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16 Sep Mountain biking
EVENTS Mountain bikers in South Africa are spoilt for choice, with events taking place every weekend. In the last year, PPA assisted 17 event organisers to put on their own MTB events. We are there to support these event organisers whose primary objective is to raise funds...
16 Sep PPA cycling marshals
The PPA is fortunate in that it has a core group of 42 passionate cycling marshals to assist at events. These marshals are all paid-up members who voluntarily give up their time to assist at events, in the interest of safety. During the 2015/2016 funride season,...
16 Sep Cycling development
In 2014 PPA amended its development club cycling strategy to primarily focus on junior cyclists and cyclists in real financial difficulty, assessing such requests for assistance on a case-by-case basis. PPA continues to support primarily junior cyclists with subsidised membership fees, entry fees and timing...
16 Sep Commuting report
The PPA Commuting Sub-Committee was established with the specific purpose to focus on ‘utility cycling’ – to encourage cycling as an acknowledged and accepted means of transport, ultimately to get ‘more bums on bikes’ as we like to phrase it. Since its establishment, it has...
16 Sep CEO’s report
Dear Members I think we are heading into an exciting phase at PPA and I’d like to think that over the past year and a bit, our improved communication has helped you keep abreast of what we are busy with at the office. I made the offer...
16 Sep PPA welcomes Enjoy to the One Tonner
The Pedal Power Association is proud to welcome onboard ENJOY as the new title sponsor of its iconic “One Tonner” road cycle race. The Enjoy One Tonner, which takes place on Sunday 23 October 2016, is unique in that it is one of only two events...
05 Sep For women only: Heels on Wheels!
Female cyclists in the Cape have a fantastic event to look forward to: PPA’s BlueBoost Heels on Wheels’ on Sunday 9 October 2016. This is the only road funride in the Cape aimed specifically at the fairer sex, and if the past five years is...
05 Sep From the CEO’s desk (August 2016)
It has been just over a year since I started my first day as the CEO of PPA and I thought this would be good time to step back and take stock of what has happened here in those 13 months. As a start, I’d like...