Buy brand new bike in December 2020. April 2021, shifter packed up 25km from the end of the Freedom Circuit. Became a single speed and...

In a few days I’ll be taking on the Race to Cradock. I’ve done all of the RTC events since inception. I’ve wiggled down the trail and...

If the Freedom Challenge could be represented by an item, for me it would be a blanket. Not just any blanket, as you can get a perfectly...

Ingrid Avidon, Freedom Rider and Freedom Writer, doesn’t really need an introduction. Her track record as one of the leading women...

Ladies size bikes are not made for bike packing. John is 6’3; he can fit his whole wardrobe and a bike workshop under his saddle. I am...

I started this journey a bit late in life. I was never very sporty at school and my twenties were caught up with other life dramas. One...

I’m pushing my bike through a field of daisies when a 22 wheeler appears out of nowhere. Black smoke belches from the exhaust stack as it...

Hi, my name is Leon Erasmus and I am a Freedom Junkie. My first Freedom was in 2016. Back then I called it by it's other name RASA (Race...

Over the years, whenever I am talking to someone about a recent adventure or gruelling exploit, the question I am most often asked, is...

What's all the fuss? I still remember clearly where and when I truly 'got' it. It was on the track before reaching the district road that...

I’m a cyclist and an artist so this blog may be a bit left of centre but I thought I’d look at the bicycle through a slightly different...

RASA and RTR 2021 is upon us. The race has already kicked off for more than half the field and a legion of dot watchers. This year I get...

As a woman, riding the Freedom Challenge has taught me many lessons. I will share one of them with you: the contents of the 2 litre ice...