SA Schools MTB Finals: Why Nobody Should Panic | The Breakaway EP36

Episode 36 opens with the SA Schools mountain bike finals in Stellenbosch, and the question every South African cyclist has been asking: is our sport dying, or just getting started? Then Jemaine Jacobs tells us how a school league, a borrowed bike and a job washing bikes led him to sales and social media at Specialized Tygerberg.

We also cover the opening of the Western Cape road season, the first Hobo Thrash group ride near Wellington, the RH77 Killarney crit series, and the free UCI nutrition paper everyone should skim. Plus the first look at the RH77 x Specialized kit, new gravel tyre thoughts, and the 2027 Cape Epic route.

Chapters:

0:00 — SA Schools MTB finals: why South African cycling is not dying

5:27 — Jemaine's Spur Schools League years

9:29 — Meet Jemaine from Specialized Tygerberg

13:03 — Tour de Worcester

21:37 — How the sprint finish played out

26:45 — The first Hobo Thrash: Gravel Drop Ride

33:45 — RH77 Killarney Crit

37:44 — The scratch group rule

44:05 — The UCI's free cycling nutrition paper

47:12 — Pathfinder 2.2 vs Thunderburt

51:28 — Gravel Burn chainring debate

52:59 — The RH77 x Specialized kit collab

56:41 — The 2027 Cape Epic route

58:02 — What it is really like to work in the bike industry

1:01:52 — From bike washer to junior technician to sales

1:04:55 — Why the in-store experience matters

1:14:08 — Gravel, road safety and a guest we're lining up

1:16:16 — Next stop: Somerset West

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