Its XC time again. words from Roan Exelby:

Jislaaik!

Hot hot hot. We have been having some crazy weather lately – racing in this kind of heat takes some skill to keep dehydration and heat stroke at bay yet still ride at a respectable pace!

The DCM boys were flying this weekend – Brandon and Rourke put in a solid attack on lap 1 (of 9) to stay ahead the entire race.

Andrew Warr (Spider), Andrew Hill (Mountain Man), Carl Calverly … Read More »

Roan Exelby gives us some feedback from the 1st leg of the KZN XC cup:

Stainbank Nature reserve was an awesome setting for the first leg of provincial XC racing… I managed to bag my first win for 2010. Andrew Warr rode in his typical attacking style but couldn’t hold on – he went off the front with Themba on the 3rd lap and i had to chase hard to reel them in.

Well done to JT for kicking some butt and coming in 2nd in his debut XC race (Veteran category). Respect.

Themba (Dave Leiman) is riding like a madman to … Read More »

This prestigious Continental Championship event is to be held at Mankele Mountain Biking, a purpose built Mountain Bike venue outside of the city of Nelspruit situated some 380km East of Johannesburg.  The program for the event includes Cross Country and Downhill racing with the title of African Continental Champion in both disciplines on offer and the international UCI points this category of race attracts.

The following categories earn UCI points: Elite and U23 men cross country, Elite and Junior men: Downhill. We will also cater for all non-UCI all categories from Nippers (8-10 years old) through to Grand Masters (60+) in … Read More »

Giba Gorge MTB Park situated 20 minutes out of Durban below Marionhill Toll Plaza, celebrated their Birthday over the weekend. The day started off around 7am with a buzz of riders arriving to take part in the XC event held at Giba, as well as bring along family and friends to enjoy what the park had to offer. The weather couldnt have been any better with the sun out South African style. Morewood were there to display their bikes as well as show off the all new Marathon and XC Hardtail. There was huge buzz around the Marathon and Hardtail and Morewood Bikes were the … Read More »

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 »

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 »

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