For the past three years, the Pedal Power Association, a Public Benefit Organisation (PBO 18/11/13/2410), has been actively campaigning to improve the conditions of cyclists on the roads, running various local and national initiatives to bring across the message that CYCLISTS STAY ALIVE AT 1.5m....
Entries for the 13th annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay MTB Challenge opened on Monday, 20 January. 2014 marks an exciting change in format with the event moving to Le Bonheur Wine Estate in The Greater Simonsberg Conservancy in Stellenbosch. The move offers mountain biking...
Entries have opened for the annual PPA Wacky Wheels Overnight Tour on 29-30 March 2014. A maximum of 50 spots are available for this fun overnight cycle tour, so book your spot soonest! The tour will take place in the Overberg. As in 2013, we’ll...
The Pedal Power Association is shocked and saddened at the death of two cyclists in Worcester on Thursday 9 January 2014. The two female cyclists were killed after being run over by a truck. Madaleine van der Merwe and Mariana Steyl were training on their...
Limited late entries for the Tour de PPA on Sunday 19 January are available at the PPA Office during registration for the event, Wednesday 15 January 10h00-16h30 and Thursday 16 January 08h30-16h30. The Tour de PPA will start and finish at the Durbanville Racecourse with...
The Pedal Power Association is pleased to announce that the 2014 Summer League will consist of a combined calendar of league races (funrides with a racing component) and other events to provide league riders with a total of seven events to compete in, with Ribbens...
PPA honours Nelson Mandela as one of the greatest leaders and sources of leadership of our nation – may the legacy that he laid down for our country continue. Our thoughts and prayers go with his family and the nation as his death is mourned.
Entries for the PPA Heels on Wheels (all-female) funride closed with a wonderful field of some 500 ladies getting ready to take to the roads around Paarl and Stellenbosch on Sunday 8 December 2013. With a new venue and new routes, the PPA Heels on...
The new PPA Tread Lightly Twilight MTB ride on Friday 13 December 2013 is something different – and should definitely not be missed. Amongst others, the first 250 participants who enter by Friday 29 November will each receive a lovely gift; lucky draw prizes will...
Sunday 8 December is a special day on the cycling calendar: It is a day when the focus falls solely on female cyclists, with husbands, boyfriends and partners looking after the kids while the women take to the roads. The PPA’s ‘Heels on Wheels’ funride...