Inspired by Andy Schleck efforts yesterday, I went for a hilly ride around the Hout Bay area. A friend of mine had told me about a certain climb, called Blue Valley Ave, on the left as you come down the Nek towards Hout Bay. He reckoned it was unclimbable (is that a word?) on a [...]

Ever since I picked up and read Mark Beaumont’s book, The Man Who Cycled The World, it’s opened up the world of adventure bike touring and rekindled the semi crazy ideas I’ve had of taking some time off to tour a few countries on two wheels. I’ve also started paying attention to the various world [...]

Danny’s back. It’s hard to believe that it has been barely more than a year since Inspired Bicycles-Rider Danny posted a video on YouTube that was to change his life. Over night, the video got a few hundred thousand views and as of today has been watched well over 20 million times – the world [...]

The Syndicate is obviously not going anywhere next year, so here’s an announcement of some of their plans for the upcoming 12 months. Steve Peat, Greg Minnaar, Josh Bryceland, Jamie Goldman and John Waddell make up the 2011 Santa Cruz Syndicate and they are ready for next season! “The Santa Cruz Syndicate line up for [...]

I took part in my first Catford Cycling Club Hill Climb on Sunday. What a fantastic and awesome vibe! Here’s some background and pictures from the day. I recommend entering it, it’s not as bad as everyone makes it out to be…it’s an awesome buzz and the anticipation of waiting in line at the start [...]

I love reading. I’m looking turn half of my garage into a bike workshop and the other half into a library. I’m actually about to invest in an Amazon Kindle so that I can stop putting a dent into the Amazon rainforest. See what I did there? I’m not sure either. Anyway…here of 5 of [...]

via Lost At Eminor: This clip for the second single of Mark Ronson’s highly anticipated new album, Record Collection, due for release on September 27, is the perfect backdrop to the catchy beats of The Bike Song. The five minute video is a whimsical retro melange of super-hero, underdog, heist and summer romance themes, centred [...]

A couple of videos for you to round off this Monday (thanks Cam) As a Saffa, I’m a big fan of Greg Minnaar and looking at the way he throws his motocross bike around, you can see why he’s so good on the downhill! It also features a sweet soundtrack. The second video is an [...]

I am SO ready for this sportive. Let’s go already. via fixedshitup (I think that’s what it’s called)

I’m not nocturnal. Never will be. I prefer to sleep when I can’t see anything outside. So it was unsurprising that I started questioning my decision to be on my bike and still pedalling as I watched the sun drop below the horizon. With 160km still to go. My  (soon to be ex-riding) mate had [...]

I’ve been following the bicycle related “pithy observations + badly drawn stick figures” comic strip of biseekell for awhile now and love them. They are wonderfully offbeat and quirky, but capture what being a cyclist is all about perfectly. #11: I Blame the Public Schools. Follow more biseekell here. .

One of the things about being a fairly recent newcomer to the world of cycling (in that I started about 6 years after a knee op) is that I’m still coming across some of the characters of the sport. I give you David Clinger. This guy has had what is commonly referred to as a [...]

These 2 have a knack of making me very jealous, they seem to be just one step ahead of me in their adventures. Just as I was about to set off to row across the Atlantic on a Wednesday, they set off on the Tuesday and scuppered my plans. When I wanted to enter the [...]

You know how it is, you leave in the morning from your chalet in France to bomb down some Alps, but then you suddenly get to the bottom and realise you’ve gone down the wrong side and are now in Italy. Well, that is why I’ve been eyeing this little guy for awhile. Never let [...]