Entries for the Western Cape’s second-biggest road cycling event, Die Burger PPA Cycle Tour, have closed. Die Burger PPA Cycle Tour takes place on Sunday, 01 December 2013, starting and finishing once again at Stellenbosch High School in Jannasch Street (just off Merriman Street). Experienced...
Congratulations to everyone who braved the terrible wind on Sunday – we salute you. Some interesting stats: Of the just over 1800 entrants, 1294 (wearing transponders) arrived on the day, with 1260 riders making it to the checkpoint just outside Malmesbury. Of these, 1115 completed...
Too many cyclists have died in the past year after being hit by a car, bus or taxi. Amongst them were Olympic cyclist Burry Stander, as well as numerous commuters and other cyclists. In the draft National Non-Motorised Transport Policy of 2008, South Africa’s National...
Cyclists participating in the PPA Toyota ‘Ride for your Life South Africa’ Tour on Saturday 14 September embarked on Stage Two of the 20-day national cycling Tour from Johannesburg to Cape Town. They left Bloemfontein en route to Oudtshoorn as part of the PPA’s safe...
Entries for the PPA One Tonner (Sunday 20 October 2013) close on 10 October 2013 – please note that no late entries will be accepted. Click here to enter now. The One Tonner offers a tough new route over 163 km, starting and finishing in...
Entries for the 2014 Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour have closed in record time – in less than a week. The Cycle Tour is recognised as the world’s largest individually timed cycle race, annually attracting approximately 35 000 cyclists from around the world...
Thank you to all our members who attended the Annual General Meeting on Monday 2 September 2013. Congratulations to the new committee members: (in alphabetical order) David Bellairs, Rob Booth, Lance Burger, Niel Cilliers, Steve Hayward, Robin Hunt-Davis, Zaakier Jacobs, Riaan Meintjes, Shayne Ramsay, Rens...
(29 August 2013, Cape Town) The Pedal Power Association today announced the launch of the PPA Toyota ‘Ride for your Life South Africa’ Tour scheduled to take place in September in support of their ongoing safety campaign, ‘Cyclists Stay Alive at 1.5m’ which urges motorists...
Entries for the 37th annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour will open on Sunday 1 September 2013 at 1pm. The Cycle Tour is recognised as the world’s largest individually timed cycle race, annually attracting approximately 35000 cyclists from around the world to participate...
We have unexpectedly run into problems regarding the 2013 PPA Spring league, with two Spring road funrides informing us within the last week that they are either having to cancel the event or are unable to host a league event. This left only three league...