NielC

What?? Does it happen to you as well? I always check it a few times during any ride but as soon as I get on the bike I swear that it locks again! hahahaha

Hi, yes sorry all, 4 December! Thanks, no time machines needed then

Hi, you can mail me at ncoertse@mdaconsulting.co.za and I will send you the route. cheers

Time machines...bicycles...bring your own...put fast tyres on haha

Hi all We want to do another long slow ride from my mate's house in Xanadu Estate in Hartebeespoort to Breedtsneck and back on Saturday morning, 4 DECEMBER 2010 starting at about 5am. Who's keen? Going to be about 150km. Niel PS. We are going on mountainbikes and the route will consist mainly of offroad tracks.

Hi I don't know when we'll do that specific trip again, however I'm doing a ride from Hartebeespoort to Maun in Botswana starting on 16 December 2010 with no back-up vehicles. Are you guys keen to join in for a day or two? At this moment I'm doing the route planning.

Let them pull your finger...and then let rip!

Hi, I've got the route map from one of the guys that rode with us, how do I post it on here? It's mapped on Google Earth.

Before this month is out I am going to learn how to: Service my own shocks, tune my own gears, convert tyres to tubeless.

Awesome thread...got me thinking and planning!

Hi Good luck ouens! Hoop alles is nog lekker in Sabie. Ek sal weer binnekort bietjie kom ry met julle hehe! niel

ok, thanks man. Ek het jou op FB ook sommer invite. my bene is lekker seer maar ek LOVE die gevoel.

Hey guys, we did it!

Hey, thanks. It was such an awesome ride. We encountered about 2 cars on a total of 120km dirt road, no other traffic. I will never forget this and we are certainly doing something like this again.

I actually had too much to eat at lunch time and was feeling quite sick when I started again!

hi, Started cycling at 04h15 about in the morning, before sparrows even start farting! We ate apples, muffins, bananas, woollies chicken nuggets, raisins, drank lots of coke (that is amazing stuff!!), some okes had samoosas even!

Howzit Yes, had a blast! We stayed over at a place called Merensky Lodge which is near the Amandelbult Mine. I will get the route from the other guys who had the Garmins and will post it. niel

Hey all We completed the trip successfully on Saturday in a total distance of 220km which consisted of about 120km farm roads. The average temperature was 33.5 degrees and at its hottest 39 degrees. We rode on the most beautiful farm roads which really never ended. Some stretches on the dirt roads were absolutely amazing and you could cruise along at 30km/h, other stretches were so bad with the corrugation that it felt like your kidneys were going to jump out. The funniest thing were the huge amount of bugs that flew into us all the time, one of my mates swallowed one when it flew into his mouth, he said that he could feel how much more energy he had after it digested hehe. I encountered technical difficulties in Brits - had a blow out on my front tyre (slicks) and then luckily my one mate's wife brought her MTB's wheels through to us. However, that didn't end there and the gears were jumping a sh1tload, so after traversing Brits it was semi-sorted (at a paltry amount of R45) which left me with one gear at the back and the middle and large front chainrings. Pushing onward our mates waited in Assen (about 90km from Brits) and we managed to tune the gears a bit better. The delay due to this was 2.5hours. In the end, we all made it, averaging about 22.5 (myself and Christo) and the other two about 24.5km/h. We rode into Thabazimbi together and it was an amazing feeling. My legs are very very sore today. If you'd like to see pics, please invite me on FB (niel coertse or search under ncoertse@mdaconsulting.co.za) ciao for now Niel

howzit. i didn't manage to download that app for my BB. However, I will post the route and all that next week! thanks man, gonna be tough. niel

D-day tomorrow, 20 November 2010. ETD: 04H00 AM.

Oh, there are 5 of us in total that are riding. We are starting at 04h00am on Saturday!

Hi all, 2 more sleeps and we are off!

gonna try it quick, shot!

Tibones...thanks for that and for your offer - I really appreciate it. but I think what I will do is upload the route etc once were done using the data from my mate's garmin. Oh, I have a BB Bold. What do you think?

I have a BB. How would i go about it? won't it charge me a sh1tload for data?