All Sports Buying Guides
Every published guide linked to Sports. Read one, then follow its links back to the deals.
- Anatomic Sportswear A straight look at Anatomic Sportswear: local cycling and running kit, custom club gear, what to buy first, who it suits, and where to find deals.
- Bike sizing: get the frame right before the deal The bike was 30 percent off. It was also one size too big, and your lower back has been sending complaints ever since. How to get your bike size right before you look at the price.
- Choosing a GPS running watch Your phone already knows how far you ran. A GPS watch is for everything else: pace on the wrist, heart rate, training load, and a battery that outlasts a marathon. Which tier you need, and what to pay.
- Choosing irons and a driver for your handicap Your four-ball partner just bought the driver the tour pros use. That's his business. Which driver and irons actually suit your handicap, where hybrids fit in, and what to pay.
- Choosing sports shoes by sport, not by brand Running shoes at gym, gym shoes on the netball court, and takkies for everything else. Why each sport needs its own shoe, what changes between them, and what to pay.
- Choosing your first padel racket You've played three times on a borrowed club racket and you're hooked. What to look for in your first padel racket, which shape to start with, and what to pay in South Africa.
- Golf balls: which one suits your game If you lose three balls a round on the 7th, the tour ball is a donation to the dam. Which golf ball suits your game, what the difference really is, and what a dozen costs.
- Groupsets explained: where the price jumps Same frame, same colour, and one costs more than double the other. The difference is mostly the groupset. What groupsets are, how the tiers line up, and where the money is worth it.
- How to choose running shoes Fifty shoes on the wall and one pair of feet. The four questions that narrow it to a handful, which kind of shoe you actually need, and what to pay for it.
- How to tell a real sports deal from end-of-season clearance The shoes you wanted are half price and there's one size left. What that means, when to buy anyway, and the three checks that matter more than the percentage.
- Padel racket shapes compared: round, teardrop, diamond The guy at the next court smashes everything with a diamond racket. Most of it goes into the glass. Round, teardrop and diamond padel rackets compared, and who each one suits.
- Padel shoes or tennis shoes Your running shoes slid out from under you on the first lob. What actually changes between padel and tennis shoes, when tennis shoes are fine, and when it's worth buying padel ones.
- Road or trail running shoes Does the dirt path behind the office count? Mostly not. What actually changes between road and trail shoes, when a road shoe is fine on gravel, and who needs both.
- Road, gravel or mountain bike: which bike for how you ride You signed up for a fun ride with a mate, and now you're in a bike shop with three walls of bikes. Road, gravel or mountain: which bike suits how you'll actually ride, and what to pay.
- Shopping sports gear online: sizing, returns on worn items and club pricing The shoes arrived, you ran in them once, and now they're yours whether you like them or not. How to buy sports gear online without that happening, from sizing to club pricing.
- When golf gear goes on sale in South Africa, and what holds its price The new driver lands, and last season's quietly drops in price. When golf gear really goes on sale in South Africa, which deals are real, and what barely moves.
- Boardhub Most South African skate shops are either one-man operations or mail-order fronts with sketchy stock depth. Boardhub exists in the gap between those two extremes.
- Bike Addict A straight look at Bike Addict in South Africa: the bikes, parts and cycling gear they sell, who the shop suits, and when to look for live deals.
- Beach Bum Most South African beach shops force you to choose between mass-market basics and expensive imported brands — nothing in the middle that looks current and won't fall apart after a season. That's the g
- Baseline Skate Shop When you need skateboard components and skate clothes that actually work, ordering from overseas and waiting six weeks beats most local options — until it doesn't. Baseline Skate Shop is built for exa
- Avalanche Bikes Most cycling shops are either massive warehouses with no one who really rides, or one-man operations that stock whatever fits the owner's taste. Avalanche sits in the middle. Focused selection, a team
- Africa Padel Shop Most padel rackets in South Africa land on chain-store shelves without much context, sorted by price rather than by who's actually going to play with them. Africa Padel Shop filters rackets by level —
- Oakley You want eyewear that actually works during intense movement — something that stays put, protects your eyes and doesn't slip down when you're pushing hard — but most sports glasses either look ridicul
- Sportsmans Warehouse You need shoes for running, basketball and everyday wear — but you don't want to hunt three different shops to find them all. That's what Sportsmans Warehouse has built: the largest sports retail netw
- Totalsports You're kitting out a school rugby squad or a Saturday netball club and you don't want to bounce between three different suppliers to get boots, kit and balls all sorted.
- Sportscene Buying global athletic brands in South Africa usually means waiting weeks for an import or paying a markup at a small specialty shop. Sportscene puts the same labels on a store wall you can actually w
- Mr. Price Sport Sports retail in South Africa splits roughly two ways. There are the technical stores built around one or two big performance labels, and there are the broad value shops that kit out a whole family wi
- New Balance Picture a running shoe where the cushioning is tuned to your arch, the toe box is actually wide enough, and the shoe doesn't force your foot into a mold borrowed from someone else's marketing brief. T
- Sneaker and Sports Gear Deals in South Africa: The Buyer's Guide No category carries more emotion per rand than sneakers. That is exactly why no category attracts more fake stores, more manufactured discounts and more impulse regret.
- Puma Most sportswear brands treat performance and design as separate problems: they engineer gear for athletes, then bolt style on after. Puma works the other way around. The brand starts with design and b
- Adidas If you've ever worn boots where the stud placement doesn't match your foot pressure or the collar digs wrong on a throw-in, you know why boot design matters. Adidas built its whole heritage on footbal
- Nike It's Monday morning, you're lacing up before a run, and the shoe feels right from the first step: locked down, bouncy, honest. That's where Nike puts its R&D money: shoes that work the way elite runne