Squirt Performance Hot Wax achieved a record 11 350 kilometre run time in Zero Friction Cycling's Dry Road Single Application Longevity Test. Widely referenced as the world’s most trusted independent test facility for lubricants and cycling chain performance, Zero Friction Cycling [ZFC] test results confirm what Squirt Cycling Products® ambassadors have been reporting since its [...]
Just over three decades ago, To Hell and Back pioneered mountain bike stage racing in South Africa. The inaugural event, in 1995, took place nearly a decade before the 31st champion, who was crowned on Sunday, 16 November 2025, was born. In fact, Francois Hofmeyer’s age is closer to that of the iconic race’s new [...]
Lubricating the chain of an e-bike requires lifting the rear wheel to engage the drivetrain in a forward direction. This is cumbersome and can be difficult to do on one’s own. The Squirt eZ-Luber uses a turn hook to fix the crank to the chainring, making it possible to roll the drivetrain backwards, as one [...]
In Episode 13 of Season 2, the Diverge Podcast reflects on a busy news week. The Sanlam Cape Town Marathon announced the athletes who will be headlining the 2025 edition in October, Imbuko ChemChamp launched a junior team, while Squirt Cycling Products and Titan Racing launched new products, entries to the 2026 36ONE MTB Challenge [...]
Hot Wax has long offered performance-oriented cyclists benefits in friction reduction, a fact that led Squirt Cycling Products ® to develop a product without the usual break-in time drawbacks of traditional hot wax. The Squirt Performance Hot Wax uses a proprietary blend of various waxes along with a unique mixture of friction modifiers, high-pressure additives, [...]
The Edge of Wild: The Groot Winterhoek ranges, above Porterville, must surely rate as one of South Africa’s most under-utilised mountain biking destinations. This is about to change with the local Berg Rivier Tourism Region’s initiative, a ‘Wines to Wilderness’ Route. Copy and images by Jacques Marais Wines to Wilderness Local Buzz: Porterville comes across [...]
Crank up the magic of the Overberg back roads amidst the breathtaking canola and wheat fields lining the picturesque ‘Around The Pot’ Route. This race rates right up there as one of SA’s ‘greatest gravel grinds’, and you’ll be chuffed to know you can now ride it solo any time you like! Photographs & Copy: [...]
You’ve seen the George number plate, right? Locals will have you believe that the ‘CAW’ stand for ‘cold and wet’, but this is just a malicious rumour spread by the outdoor crowd there keen to keep you off their trails … Photographs & Copy: Jacques Marais Local Buzz: No my china, George is anything [...]
Local Buzz: Here’s the deal: the Swellendam Trails (all hand-crafted on space belonging to the local Municipality) is open and FREE. Yup, you heard correctly, and I guarantee you there is nowhere else in the Western Cape where you will have open public access to trails of this quality. The setting adjacent to Marloth Nature [...]
Squirt Cycling Products’ Biodegradable Bike Cleaner has proven – in the harshest conditions, of muddy mountain bike stage races – to be up to the task of keeping bicycles clean. While bulk consumers like bike shops, cycling teams and events choose to use 5l concentrate refills, for individual home users the new 20ml sachet is [...]
