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Bicycling South Africa Magazine - September / October 2025

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In this issue

Why your next bike should be custom: Here's how to make it happen. / The hottest new cycling threads for summer / How pros fuel their rides and how you should too / Travel: Botswana and Italy's Garda

BIKES WITH SOUL

CYCLING IS A FASCINATING SPORT.

2 mins

CIOVITA

Explore the Summer Collection, now available online and in store.

2 mins

HYDRATION FOR THE NATION

FIRST ASCENT ENDURO HYDRATION PACK / R1 299 / FIRSTASCENT.CO.ZA

1 mins

THE WEIGHT OF PERFORMANCE

PAULINE FERRAND-PRÉVOT'S dominant performance at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was nothing short of spectacular.

2 mins

DOES THE IDEAL CADENCE REALLY EXIST?

The act of pedalling seems pretty straightforward; but there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to pedal stroke, and one of its essential components: cadence.

2 mins

WHAT'S IN A NAME? EVERYTHING.

I THINK - PERHAPS BECAUSE SO many serious corporate types seem to be enamoured with cycling - that there's sometimes a lack of creativity in the sport.

2 mins

CROWDER HOUSE

AGENCY GURU BY DAY, event organiser by night. Jeremy Crowder fell into the world of cycling events because of... his wife.

3 mins

LONG LIVE THE INDEPENDENT BIKE SHOP

NILS HANSEN IS MOVING. If you ride a bike in Cape Town, you will have heard of his shop - the one-and-only Woodstock Cycleworks.

3 mins

HAYLEY PREEN, RACING MACHINE

THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GRAVEL CHAMP IS ON A MISSION TO CONQUER THE UNITED STATES... AND ANYWHERE ELSE WITH A RACE THAT CROSSES HER PATH.

7 mins

BOMBING THE BATTLEFIELDS

BERG & BUSH DESCENT, KWAZULU-NATAL

3 mins

WHY YOU DESERVE A CUSTOM BIKE

WHETHER YOU WANT A ONE-OF-A-KIND FRAMESET OR A WILDLY ORIGINAL PAINT JOB, GOING CUSTOM COULD BE THE SMARTEST INVESTMENT YOU CAN MAKE FOR A LIFETIME OF CYCLING. MEET THE LOCAL LEGENDS BUILDING TWO-WHEELED WORKS OF ART FOR OUR STREETS AND TRAILS.

10+ mins

DELTA TO DESERT

LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF MOUNTAIN-BIKE ADVENTURE? JOIN US ON THE TWO-WHEEL SAFARI OF A LIFETIME: FROM MAUN TO THE MAKGADIKGADI PANS IN BOTSWANA, CHASING SUNSETS ALONG ANCIENT ELEPHANT TRAILS.

6 mins

GRAZIE GRAN GARDA

A four-day tour around Italy's Lake Garda is as startlingly beautiful as it is relentlessly tough. From epic climbs to gravel singletrack and swooping downhills, this is an adventure that will stay with you long after the pedalling's done.

7 mins

RAINBOWS IN THE STORM

THE PART OF KIGALI THAT tourists see bears little resemblance to the stereotypical image of Africa.

8 mins

HOW TO CARBO-LOAD LIKE A PRO

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MAXIMISING YOUR ENERGY BEFORE YOUR NEXT BIG RACE.

2 mins

WHAT TO EAT THE DAY BEFORE YOUR EVENT

HERE'S A SAMPLE PLAN showing how to best consume your carbohydrates the day before a race. Depending on your weight, you might want to adjust the portions of bread, sweet spreads, pasta and sports drinks accordingly.

1 mins

THE FIVE RULES OF CARBO-LOADING

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT CARBO-LOADING. HERE ARE FIVE RULES TO HELP YOU FUEL LIKE A PRO

2 mins

CAFFEINE

THE EXPERTS' FAVOURITE FORM OF (LEGAL) DOPING!

2 mins

FAST RUBBER, ANY SURFACE

Looking for new tyres for your gravel bike? We tested six options that are fast on dirt and smooth on tar.

4 mins

SHIMANO (Finally) Goes Wireless

After seven long years, the Japanese component giant has ditched internal frame batteries and junction boxes and followed SRAM into the world of wireless shifting. Our expert has ridden every XTR groupset in history; and while he thinks the wireless version is fantastic, is it not just a little... bland?

7 mins

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Bicycling South Africa Magazine Description:

Publisher: QuickBrownFox-(Pty)-Ltd

Category: Sports

Language: English

Frequency: Bi-Monthly

Bicycling is South Africa's leading cycling magazine and is aimed at both road and mountain biking enthusiasts. Launched in February 2003, it is published 10 times a year, targeting the fast-growing and affluent lifestyle cycling market youngsters, adults, professional as well as casual cyclists. The magazine is filled with the best international and local content for every element of the cyclist's life from training techniques and fitness information to inspiring human interest stories, event news, nutrition and motivation. Bicycling is also South Africa's leading tester of bikes and gear with over 30% of the monthly magazine dedicated to the latest reviews so our readers can make the best choices.