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Insect Science Smash the Trans Baviaans Record and Defeat the Gravel Bikes

By Seamus Allardice|2024-08-12T18:58:41+02:00August 12th, 2024|News|Comments Off

Arno du Toit and Keagan Bontekoning proved that mountain bikes are faster, even in near ideal conditions, than gravel bikes by smashing the Trans Baviaans course record and holding off the drop-bar charge of Rossouw Bekker and Matthys Beukes. The Insect Science team set a new record time of 7 hours, 29 minutes, and 5 [...]

Excitement Building For Potential Record Breaking Trans Baviaans

By Seamus Allardice|2024-08-07T15:51:02+02:00August 7th, 2024|News|Comments Off on Excitement Building For Potential Record Breaking Trans Baviaans

The 2024 Trans Baviaans marks the 20th edition of the country’s favourite single-stage marathon mountain bike event. Over the last two decades the Baviaanskloof has presented challenges as varied as the magnificent nature reserve itself; from sweltering heat to icy cold, torrential flooding to arid droughts. This year’s traverses of the largest wilderness area in [...]