Old and Slow

Banhoek more fun/km without question. Plaisir probably better overall for the variety that the trails and flow trail offer. Just my 2c.

I've had to show my membership board on a few occasions, mostly just let in though. You could always just tell them you paid online and show them your phone on the camera with pop. You could always just ride the other sections first and leave spez for the end.

Winelands boards are a different colour every year as far as I know.

Will there still be the local permit like this year?

I took my 5 year old to Banhoek yesterday and he rode about 6km. Even rode down Cobra and handled it like an absolute champ. He commented on the way down, "when I grow up I want to be a mountain biker". Success!

OP, have you contacted a PI to ask whether they might be able to assist in tracking this human garbage down?

I can tell you EXACTLY what I would have done in that situation: Advertised a pair of slightly s̶o̶i̶l̶e̶d̶ used cycling pants on the classifieds.

My 5 year old readily rides 5-6km. These rides include: multiple "picnic" stops, a playground stop, playing in the river, looking for treasure among lots of other general exploring. Fun factor is important.

I want to thank everyone that has contributed to this thread for ruining my ability to enjoy a ride. Every blade of grass that brushes my leg, every suspicious looking stick in the trail, every noise in the bushes next to me as I ride is of course the largest, most aggressive puff adder cobra mamba. I now ride in fear and paranoia, cheers!

Edit: More gracious response from admin below

OP I'm so sorry about your assault, it is completely unacceptable for any adult to resort to violence. There are always two sides to the story. In this case the other side seems something along the lines of "my fragile and infantile ego was hurt by someone that dared comment on my inconsiderate behaviour, and I am a giant dwis" I was once chased, as he attempted to run me off the road multiple times, for over 40 minutes by a motorist that took offense that I flashed my lights at him. (After he had flashed me to pull over where it was impossible to do so) The point is, some people are just unhinged and need to be dealt with accordingly.

Fellow Paarlite, howsit! For reference, I sent a bike from Paarl to Jhb on Thursday with TCG, R527 was the damage.

USE BIKEHUB PAY.

What he said. My son also has an SE, I got it for a bargain and worth every cent imo. The parts are quality. I reckon I could ride the thing and not break it. I did have to put a shorter stem and zero setback seatpost though, he's also just turned 5. The gears are superb. Great range and as crisp as my GX.

https://www.hellopeter.com/tech-global Reading this should tell you everything you need to know.... Wouldn't order from them if my life depended on it.

Ha ha, all good! Seeing as it's the stock parts, I imagine he just added tubeless tape, valves and sealant. Will give it a go this weekend.

What did it take to go tubeless? I want to do the same on my son's.

I encountered two puffy's mating at Boschendal a few months back. I noped out of there very quickly. Also see a lot of snakes at Plaisir. Big Cobra and a puffy on my last ride there. Might use adult diapers instead of cycling shorts from now on.

Got some kit I'm giving away. https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/baggy/596195/free-mtb-kit

I'm not a member of the club so no thanks. Why comment on this thread instead of asking the keyboard warriors for their addresses, so you can go talk to them in person? Why did your club hide behind their keyboards and send a threatening letter to their entire database instead of confronting offenders to their face? Anyway, this has long been resolved, so you just wasted our time, and you couldn't even do it on a Friday...

I'm not sure why this is such a difficult thing to accept. If Pyga can build high quality carbon and Alu frames at the bottom of Africa, I'm sure the Swiss can do it too.

I'm not sure why this is such a difficult thing to accept. If Pyga can build high quality carbon and Alu frames at the bottom of Africa, I'm sure the Swiss can do it too.

I live in Paarl, travel to Franschhoek a few times a week, and I didn't know about the race until I was passing groups of cyclists.

Not a roadie but after driving past the Boland 100 miler last week, there is just no way I would ever pay to ride on open pubic roads.

The venue is Laborie so I would assume the Paarl DH track (or one of the derivatives), Laborie down and maybe something at Specialised. This is where I do my usual 28km loop from and it's about 1100m of climbing...