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Dirt Magazine gives Morewood Makulu the review it deserves

June Issue of Dirt Mag

June Issue of Dirt Mag

Look out for the June issue of Dirt Magazine, and you will find a blinding review of the Makulu, our professional level downhill racing bike. You may remember seeing this on the Dirt Mag website when they received delivery of our Makulu. Well, finally the review is out in the June issue of the magazine.

As soon as we get our greasy fingers on a copy … Read More »

SA National XC Pretoria

Morewood XC rider Roan Exelby gives us feed back on his weekend at the nationals:

Bad luck strikes again!

Tire problems seemed to be the flavour of the day for lots of riders, myself included – I paid special attention to getting a tire that would work on this course. Its quite tight forcing you to use a lightweight tire but the rocky nature of the trail also means that you have to use something with a strong carcass. So its all about compromise – as always, performance comes at a price.

The stakes were high with just a couple of points … Read More »

TEAM KENDA MOREWOOD POWERED BY BOS AT UCI WORLD CUP IN VALLNORD, ANDORRA

With the steep, snow covered peaks of Andorra acting as a stunning backdrop, KENDA MOREWOOD team riders Mitch Delfs and Nathan Rennie tackled the slick roots and and tight trees under sunny skies and cool temperatures.
After quite successful opening round with very flat course in Pitermaritzburg, South Africa (Nathan Rennie in 12th place and Mitch Delfs in 45th) and also satisfied performance during the second round in La Bresse, France (Mitch Delfs 12th) the third round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Vallnord, Andorra would see Mitch Delfs place 27th (+5.56) while, injured in La Bresse week earlier, … Read More »

KKC … Karkloof Classic

Another good weekend of riding for our Morewood XC riders Roan Exelby and Dave Leiman.
Roan gives us some feedback about the Mr Price Karkloof Classic:

Awesome showdown. These timber/dairy farmers know how to put on an event. Everything ran super smooth. All of the courses were perfectly marked and prepped … each year it just keeps on getting better.

Burry Stander cleaned up in the Sprint Shootout and cracked Kevin Evans in the last km’s of the classic to take home the bacon.

I managed to take the XC race… Brandon … Read More »

Houffalize XC World Cup

They say that Houffalize is the Grandfather event in the World Cup – it is definitely the most exciting WC that I have been to! The crowd is insane! It is said that cycling in Belgium has more supporters than football – well, i can believe it! Spectators were 4 deep on the main climbs, the atmosphere was electric… if you ever have to choose a European event to spectate, i can recommend this one!! The Belgians even know how to braai. Cheers Roan

Bos Suspension Testing in Peille France

Here are a few pics from the weekends suspension testing in Peille France