Jock Stage 2
The morning started with having to rush Kevin to the start to get him to accept his leader’s jersey at the prize giving before the stage. Everyone reminded Brendon to put his Cadence Carbo fuel in his bottles in the morning, even though a five hour ride with recovery...
Jock Stage 1
Having stuffed all our bikes into the cardboard boxes, jumped on a plane and then cruised 4 hours to Nelspruit in a mini bus rental, we were ready to rock the Jock. The first day saw us taking on a 27km time trial up to Kaapsehoop. The stage started off with a 12...
Knysna Cycle Tour Weekend
The coolest days of winter Knysna 80km MTB - Saturday the 2nd of July. There was stormy weather and plenty rain on the drive up to Knysna on Friday afternoon which continued through the night, but as the cold front passed, it cleared up nicely for the start on...
Cannondale Slate Review
The end to n+1 ? As polite as ever, we demanded on Twitter that someone in South Africa send us a Cannondale Slate. Low and behold minutes later the awesome team from Cycle Teknix had got in touch and made our dream a reality! We see if this bike will end the need for...
Savage day out!
300km of hammering around Cape Town At precisely 6:27am a contingent of seven Pure Savage team members left Blouberg on a cool and calm morning destined for Franschhoek lured there with the promise of a cooked breakfast. Setting out was quite...
Bestmed Tour of Good Hope report
The tour of hammer The team had a cracker of an experience at the tour, the overall king of the mountains jersey, a host of stage wins in the team comp and a rider on the podium every day and a second place overall! Team ready to hammer Stage 1 - 98km 750m ...
Savage ramping up for Tour of Good Hope
5 Days, 522 km and 6188m of climbing, well sort of. The Tour of Good Hope is now the Cape's closest stage race which can be compared to the Giro del Capo in years past. Pure Savage has its roots at racing the Coronation Double Century, so the addition this year of a...
99er suffer fest
Apart from Darren Lil and Waylon Woolcock the start line in elites looked rather bereft of any pro riders this past weekend at the 99er road race. That's because another biggie on the race calendar was taking place 800km away in Port Elizabeth – the 106km Herald Cycle...
Savage's top Instagram accounts for cyclists to follow
Final bit of Cycle Tour training awaits! You have been training on your bike like a pro for the Cape Town Cycle Tour, but have you dialed in the most important aspect of emulating a pro, Instagram.We have been kicking around Cape Town for a few years and are following...
Bouckaret Soenen race
Gutters, climbs and more gutters With the festive season behind us and plenty of instagram and interval training behind us it was time for the Bouckaret Soenen road race. Another awesome race hosted by The Rotary club of Paarl and the Pedal Power Association. The race...
