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...

Buffalo Herding is a vortex. It sweeps us up into a maelstrom of memories, sights, sounds and smells to the point where we occupy a...

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...

Wed 14th 20h30 Today the weather has been a lot kinder on the riders. It’s still bitterly cold but the tormenting headwind and icy rain...

13 July 19h00 The beast we know today as the Freedom Challenge wasn’t initially called that. Its origins go back to founder David...

12 July 18h00 • Doctors • Posers • Lovers • Fighters With the number of doctors riding this year’s Freedom, it’s no wonder we need Cuban...

Sunday 11th 18h00 Kemsley Wood crossed the finishing line today a little before 15h40 to be the first rider home RASA 2021. Still covered...

The three nipples: • Lehanas • Osseberg • Stettynskloof We had quite a few first-time riders in this year’s rendition of the Freedom...

Friday 9 July | 23h00 Sitting in Osseberg with tears running done his face it dawned on him that he was not going to make the 1300 gate....

Gill Graaf (Freedom Circuit 400km 2021) is the most recent addition to the ever expanding clutch of Freedom Writers. Gill and her husband...

Buffalo herding is hard. Very hard. That is all. Next installment soon.

Thursday 8th 21h00 Another day on the trail without too much drama. Of interest is the difference in speed and distance once the riders...

Wednesday 7th 21:00 It’s been a day where everyone has simply got on with the job. I’m not going to bore you with a blow by blow but...

Tuesday 6th 22:30 Dust settles on a day another “normal” Freedom challenge day: • Minus 18 degrees on the Witteberg plateau • Cut-offs...

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...

Monday 5th 23:00 Let’s work our way through the field from back to front. Father and son pair of Leon and Brian Kruger rolled into Rhodes...

As the last full Freedom riders (The Brothers Payne) arrived in Rhodes yesterday evening at 20h30 and the Kruger Clan setting off from...

Sun 4th 9:00am The Race Across South Africa has been on the go for 13 days. In that time dreams have been realised and shattered. Goals...

Sat 3 July 10:30am Alex Harris took a tumble on the first night leaving the Ntsikeni reserve and having sustained a rib injury he has...

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...