Underachiever

Agree, This is a ±1090 km trek. At 23kph = 47 riding hrs = 6 hrs per day. Similar to the Epic...

Heard she at Ronnie's shop on the R62....

Make sure to log on to give us a nice race report!!! Plan to be on the road at sunrise at 06h00 to beat the heat. You don't want to be on the road past noon for too much.

The gravel roads, especially the Karoo, will be rocky (sharp ones) so I would recommend either 45mm since you are backpacking or a good back-up plan for punctures. Certain sections of Swartberg Pass is very rough at the moment due to travellers and rain, even with a MTB, so take it slow. Ditto for Lategansvlei

More comments, I would suggest a small change to the route out of Oudtshoorn - take the R62 tar road towards Calitzdorp and then take the right turn towards Lategansvlei about 5km out. I cycled the exact same route from Oudtshoorn to the top of Rooiberg pass and the route is safe but will be out of mobile range for most of the time. As another person said - the area can be very very hot in Feb (40 C) so carry enough fluids. Plan for 1 day extra and do Swartberg Pass - it is well worth while. It will even be better to plan for 2 days extra and have a sleep over in Prince Albert (excellent, excellent town with plenty places to sleep and eat) an also do the Swartberg Pass from the Northern side, which is much more scenic, but also more of a challenge.

Hey Valetin, are you using a MTB or a gravel bike?

I'm on the Lynskey sales notifications, and some frames are going for good prices. Not sure about the small print...

Does that mean all those marketing videos are not true.... I am shocked...

Spicy!!! Is there another angle to this story? Is Cian perhaps the new Remco?

Don't see them around so often anymore, but Fizik Gobi is perfect for me, fitted them to all my bikes. The older M3 (M5?) was better than the later models.

98% of the time.

Suddenly it's going to be cool being seen in Decathlon kit 🙂

Or a nice Tissot....

We were in KNP last weekend and my friend shoots a Nikon D750 with a 20 year old Nikkor 500 f4. Weights a ton and can't handheld at all at his age. But his quality in low light compared to mine.... My ISO was creeping into the unacceptable range!!!

Good choice!! R7 allows for easier control when you shoot more "manual". but to be honest I don't think you need it. BBF is quite nice and I think you can set the R10 up for that. 100-400 a real lekker lens at a good price point I also don't call myself a bird photographer, but my best sightings in KNP this year (6 weekends) was of birds!!! L-lenses - just a dream for me!!

I'm curious, what are you buying? I've done the same a year ago and pulled the trigger for a R7 and some lenses in May/June.

If you stick to half coke/half water and bananas you basically pay 99% less....

Benky's Rhino route might give some tips from Villiersdorp to Calitz - might not all be public roads. His ride is on Strava.

Speechless!!

Those kriega climbs!! elevation from groenfontein to the top of the pass is 1700m. eina!!! Pity the OP cannot add a detour to Red Stone hills. Or perhaps that is a good place to stay at day 4?

It would be nice to drive this by car as a family outing? I assume you can drive all the way to the dam - seems there is a lodge/cottages at the dam. @100Tours where is the gate you are referring to?

Added this to my bucket list.!!!

We stay on the Calitzdorp - Kruisrivier road every December, those drags. Gets lekker steep after Groenfontein!!! Great endurance training. My favourite is the OP's day 6, Calitz to PA via the Pass - magical stuff. I'm there in 6 weeks time, cannot wait!!

Which TdF did he achieve 71st? This year he did not ride and last year he DNF 2021 he was 133rd Source = PCS

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