At 54, Soekoe is considering a career change from mining engineer to bicycle repair technician. 54-year-old Etienne Soekoe has been riding bicycles for more than 20 years, during this time he has completed the Absa Cape Epic, Joberg2C, and a myriad of other races in between. He may have put racing behind him, but Soekoe still loves riding bikes, tinkering on bikes and chatting about bikes. I have owned a number of Ritchey bikes, including a P29, the components are legendary and the attention to detail remarkable. Tom Ritchey is a living mountain bike legend, he was there in the beginning and was first and foremost a racer.

Source: News 24 February 17, 2021 06:00 UTC