TREAD MEDIA

In cycling, good eyewear isn’t a luxury. It’s essential equipment. Whether you’re racing an XCO course in muddy conditions, grinding through a gravel race in the Karoo, or sitting in a road bunch at 45km/h, your eyewear needs to do far more than look good. It must protect your eyes, maintain clarity in changing light, resist fogging and stay comforta...

The inaugural Garden Route Giro rolled through the Western Cape in April 2026 and, by most measures, it was a success. Launching a new multi-day cycling event is never easy, especially in the current economic climate, but Dryland Event Management delivered a polished, professional race that immediately established itself as one of South Africa’s prem...

When last did you have a professional bike fit done? For years, I skipped them. I knew my bike measurements, understood what felt right, and was perfectly happy making my own adjustments. But these days, I find myself booking bike-fit sessions more regularly. Here’s why.

By Sean Badenhorst

Every time I line up at a mountain bike event, whether it’s KAP sani2c, Standard Bank Berg & Bush, FNB Wines2Whales, a Dryland Event or a Ford Trailseeker, I find myself asking the same question: “Where are the women?”

By Joanne Badenhorst

Not because there aren’t any. There are. But when you look around the start chute, we’re still a minority. Depe...

There are very few bikes in mountain biking that can genuinely claim to have changed the sport. The SCOTT Spark is one of them.

Since its launch two decades ago, the Spark has become one of the most successful cross-country race bikes ever created, collecting World Championship titles, Olympic medals, World Cup victor...