Modern Cyclist Magazine Issue 3, November 2014 | Page 4

MC Editor’s trail

your bike
What a ride!
For the last three issues of Modern Cyclist, it
has been quite a ride for all of us. From the
time our first issue hit the stands and goodie
bags, to now as you hold our third issue, we
have had a blast.
And it hasn’t been “that blast” which you
get when you complete a very technical
section on a mountain bike trail for the first
time, but rather that “blast” you receive
when people ask you when the next one is
coming out “because they enjoyed the first
one so much!”
So, on behalf of our publisher Craig van der
Westhuizen and the whole Modern Cyclist
team, I give you our third issue.
Yes, the Amashova has come and gone,
which can only mean it is 94.7 time. Oops,
the good folk at Prime Media have pleaded
with me that it’s now 947. I suppose
because they think it is rude to “point”.
Seriously though, November is time for South
Africa’s second biggest cycling event, the
Momentum 947 Cycle Challenge.
If you are reading this before the event, I
wish you well! I’ll be joining you, particularly
on the 55 kilometre Momentum 947
Mountain Bike Challenge so, if you see me
out on the route, feel free to chat.

of the South African contingent that
attended the World Masters Mountain Bike
Championships, Paul Furbank.
Our “50 Shades of … Mud” correspondent
speaks to us, this time all the way from
France, and our mysterious Bike Whisperer
tells us why we should keep our bikes in
tip-top condition.
We visit Johannesburg’s PWC Bike Park
and we get to know a rather friendly but
perhaps rather moody bike shop dog,
who will either climb into your heart or bite
your ankles, depending on what you are
wearing on your head!
Our Italian keyboard tickler tells us about
his attempts at getting rid of the winter
layers and our woman cyclist tells us how
other members of the fairer gender can
avoid those nasty moments on our bikes.
But it’s the interview with an alien that
will, hopefully, astound you the most. We
managed to track down South Africa’s
most famous cycling alien – which is a
scoop for Modern Cyclist – and we found
out that he isn’t just South Africa’s most
famous alien but is probably the most
famous cycling alien all over the world.

But if you are reading this after the race, I
really hope that you had a good one and
that you met your go