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Ok, let me be that guy.. Does it take tracks? And if so do you have to use that terrible abomination called Basecamp? Or, to confirm my suspicions, did Garmin peak with the 705 ito a adventure biking GPS?

Mini Hi-jack: If someone decides to upgrade, please let my buy your old 705. Still think it's the best off route navigational GPS out there. Thanks

7h30 back in the day!!! Finally I can say the suffering was worth it..

Yes, replace with double butted.

Spokes break at the j-bend mainly due to fatigue. Thinner spokes are BETTER at fatigue because the whole spoke can flex (extend) more, so you'd be worse off with thicker spokes. Either the wheel is not built properly (causing much higher cyclic stress = quicker to fatigue) or not suited to the application.

Marnitz, Is hierdie nie net dalk 'n verskoning om al 27 dae te gebruik nie? Jy's mal, maar ek sal verseker commit om te support. Retief

Haters will be hating, a brown cow OWNS a chocolate milkshake any day of the week as a recovery drink. Also want to see you finding a steri stumpy in the middle of the transkei/any other rural area, whereas every single spaza shop stocks coke and "longlife" as it's called.

2 words: Brown Cow

Much appreciated, was completely unaware of the roadworks, will adjust logistics accordingly and do the drive by as suggested. Of our group of 10 riders, I suspect only 2 or 3 will able to ride EFI, the rest will be doing 40-50km days, which will still mean about 5h in the saddle, so they'll have enough time to manage some forgotten portages etc. Hopefully we'll be blessed with some hot weather so the marches before Queen's Mercy and out of Ntsikeni is semi rideable. If not, then just more adventure. I'm so looking forward to it.

Leaving town hall on 6am on the 27th Dec. Going the distance to Rhodes. All these pics of guys pushing bikes is worrying me a bit. We have some serious novice riders in the group, and I promised them the bare minimum of portages except into Vuvu and Lahana's pass.. Ah well, what doesn't kill them..

Agh, remember that section now.. Thanks, will warn my group accordingly. See I have an alternative mapped as well, will keep it in mind.

Where was this taken?

In 2011 on the FC I recorded approx 2300m for both day 1 and 2. Much check what Google earth says. Either way it's a hell of a lot. Now spare a thought for the crazy race snakes who push to Ntsikeni in one go.. That I cant even comprehend.

I'm the only one in our group of 10 riders (+12 support) having done the ride before. On training rides when the motivation is ebbing, I keep telling them "I know the road to Ntsikeni...". The section from Centacow to the logde... Man oh man, what mountain biking is made of. Your pic proves it.

Were starting in PMB on the 27th Dec. Massively excited. Where did you portage? A cannot remember anything on the R2R section before Vuvu? Or did you cross the Umkumaas before Hella Hella bridge?