DID YOU KNOW… John Stegmann was the first PPA Chairman (1977-79), followed by Neil Bramwell (1979-80), Ian Macaskill (1980-81), Bruce Pickering-Dunn (1981-84), John Wilmot (1984-86), Rassie Visser (1986-87), Mario Rosingana (1987-88), Lawrence Whittaker (1988-99), Frans Fouché (1999-2003), David Bellairs (2003-04), Steve Hayward (2004-16) and Rens...
They came with a plan. The strategy was to go hard from the gun. To win in style. By doing so they would be telling a side story. Nic White and his RoadCover Cycling Team today convincingly outgunned Alpha BodyWorks and Active Bodies to win...
Exciting news: Entries for the 2017 Maluti Double90 Team Cycle Challenge will open at 13h00 on Monday 28 November 2016. Don’t miss out, as entries for this amazing team cycle challenge at the foothills of the Maluti Mountains and the Golden Gate National Park will...
How do we all fit together and what do we do? PPA, Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust and Racetec When someone asks where I work and I say, “At PPA”, two of the more common responses are, “Oh, you guys organise the Argus?” and “What’s that?”. ...
The Pedal Power Association is demanding swift and decisive action after watching a video of Gauteng cyclist, Darryl Fitz-Gerald, who was struck down by a taxi driver on Wednesday morning. "Seeing it for the first time and not knowing what happens at the end,...
DO YOU REMEMBER… PPA was founded 40 years ago...
Dear Members This past weekend, we hosted the Mangaung MTB and Road cycling events in Bloemfontein. The mountain bike event was called off after the start due to problems around route marking and land access permissions. All routes were affected and with so few riders managing to...
DO YOU REMEMBER… PPA was founded 40 years ago! In February 1988, the then-editor of the PPA newsletter, Enrico Uliana, wrote “…I believe cycling will be much safer if we all follow two simple rules: RIDE IN A STRAIGHT LINE and NEVER CROSS THE CENTRE...
Congratulations to James Tennent who won the Elite section of the Durbie Dash on Saturday in 2:20,46. Second in the elite section was Jonathan van Gesseleen (2:21:01) who out-sprinted David Garrett (2:21:02), Ignus Oosthuizen (2:21:02) and Alex Parsons (2:21:03) to the line. Parsons took top honours...
Congratulations to JC Nel who won the 2016 Mangaung Cycle Tour in a time of 2:32:25, finishing 9 seconds ahead of Egon Campbell on the 106 km route. The times were fast with the lead riders averaging 40km/h in the hot, quiet conditions. Hazel Magill...