18 Sep 2024

Life Cycle Bicycle Coaching and Tuition will this Saturday host a Mountain Bike (MTB) Cycling Challenge at the Madison Square in Mokolodi. 

Powered by two technical partners; Cycle4Life and Tsela Riders cycling clubs, the race aims to promote the cycling and the love for outdoor adventure. 

The two clubs bring in their experiences of organising a cycling event, and for Tsela Riders, it is a new experience as this will be their first MTB event. 

“We are admittedly on a steep learning curve. We will be assisting with route selection and manning of the route on the day,” chairperson of Tsela Riders, Charles Vaughan said. 

Cycle4Life cycling club, whose aim is to groom MTB talent as their mandate dictates, is confident that more new aspiring MTB riders will come on board through the Mamba Challenge, particularly young female riders. 

“We are also excited about the collaboration and would like to see more of these partnerships for the betterment of our sport,” Modiegi Pelaelo, chairperson of Cycle4Life, said. 

Both clubs promise an exciting MTB experience on a well-balanced route that offers a bit of everything in as far as the MTB is concerned. 

“The route is technical with single tracks, and switch backs and sharp downhill turns that make it interesting and more enjoyable for the avid and more advanced riders. 

There will be sand patches on some sections and a bit of rocks to give it a bit of a Mamba bite to it,” Pelaelo said.

Vaughan said most part of the route ‘is very rider friendly’ and therefore encouraged riders, especially beginners to come in numbers. 

The Mamba MTB Challenge offers a 20km lap format, where categories of youth, junior, masters and grand masters female and males do one lap; whilst female and male elite and under-23 will do two laps. Ends