Francois Pienaar

Can you do the monster hill as a training ride? Surely there must be an entry close to where the back end of Breedts (post office) is? GPS / Garmin file would be of great help, thanks.

The 19th of May or when the max is hit.

A friend of mine came off down breedts a couple of weeks ago. A rock pierced so deep inside his knee that is pierced a fluid sack under the knee. Be careful guys.

I haven't done the actual monster, but friends have commented on it. Basically it's a 9km climb on rocky single track up the side of the breedts. The regular breedts is much easier as it is jeep track and not that long. Hope this helps.

This looks crazy. I have many years to go before hitting this level of toughness.

Does anybody know of a place where you can do a couple of training rides for the Magalies Monster? I'm only doing the 45km and there are a couple of cool hills in them, but I'm hoping to train on them. Any chance?

Can you perhaps point me to a route profile of the suikerbos rand MTB ride?

I recently bought the 96er 3000d Carbon and went through a massive investigation. Basically it came down to the Giant Anthem being a trail bike and the 96er (or Specialized Epic) which are slightly more aggresive race bikes. I went with the 96er as the deal was simply too good to pass up on. I had a hard tail for 5yrs before that, so it has been an AMAZING upgrade.

Chuckle, well it's the swapped out one (from Specialized). I've only used it once since getting it brand new as I bought a new bike.

I recently purchased the Specialized Henge Seat for just over R1000 south african rand. The seat "works" fine, but it has a slight wobble to it. When I stand next to the bike, hold the seat in my hand and shake it, I can feel it moving around. Specialized have swapped it our for me already, but the replacement does exactly the same. I've tested some in the concept store (Melrose Arch) which doesn't have any movement / wiggle. Anybody else experiencing this kind of issue?

Crazy funny replies to this. I usually do my thing before the race, not during.

Can you send some directions? What is the distance of the track? Anymore information would help. Will bring own bikes.

All I'm saying is MERIDA #FTW!

Hi all, I'm doing the MTB challenge (50km) for the first time on Sunday and was wondering if anyone has a route profile that they can share. Also, any other comments on the route etc will be much appreciated. Thanks to all, Francois.