The next day I left for Chugchilán, which has been one of my favorite places that I visited. The hike started out circling around the volcano and then headed down to the left, passing the town of Guayama, where the inhabitants stared at the gringo with the huge backpack. The hike was exceptionally pretty, and not super long, and this time I managed not to get lost, although the trails were much better maintained in this case and they were also more clearly laid out. When I finally made it up the hill to Chugchilán, I crashed at a lovely little hostel and went out to see what was happening in the town. It was Sunday, and it seemed like the whole town was out in the street--playing volleyball...

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While the road teams will ride the Grand Tour-proven Trek Madone, the mountain bike teams will race aboard the full suspension 29er Trek Superfly 100 Pro and Superfly hardtail. One of the world's leading bicycle brands, Trek, announced this week that it is to become the official bike supplier to Team MTN-Qhubeka, one of the African continent's premier professional cycling teams. support by component suppliers SRAM and Ritchey, MTN-Qhubeka races a full professional UCI-continental road and mountain bike schedule throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific. "To have a partner like Trek that has aided athletes in riding to the most prestigious titles in all of cycling as our team's bike is an amazing thing," Ryder said. "While their bikes speak for themselves, what Trek really offers is a wealth of racing experience that the entire team will benefit greatly from. Developing a new generation "One of our focus areas is the development of a new generation of competitive African athletes," explained MTN-Qhubeka Team Principal, Doug Ryder. The South African outfit is the most successful and largest multi-discipline African continental race team.

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