The Experience
With Trail Angels, South Africa's largest women's cycling club, women riders build a community long before race week, support each other all the way to the start, and can share their own Lapa at the Burn Camps. Courage is contagious.
The build-up
Long before race week, Trail Angels bring women riders together: introductory and training rides, followed by coffee and conversation on training plans, female physiology, nutrition, race preparation and packing. By the start, you're among friends who have supported each other all the way.
At the race
Every woman rider can choose to join the women-only Trail Angels Lapa, with dedicated women's ablutions, a Trail Angels host looking after the Lapa all week, and extra gifts and products for women's needs. Share the nerves over coffee before the start, ride together, and gather around the fire at the end of the day.
Official kit
Riders who enter with Trail Angels (using the special coupon code) receive official Trail Angels × Nedbank Gravel Burn kit, with more kit and Scott accessories at preferred rates. The offer applies to 2027 entries too.
Join the community
Enter Nedbank Gravel Burn with Trail Angels, using the Trail Angels coupon code, to receive the official kit. The offer applies to 2027 entries too. For the coupon code, or any questions about riding with Trail Angels, contact us at info@gravel-burn.com or WhatsApp +27 (0)71 441 3790.
Once you've registered, you can join the Trail Angels WhatsApp group, where the community shares rides, questions and encouragement all the way to race week.
Weekly rides: every Thursday at 07:30 from Constantia Nek, Cape Town (weather permitting). Find the ride on the Trail Angels Strava club.
What the Trail Angels community got up to in the lead-up to this year's race.
Nikki Haywood and Lena Ronge of Trail Angels shared their experience of the 2025 race and how to prepare, at Nedbank Gravel Burn HQ.
A supported 67 km ride from Val du Charron in two groups, faster and social, with coffee, a photo stop and lucky draw prizes.
A women's Nedbank Gravel Burn evening at Rochat Cycles in Aubonne, on Lake Geneva.
Introducing the collaboration to Europe's women's gravel community, with South African riders joining in.
Group training rides in the build-up to race week.
