00:00 – Cold open

08:30 – East Africa opportunity: zones, free trade, and growth vs. Europe

12:30 – Cape Town Cycle Tour: finances, sponsorship droughts, and recovery

17:30 – Global cycling headwinds & why formats must evolve

20:30 – A life changed by cycling: DC culture, move to Cape Town, purpose

28:00 – Why fun rides vanished: 2010 safety act, compliance costs, risk

36:00 – Prize money vs. media value; TV rights reality

41:00 – Cavendish, Armstrong & the solidarity ride (fires year)

47:00 – Rebuilding the ecosystem: short routes, youth on-ramps, coffee stops

53:00 – E-bikes: perception vs. actual incident data

57:00 – Deep South road closures, traffic constraints & what could work next

1:02:00 – Inclusivity, new demographics, and where SA cycling can go from here

We dig into the cost of compliance, the role of PPA, prize-money vs. media reality, the DC culture, e-bikes, short routes, and practical ways to rebuild the fun-ride ecosystem in Cape Town. You’ll also hear wild behind-the-scenes moments.

#DavidBellairs #CapeTownCycleTour #CyclingPodcast #SouthAfricanCycling #CapeTown #DoubleCentury #PPA #CyclingCulture #EnduranceCycling #MassParticipation #Ebike #SportBusiness #UCI

Velokhaya has developed and exposed more Africans to the Global Cycling stage than any other cycling academy, their story is hard to summarise but Sipho Mona does an incredible job of doing just that as we unpack his story and how it led to this incredible academy reshaping the lives of many cyclists in Africa.

Sipho thanks SO MUCH For your time and what you doing for the industry and youth!

#cycling #cyclingacademy #podcast #storytelling #velokhaya

La Perla Classic AKA LPC are the main protagonists in the KOTAS (King of the Atlantic Seaboard) battle and are soley responsible for bringing world tour riders to the DC (Double Century)

They are easily one of the gnarliest groups to hook onto for a weekend thrash and individually have some incredible stories.

Gents it was such a pleasure to have you in studio and to get onto the group ride. Best of luck for the DC, lets see how those predictions hold ;)

#doublecentury #cycling #cyclingcapetown #KOTAS #capetown #dc