Welcome to the 2026 Race Pack Reveal — Ahead of another Sold-Out event!
As dawn breaks over the Garden Route, a new chapter of the M&G Investments PE PLETT story unfolds. For 2026, we’re proud to unveil the “Sphere Flow” kit: a custom cycling jersey, plus matching jacket and socks designed to flow with you through every turn, climb, and descent as you venture along the Garden Route of South Africa.
“We have always tried to create these jerseys with the riders and our sponsors in mind. We want to create something that ticks a box in terms of branding for a sponsor, while at the same time, creating a garment that riders want to wear and feel comfortable wearing on their Sunday morning group ride. We believe we have struck the right balance here once again, a balance that creates flow alongside corporate branding” – Shaun Glover, Red Cherry Events
Behind the Design: What Sphere Flow Means
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Fluidity & Movement: The name “Sphere Flow” captures the flow of the ride: from the first pedal stroke in St Francis Bay, to the final roll into Nature’s Valley.
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Togetherness & Community: Each colour, each gradient, each shade flowing into the next represents the diversity of the landscape. As we ride from the Eastern Cape to the Western Cape, expect landscapes to change as often as the colours on these beautiful designs do.
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Versatility & Everyday Wear: The kit doesn’t just belong on the trail. The matching jacket and socks mirror the jersey’s design, so long after the final descent, Sphere Flow remains part of your daily wear, a memory, a badge, a conversation starter.
What’s in the 2026 Race Pack
As with past editions, every rider entering before the closing date will receive a race pack valued at over R 3 000. That pack now centres around the Sphere Flow design.
Sphere Flow Race Pack Includes:
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Sphere Flow Custom Cycling Jersey: Lightweight, breathable, cut for performance on mixed terrain.
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Sphere Flow Jacket: A comfortable, stylish layer for mornings at camp or evenings around the fire, carrying the same design thread so you ride as one, even off the bike.
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Sphere Flow Socks: Sublimated design matching the colours and flow of the jersey and jacket, subtle when tucked into shorts, solid when on show.
- Sphere Flow Musette: An essential piece of gear for every cyclist, and one which holds all the items that you will receive during the registration process.
- Finisher Plaque: Cause finisher medals are so overrated. Here we have a custom board that will get your number board stuck on after you cross the finish line. As well as a Polaroid photo, we take of you on the finish line, to mark your finish. Cause the same medal that all 250 people, just doesn’t quite feel special enough for us.
- 6 Can Cooler Box: Cause arriving at the finish line should be a time for ultimate giving. Grab your lunch pack, stored nicely inside a cooler box that can go with you to the office. This will be used long after your ride across the Garden Route has come to an end.
Why Sphere Flow Fits the Spirit of the M&G Investments PE PLETT
This is more than a kit redesign. Sphere Flow is a statement of what the M&G Investments PE PLETT stands for: freedom on two wheels, shared laughter in the villages, the wind on your back and the sunset on your horizon.
It’s for the racer giving it everything.
It’s for the rider savouring the views.
It’s for the first-timer discovering the power of pedals and the warmth of community.
And when that final stage is done, when tents are packed and wheels cleaned, Sphere Flow stays. On your jersey, on your jacket, on your socks; a wearable memory of four days, 280-plus kilometers and 4 744 meters of climbing across South Africa’s most beautiful trails.
These are just some of the items that all of our riders will be receiving along this 4-day mountain bike journey across the Garden Route of South Africa.
Each night, riders can expect an equally exciting gift to be waiting in their tent, a little well done for making it through another day of South Africa’s most diverse stage race!
