RoadNoob6

Really enjoyed my first 99er, the route was great, had a safety bike the whole way which was super impressive and a second bike joined with 30Km's to go. I absolutely love the way the race finished, riding through Durbanville before that epic last 900 meters - what a great call doing it that way! Like riding through a short crit being followed by a mountain-stage-simulator. One thing I must mention is that the attitude in B-Batch was absolutely ***. I heard okes kakking out the safety bike for being in the way while it was in the yellow lane on the opposite side of the road. A lot of sketchy riding and unpleasantness in the group cast an unfortunate shadow on what was an awesome event. Thanks to the organisers and see you next year!

There are quite a few groups that ride regularly. STS (Stellenbosch Triathlon Squad) rides every second morning I believe and have a variety of speed-groups and sessions during the week ranging from easy rides to intervals. They also do long social rides on Sunday mornings. They might be a good group to check out, maybe message them on Instagram. There is a group that rides on Tuesday mornings for the fast, the brave or the willing-to-risk-a-heart-attack among us. The Ciovita shop has an easy social ride on Wednesday mornings. May I ask how fast you are looking to go? A good place to start is always by visiting a bike shop or bike-related shop and asking if there are clubs, club rides, group rides, or shop rides one can join.

Safe to do alone: Stellenbosch to Pringle Bay Stellenbosch to Villiersdorp/Franschoek T-Junction and back Stellenbosch to Bainskloof Pass and Back Group needed for safety: Four Passes Bottelary Loop Cape Town: Suikerbossie and Chapman's peak - ride either from Noordhoek or from Camps Bay depending on the wind.

I mean yes... And a carbon frame. An alloy Trek Emonda with 105 is the exact same price at R35k and a carbon Spez SL6 will set you bad R50k and then you get Tiagra (Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with Tiagra.) and neither of those have fully integrated cables.

Spez Stellies is great, I assume Lynnwood wood be too?

Might be a bit of admin but it may be worth going through the 94.7 photos to see if you can spot Mr Moer-unnecessary. If you can spot his race number then you can ID him.

"Back in my day there were only two types of bicycle." "Dad I identify as a dual-suspension" Jokes aside I'm sure it's great.

Only my personal opinion, but I would swipe hard left on this bike...

I had a really lekker ride, C-batch on the 90Km Road and found several small groups coordinating well to fight the wind. Spoke well of the community. Was great fun.

My contribution - I am insured with CycleSure and they turned my claim around in less than 24 hours. Granted I provided witness and third-party details as well as the Strava ride of the incident but still, less than 24 hours and there was money in the bank. I was very chuffed and would highly recommend.

I am a bit further in Stellies, but I have always had good results from both Flandria and Specialized Stellies. Flandria is particularly good at finding fixes for unusual problems. Would highly recommend both shops.