Ha ha, true that, there SHOULD be a tragic sans.
Edit: Especially when we talk about the waste of precious human potential through under-education, under-development and squandering the good we have through chasing it away.
Ooooooh, but for MANY Saffas things WILL change for the better..........things like Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Holland, Germany, even Botswana, Kenia and many other things too! Sad!😟
You do see the Comic Sans, don't you?
Agreed with Andreas. The Waterfront to Noordhoek and back Atlantic route is as safe as it can be anywhere in the world. I ride it alone without a second thought. Sadly, it is about the only stretch left that I can say that about. Lucky it is the prettiest then!
Oparation Possible! Fourteen Peaks. Not a series, but a great adventure documentary on extreme climbing. If you ever watched and enjoyed the BANF film festival, then this is for you. The human mind is an amazing thing that can really make the impossible possible.
Methinks, the most likely spanner in the works would have been disaster management of the area who said they could not give the final OK. Just in case they needed all their ambulances, firemen, rescuers etc for a bigger natural disaster, like what parts of the Garden Route had two weekends in a row. But of course, that's just my thumbsuck.
The Cape Town CBR people do reasonably priced work, not cheap though (just in case you have the Joburg one in mind).
But yes, with a bit of love, much time and lots of elbow grease you can even spray it yourself. Automotive 2K paints in rattle cans are now available from places like Economic Motor Spares in Observatory. A super hard wearing result can be achieved in your own garage. See what this Hubber / Capie managed as a first try at DIY - bloody good if you ask me!
Carbon Bike Repairs will probably give you the best cost effective result for straight forward resprays, but are good for a bit more. Service also good.
http://www.carbonbicyclerepairs.co.za/#contact
But if you want a real unique work of art, then Jared at BMC in Salt River / Woodstock
http://www.bicyclerepairs.co.za/contact-us/
or Anton at Bosgus Design
https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/bogusdesigns/?hl=en
And a few years ago day 2 of the W2W got cancelled because of extreme cold, snow (yes, in early November) and rain. The main concern was riders getting hypothermia, that some single track was near impassable to medics on quadbikes and that the rescue helicopters would not be able to fly in the low cloud covering the higher parts of the course.
The weather system that we are experiencing right now is nothing out of the ordinary for the Southern tip of Africa. We live on a pointy rock that sticks out far into the most volatile ocean on earth and severe weather comes with that territory. Think back as far as our history and the pattern of severe droughts and severe flooding goes back a very long way.
I once went to a talk Morne Du Plessis gave on his rugby life and he said the WORST thing you could do as a Springbok coach, was to lose to England..........then he hesitated a bit and said.........to lose against England in BLOEMFONTEIN!????
Not a miracle - the guardian angels from back then were gym freaks, huge muscled ripped and pumped angels, more like bouncers, I tell you - there is no other explanation for it!????
No, it seems the Poms trumped everybody with an early April Fools' joke by putting the whole of Southern Africa back on their no travel list. Lots of old ladies in Cape Town will go postal when they hear the news that they are not going to see their grand children for two Christmases in a row. The Durban riots will look like a walk in the park compared to what is about to explode in some old age homes all around the Southern Suburbs! Carers beware!????
This made me wonder what happened to FRAIL.
He used to ride to rides. No training ride nonsense, He rode to races, from Caper Town. No matter where the race was. Did a few 94.7s, an Amashova and a DC that way. Took him a week or so from CT to Joburg - arrive day before race - race day - return to CT the next morning - home a week later............they don't make 'em like that anymore....................
............oh, no, wait.............there is Copperhead!
I agree. I especially like that he doesn't take himself too seriously. Many foodies get way to pretentious. I love how he relates to people and how he is willing to try any food, no matter what culture it is from or how weird it may seem.
"Just a little bit windy" is an understatement. I was out on the Durbanville Hills the last couple of days and I tell you, the BIG gumtrees are having a lie-down in this Southeaster.
