Non-stop Sweat and Splendour
  
2300 km MOUNTAIN BIKE race, non stop and unassisted, starting in Pietermaritzburg in mid-June every year and following South Africa's Freedom Trail to end in Wellington outside Cape Town
    

RACE DATE:
mid June - mid July

WHO CAN ENTER:
Limited field of maximum 60 participants

DISTANCE:

2300 kms

RACE ROUTE:

From Pietermaritzburg along the Freedom Trail through the Karoo to Paarl (outside Cape Town). For fuller description view the RACE ROUTE

Interested?  Send us your provisional enquiry ENTER HERE 

GEO-PHYSICAL CONDITIONS:

• Geography: ranges from coastal to mountainous to semi-desert (the race covers six terrestrial biomes)
• Anticipated temperatures: range from 30 degrees Celcius to minus 10 degreees Celcius
• Altitude variation: Cumulative ascent 37 000 metres
• Highest point: 2700 metres above sea level

    
ENTRY FEE:

The entry fee includes:

• Pre-RASA Ride Dinner
• Sponsored products
• Downloadable : Complete set of 1:50 000 topographical map sheets of the Freedom Trail
• Participants top
• Finishers blanket
• All meals and accommodation whilst in competition

EVENT SUPPORT

The mountain bike stage is UNSUPPORTED.

• No individual seconding is permitted during the mountain bike stage.
• All meals and accommodation (including bedding) are provided at approximately 25 support stations spaced at intervals approximately 100 kilometres apart along the length of the Trail.
• Participants may also pre-ship a 2 litre personal package to each support station to collect as they pass through.

The mountain bike stage is NON-STOP with only two enforced dark zones onl (unless weather or wild animals necessitate more).  It is within an individual participant's discretion to decide whether they wish to utilise the accommodation provided at each support station.

Support Stations occur every 100kms (approx) providing all meals, sponsored supplements and accommodation. Challengers may pre-ship one 2 litre box of personal supplements, maps and other requirements to each support station.

EVENT STORIES

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