I missed the truck yesterday. Had to beg to get my baggage into an SUV to toward The Haven. So this morning Max and I set the old alarm for one minute earlier than yesterday. It’s tricky. Having to pack all into your bag long before race start. It takes twice as long for the [...]

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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.

I’ve just read the most inspiring writing of Bobby Behan, Specialized Factory Team manager, on the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held in Andorra earlier today. A 1-2 for the representatives of the songo.info fund raising initiative for a bmx track in Kayamandi just outside of Stellenbosch.

(The men’s podium in Andorra -Photo by Gary Perkin)