A NEW DAWN

FOR AS LONG AS ANY OF US CAN REMEMBER, CYCLING SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN THE CUCKOO OF RACING CYCLING – AN OVER-FED BULLY, LEECHING OFF THE SUCCESS OF OTHERS, AND KICKING OUT OF THE NEST ANY FOOLISH ENOUGH TO QUESTION THE STATUS QUO. IS THAT SET TO CHANGE?

BY TIM BRINK

Like many quasi-racing cyclists in South Africa, I gave up on CSA a long time ago. I love cycling, and I love testing myself against my peers; but having a headmaster with a big stick dictating where and when I can and can’t race? No thanks. CSA’s perceived misdemeanours are legion. Bloated official trips to representative cycling events abroad, for which athletes have recently had to pay not only their own travel expenses, but even for their national riding kit. Cyclists being fined and banned from racing for riding events that CSA hasn’t sanctioned, even when those events could not be governed by CSA’s own rules (Bicycling has been privy to an alarmingly arrogant exchange between the former General Manager and an established event owner who dared to question the federation). Rumours of…

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Bicycling South Africa (Digital) - 1 Issue, July - August 2020

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