Great news for Cape Town racing cyclists is that entries have opened for the new Vida League which starts in August. The new league series will follow a “Category racing” format and be contested over five road races, a criterium, a hill climb and a...
Ladies - it’s time to come and have some fun with us! Please join us on Saturday 22 July 2017 at the Anura Wine Estate near Simondium (close to Stellenbosch and Paarl) for the new YOU GO GIRL! Run & Ride. We searched...
Entries for the TRANS-KAROO MTB on Saturday 2 September close on 15 August, where after entries close and you'll have to wait until 2018 to get a shot at riding this iconic event. What is the TRANS-KAROO MTB? It's not an easy event. It's not an...
Great news for Cape Town racing cyclists is that Vida e Caffè has come onboard as sponsor of the PPA 2017 Spring league. The Vida League will consist of eight events that will test riders’ ability to the full. These include five road races, two...
With the sun showing its face in Gauteng at 06h55 and in Cape Town only around 07h50, most commuting or sport cycle training currently takes place in the dark. “It is great to see so many people cycling, but unfortunately we have also witnessed an increase...
When the 2017 Cape Town Cycle Tour was cancelled less than an hour into the event, the Pedal Power Association organised a new 100 km road event to take place the following weekend, giving a few hundred cyclists the opportunity to get rid of some...
Great news: Entries are open for our popular 2017 Tiletoria Elgin Valley MTB that will take place on Sunday 27 August on the Paul Cluver Wine Estate near Grabouw. Limited entries are available. Last year entries sold out. So… rather be safe than sorry and...
Over the last 4 years the Trans-Karoo MTB has built a solid reputation for a ‘bucket list’ event; a tough one-day endurance mountain biking challenge that tests both physical and mental fitness. To pedal 247 km off-road within 17 hours is not an easy task...
The Pedal Power Association, together with more than 300 cyclists from all walks of life, took to the streets of Cape Town on Saturday 6 May 2017 to ride in memory of cyclists who have been killed or injured on Western Cape roads and to...
“The law has to protect cyclists,” says PPA CEO, Robert Vogel. Hit-and-run incidents have become a common phenomenon in South Africa with few, if any, of the drivers being prosecuted, fined or jailed. In January 2017, the Pedal Power Association was shocked to hear about...