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Simon Stofberg joins the Breakaway for an honest conversation about fatherhood, fitness, and finding yourway back — three and a half months in.Also in this episode: Gallows 2026, the XCO Western Cape Schools League, a young Wellington rider's miraculous recovery.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00 Intro0:28 What's on today: Gallows, XCO schools, and the Giro1:29 Simon Stofberg: three and a half months into fatherhood4:58 Life stood still: postpartum depression, emergency C-section, the dark first months6:35 Light at the end of the tunnel7:00 David's parallel: 18 months in with Gabriella8:00 The all-in athlete personality vs. having a baby11:20 First race with the family — and the panic attacks that came before it14:13 The dopamine crash: going from 20 hours a week to nothing15:01 48T vs. 44T — GRG media weekend to GRG with a newborn17:00 Garden Route Giro debrief: Stage 1, Stage 2 blowup at Rooibos Pass23:39 David's GRG — Day 1 power PB and Stages 5–7 riding with Dusty26:08 Shout out to Dryland and the 36ONE weather situation30:15 A young XCO rider from Wellington: broke his neck, three hours alone, making a recovery33:28 XCO Western Cape Schools League: 926 boys, 280 girls35:30 Titan Racing, Ford and Shimano back the next generation37:30 Elite racing highlights — and why the YouTube footage is worth your time39:01 Jan Vitor from Tech Science — the next guest David wants in the studio39:43 Why Simon skipped Gallows, and what's next with Cam Roach42:15 Gallows 2026: Poffada, The Hosepipe, and the climb to Heavens View49:20 Finding an XCO schools correspondent: Boaf ⚠️ verify timestamp51:11 Episode 17 wrap# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling

Daniyal Matthews is the 2025 SA National Road Champion and African track champion —and the first person of colour in over a decade to win the Elite Men's nationalroad race in South Africa. He races with 7Eleven Cliqq Roadbike Philippines,riding Elves bikes, and is competing at UCI Continental level. He grew up inCape Town's Southern Suburbs, started racing on the track at age eight becausehis father dragged him there, and spent years gripping the start line with somuch anxiety he didn't actually enjoy cycling until his mid-teens.This episode is the full story: the sprint finish that made SA cycling history,what it means to represent a country where your face doesn't often appear on thepodium, what life at a Continental team racing in Asia actually looks like,and an honest conversation about road safety, the motorist-cyclist tensions thatcost lives in South Africa, and what it will take to change the culture.Dave and Daniyal also talk about the state of South African track cycling,why the Bellville Velodrome matters, the generation of SA riders who are quietlypulling the sport toward something that looks like a golden era — and why SAChamps wasn't even Daniyal's primary target.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00 — Meet Daniyal Matthews: SA Road Champion & African Track Champion1:40 — The Elves signing that lit up social media2:29 — Growing up in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs3:08 — Racing track at eight years old — and hating every second5:20 — A father's obsession: Belgium, UCI track teams, and a cycling inheritance*10:29 — Track cycling in South Africa: Bellville Velodrome and the access problem*27:30 — Career goals and why SA Champs was a bonus, not a target*31:11 — Road safety: the fatal accident, the comment sections, and the real cost*37:23 — South African cycling's future: Tshenolo, the golden era, and what's next*40:06 — Matric, Asia, and the long road to Continental racing*# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling

Massimiliano "Masi" Ambrosi is South Africa's 2025 Under-23 XCO Champion, a privateer racing the UCI World Cup circuit on pure belief and a support structure built from scratch. In this conversation, he walks us through the full arc: growing up in Johannesburg on motorbikes, the deal his dad made with him to keep his school average above 75% or lose the bike, seven years with Trek from a borrowed top fuel to a direct contract with Trek Europe, and what it actually costs — logistically, mentally, physically — to show up at Les Gets or Andorra against the factory riders of the world.# === CHAPTERS ===================================# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling

They couldn't hold Sabastian Sawe's marathon pace for more than 300 metres. That's where this one starts.From there, Episode 16 gets into how good women's cycling actually is, whether Cape Epic made the right call shortening the elite women's route to match TSS rather than distance (the feedback from the elite ladies themselves is unanimous), and why the Femme Series matters to what The Active Hobo is building.Then we get into gravel bikes. A YouTube poll. That opens a conversation about what R90k really buys you in 2026, who the premium market actually serves, and why every rand you spend at a proper bike shop is doing more for the sport than you might think.But the heart of this episode belongs to Timo. A viral Instagram video. A gravel bike from D'VILLE CYCLERY and TITAN RACING. A friend who entered him while he wasn't looking. And in two weeks, the 36ONE — 361km, 5,500m of climbing, riding through the night to the finish. Timo's been training 20 hours a week, up at 4:30am, coached by André Hubert from Training Lab in Durbanville, fuelling on 80–90g of carbs per hour with 226ERS.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00 Could you hold sub-2 marathon pace? We tried.1:35 What we're covering today2:27 La Vuelta Femenina Stage 3: Noemi Rüegg out, crashes dominating6:00 How good female cycling actually is — and why people miss it11:53 Cape Epic's call to shorten the elite women's route to match TSS15:18* The Femme Series: KZN's XCO superstars, aged 16 to 1818:08* Compete vs complete — why the distinction matters22:08 YouTube poll results: what actually drives a gravel bike purchase23:41 Inside the Titan Gen2 Switch MX Pro26:12 Is R90k "good value"? Unpacking gravel bike pricing in SA29:00* Why every rand spent at a bike shop matters for the whole sport42:50* Craig Marzuola's legacy and the birthplace of a community49:09 The 36ONE: how Timo went from "no way" to the start line51:31 The viral Instagram video that changed everything53:41* Training for 361km: 20 hours a week and 4:30am starts55:41* Fuelling strategy: 226ERS, 80–90g carbs per hour, and why solids matter1:00:08 What to expect on the 36ONE — advice from someone who's been there1:03:58* Timo's origin story: October 3rd and the toenail moment1:10:09* The next goal: Cape Epic 2027# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling

Join David Jenkins and Orphan Street Clothing Shop founder Matt Kieser for a wide-ranging conversation about what it actually takes to build a third space in a sport that already has plenty of bike shops. They go deep on the OSCS story — from its Orphan Street origins through the move to Sea Point — the cycling community that grew up around it, Thursday rides and Cape Town Cycle Tour traditions, the global Pas Normal Studios partner summits in Barcelona, Mallorca, and Copenhagen, and why people will save up for three months to buy a single jersey and wear it every ride of the week.They also get into the beautiful collision happening in Cape Town right now: Strava rivals who have been chasing each other's segments for fifteen years, finally sitting down at the same coffee table and shaking hands for the first time.Who is Matt Kieser?Founder of Orphan Street Clothing Shop (OSCS), Sea Point, Cape Town — South Africa's home for Pas Normal Studios cycling apparel and one of the city's most beloved community cycling hubs.What is Pas Normal Studios?A Copenhagen-based cycling apparel brand founded in 2014 by Karl-Oskar Olsen, Peter Madsen, Tommy Pedersen, and Brian Nygaard. "Pas normal" means "not normal" in French — which is exactly what the brand set out to be.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00:00 — Matt Kieser: The Man Behind OSCS0:01:37 — David's First Ride With Matt: Cape Town Cycle Tour Eve0:04:00 — The Pas Normal Studios Perception Problem0:07:00 — What Really Happens When You Show Up to a Thursday Ride0:13:00 — How Matt Got Into Cycling (And Down the Rabbit Hole He Can't Escape)0:23:00 — The Hong Kong Jersey That Started Everything0:25:00 — How OSCS Became a Pas Normal Studios Stockist0:31:00 — What Happens at the Annual Pas Normal Brand Summit0:36:00 — Is Premium Cycling Kit Worth the Price? An Honest Conversation0:51:00 — The Fashion World Meets Cycling: Kim Jones, Orphan Street, and Virgil Abloh0:53:00 — Building a Community Space, Not Just a Shop1:05:00 — The Coffee Problem (and How Ali Solved It)1:05:51 — Moving to Sea Point: What Changed1:13:00 — Strava Rivals Who've Never Met — Until Now1:28:20 — Closing: What Comes Next for OSCS# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling

Garden Route Giro, the race that's been years in the making, finally happened — and we rode every stage.Mossel Bay to Wilderness. Six days. Nearly 700 kilometres through mountain passes, Klein Karoo desert, and some of the most staggering gravel road on earth. We raced it, we filmed it, and we got humbled by it. This episode is the full debrief — what the racing felt like from inside the peloton, what we got right on the media side, what we'd do differently, and why Dryland have built something this country has genuinely needed.But this weekend wasn't just about South Africa. Paul Seixas is 19 years old and he nearly broke Tadej Pogačar. Sabastian Sawe ran a sub-two-hour marathon in a sanctioned race for the first time in human history. And someone ran the entire London Marathon with a 25kg fridge on their back — for his mum.Big week. Here's all of it.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00 — Back to the roots with Dave and Alec1:38 — Garden Route Giro from inside the race8:00 — What Dryland got right with race media13:10 — Favourite moments, hard stages and riders going too deep17:00 — The elite racing, women’s field and why the event felt serious23:45 — Gravel bike chaos and setup debates26:20 — Pogačar, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Paul Seixas moment32:45 — London Marathon, super shoes and impossible speeds44:00 — Wheelchair racing, robot marathons and strange endurance stories50:00 — Alan Hatherly, the Giro d’Italia and what comes next53:30 — Gattas, gravel bikes and upcoming races# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW THE BREAKAWAY =======================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkinsAlec @alec.gates# === MORE FROM THE ACTIVE HOBO ====================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXH# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for show: noah@activehobo.com# Like, subscribe, and share with someone who# needs to hear that endurance sport is never just about the strongest legs.#TheBreakaway #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling #GardenRouteGiro #Pogacar #LondonMarathon

René Haselbacher — Tour de France sprinter turned Cape Town kit maker and Double Century winner.At 21, René Haselbacher lined up at Paris-Roubaix on 23mm tyres, with no idea what cobblestones could do to a body. Four years later he was chasing Mario Cipollini's wheel at the Giro d'Italia, finishing third on two stages. Then came the Tour de France — the prologue ramp under the Eiffel Tower, a breakaway that nearly went all the way, two big crashes, and a snapped handlebar nobody in the press wanted to believe. By the time he signed with Astana and rode alongside Alberto Contador, René had done 14 years as a professional cyclist and seen the whole arc of an era. Then he stopped, at 31, almost overnight.This conversation covers a lot of ground. The physical brutality of sprint positioning, what it was actually like riding in the Lance Armstrong era, watching Mark Cavendish through the ups and downs and then seeing him win his final stage, and what RH77 would need to kit out a Tour de France team. René speaks like a man who has made peace with every crash and every near-miss — warm, honest, and still very much racing. His son is on the start line this Sunday. So is he.# === CHAPTERS ===================================0:00 — René Haselbacher Joins Active Hobo: DC Winner, RH77 Founder, Tour de France Sprinter2:27 — Vienna, a Cycling Father, and Making Austria's Under-23 National Team4:28 — First Pro Race: Standing at Paris-Roubaix at 21 Years Old5:04 — Giro d'Italia: Racing Three Weeks and Sprinting Against Mario Cipollini13:03 — The Mental Game: Discipline, Self-Belief, and What Ronaldo Gets Right21:02 — Tour de France Debut: The Prologue Ramp Under the Eiffel Tower25:36 — Two Big Crashes, a Broken Handlebar, and the Media Story That Got Away36:47 — Greatest Sprinters of All Time: Cipollini, Cavendish, and Being There for Both47:03 — The Lance Armstrong Era: An Honest Conversation About Doping and Its Legacy53:19 — Worlds in Salzburg, Riding for Astana With Contador, and Retiring at 3159:52 — Why RH77 Exists: A Rain Bag, an Austrian Championship, and a Factory in Italy1:10:36 — The Big Dream: RH77 Kit at the Tour de France1:19:15 — The Double Century: René's Favorite Race in the World1:24:25 — Pink Bibs, the RH77 DC Team, and Racing for It Again This Year1:30:37 — Custom Kit Orders: How to Work With RH771:35:15 — Cape Town Cycle Tour, Cape Epic, and What the Year Ahead Holds1:44:15 — Family, the Future, and Living Fully in the Present# === LISTEN ON THE GO ===========================Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GselFmeym7YgYXtcyPUXUApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/active-hobo/id1846864699# === FOLLOW ACTIVE HOBO =========================Subscribe: https://youtube.com/@activehobo?sub_confirmation=1Website: https://activehobo.com/Instagram: @theactivehoboStrava: https://strava.app.link/ciVbx92FJ2b# === THE CREW ===================================Dave @davlewjenkins# === MORE FROM ACTIVE HOBO ======================Latest episode: https://youtu.be/VRIeP2JYf5UFull podcast playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc2XIoaiAXafwoZykJM-jg6HnrLkWlJXHRelated episode: https://youtu.be/lGfvanjllXY# === WORK WITH US ===============================Sponsorships & collabs: david@activehobo.comSend a question for the show: noah@activehobo.com#ActiveHobo #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling #RH77 #DoubleCentury #CapeTownCycling

Join us as we take an in-depth view into the life that was is and will be with the South African icon in cycling - Ryan Gibbons. He has led out greats like Tadej Pogacar, competed in all the world tours and swept up local honours at home in South Africa. We start with a statement as Ryan shows Dave what real out the saddle sprint form looks like and settles into a beautiful trip around the Peninsula of Cape Town. We hope you enjoy this format and subject matter. Massive thank you to Ryan Gibbons and Scicon Sports for making it happen. 🔗 Scicon Sports SA — Premium eyewear and luggage for cyclists who take their kit seriously. https://theactivehobo.short.gy/sciconsports-discount👍 Like, Subscribe, and share this video to support what we love doing.- Instagram: @theactivebobo- Website: www.activehobo.com- Cafe: 6 Stibitz, Westlake, Cape Town, 79450:00 The Opening Sprint2:25 Intro: Ryan "Gibbo" Gibbons3:17 Riding Style3:47 Vuelta Stage 20: 60km Solo in the Mountains5:31 Career Highlights & First Pro Win8:42 What It Was Like Racing Alongside Pogacar10:45 Why Cycling Is Actually a Team Sport13:37 Best Teammates: Cavendish, Pogacar & Mads Pedersen17:54 Classics vs Grand Tours19:20 Paris-Roubaix22:09 Coffee in Scarborough25:35 Looking After South Africans in the European Peloton30:42 Injuries, Concussions & When the Body Speaks33:31 Why Do Pros Make the Sacrifice? The Real Answer35:01 The Unsung Heroes: Partners of Professional Athletes39:50 The Retirement Decision: Making the Call43:38 Falling Back in Love With Cycling47:46 Ryans next Chapter51:02 Cape Town Stacks Up Against the World's Best Roads58:17 The Cyclist vs Driver Problem: Road Safety in SA1:01:40 Why Belgium Respects Cyclists & We Don't1:06:32 His Sons First Ride1:09:56 The Cannondale Lab 71: Full Breakdown1:25:29 Pro’s Social Life1:41:42 Closing

In September 2025, Tyler Jacobs became the first South African woman to ever win a medal at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships short track race. Three years earlier, she was getting dropped by her dad and her brothers on Sunday rides and crying about having to go.Tyler is 21. She rides for Liv Factory Racing out of the United States, trains out of Stellenbosch with coach Barry Austin, and in 2026 added the South African Elite Women's Road Race Championship to her name in her final year as an Under-23. A month after Worlds, she won her first UCI World Cup — the U23 XCC at Lake Placid — on the global debut of Liv's new Pique Prototype. The frame has "factory test prototype frame number 4" printed on the side of it. She's one of only four people in the world riding one.In this episode of The Active Hobo Podcast: Femme Series, Tyler sits down to talk about nine years growing up in Nairobi, being the kid who had to be pumped up and packed for rides she didn't want to go on, meeting Ty White at the Drive Academy in Ballito in 2022 and everything that followed, getting picked up by Liv in Leogang after running the last half lap with a smashed wheel, what the Matterhorn podium actually felt like, and why she describes herself as "the most unserious person" her roommate has ever met — except during intervals.🔗 Scicon Sports SA — Premium eyewear and luggage for cyclists who take their kit seriously. https://theactivehobo.short.gy/sciconsports-discount👍 Like, Subscribe0:00 ★ Meet Tyler: historic Worlds bronze, Lake Placid World Cup winner1:00 ★ Born in Umhlanga, moved to Nairobi at nine2:42 ★ Home-schooled, always active, never serious about the bike7:07 ★ 2022: meeting Ty White and Drive Academy in Ballito10:14 ★ The Holla Trails sprint the locals call "World Champs"12:09 ★ Why the European field is a different sport18:00 ★ The SA pipeline: what's working, what isn't24:36 ★ Living and training in Stellenbosch24:57 ★ Coach Barry Austin and learning to use the course, not just the power27:22 ★ Winning SA Elite Women's Road Champs by being bored31:40 ★ How a smashed wheel and a run to the finish got her a Liv contract34:27 ★ Brazil, Harry and Lloyd, and finishing 5th-6th as teammates35:57 ★ Worlds 2025: rice and Nutella, then the podium38:41 ★ The first McDonald's of her life40:30 ★ Inside Liv Factory Racing48:35 ★ The Austrian team house49:14 ★ Cape Town Cycle Tour and the state of SA women's racing52:37 ★ The XCO goal: top three in 2026

Errin Mackridge was told after the 2024 UCI World Championships that she was an embarrassment to South Africa. She was 17, racing at her first Worlds, and she didn't finish. The people who said it weren't racing. They were typing.She has six national titles now. Four on the mountain bike, two on the road. She is the reigning Junior South African Road Race Champion — a title she's won in back-to-back years, 2024 and 2025. She represented South Africa at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Kigali. And in August, she boards a plane to Banner Elk, North Carolina, to race for Lees-McRae College — one of the most successful collegiate cycling programmes in the United States, and the same programme that has produced the likes of Brent Bookwalter.In this episode of The Active Hobo Podcast: Femme Series, Errin sits down to talk about the gap between SA racing and the European fields where the real depth lives, what Ty White has built at the Drive Academy in Ballito that keeps producing national champions, the sprint the Ballito locals jokingly call their "Holla Champs," and what it costs — financially, emotionally, and physically — to chase a professional contract from the bottom of Africa.🔗 Scicon Sports SA — Premium eyewear and luggage for cyclists who take their kit seriously. https://theactivehobo.short.gy/sciconsports-discount👍 Like, Subscribe0:00 ★ Meet Errin: six national titles at 181:28 ★ First title, red jersey, and a second-place that started everything3:09 ★ 2024 — the year that changed the trajectory4:09 ★ Winning SA Road Champs with Megan Botha in a two-up breakaway6:03 ★ The deep pool of SA women's cycling nobody talks about8:00 ★ Ty White, the Drive Academy, and the culture of winning9:40 ★ Culture as the multiplier: why humility shows up in the results10:40 ★ Road vs mountain bike: why XCO always wins12:35 ★ The gap between SA and Europe is real, and it's money14:12 ★ Lees-McRae College, North Carolina: the plan19:29 ★ "I was told I'm an embarrassment to South Africa"22:50 ★ Nutrition, Hexis, low-cadence intervals, and Holla Champs sprints30:57 ★ Who she'll race at SA XCO Champs in Bloemfontein32:29 ★ The kit she takes stateside, and why Maxxis stays