Near the end of March four Revolutionaries set off to the far away coast of Capetown, South Africa to compete in the allegedly biggest MTB stage race in the world. Those adventurers were namely Duncan Murray and Ash Hayat as “the team in contention with the pros” and Carl Maroney and myself as “the team suffering somewhere around the top 100”. (Although to be fair, it was mostly me doing the suffering but more on that in due course!) And amazingly after eight days of riding together for an average of 6.5 hours per day Carl and I are still talking! It has to be mentioned that just about everything about this race is EPIC. There’s an EPIC number of competitors (1200 = 600 teams), an EPIC amount of climbing (16,800m), an EPIC amount of hike-a-bike sections (so much that even the pros were complaining), an EPIC amount of time spent in the granny gear (not much faster than pushing but at least it meant you were still riding), EPIC scenery courtesy of the Western Cape region and last but not least an EPIC experience for everyone lucky enough to experience it. Additionally, the clockwork-like organization of the event … Continue reading


