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MEET OUR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTORS
Meet the awesome folks who share the most epic routes and inspiring adventure content with our community. Want to share your adventures too? Submit them here.
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Leonie is the founder & creative director of Bicycle South. A designer & environmental activist, Leonie is passionate about sustainability and a keen advocate for bicycle cities. When she is not blogging on local bicycle culture, you’ll find her adventuring beyond the city limits on her touring bike. -
Professional photographer, industrial designer and founder of Everyday Cycle Supply Co, David is passionate cycling enthusiast and regular contributor of adventure cycling routes. David also organises our S24o Bicycle MicroAdventure group and various community events. -
Jon is a freelance writer, editor and photographer. He’s a frequent contributor to various publications, including go! and Bicycling. He has a garage full of steel bikes, which he rides as often as he can – usually to Kalk Bay in Cape Town for coffee, or into the forest behind Kirstenbosch. -
You will mostly find me running up mountains, but when I feel like taking things a little less seriously you'll find me on my bike. Hopefully riding to camp somewhere, always with good beer and better coffee. -
I’m Dan one part of the We Ride The Thunder (WRTT) collective. I love cycling and really want to show case it as a lifestyle and not just a sport. So let’s get wild. -
Avid runner. Beer & food lover. Owner of BeerLab and hoarder of bicycles. Lynnae fell madly in love with steel bikes and riding gravel when she was lucky enough to do the very last Tour of Ara. Since then she's been seeking out long rides, with preferably lots of gravel. Bikepacking fascinated her for a long time (and ticked all the adventure boxes), and after finally seeing what it's like she can't get enough. -
Seamus Allardice is a freelance writer and content creator. Seamus is also the founder and editor of Diverge. Aside from riding bikes and working at mountain biking and trail running events he loves a good craft beer & dogs. -
Zane is the founder of Ozone Africa. A project Manager, Adventure Bunny, Network King, Trail & Route Visualiser and contributor. -
Tegan is a freelance cartoonist, adventurer and lover of all things bicycle. She has cycle toured extensively through Southern Africa and has recently completed a 1400 mile triathlon around New Zealand’s South Island. You will find Tegan’s wonderful illustrations throughout our website. -
Dairy farmer and founder & editor of visitswellendam.co.za. Sakkie is a passionate mountain biker and family man. Sakkie is a regular contributor for routes and info in the Overberg region. -
Photographer, publisher and organizer of Tour of Ara, Karoobaix and Eroica South Africa. Stan has also co-authored a book on South African bicycle culture - Bicycle Portraits. -
Originally from a racing background, Jos now just rides his bike for pure enjoyment and to explore. Jos works as a Bike Fit Technician at Specialized Tygerberg Retül Fit. -
A marine researcher and Eastern Cape local, Ryan loves exploring, whether it’s the seabed with an ROV, or the backroads with his Surly bike. -
Adventurer & Eco activist at Cape to Kapp, Teresie grew up in Norway studying Development Studies and Political Science. She loves exploring the world by bicycle and is currently cycling solo from South Africa back to Europe. On Bicycle South she shares her insights on travelling across Africa by bike. -
Kirsten is a dedicated advocate for social justice, cycling and livable cities. An avid commuter and sports cyclist, Kirsten’s can-do attitude means that she never backs down from a challenge, whether its navigating the morning rush hour or racing a vintage road bike through the Karoo. -
A wonderful contributor of Slow Biking adventures, Stephen has spent ½ a lifetime in development NGOs and is now a self/un-employed collector of hobbies that begin with B, including beekeeping, bike hacking, blacksmithing, beer brewing, bread baking, building new stuff from old stuff… -
Stuart Phillips is an IT consultant, who decided for his mid-life crisis to take a sabbatical year cycling around Africa with his wife Diana and daughters Tegan and Carla. He share insights from their adventure on Bicycle South.
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