Mountain Bike Epic Training Tours and Camps

Training for multi day stage races like the Cape Epic, Joburg2C, Sani2C, and Tour d Afrique have created the need for epic style training camps to prepare riders for multiday stage racing. Epic style riding camps are an essential ingredient in training for a race like the Cape Epic. Everyone does them, so no matter where you fit into the field you will benefit from attending such a training camp. We have found that one of the best ways to get the training hours in and to get your mind right is by doing back to back riding days that simulate a couple of stages of an Epic stage race.

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MTB Training Tour 1
Epic Training Camp 2

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MTB Training Camps presented by LIVE2RIDE

Epic Training Rides
The LIVE2RIDE mtb training camps are hosted by Alan and Albert who have completed 4 consecutive Cape Epic events successfully, several other multi day stage races and more than 100 marathon mtb events and authored the The Epic Guide. The hosts are only too keen to share their experiences and recipe for successfully completing an epic stage race. Add to that some spectacular scenery, awesome routes and meticulous planning and you have recipe for a successful training camp. These tours and camps have been hosted for the last 4 years on the Cape West Coast.

MTB training tour and Epic camp
The MTB training tour takes place in October every year and the epic training training camp is held in January on the Cape West Coast. We plan 3-4 days of riding, the first two days are usually the longest and the toughest, and then it gets slightly easier towards the end. All of the routes are very scenic and reveal some great places to ride on the West Coast.

Cape Epic training
These multiple days are a great time to test out riding strategies in terms of food, drinks, riding with your partner and bike and equipment setup. It is also an opportunity to meet some other riders who are going to do the epic as well as some who have done it before. In the 4 years that we have been running Epic training camps, all the riders who completed the epic said that the training camps had been a vital ingredient in their success. It was also great to be riding at the Cape Epic and then see some familiar faces in the middle of nowhere like old friends meeting up.

This camps are fully catered and supported, it includes accommodation, breakfasts and dinner as well as full vehicle backup on all the days.

MTB Training Tour - End October - more details
Epic Training Camp - End January - more details

For an idea of some previous camps see 2006 Epic camps and 2007 epic camps

Langebaan is a great sporting and family destination with great beaches and a whole host of watersports to choose from. See Langebaan accommodation and information