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Excellent thanks! Was hoping there was a way from Gannaga Lodge direct to Ouberg Pass via that Northern Plateau skipping the R354....there appears to be a 4 x 4 track that starts after you climb out from Gannaga Lodge....about halfway to Middelpos..but it looks pretty hardcore....can be seen better on Komoot..runs along that plateau and meets the R354 S of Kompromise, turn right down the R354 for a few k's then left back onto a gravel road that eventually either loops around to Sutherland or goes to head of Ouberg Pass??? Anyone know of this route? PS tried to create a route this way on Komoot but it rejects it...will only go via Middelpos then just past Kompromise then to top of Ouberg...so maybe its a no go!

This sounds awesome, do you have a GPS route for this...I get lost plotting from Gannaga Lodge to Sutherland and beyond trying to stay off the tar!

Last race of the season before it starts baking!

Just saying....

Another useful for bibs...when its muddy, gravel cannot get down your back to your delicate region to create a grinding paste the likes of which you will never forget...😔

Dramatic Jonkers!!! I think? Great pic!

Shorts over bibs, no extra protection but nods of approval for the MTB community, cause they won't see the bibs!🤣 Edit, can't quite make out if you already got knee/elbow pads...but anyway...2cents: There a wide choice of good knee pads...Fox/ION/POC, try to get the zippered ones, they great for putting on and taking off without removing your shoe...stay away from G-Forms and their useless gel pads...junk and don't work Elbow pads...hmmm...ja, if you insist make sure they fit snug and don't slide down like 99% of them do given that you riding a bicycle down a bumpy gravel track...most irritating...choose well

Highway racing...TDF L'ETAPE - Dubai edition

Desert winter rides and a not very happy beach radar!

Definitely not allowed on any greenbelt trail, be it bicycle, walking, hiking, horse-riding trails but let us know exactly where this happened, so users can be warned to lookout for repeat offenders.

Spectacular morning with the kids on Clarence Drive....

Shaking off the pudding....

Magura Blue Blood (as rare as hen's lips and usually requires a trip to the French Alps for re-supply) is same as Shimano mineral fluid, just different dye added...but same same...

Kale Bay Salt coffee run.

BTW, if you thinking of road riding, the most popular route is round the "wild side" along Marine Drive from Summerstrand thru to Schoenies via Willows and out at Walmer. There are some challenges though: The start at Summerstrand will be littered with glass from revellers as you leave Summerstrand at the start of Marine Drive just past the turning to the Uni.... The Walmer exit of this route is proper dodge so make sure you don't go all the way up Victoria Road from Schoenies to the junction with 10th Avenue and Heugh Road...rather turn off at the Glendore Road and ride through Pari Park up to Buffelsfontein Road. Another route is from the above Buffelsfontein Road down to Seaview and Maitlands River Mouth and back road via Coleen Glen. Best contact one of the local bike shops to hook up for a mass ride...Wayne Pfeiffer has a shop in Humewood, or call Action Cycles Heugh Road

Not strictly gravel but...as you say, given enough motivation...

Winding down the year.....

Ride Dubai....

One of the coolest cycle tracks....

Warning...be very careful what you use to separate the screen from the body or clean any excess sealant...especially the touch screen versions, they are comprised of multiple layers of glass and thin films, any highly volatile solvent will get in between the layers and destroy the screen...ex 830 touch owner..replaced the battery but now own a mini Brik!

like this one...

Other than the local residential roads in St Francis Bay, one road in from Humansdorp with fair shoulder all the way to Seal Point..... the old road from Humansdorp to Jeffreys, little to no shoulder, It will be December, expect the worst! Get a gravel bike and stay off the roads..plenty of tracks around including a challenging run to Aston Bay along the coast!

Cederberg Loop 2024...1 of 5... They are all up, if you like the first and want to go back for more...

Ja, look, on heavy corrugations, only dedicated front suspension is gonna give some relief and even then, small bump compliance will not cope...just my experience was I had less wrist and forearm pain on this 5 day trip than I did after one day of Les Gets mainline at the height of the season!🤣

Redshift Shockstop systems, thank this 64yo later....😎