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Erik Kleinhans has joined the specialist marathon racing team of Topeak Ergon, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be hearing any less from the Lion King. Follow him on Twitter: @erikkleinhans, or visit www.topeak-ergon-racing.com
Lion King Diaries February 8, 2016 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
For Erik Kleinhans there’s a big change on the bike in 2016; gone are the blacks and yellows of RECM, now you’ll see him on the trail sporting the yellow and green of Topeak Ergon. I guess that in most of these scenarios, you normally feel when the time is […]
Loving the Lowveld
Lion King Diaries November 4, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
You’ve got to feel a little jealous reading about Erik Kleinhans’ latest races. He recently spent a couple of weeks in the Lowveld racing the York Enduro MTB Rally and arguably the stage race with the best trails on the calendar – the Isuzu 3 Towers. If you’ve ever wondered […]
Into the mountains we go!
Lion King Diaries September 7, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Erik Kleinhans is back in SA after an epic Alpine riding trip with his long-time mentor Christoph Sauser. Here’s the low-down on their latest trip. So what do you do after retiring from a lucrative mountain bike career spanning 20 years at the top of the sport, which entailed lots […]
Oor die Alpe vir ‘n legende!
Lion King Diaries August 6, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Terwyl die res van ons in die middel van ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse winter sukkel was Erik Kleinhans in die Alpe, om sy fiets te ry en sy vriende en spanmaats te ondersteun in ‘n belangrik wedren. Vir die meeste van ons se spyt, het die tyd aangebreek vir Christoph Sauser se […]
Over the Alps for a legend!
Lion King Diaries July 13, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
While we’re stuck in the middle of a South African winter Erik Klienhans was in the Alps, to ride his bike and support his friends and teammates in a pretty important race. Sadly the time has finally come for Christoph Sauser to race his last professional MTB race. And there […]
Wyn, Buffet, Golfkarretjies en Trap by die Arabella Challenge
Lion King Diaries June 9, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Gelukkig is Erik Kleinhans se bergfiets nie elektries nie, of miskien moes Arabella eerder vir hom en Evert Ferreira ‘n trapkar-golfkarretjie gegee het… Dit was dalk nie super ideaal toe my en Evert se golfkarretjie op die derde putjie met ’n pap battery gaan staan na ’n volle oggend op […]
Wine, Buffets, Golf Karts and Pedaling at the Arabella Challenge
Lion King Diaries May 12, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Fortunately Erik Kleinhans’s mountain bike isn’t electric, or perhaps Arabella should have rather given him and Evert Ferreira a peddle powered golf cart… It was ideal when the battery of the golf cart Evert and I were using went flat at the third hole of the Arabella Golf Estate after a full […]
Die Epic is verby, wat nou?
Lion King Diaries May 7, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Vir ’n groot persentasie van Suid-Afrikaanse bergfietsryers is die ABSA Cape Epic en die oplopende wedrenne die belangrikste deel van hulle seisoen, sê Erik Kleinhans. Maar na die Epic gaan die seisoen voort. So daar is skaars ‘n blaaskans. Ons is bevoorreg met oneindig baie wedrenne om van te kies […]
Nog ’n Absa Cape Epic, nog ’n suksesstorie vir Team RECM!
Lion King Diaries April 20, 2015 by Erik Kleinhans 0 comments
Dit is net heel eenvoudig die mees opwindende week van bergfietsry in die wêreld, en dit verbaas Erik Kleinhans elke jaar dat ons so ongelooflik bevoorreg is dat dit alles net hier in ons agterplaas in die Wes-Kaap plaasvind. Ons RECM-span het ’n baie goeie verhouding met fiets- en toerustingborg, […]
Post Epic, what now?
For a large number of South African mountain bikers the ABSA Cape Epic, and the races building up to it, is the most important part of the season, says Erik Kleinhans. But after the Epic the season goes on, so there’s hardly a time for a breather. We are very […]