CJam

That's a shame. If it all goes to plan I should be cycling on Monday and Tuesday morning as well but I haven't picked the routes yet. DM if you'd like to try and ride together. Ah yes, I've driven on that road and it's really nice! I've added that route to my Garmin now, thanks! And yeah, I foolishly left home with just a jersey and bib shorts thinking it'd be very warm here but I've noticed the mornings can be pretty chilly. Might have to invest in some base layers.

I'll probably join the Atlantic Seaboard - Hout Bay group ride on Saturday that MDJ mentioned, so if you come along you won't be the only newbie there!

I finish working in Cape Town on the 31st and then I fly home on the 5th so I'm limited to these days on the bike unfortunately, thanks for the offer though! Thanks MDJ, and that's good to hear about the weather! I've contacted the shop I'm hiring off to see if they'll rent out lights too. I'll e-mail those clubs you mentioned today just to let them know that I'm interest, to avoid showing up unannounced.

Thanks for all of the suggestions, and for the safety notes! I've booked my rental for the first week of June now, so I'll definitely try and make it to a Saturday and Sunday club ride.

Hi folks, I’m an Irishman in Cape Town for a few weeks and I’m having separation anxiety from my bike at home. I’ll be renting a car and a road bike for 5 days in mid-June and I’m just looking for advice on routes around the area. I’ve had a look around the forum and have found some on other sites but haven’t seen too many to suit my preferred distances and areas. Seeing as I don’t really know the roads and avoiding bike-jackings is not something I have to worry about at home, I thought I might ask if any of you might share some .gpx files/suggest some nice routes. Ideally I’m looking for strictly road routes of 80-200km and within driving distance of Cape Town (up to 2 hours) if I can find a parking space. Very happy to do some climbing, and scenic routes are very welcome - but any route of that sort of distance will do really. More than happy to ride with others - I aim for a 30-ish kph avg. over 100km at home but I’d expect that’s ambitious with the hills, heat and quality of the rental here, ha! Sorry if something similar has been posted before. Thank you so much!