Category Archives: Cape Epic 2013

About 48 hours after finishing the “Tour de France of Mountain Biking” I am at 10,000m moving along at around 850kph. The seat is comfortable and there is even a little fold out table to prop up the iPad as … Continue reading →

Bike racing is not as straightforward as the casual spectator may think. Road bike racing is tactically an incredibly complicated team sport – even the individual time trial, believe it or not. Mountain biking is perhaps a little more straightforward … Continue reading →

The days all blur together and it is really surprising to realize that we just completed the sixth of eight days on the Cape Epic. Friday? Really? Are you sure? Only two days left to go sounds close to the … Continue reading →

Pity the stage was 120km. We left Tulbagh knowing that the first 40km to WP1 (water point) was long gravel roads and fast jeep track. Sitting behind a lead rider the slipstream offers up to 25% advantage in effort required … Continue reading →

As the cutoff for Stage 3 approached, I wandered over to the finish line not expecting the drama that was about to unfold. Riders need to complete the stage in the allotted time which is set depending on the length … Continue reading →

It’s a little late to be filling you in on the what happened yesterday on Stage 1 as I am sitting here at at the Saronsberg wine farm near Tulbagh, after having survived Stage 2! So perhaps it’s worth making … Continue reading →

Before we get on to the prologue, a little background info on the format of the Cape Epic race. Obviously we ride mountain bikes. The course follows (a little) tar, (more) district roads, (lots of) farm roads, (some) rugged jeep … Continue reading →

I am quite sure that I have previously wondered on these pages why any-(regular)-one would enter a multi-day test of endurance, will and character. Stage racing can be pretty tough going and yet along 1199 others I lined up it … Continue reading →