Specialized has joined the Nedbank Gravel Burn as the official Neutral Tech Support Partner, delivering pro-level mechanical support to every rider in the field — regardless of what bike they ride. At each Padstal (the local name given to our on-route service stations), Specialized will provide complimentary servicing during racing hours, with riders only covering [...]
Founded in 2022 around the 2021 Absa Cape Epic winner, Matt Beers team Toyota Specialized is heading into their third season high on confidence. The squad has expanded to include, Namibian multi-disciplinary champion, Alex Miller and the youthful talent of Johan van Zyl. Already, by late February, the team has amassed a number of major [...]
E-Bike racing is a relatively new phenomenon. The inaugural E-MTB World Championships were held during the 2019 Mountain Biking World Championships, in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada. In 2021 FNB Wines2Whales included an E-Bike category for the first time, then in 2022 the Pinotage event hosted an E-Bike race too. In 2023 the reigning E-Bike World Champion Joris [...]
Specialized Bicycle’s Soil Searching programme is a movement to recognise and support the trail builders who help shape our sport and ensure our stoke. Since 2018, it has provided financial, organisational and outreach support for trail systems around the world. In 2021 two songo.info graduates were funded by Soil Searching as they embarked on internship [...]
Behemoths of the automotive and cycling industries, Toyota and Specialized Bicycles, have teamed up to support two of South Africa’s most talented mountain bikers in 2022 and beyond. Racing as Toyota Specialized, with the support of Ninety One Asset Management and in benefit of songo.info, the team will target marathon, stage races, gravel bike events [...]
Making kids’ bikes is about supporting and nurturing the spirit of riding from the first moment a kid’s feet hit the pedals. Kick-starting their passion for riding by delivering a great first ride means kids are more likely to keep riding for years to come with the Specialized Jett. ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL A [...]
Just three years after the release of the previous generation Specialized Bicycles have updated their XC Epic platform. In 2018 the bike became longer and slacker, but the headline upgrade was the Brain 2.0 inertia-valve rear suspension system. For 2021 the Specialized Epic gets a new Brain, a slacker 67.5 degrees head angle, shorter chainstays, [...]
