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Category: Know How

Gear Reviews, Know How

How To Lube Your Chain

  • July 11, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

With Motul wet and dry chain lubes

Bike Reviews, Know How

Gravel Bike or Road Bike, which is right for you?

  • July 3, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

We were not expecting this!

Gear Reviews, Know How

How To Wash Your Frame & Major Components

  • June 13, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

How and when it’s better to wet or dry wash your whip

Gear Reviews, Know How, Where To Ride

Video: 35 Bike Park Tips & Tricks

  • June 12, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

We hope this inspires and improves your next bike park vacation.

Know How

Resetting Your Racing Goals | Head Games

  • June 11, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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How to reset your goals

Know How

7 Tips To Manage Race Day Anxiety | Head Games

  • May 29, 2025
  • By Bike Network

Nailing your training but not your racing? This one is for you.

Gear Reviews, Know How

How To Clean Your Chain

  • May 20, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

.. and save money by making it last longer.

Know How, Skills Clinics

Skills: Tips For Riding In The Mud

  • May 12, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey
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Get your bike and body ready to take on the gloopy slime.

Know How

14 Tips To Stay Motivated | Head Games

  • May 5, 2025
  • By Bike Network

By sports psychologist Dr Andrew Lewis

Know How

Head Games | Visualization Can Help You Tackle Anything

  • April 25, 2025
  • By Bike Network

Learn to shift from outcomes based to process based performances

Know How

Regaining Confidence: How To Overcome Setbacks

  • April 9, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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“I believe that confidence can be learnt, it embraces our feelings, thoughts and actions; is a process, dynamic, and fluctuates on a continuum…” – Dr Lewis

Gear Reviews, Know How

How To Top Up Tubeless Tyre Sealant

  • March 9, 2025
  • By Bike Network

Video and step-by-step guide with tips

Know How

Elite Riders: 4 Tips to Manage Your Highs & Lows | Head Games

  • March 6, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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Managing the highs and lows..

Know How, Racing

Tips for a safe & healthy day at this Sunday’s Cape Town Cycle Tour

  • March 4, 2025
  • By Bike Network

Have a good ride everybody!

Know How, Skills Clinics

Skills: How to wheelie

  • January 23, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey
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Learn to wheelie your MTB, eMTB or roadie

Know How, Skills Clinics

Road Etiquette: 12 Group Ride Rules | Don’t be THAT guy

  • January 16, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

New to group riding? This one is for you.

Know How

New Bike: What to expect & how to set it up

  • January 13, 2025
  • By Myles Kelsey

Fine tuning your new rig!

Know How

What happens to your body during a massage and why is it beneficial to you?

  • January 6, 2025
  • By Bike Network
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It’s been used by riders since the early 1900’s

Gear Reviews, Know How

How To Clean Disc Brake Pads, Rotors & Calipers

  • December 31, 2024
  • By Myles Kelsey

Step-by-step guide and how to video

Know How, Stories

2025: What’s In, What’s Out

  • December 21, 2024
  • By Myles Kelsey

What’s on the horizon for 2025?

Gear Reviews, Know How

Gravel Suspension: What, Why, Testing and When

  • December 12, 2024
  • By Bike Network

By Kevin Benkenstein

Know How

9 Tips For Recovering Mentally After An Injury | Head Games

  • December 6, 2024
  • By Bike Network
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The psychology of sports injuries

Know How

How To Become A Champion | by Dr. Andrew Lewis

  • November 19, 2024
  • By Crew

Tips to help you become a champion.

Know How

Taking A Break: The Most Important Part Of Your Training

  • October 21, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Why down time is important

Gear Reviews, Know How, Skills Clinics

EXPLAINER | Dropper Posts: What, Why and How To Use It

  • October 11, 2024
  • By Myles Kelsey

How to use a dropper post.

Know How, Skills Clinics

How to eMTB | Start HERE

  • September 28, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Everything you need to know to get into the eMTB game

Know How

Snake Bite: What you need to know

  • September 12, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Snake bite 101.

Know How

Video: How To Bed-In Disc Brakes | SRAM

  • September 7, 2024
  • By Bike Network

All new brake pads and rotors should be put through a very important process known as bed-in before your first ride.

Gear Reviews, Know How

Explainer: XC Vs. Trail Tyres – What’s the difference?

  • August 29, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Comparing 5 Bontrager XC and Trail Tyres.

Know How, Skills Clinics

Essential MTB Tips for Beginners

  • July 8, 2024
  • By Bike Network
  • 1 comment

Everything rookie mountain bikers need to know.

Know How

MTB Beginners: Start Here!

  • May 30, 2024
  • By Bike Network

This article covers the basics all beginners need to know.

Know How, Skills Clinics

SKILLS: 3 Top Tips for Trail riding

  • May 14, 2024
  • By Bike Network
  • 1 comment

Become a better trail rider with these 3 top tips from Frankie du Toit and Myles Kelsey

Know How

Mental Prep: Before, During & After your race | Head Games

  • April 28, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Mental preparation is just as important as the physical, but is often overlooked.

Know How, Stories

Opinion: Innovation, where would we be without it?

  • April 4, 2024
  • By Myles Kelsey

Where we were Vs. where we are now.

Gear Reviews, Know How

Explainer: What to Wear when riding Trail & eMTB

  • January 31, 2024
  • By Myles Kelsey

Lycra be gone!

Know How

Video: 5 Tips For Traveling With Your Bike

  • January 19, 2024
  • By Bike Network

Check out these tips on packing your bike for air travel, by Truman of Park Tool.

Know How

4 Ways To Control Negative Thought Patterns | Head Games

  • October 19, 2023
  • By Bike Network
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How to reset your headspace

Know How

Gravel: How to choose the right tyre

  • October 6, 2023
  • By Bike Network

Trek’s Dr Reijnen has the answers

Fitness, Know How, Racing

2023 Cape Epic: 8 Essential Survival Tips That Could Save Your Race

  • February 27, 2023
  • By Bike Network

Amy Wakefield knows…

Gear Reviews, Know How

Opinion: Is carbon worth it?

  • January 9, 2023
  • By Myles Kelsey

Are we drunk on carbon?

Know How

Video: How To Replace Your Brake Pads | SRAM

  • September 18, 2022
  • By Bike Network

Sarah from SRAM runs through brake pad replacement and highlights the differences between metal and organic pads.

Know How, Racing, Stories

24 Hours to the Cape Epic | All Access with Jaco Venter & Sascha Weber

  • March 22, 2022
  • By Myles Kelsey

Behind the scenes with two highly experienced professional riders, Jaco Venter and Sascha Weber, as they prepare for the start of the Cape Epic.

Know How

Why Olympic Champion Jolanda Neff trains in South Africa

  • February 20, 2022
  • By Myles Kelsey

Follow Olympic Champion Jolanda Neff and Linda Indergand as they descend the Helderberg Trails, in Somerset West and find out why they train in South Africa.

Know How, Skills Clinics, Where To Ride

Tokai MTB Trails: How To Ride The Tricky Stuff

  • November 20, 2020
  • By Bike Network

Learn how to ride the janky sections of Tokai MTB.

Know How, Skills Clinics

MTB Skills: How To Improve Your Flow

  • August 25, 2020
  • By Myles Kelsey
  • 2 comments

When you get your flow right you can expect to use less energy, carry more speed, crash less and look damn cool.

Know How

The Fundamentals of Enduro Racing | Episode Two – Technique

  • April 9, 2020
  • By Bike Network
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Episode Two covers the basics of cornering, line choice, tucking, pumping, jumping and conserving energy.

Know How

The Fundamentals of Enduro Racing | Episode One – Preparation

  • March 11, 2020
  • By Bike Network
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In these videos, you will learn about equipment choice, bike setup, protection, nutrition, physical training, mental preparation and some skills to help you be your best.

Know How

5 Tips to Refine Your eMTB Craft

  • January 2, 2020
  • By Bike Network
  • 1 comment

Even if you are already confident and hammering trails, pay attention to these basics to refine your eMTB craft.

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