savage report – Blue Ribbon Yzerfontein MTB race (76km) – 11 June 2017
After the massive #CapeStorm earlier in the week which resulted in a forced taper, 5 Savages arrived on the start line in Yzerfontein on a gloomy winters morning excited about the half gravel, half road challenge that lay ahead. Brendon and Calvin are proper dirt...
PPA Cyclo Sportif #1
Having withdrawals from road racing since the cancellation of the Argus, the boys were ready for a little stretch of the legs in Wellington. After a brief warm up and scramble to find timing chips we were ready to roll. Our road captain for the PPA Sportif...
