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Off the top of my head Jamie Penfold, Michaela Beaton, and I'm sure there are a couple others.

Yup

Its not really neglect, its a working farm, and with all the fire and wind causing havoc I am pretty sure they can be forgiven fixes the parts of the farm that actually bring them an income. they will get to the trails when the rest is sorted, I am pretty sure. Otherwise why not contact them and go help him out to clear trails I am sure he can use the manpower.

Good day ladies and gents and fellow MTB freaks, Fritz flew down this week to meet with the TMTBC committee. After a very productive session we ironed out whatever kinks there were and the event will go over our trails.

Only crime ever reported was a smash and grab in the hoogekraal parking lot from a parked vehicle.

That is because bottelary is a conservancy not a club, its members have no voting rights or say on anything, nor do they pay land access because the conservancy was set up by the actual landowners. So they don't have any land access costs which also means they can drop their fees pro rata as their expenses aren't costed per member regardless of when in the year they join up. Simple fact its the models differ and all the clubs models change as land owners come on-board or withdraw for whatever reason.

Majik has two sides, the majik forest side and the Bloemendal farm side, Majik is free to anyone, Bloemendal you may only ride if you are a club member. And club members are allowed to park at the Protea Hotel as well as get discount upon displaying their membership card.

Same applies for Hillcrest and bloemendal, land owner requirement, not the clubs call.

Hi guys this horse has been beaten to death, but a previous post is quite right, the corridors being members only is because of land owner requests and is not a club decision. They want only members going through the corridors and that is the way it will stay in the foreseeable future. And yes the club tried the deposited board suggestion but got turned down. At R525 for a year membership being steep, bottelary is R450 per month with about 1/30th of the single track to build and maintain that Tygeberg has to do. So no for the cost of basically a single race fee you can ride 60+km of singletrack for an entire year. So no, in relation to any other trail network its a absolute bargain. As for associations with other trail networks/clubs this has been tried many many times in the past, and for various reasons isn't feasible. Even though agreed, it would be nice. So I get where everyone is coming from, but alas I have my Tygerberg membership, i have my botthills membership and i have my jonkers permits. I get value out of riding every single one of those networks so I pay the people that put the blood sweat and tears into making the trails available, Its expensive and hard work to build and maintain trails and that's why every network deserves my contribution. Even if i only ride botthills about 3 times a year. They are still doing good work and expanding as they get more funds.

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am i the only guy carrying 2 sets of cycling clothing?

Might also be that one of the chambers inside has a leak, probably the + take it to Jaco at the bike shed, its about R350 for a service.

Just go to the police station and lay a charge of theft against the seller, you paid for goods at an agreed price, the sale is finalized. If he doesnt delivery its a simple case of theft, no need to go spend money on a lawyer.

yup the only difference is wheight, wheight weeny lids are super expensive, then breathing (vents) are important, and lastly depending on what type of riding lids like the fox flux that are more trail orientated I would recommend for XC as it protects the back of the head better. Last thing is comfort and padding. The more expensive lids have better padding, but I always cycle with a buff so i never feel the diff between my expensive and cheaper lids.

What still grates me the most are parents who send their kids to school on bikes in peak traffic with no lids, and the schools that allow kids to pitch up without lids. Adults without helmets i couldn't care less about they have been depriving this planet of oxygen and food sources long enough.

budget doesnt work that way, I claimed my fork around 9k, so they pay out 9k -minus my excess. so i get out around 8.5k.

New trails already developed but need some h2o for it to be bedded in, also just now completing a pumptrack at Meerendal, and a host of new trails on the cards. Hillcrest will also be totally revamped this autumn to be more inline with the new trail thats just been finished and hoogekraal. Sadly Kliprug is lost forever thanks to rude mountainbikers.

Don't blame hubbers, blame the scammers. If soppy scamming stories wasn't the rule as opposed to the exception this would not have raised flags in the first place. Unfortunately with all the fraud corruption and theft its always better to assume a scam than to be caught in one. I feel for this chap, it really is not fun loosing everything and starting over. Good luck to you and I hope you both make a speedy recover, not just physically but financially as well.

Same i go for many days on my twispy without touching a ciggy, when mates are over for dop and tjop ill steal a couple of theirs but haven't felt the need to buy a box in over 2 months now.

Anyone have the profile/map of the new black route.

And then they will just pop over a fence somewhere.

Guess I am going to have to modify old knersis as well

Allo peeps haven't been on for a while ... yes i know i was sorely missed by all in my fabulousness Ok so for those who know me would know i love smoking at least 60 ciggies a day in general. And i have/had no desire to quite ever. Long story short got tired of having to walk everywhere to go have a fag so got me a twispy thingy for those times when you dont want to leave your desk or go down 5 flights in a shopping centre etc. Just something to feed the craving when in need. Long story short, I like the taste of the liquids and started vaping more and smoking less, even though I dont consider myself to be a non-smoker at all, I have had about 8 ciggies this last month, the rest of the time i suck on my tasty metal stick. I don't miss smokes but ill have one when there is sufficient quantities of red wine flowing. so guess we can label this an accidental quit.

This we unfortunately get to deal with on a day to day basis. And you will love the excuses riders come up with. And no its 99% of the time not that they did not know they had to pay, etc etc etc. 99% its simply people trying to not pay and get away with it. Now what can be done about this. Well thats the million dollar question. 1. No club can confiscate or even lay a charge of trespassing only the landowner can do that. And the landowners really don't want to sit in court the whole day. 2. You can police the trails but yea you would need about 4 people for an avg network depending on the land and the trail network some places might require more. But you are looking at about R500 per person per day thats R2000 per day or R730 0000 a year just to police the trails. Most small clubs dont even get that in subs in a year.

R50 deposit for the bike board and R50 bucks to go an ride.