PLUS:
• colour maps
• altitude profiles
• detailed route descriptions
• terrain-specific riding tips
• distance, gradient & ability gradings
• loads of photos to show the conditions

Jacques Marais
Jacques Marais is a professional photographer and writer who regularly works with leading local and international publications such as Sports Illustrated, GQ, FHM, Men's Health, Discovery, Quicksilver, Bicycling, Earthyear, Ride and Travesias, contributing articles and features on a range of outdoor activities, including adventure racing and other adrenaline sports. He has also acted as consulting and contributing editor to various magazines, and has closely followed the development of adventure racing on the African continent, covering a multitude of races both locally and internationally.Highlights include Africa Adventure Quest, Global Extreme, High Coast 400 (Sweden), Namib Desert Challenge (Namibia), G4 Challenge and the Arctic Team Challenge (Greenland).

Jacques is a self-confessed trav-a-holic who has cycled more of this country's backroads and byways than most.

Susanna & Herman Mills
Susanna and Herman Mills met through mountain biking and their enduring passion for the sport saw them launching Ride magazine, initiating numerous off-road events, and producing a number of mountain biking books, including Adventure Sport Series: Mountain Biking and Mountain Bike Trails Guidebook.

Info on ordering

Language: English
Format: 165mm x 245mm
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Publisher: STRUIK
Price: R 159.00 + P&P R 40.00

NOW AVAILABLE - Biking Trails of South Africa is an listing of close to 200 mountain bike rides, routes and trails throughout South Africa's nine provinces. Aimed at all recreational cyclists - both novices and hard-core - this directory catalogues riding opportunities through private nature reserves and national parks, farmlands, plantations and mountain passes, wilderness areas and urban greenbelts. The categorisation by province, region and town makes for easy ride and holiday planning - this title will encourage riders to venture to parts of the country they've never even thought of visiting.

About the authors

Jacques Marais is a professional photographer and writer, and a regular contributor to a range of local and international travel, airline and outdoor publications, newspapers and websites. Previous books include titles for both Struik and New Holland Publishing covering outdoor survival, hiking and adventure racing. In 2004 he and the Mills co-wrote Best Mountain Bike Rides in South Africa, published by Struik. He is based in Cape Town.

Susanna Mills is the founding editor of Ride magazine. With her husband Herman she has co-authored two other books on the subject: The Gary fisher RSA MTB Trails Guidebook and Adventure Sports: Mountain Biking. The Mills duo also initiated and promoted several well-established off-road bicycle events together, including Rhodes, Koranna, Urban Assault, the Logwood and Barberton Classics.

Info on ordering

Start with the right gear to perform your best—even in desert, rainforest, and subzero environments. Then learn the skills for trekking, mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking, and mountaineering.

Insights on team strategy, use of support crews, map reading, and magnetic deviation will keep you on track. And the right fuel for changing conditions, medical know-how, and survival skills will keep you in the race.

Profiles and stories from the top races and adventure racers provide a taste of the exciting challenges of the sport. They’ll inspire you to test yourself time and again in the most addictive team endurance sport on the planet.

To order please deposit the correct amount into the following bank account:

Name of the Account Holder: Mr T.J. MARAIS
Bank: ABSA BANK
Account number: 01131300014
Branch Code: 312109
Account Type: Cheque Account
Address Details: Adderley Street, Cape Town

And send an email to: jacques@mtbroutes.co.za with the following info:

• Full Name
• Telephone Number
• Postal Address
• Quantity of Books
• Proof of payment