Word amongst the Imana elderly wasnt encouraging. Day four had confusing sections of inland riding with plenty district road intersections like Spaghetti Junction and other that if wrongly navigated, would make for all day affair detours via Umtata. Worse yet, that would mean missing the 5 star buffet at the Umngazi River Bungalows.

(The Umngazi River […]

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I am in East London, a city higher up South Africa’s south coast, from where I’ll travel with partner Max Knox to Kei Mouth, for what has become a legendary mountain bike race in South African mountain biking folklore.

One of the nicest guys I’ve met through sport of late has been Ben-Melt Swanepoel, a pro cyclist for the MTN-Raleigh-Energade mountain bike team. We met at an EA Sports Poker Night in Joburg late last year, and I got to spend some time with Melt after his brilliant Subaru Sani2c (sani2c.co.za) last weekend. Considering my inconsideration for the sharper end […]