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Press Release -  RushSports goes live with evolution of its brand identity Pietermaritzburg-based Rush Sports, a brand which has attracted an experienced team and leading cycling brands to its stable unveiled the evolution of its brand identity, including a modernised...

Embrun to Les Thuiles After all the usual travel adventures getting to Nice it's time for the real adventure to begin - the 2017 Mavic Trans-Provence. Delayed bags, crushed or lost axles, and just the normal bad luck of modern...

Ten years on and Rush Sports has grown and evolved into what we believe to be one of South Africa's leading cycling wholesalers. With a keen focus on supporting and strengthening the IBD and providing the consumer with insane value,...

We're excited to announce that Boomtown, multi award winning agency has been appointed as brand developer for Rush Sports. The agency will handle RushSports company branding and the marketing for the brands we represent in South Africa. Within the brief...

Our bearing seals are designed and tested in house for maximum performance. We never use any “off the shelf” parts, every component of our bearings is considered for performance, weight, and durability, and this includes the seals. For this reason, we have...

2017 Santa Cruz Andes Pacifico - Day 1 Iago Garay and Mark Scott of the Santa Cruz-SRAM Enduro Team, along with Free Agent Cedric Gracia, headed down to Chile to take on the infamous 'anti-grip' dirt of the high Andes....

Tested: Santa Cruz Tallboy 3 CC - 9th November 2016 www.ridingfeelsgood.com "Like many, this story begins as the proud owner of either the legendary Tallboy or its updated follow-up the Tallboy 2. Both were undeniable, leading-edge bikes in the budding...

Firstly, if you haven't watched the "Wee Day Out" video, where on earth have you been? Check it out:   Now check out the bike details on the Santa Cruz 5010 bike that Danny used: VIDEO LINK

Each year I wait eagerly to see what www.bikemag.com have to review in their annual "Bible of the bikes" reviews where they spend several weeks at a bike park reviewing two dozen of the years best bikes. 2017 has been...

The Original Women’s Mountain Bike In the '80s and '90s, mountain bikes were effectively designed for, and marketed to, men.  At the same time, a few bold females were pioneering the sport for women.  Inspired by this movement, we felt...

Check out the latest article on www.pinkbike.com where the pair up the Santa Cruz Hightower and Tallboy up against each other: LINK TO ARTICLE 

As distributors of two leading brands of tyres [Maxxis and Onza] as well as a two high-end wheel / rim brands [Industry Nine and Praxis], we are VERY aware of the important balance between tyre and rim width, and as...

Often referred to as the leading bicycle tyre brand, Maxxis are a household name amongst cyclists. With leading technologies, state of the art manufacturing facilities, and a team roster of some of the greatest mountain bike, BMX and road cycling...

Wheels MFG offer an array of products that effectively solve problems for bicycle shops through their inventive and high quality range. With everything from bottom brackets to derailleur hangers and high-quality tools, this Colorado based outfit are truly unique in...

Its always good to see behind-the-scenes to better find out what a brand / product is all about, and get some insight into how things work. Bikeradar recently did a feature on Enduro Bearings, showing exactly what goes on in their...

Forever trying to improve and expand their range of cycling products, Enduro Bearings have recently launched a range of bottom brackets that truly are "game changers". How can such a small, unseen, and seemingly insignificant item be a "game changer"...

The following review was posted by www.bikehub.co.za Onza has been around for longer than most will know, having started life in the late 80's producing tires, headsets, bar ends and other bits. For whatever reason (it was before my time)...

Review below featured on www.bikehub.co.za Though a little before my mountain biking time, Onza (or OnZa) was one of the big brands in mountain bike tyres and other components in the late nineties. While the brand faded away in the...

Rush Sports is pleased to announce that Brandon Els has been appointed a Non-Executive Director and as an advisor on growth projects and corporate finance, effective from 1 January 2016. Andre van Aarde, Managing Director of Rush Sports, commented: “It’s great...

The guys from www.BikeHub.co.za recently paid us a visit to get an in-depth understanding on how we do things, what we do differently, and what goes on behind the scenes here at Rush Sports. Here is their recap from the...

My personal bike is selected simply to serve a purpose: be the most versatile MTB I can build while offering as much reward from the terrain as possible. To me this means a bike that has aggressive geometry [long reach,...