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  Welcome to the website of the Gauteng Handcycle Racing Club. This is essentlially a cyber-club, started to promote handcycling in South Africa and especially in Gauteng. So, if you are interested in handcycles or handbikes ... please read on! Handcycling is the fastest growing 'disabled' sport worldwide. 2007 saw the inauguration of the World Handcycling Federation, promoting the sport on all continents and islands. South Africa hosts the longest toughest Handcycle Tour on the planet! Click here for the report on the 2010 event. Click here for details for 2009 event! Click here for a report on the 2008 event. Handcycling is the most fun you can have on 3 wheels! Don't
miss out!
Be a part of it! Watch a clip from the 2010 Toer de KaapHandcycle Tour - click here |
To
call handcycling a
'disabled'
sport is not entirely correct, as the sport is open to all. When
racing, competitors compete in different classes depending on their
abilities, and there is an Open class that caters for everyone.If
you like the open road and the feel of the wind on your face, the
freedom of the open
road and you'd like to get in some exercise at the same time - then
handcycling is for you!
Just as push-rim racing
wheelchairs fit
in with the marathon scene, so handcycles fit in with cycle races. This
is made more clear when you look at the triathlon - a push-rim
wheelchair is allowed on the running section and a handcycle is allowed
for the cycling section of a triathlon. So to keep things clean, in
South Africa we generally ride our handcycles in cycle races and not in
foot marathons as a rule.
There is one race that has become an institution here in South Africa - it is the Outeniqua wheelChair Challenge, fondly known as "the OCC", and it is held in George in February. This is a race specifically for wheelchairs and handcycles, with classes separated for wheelers and handcyclists. In 2010 there were over 650 participants! The OCC race will be held on 19th Februry 2011 - this is also the last day of the Toer de Kaap 2011 Handcycle Tour.
So, browse round the website and enjoy learning a bit more about the sport of handcycling.
There is one race that has become an institution here in South Africa - it is the Outeniqua wheelChair Challenge, fondly known as "the OCC", and it is held in George in February. This is a race specifically for wheelchairs and handcycles, with classes separated for wheelers and handcyclists. In 2010 there were over 650 participants! The OCC race will be held on 19th Februry 2011 - this is also the last day of the Toer de Kaap 2011 Handcycle Tour.
So, browse round the website and enjoy learning a bit more about the sport of handcycling.
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