Bicycling South Africa

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.

Bicycling South Africa

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THE FRAME • UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS IN CYCLING

WITLESS OR WISDOM? • These old-school tips are all wrong – here are the new and improved versions.

Inside Knowledge • THIS ISSUE'S RIDERS & CONTRIBUTORS SHARE A FAVOURITE TIP

THE TEST ZONE • NOTES, OPINIONS, USEFUL TIPS, AND THE COOLEST GEAR FROM INSIDE THE WORLD’S MOST RIGOROUS BIKE AND GEAR TEST CENTRE

BUYING KIDS’ BIKES • I have two young boys, and a garage full of tiny bikes. Not every kid needs a suspension fork and disc brakes; but here are the four things I believe are most important.

HOW TO GET GREAT BRAKING POWER

DISC BRAKE MAINTENANCE MUST-HAVES

FYI

WHICH PADS SHOULD I BUY?

NAIL YOUR SADDLE SHAPE TO PUT MORE POWER IN YOUR PEDALS

3 STANDOUT SADDLES

NEWBIE PAIN

HOW TO FIND YOUR PERFECT PERCH

HOW TO CLIMB, JUMP, DESCEND, RIDE OVER ROCKS, ROLL IN A PACELINE, AND PICK A LINE BETTER • UP YOUR SKILLS WITH SWEAT, CASH, SCIENCE, AND FRIENDS.

MAKE YOUR CYCLING BRAIN BETTER

BIKES ARE A LITTLE BETTER THAN THEY WERE 30 YEARS AGO. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS A LOT BETTER.

FIND NEW TRAILS ON YOUR OWN

WOULDA BEEN GOOD TO HAVE IN 1988

TO EVERYONE WHO LOVES A CYCLIST: SORRY, AND THANK YOU

HOW TO SHOEHORN A RIDE INTO EVERYTHING • When I asked my friends about the crazy ways they’ve fit riding into life, I got more than 70 amazing responses. Here are some favourites.

3 WAYS TO TAKE YOUR BIKE ON HOLIDAY

HOW TO BE A BETTER CYCLIST HUMAN BEING • My best friend Kelsey has been putting up with my BS for years, and also happens to be a professional therapist. I asked her for tips on how we can be better to our non-cycling loved ones. Here’s what she advises.

LUPA GOES WILD • Leonie Mervis’ adventurous, electric Soma Wolverine

HOW TO BIKE 296 KPH FROM THE WORLD’S FASTEST CYCLIST • IT’S A FEAT INCONCEIVABLE TO MOST SOUND-MINDED MORTALS: LAST SEPTEMBER, DENISE MUELLER-KORENEK RODE A BICYCLE AT NEARLY 296KM/H –FASTER THAN THE TAKEOFF SPEED OF AN AIRBUS A340 – AND CRUSHED THE MOTOR-PACED BICYCLE LAND-SPEED RECORD.

RIDE FASTER TODAY

AN EXTRAORDINARY BIKE • Built by San Diego engineers Len Lochmiller and Chris Garcia, Mueller-Korenek’s bike for this record had to be stable enough to stay upright at 296km/h, with tyres strong enough to spin that fast and a gear large enough to push a rider faster than any human has ever pedalled a bike.

THE ULTIMATE REAL-LIFE, NO-FRILLS GUIDE TO BEING A BETTER RIDER • WHAT I WISH I’D KNOWN WHEN I STARTED RIDING

THE STUFF I WISH I’D HAD

Juliet Elliott Explains • FIXIE RIDING MAKES YOU A BETTER ROADIE, WHICH MAKES YOU ABETTER DIRT JUMPER, WHICH MAKES YOU A BETTER MOUNTAIN BIKER, WHICH... YOU SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

Why -We- Ride

DO YOU HAVE THE BIKE GENE? • Your DNA could hold the secret to getting better

HOW DID THE PROS STACK UP? • In addition to...