JohanDiv

Hi guys, One of my clients bought a farm in the Bottelary Hills trail network - Orange Route and Steeneveld Road runs through his property. We are planning to put up a few one and two bedroom cottages for cyclists that want to stay for a weekend and ride the network, swimming pool, convert the existing f-upped farm buildings and werf area to a coffee shop/restaurant similar to Knus in Paarl, reopen the farms brandy distillery with tasting room, and possibly a boutique hotel at a much later stage (We did L'Ermitage for him in Franschhoek, so it would probably have a similar feel to that). Guys that ride there regularly, do you think this location would work for this type of facilities? And what other facilities should he think of adding to attract more cyclists?

Yeah I thought it won't work.. The rims are 20 holes in the front and 24 at the back. Both hubs have 32 holes

Just checked.. they don't.. dammit

I have an old set of Enve rim brake wheels on my old road bike. I also have an used set of DT240 disc hubs from a gravel bike lying around. Will it be possible to convert the rim brake wheels to disc wheels with these disc hubs? Maybe require new spokes? Anything else I'm not thinking of? Basically what I want to do is sell my old road bike with its original aluminium wheels, and use my gravel bike for gravel and road, and just switch between wheelsets.

If you're in the mood for something a bit longer than 50km: https://www.strava.com/routes/3350389118988163068 Also lots of shortcuts on route to fit your distance target on the day.

At what age can they start on the balance bike? Four months old and already got his second bike haha.

Absolutely, some of the best scenery to ride through! I'll have to get back in the saddle and start training for that Sub 6 medal!

Will the final 5km stay the same as last year? I was ready to sell my gravel bike after that haha

Flip I missed the races! Thought it was this coming weekend.. anyways, where is Allan Hatherly? Edit: Nvm, forgot he is a roadie now

Finish your Croatian Epic so we can start training for Trans Baviaans! This is the first route we riding when you are back 😎

Yes definitely

And if you only want to stay on Paarl Mountain gravel roads without permits, this is the best route: Check out this route on Strava: https://strava.app.link/L955VWU2fSb — Trans Training 2

I see they graded it again on Tuseday! Lovely to ride now.

https://strava.app.link/YJQVS801fSb Most of Paarl gravel roads and then a bit of tar to link up to the other side of the valley and back to Paarl. No permit needed for this route. This ride I started from Diemersfontein.

Hi Belinda, Do you have the Paarl case number perhaps? My wife is a state prosecutor at the Paarl Magistrates Court and might be able to do some digging once she is back at the office from her maternity leave in two weeks time.