{"id":3310,"date":"2016-08-04T17:07:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=3310"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:07:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:07:18","slug":"new-trails-for-sanlam-mtb-early-birders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/new-trails-for-sanlam-mtb-early-birders\/","title":{"rendered":"New trails for Sanlam MTB early birders"},"content":{"rendered":"

An exciting mix of adventure trails awaits riders when the Sanlam MTB Invitational takes place from Rhebokskloof Wine Estate near Paarl on November 19 and 20.<\/p>\n

Having completed a survey of the possible route options this week, race director Darren Herbst, from ASG Events, said they were looking forward to creating an interesting challenge for riders.<\/p>\n

He said the route scouting for the race, which is co-presented by the City of Drakenstein, also formed the groundwork for creating a series of permanent trails in the area.<\/p>\n

“We expect this to be the catalyst to develop an area which has plenty of riding options for mountain bikers.”<\/p>\n

To this end, Herbst said they were looking at establishing a mix of single-track and other trails through a number of wine farms.<\/p>\n

“These will take in the natural terrain and highlight the breath-taking scenery,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have already identified a number of new sections that will be used for the race itself.”<\/p>\n

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Participants in the Sanlam MTB Invitational at Rhebokskloof Wine Estate near Paarl will have exciting new trails to explore. Photo: BrandBoom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, those wanting to compete in the Sanlam MTB Invitational still stand a chance to receive a state-of-the-art backpack after the early bird entry offer was extended to Friday.<\/p>\n

The extension was agreed to by event partners Scicon after the gift – a Solargenome Hydracharge backpack – proved extremely popular.<\/p>\n

While anyone can enter the race, which is based on a two-man team format, Herbst said families were encouraged to enter as father and son, mother and son, father and daughter or mother and daughter combinations.<\/p>\n

He added that they had teamed up with Cartrip, a company that offers an internet-based platform allowing drivers and passengers to arrange lifts together.<\/p>\n

For more info, or to enter, visit www.sanlammtbinvitational.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exciting mix of adventure trails awaits riders when the Sanlam MTB Invitational takes place from Rhebokskloof Wine Estate near Paarl on November 19 and 20. Having completed a survey of the possible route options this week, race director Darren Herbst, from ASG Events, said they were looking forward to creating an interesting challenge for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1743,1751,1749,1745,1747,1741,1748,1746,1742,1744,1750],"class_list":["post-3310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","tag-asg-events","tag-cartrip","tag-city-of-drakenstein","tag-cycling","tag-mtb","tag-paarl-news","tag-rhebokskloof-wine-estate","tag-sanlam-mtb","tag-sanlam-mtb-invitational","tag-sanlam-mtb-invitational-early-bird-entries","tag-scicon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}