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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…

Book a date with Boknes for the 2025 Boknes Woody Cape Cycle Challenge

The Boknes Woody Cape Cycle Challenge’s reputation has grown since its modest 2022 beginnings and organisers anticipate between 300 and 400 entries for this year’s event on Saturday December 27. The start time is 6am for the 54km route…

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 –…

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…