11 Bikes of the 2025 SRAM Western Cape DH Champs
It’s a mix of Trail, Enduro, eBikes and full-blown DH whips
Bike Check & Chat with 16x National Champ, Frankie du Toit
Big wheels for the Stellenbosch Sender
Les Gets World Cup | Bike Check & Chat with SA XCC Champ, Johan van Zyl
Johan talks braaivleis, electronic suspension and more
Les Gets World Cup | Bike Check & Chat with SA Champ, Rory Kirk
Fresh rig day for the Champ
Bike Check: Jason Boulle’s High Pivot Trek Slash
Mr Boulle’s magic carpet
Bike Check: Keira Duncan’s PYGA Slakline HP4
The Champ’s bike is locked and loaded for the Enduro World Cup in Italy
Darkfest Bike Check: Dylan Lamb’s Prototype PYGA
Warning: this video contains crash footage
18 Bikes of the 2025 SA Cup & SRAM Western Cape DH in Jonkershoek
eMTBs, Trail, Enduro & DH rigs
Cape Epic Bike Check: Haley Smith’s Trek Top Fuel 9.9
Plus training tips from the Olympian
Cape Epic Bike Check: Marc Pritzen’s Cannondale Scalpel Lab71
Take a closer look at Marc’s race setup
Bike Check: 3 eMTB Race Bikes at Wines2Whales
Trek Rail, Santa Cruz Bullit, Giant Trance X Advanced E+ Elite 1
Video: 6 Bike Checks from the 2024 SRAM WC DH Championships at Hellsend
With Lou, Matt, Ike, Sven, Pieter and Pottie
11 Bikes Of The 2024 SRAM WC DH Championship
Random selection of race whips
12 Mostly Kids’ Bikes of the SRAM Western Cape DH – Zevenwacht
Take a look at what the young guns are riding.
Bike Check & Chat: Tyler Jacobs’ race-winning Trek Supercaliber 9.9
“It’s awesome to learn from Candice” – Tyler
13 Bikes of the 2024 South African XC Championships
A random selection of 13 fast XC race whips
Pro Bike Check: Commencal Supreme with Theo Erlangsen
A deep dive into Theo’s race bike
Video Bike Check & Chat with SA Champ Zander Du Plessis
Checking out two-time SA Champs Trek Slash
Bike Check: Cannondale Jekyll of SA Youth Champion, Alexander Jonker
Skapie’s National Championship winning race rig
11 Bikes of SRAM Western Cape Downhill
From 130 to 215mm – anything goes.
Bike Check: Project One Trek Supercaliber as raced by Luke Moir
No lockout here.
12 Bikes of Darkfest 2023
Take a quick look through some of the bikes of Darkfest
Bike Check: Tiffany Keep’s Titan Racing Cyper RS
This bike had zero flats at the Cape Epic!
Bike Check: Justin Chesterton’s Trek Supercaliber
This guy is very particular about setup.
Cape Epic Bike Check: Gert Heyns’ Titan Racing Cypher RS
More slammed stems and narrow bars
Cape Epic Bike Check: Lukas Baum’s Orbea Oiz
Slammed and sendy.
Winning Bike Check: Matt Beers’ Epic Evo
Deep dive on Matt’s new Epic Evo
15 Bikes of SRAM Western Cape & SA Cup DH in Paarl
Take a closer look at the mixed bunch of senders!
Winning Bike Check: Alan Hatherly’s Cannondale Scalpel
Take a closer look at the Champs bike.
Bike Check: Luke Moir’s Trek Top Fuel
Up close with Luke’s play bike.
Bike Check: Corbin Mann’s Specialized Enduro
Take a closer look at Corbin’s race rig.
Bike Check: Massi’s Trek Supercaliber 9.8
Take a closer look at 5x Gauteng Champ’s race steed.
Bike Check: Richard Coram’s spicy S-Works Levo
Take a deep dive into Mr Coram’s Specialized Levo.
Bike Check: Matt Lombardi’s Commencal Meta TR\29
Lombardi’s speed machine!
Bike Check: William Bush’s Trek Rail 7
William Bush of Dunkeld Cycles in Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg is a family man who has a passion for bikes. Known for his warm, friendly disposition, William is also a passionate eBiker. His current personal bike is a Trek Rail 7, and this is his setup. If you sold the bike, what component would you […]
Bike Check: “Supa Piet’s” carbonbike RevoX
Take a closer look at Piet’s carbon handcycle.
Bike Check: Johan van Zyl’s Cannondale Scalpel XCO race bike
Take a closer look at the Cannondale Scalpel HI-MOD Ultimate ridden by Johan van Zyl of the Computer Mania Team.
Bike Check: Dylan Lamb’s fully custom Commencal Clash
Check out Dylan Lamb’s Slopestyle rig.
Bike Check: Cameron Roach’s Trek Fuel EX 9.8
Take a closer look at Cameron Roach’s play bike.
Bike Check: Marz van der Merwe’s Trek Supercaliber
Take a closer look at Marz’s race whip.
Bike Check: Matt Beers’ New S-Works Epic
The Champ has a new bike!
Bike Check: Frankie Du Toit’s Trek Slash 9.8
Take a closer look at the National Champ’s race bike.
Bike Check: Chris Wagner’s Specialized Kenevo SL Expert
Check out Mr Flow’s K-SL.
Bike Check: Andrew Mclean’s Orbea Oiz
Take a closer look at Andrew’s Oiz
Bike Check: Kevin Benkenstein’s Curve ‘Kevin of Steel’ All-rounder
Take a closer look at Benky’s Kevin of Steel
Bike Check: Matt Lombardi’s Specialized Enduro
Get inside Lombardi’s race whip
Bike Check: Grant Usher’s Custom Trek Top Fuel
Grant from Sprocket & Jack shows us his go-to ride.
Bike Check: Jarryd Haley’s Cannondale Scalpel SE
East City Cycles’ Jarryd Haley shows us his daily.
Bike Check: Jonty Neethling’s Scott Ransom
Jonty Neethling is a shredder from the Cape who has more talent and style than you can shake a stick at. Not so long ago he campaigned as a semi-professional racer on the World Cup circuit where he put in some incredible performances against the best in the world. After hanging up his racing shoes […]