Trail Angels

What's actually in your gel? Your bar? Your bottle?

Most of us ride on whatever worked for someone else - and wonder why we bonk at after 2hrs or feel sick mid-race. This workshop is for YOU.

This Friday, Dr Lena Ronge is running a hands-on nutrition workshop at Tokai Forest Guesthouse.

Bring everything you currently use - gels, bars, chews, drink mixes, whatever lives in your jersey pocket - and we'll go through the labels together.

📌 Friday 4 September | 11:00
📌 R100 tickets for non W2W Academy riders
📌 in collaboration with

We'll cover what to eat and drink before, during and after your rides, and how to dial in your fuelling for training and race day.

Link in bio to RSVP 🩷

THE MONTH AHEAD 👀👀

In addition to our usual weekly schedule of MTB and gravel rides, we have a few stand out events coming up this month as well as a couple of key gravel races!

Notably our Heritage day W2W Womens Ride on the Paul Clüver trails!
👉 Expect plenty of encouragement, great company and an opportunity to ride sections similar to what you'll experience at Wines2Whales.

📆 Mark your calendars!

Week 4 - Summit for Dignity Final Updated 🩷

R36 049 raised. WE DID IT!

This month has been something really special and has taught us something important…singularly, our efforts may feel small, but TOGETHER we can achieve things beyond our wildest dreams !!

We couldn't be more proud and more grateful for our amazing community who showed up for something bigger than ourselves, for girls who deserve access to a life without limitation! 🩷

THANK YOU!

Our final Summit for Dignity Challenge SHEovita @‌ciovita jersey leaders are awarded to:

🟡 Yellow Jersey - Fastest segment summit
Lena Ronge | 38mins 25secs

🔴 Polka Dot Jersey - Most segment efforts
Suzanne Clark | 28 summits 🔥

🩷 Pink Jersey - Best Mast Pic
Suzanne Clark

🤍 White Jersey - first-time summiteers
29 people rode to the top of The Mast for the very first time this month !!! 👏

🎉 R36 000 raised for the MENstruation Foundation - that’s sanitary pads for 600 girls for a year!

Our August Summit for Dignity goal - hit and surpassed!

All month, women have been heading up to The Mast in Tokai, logging their climbs on our dedicated Strava segment, and raising money so that girls don’t have to miss school because of their periods.

Over the month, we have summed up a summit total to over 230 summits for August !!!

Thank you to everyone who summited, donated, shared and showed up this August. We put our minds to something and were committed to a goal and together, our community has achieved something magical! 🩷

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MENstruation Foundation
CIOVITA
Cadence Nutrition
Beyond Bike
Sq**rt Cycling Products
ASS MAGIC
NOVA Chocolate

SAVE THE DATE - Thursday 24 September 🩷

Join our FNB FNB Wines2Whales and Trail Angels team for a Women’s Outride at Paul Clüver this Heritage Day.

On Thursday 24 September at 08:30, we’re heading to the Paul Clüver Trails for a women-only ride on one of the most beautiful trail networks in the Western Cape.

Whether it’s your first W2W or your fifth, this ride is about building confidence on the trails, not chasing a time. We’ll keep a comfortable pace, share tips along the way…and no one gets left behind.

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This is a free, women-only ride - sign up via the link in bio
Let’s get W2W ready…together! 🩷🚵‍♀️

SAVE THE DATE - Thursday 24 September 🩷

Join our FNB FNB Wines2Whales and Trail Angels team for a Women’s Outride at Paul Clüver this Heritage Day.

On Thursday 24 September at 08:30, we’re heading to the Paul Clüver Trails for a women-only ride on one of the most beautiful trail networks in the Western Cape.

Whether it’s your first W2W or your fifth, this ride is about building confidence on the trails, not chasing a time. We’ll keep a comfortable pace, share tips along the way…and no one gets left behind.

____________________

This is a free, women-only ride - sign up via the link in bio
Let’s get W2W ready…together! 🩷🚵‍♀️

SAVE THE DATE - Thursday 24 September 🩷

Join our FNB Wines2Whales and Trail Angels team for a Women’s Outride at Paul Clüver this Heritage Day.

On Thursday 24 September at 08:30, we're heading to the Paul Clüver Trails for a women-only ride on one of the most beautiful trail networks in the Western Cape.

Whether it's your first W2W or your fifth, this ride is about building confidence on the trails, not chasing a time. We'll keep a comfortable pace, share tips along the way…and no one gets left behind.

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This is a free, women-only ride - sign up → https://www.grouprides.cc/rides/fnb-w2w-women%27s-ride-2026-09-24
Let's get W2W ready…together! 🩷🚵‍♀️

Ever noticed how watching someone else try a new skill makes it feel a little less intimidating?

That’s the magic of our Small Group Skills Sessions!

With a maximum of five riders, you don’t just get personalised coaching…you get the massive benefit of peer learning.

👉 See it in action: Watching fellow Trail Angels learn and tackle obstacles helps you process the technique better than you’d think!

👉 Zero pressure: We create a relaxed environment where it’s perfectly okay to try, wobble and try again.

👉 Shared progress: You get to share the highs (and the wobbles!) while making new riding friends.

Learning alongside 2 to 5 other riders creates a relaxed, supportive space where you can actually watch others navigate the same challenges.

Seeing a fellow rider figure out a tricky roll-down helps more than you’d think! It builds quiet confidence, takes the pressure off being "perfect," and turns a daunting skill into a fun, shared experience.

Our Cornering and Switchback group skills sessions are coming up in September & October - spaces are limited to five riders per session, so keep an eye out and grab your spot before they're gone.

Book via the Fit by Wix app 🩷🩷