Robbie Stewart

That gravel road/sand pit behind Riverside though. I drive there now and then when I want to avoid the parking lot beside Dunoon in the mornings, and each time I think maybe I could ride through there to Hoogekraal. I dunno, my spidey senses keep telling me not to.

I'm curious how you found yourself on that side of the N7 in this morning's fog.

Old Mamre ?

saw a chap do a hard otb on the advanced line at the Leatt Skills Park a couple weekends ago. He had carbon bars that looked like they got attacked by a cheese grater. I am going to assume those bars are toast.

Finally, the Western Cape has a proper technical trail that can qualify as a double black diamond. Witfontein Enduro has a new line option. 🤣

I rode down to the top of Rhino 1 from the Mast at Contermans weekend before last, and before I even managed to enter the Rhino I heard a loud ping and a hiss. Stopped, and looked back to watch my tyre deflate on the bead where I struck a rock. I hiked down to the bottom of Rhino 1 thinking the rim was poked, but then mates saw my foolishness and advised me to inflate the tyre again. I was thinking it was dead, but saw it wasn't. There is a buckle on that spot, but it still holds fine, and I rode down that line on Saturday past again. Here's to hoping the upcoming enduro won't be too harsh on the wheels.

the logo alignment on those wheels is murdering my OCD . . . to the point that the missing dropper post and suspension fork and drop bars don't annoy me half as much as they normally would.

Yesterday I was behind another rider about 100m ahead of me. All I could see was his rear light which was in a static mode, just there, telling me a fellow rider was just riding too fast for me to reel them in at the pace I was maintaining. Then a car came from behind, passed me and then the fellow rider. It was at this point when that rear light started going full disco mode until the car was past, when it returned to giving me the stink eye for not catching them. I watched that dastardly light and it's owner disappear into the fog, never to be seen again. I am calling it a ghost sighting, and I am sticking to my story.

This is also super annoying. I generally don't use mine. I did today for the first time in years and only activated the strobe feature as I was crossing a busy arterial road in thick fog to warn the morons who take it upon themselves to turn right across my path despite the light being green for me.

I used to get wildly angry at any observed stupid that crosses my path. I even got into arguments once or twice and let my anger lead me to a place of equal stupid, if not even more so. These days I just shake my head and carry on without reacting. My blood pressure has also benefited from that decision.

I'm being lazy in all honesty to look if this is the right thread, but here goes. The last couple of mornings I have been out for my regular cycle along the West Coast cycle path to Melkbos. The first hour at least is in absolute darkness. That hour before the sun breaks through the black shroud of night. The last two mornings though was even darker thanks to the pea-soup fog that has been hanging around. Imagine my utter bewilderment while I am riding on that path, with only my own light shining on the path and thinking I'm alone with not even a car to illuminate things, only to see a bicycle or a jogger emerge from the blackness at the absolute last moment in time. Much too late to even react let alone greet them. How does someone decide to run / cycle in the pitch blackness of night with not even one light? I am dumbfounded.

praying for a favourable outcome @ChrisF

I'm 47 - I haven't had any of this done before . . .

I identify as an attack helicopter I ride S5 - MTB only I wear 10.5 / 11 I break the scale - although I've dropped two pant sizes since Jan when I started riding in the morning before work again. I'm going on 48 I drink beer and red wine, the odd gin a good single malt I eat red meat. Chicken and fish is salad Old school rock - Floyd, Bob, Simon, Stones - you get the idea Coffee - black, no sugar . . . what are we doing exactly?

Trying my hand on monochrome

I'm with the learn to do it yourself camp. You save a ton in the long run. Suspension is something you should probably only do yourself if you have the right tools and skill. It costs much more to repair / replace a fork or shock of you've done something wrong and damaged it. Also, not every service is a major service. Just don't NOT service your suspension. Ask me how I know...

Majik has such potential as a proper trail, especially the upper parts above Bloemendal, but it being Public Open Space and all I guess that remains a pipe dream. That canvas is just begging for some real artist to come paint on it with a digger loader.

Don't leave it there. You might pull in there to get a bill for storage, or it was sold to defray expenses. T&C;s and small print is a thing.

There are going to be tons of people there tomorrow, guaranteed. You won't be "alone" even if you go alone. Also, if you spot a Red Isuzu in the parking lot with a grey Stumpy hanging over the tailgate, that'd be me. You're welcome to join in. more the merrier.

Grabbed a Full entry while they are still hot out the oven. I guess tomorrow sees all of Cape Town up and down that hill

Entered. Thanks.

Nice. Lets Go! It's going to be such an epic day out. @Matt would you mind renaming the Thread to WC Enduro Round 2 please? Thanks.

I'm keen on riding one again. I missed Hoogies much to my dismay so I'm just amped to participate again. I'm also strongly considering Witfontein. It's a reason to go "home" again.

I dunno hey. I was very active in 20Covid and then started riding only trails on weekends. No more daily rides. My fitness and muscle tone tanked in direct proportion to the gain in girth of my waist. This lasted for three very though years where hike a bike became the new normal whenever the trail pointed upwards. Enter mid January 2024. I get invited to ride the Cape Town Cycle Tour. I have less than 50km in the legs for the year to date, but in a moment of madness I agree. Motivated to get fit enough to finish I started training again. To be fair, it was tough in the beginning, but I'm just about 2000 km in since, I've dropped TWO trouser sizes, and my muscle tone is rock hard. This morning I managed to haul in a roadie, and then pass him, and stay ahead of him for the trip up the cycle path to Melkbos. And no, he wasn't slacking. The chap was hauling ass and I had to dig super deep to achieve and maintain the pass. My fitness increased 5 fold in that time. So there is something to be said about dedicated training after a period of borderline inactivity. One ride of average 10km per week counts about a blip above zero in terms of training, and that is where It started from. I'm s different man today from who I was at the start of the year.

I'm curious and I can't hold it in any longer. With about two weeks to go for the as yet to be announced Enduro event of the WC Enduro calendar, there is nothing but radio silence. No entry portal, no movement on social media. Nothing. Nada. Niks. Bokkerol. Planning for an event takes some doing, sure. But if the requirement is for people to enter then surely marketing should have been firing on all cylinders by now? Sales should have been just about done and the excitement of training should have been in full swing. But instead, the search for Extra Terrestrial Life continues it seems. Am I the only one thinking Enduro is dead again?