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Zero to G2C Hero: your 2026 training starts here!

The BUCO G2C mountain bike race from Makhanda to Port Alfred is on June 28 2026. If you haven’t taken your bike into your local bike shop for a service, now’s the time. The six-week Zero to G2C Hero training programme starting on Monday…

Make this year’s G2C a weekend to remember with Amarider

Mountain bikers are invited to come and try out the new trails around Makhanda on Saturday June 21, the day before the G2C Imagine a network of cycling trails that connect Port Alfred with Makhanda and Kenton-on-Sea – and imagine arriving…

Make this year’s G2C a weekend to remember with Amarider

Imagine a network of cycling trails that connect Port Alfred with Makhanda and Kenton-on-Sea – and imagine arriving on your bike at one of those destinations after an amazing day’s ride to find a meal, shower and your luggage waiting for…

Zero to G2C Hero week 5

The BUCO G2C mountain bike race from Makhanda to Port Alfred is on Sunday June 22 2025. Here is Week 5 of your 8-week training guide compliments of Peter Southwood and The Cycle Asylum. Each session in this 8-week programme includes:…

Zero to G2C Hero: your training starts here!

The BUCO G2C mountain bike race from Makhanda to Port Alfred is on June 22 2025. If you haven’t taken your bike into your local bike shop for a service, now’s the time. The eight week Zero to G2C Hero training programme starting on Monday…

Get set for the 2024 edition of the G2C mountain bike race

In five weeks and two days, the Southwell Road will be alive with colour and excitement as a few hundred mountain bikes and a few e-bikes make their way from Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown – that’s the G) to Port Alfred (at the sea –…

The Zero to Hero G2C Training Programme

The Zero to Hero G2C 6-week training programme was compiled by The Cycle Asylum’s Peter Southwood. The serious recreational cyclist’s programme is based on his experience with the management of various local sponsored teams – the Toyota…

Wheels keep moving for a brighter future for Makhanda’s Ama-Riders

The Ama-Riders Cycling Club are keeping the wheels moving for a brighter future thanks to their enthusiasm and one man’s drive and initiative to use the sport as a vehicle for change. The colourful Ama-Riders kitted out in canary yellow…

Bikers make light of tough G2C

The mountain bike riding community came from far and wide to participate in the 10th edition of the BUCO G2C from Makhanda to the finish line at Port Alfred Country Club on Sunday October 8. The race set off under partly cloudy but…

All set for spectacular G2C this Sunday

It’s all systems go for the 10th edition of the BUCO G2C mountain bike race that kicks off early on Sunday October 8 over 58km and 70km distances – from Makhanda to Port Alfred. Online entries may have closed on Wednesday October 4, but…

The event showcases various local off-road biking opportunities.

On track for G2C 2023

The G2C mountain bike race takes on a special meaning this year, with the 10th official edition of the race setting off on Sunday October 8 over 58km and 70km distances. Following a ‘dry run’ in 2022, the first formally organised G2C…

IN A RUSH: Juane van Zyl (#53) and Zibele Bhoyi (#194) rush around a bushy bend during the early stages of the BUCO G2C (Grahamstown to Sea) mountain bike race on Sunday. After tackling a few kilometres of gravel road and single track, the two riders were within sight of the twisty, tarred Woesthill Pass road. Juane went on to win the 58km event. Picture: SID PENNEY.

Festive finish for tenth G2C

The cyclists who completed the 2022 BUCO G2C mountain bike race last Sunday enjoyed a hero’s welcome at the event’s new Port Alfred Country Club finish. An enthusiastic crowd lined BUCO’s colourful finishing chute to cheer cyclists to the…

Family fun at the G2C finish

HOB8742 BUCO G2C A1 Poster Map Get set for a bumper weekend of family fun for the G2C Mountain Bike event from Makhanda (“Grahamstown”) to Port Alfred (the “C”!) on Sunday 6 November. This year, organisers the Makana Residents Association…

Pedalling for a purpose

When cyclists pedal off from Makhanda for the 9th BUCO G2C (Grahamstown to Sea) mountain bike race on 6 November 2022, their effort will be worth even more than a personal best or a medal. The Port Alfred SPCA will receive 25% of final…

It takes a village (or two)

G2C partners make the wheels go round! Organising an event which can expect up to 500 participants requires considerable support and in addition to major sponsor BUCO, the Grahamstown to Sea (G2C) 2022 Mountain Bike Race from Makhanda to…