by Pure Savage | Aug 20, 2019 | mountain bike, Race Report
Tough, corrugation, headwind, mist, drizzle, rain, never again… those are some of the words you will hear when you ask someone who has done the Transbaviaans 2019 Repeat. “Toughest team single stage race in the world” is what it said on the website, it certainly...
by Pure Savage | Jul 22, 2019 | mountain bike, Race Report
The Chas Everitt Around the Pot Gravel race took place on 20 July 2019 and offered various options in distance from the shorter 25 and 60 miler options to the showcase 100 miler distance. You can enter as a solo rider or as a team and offered something for every type...
by Pure Savage | Aug 22, 2018 | mountain bike
In November 2017 at the Coronation Double Century, Kevin and Waldo had a fat chat around the dinner table and the idea spawned that we should give Trans Baviaans (TB) a proper go. Kevin just missed a sub 10 on his previous attempt in 2017 with Dean. Waldo had never...
by Pure Savage | Nov 15, 2017 | mountain bike
With the road duties of Saturday’s LCE Lagoon Cycle Challenge done and dusted, our resident West Coast Savage Willie “branch manager” Calitz also did the LCE Lagoon MTB Funride on Sunday…Local is mos lekker! With the short MTB route of 38km,which ended up stretching...
by Pure Savage | Sep 24, 2017 | mountain bike
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...
by Pure Savage | Sep 21, 2017 | mountain bike
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...
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