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On Sunday, a group of local road riders arrived home after completing the mammoth journey from Johannesburg to Margate. The ProDeo Cycle Tour is 780km of riding over 5 days. This annual tour is done to fundraise for cancer and the ProDeo Care Group. Well done to those riders who not only conquered this physical challenge, but who gave up their time and effort to selflessly raise funds for a good cause! The Local riders who completed this year’s tour were: Bennie Kruger, Fred Van Zyl, Colin McKay, CJ Dressing, Robbie Cummings, Gerard Brierly, Grant Langley, and the rose amongst the thorns, Dura Cycles’ Heather Malan. Well done again to all of these brave riders.

Now onto some mountain biking news from the dirt. This weekend was full of mishaps, with a few of our local MTB riders involved in serious crashes. ‘Extreme downhill rider’ Grant Richardson, confirmed the laws of gravity as he lost control of his bike on a fast downhill and flew through the air at high speed. He made use of the tuck-and-roll technique, and is extremely lucky to only have a minor shoulder injury. Another crash happened this weekend at the multisport series event and involved one of the South Coast’s top riders, Evan van der Spuy. Evan was having a great ride, and while racing through the single track, a huge male Red Hartebees launched itself at Evan throwing him off his bike. Fortunately he only suffered a concussion and the x rays revealed no major damage. The whole crash was recorded from a rider behind Evan – this unbelievable footage is not something you see every day. We all wish both Grant and Evan a speedy recovery, and hope to see them back on their bikes soon. To watch Evan's run in with the Hartbees follow the link http://youtu.be/S2oymHHyV1M 


Summer is now upon us, so we can look forward to some sunny mornings on the bike. The last couple of weeks there has been great turnouts at our local outrides. A reminder that we ride from Dura Cycles every Saturday morning at 6:30. All are welcome and all levels of fitness are catered for. There is a fast, medium and social group. Don’t miss out on some exciting MTB riding and some good laughs with likeminded mountain bikers. Join us for a cup of coffee afterwards. Don’t miss out and we’ll see you there.