May 31, 2017 | Stories
They say training needs the right attitude, but for a grueling stage race high up in the Lesotho mountains, it needs altitude. Every year, we get the same requests from riders who want to come for a few days to get used to the altitude before they line up at the...
May 15, 2017 | Stories
We took hands with Velosolutions and Have A Good One to bring you the first Pump For Peace project in Africa – a one of its kind pump track in Roma. The mountain bike kingdom has recently opened its first pump track in Roma and it kicks ass. It is part of a...
Feb 18, 2017 | Stories
MTB race advice by Darol Howes. Since the first Lesotho Sky, we have given the GPS route to our riders to use as reference, although the route was always marked out. In 2016 however, we moved to a fully GPS navigation for the race. This my best advice to explain what...
Sep 28, 2016 | Stories
The 6th edition of the Lesotho Sky is done and dusted. What started in 2011 with a handful of passionate mountain bikers grew into one of Africa’s most spectacular and toughest stage races. The Lesotho Sky 2016 race, with its 392km of mostly single tracks, big...
Sep 23, 2016 | Stories
Welcome to Lesotho Sky 2016 Day 5. There’s something special about the people who come to ride the Lesotho Sky. Throughout the week the Afrikaans word gees came up in conversation. Gees is something you have or experience. It literally means spirit, but it can also...
Sep 22, 2016 | Stories
Lesotho Sky 2016 race report day 4 Today was another awesome day as Phetetso Monese celebrated his 32nd birthday and took the stage win with teammate Stuart Marais for team Vodacom Lesotho. Daniel Gathof rode over a ploughed field and had to down a beer as punishment....
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