Mountain bike racing under lockdown
The Pursuit Challenge is a unique way of racing under Covid-19 lockdown regulations. Organisers set the course and the date and riders submit their time via Strava. Time trialling on a mountain bike is tougher than you think. Lockdown has decimated the once stacked South African racing calendar. Although some events have featured limited numbers and spread out fields, many riders are still not comfortable with showing up on the start line of a traditional race format, bunched. During lockdown Francois Theron devised an interesting idea and the Pursuit Challenge was born, serving as an examp...
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