Note the slight changes on the website especially the start time! 7:00 not 7:30.
There will be a whole pile of us staying at Glass Bungalows for the pre-ride - see y'all there.
Phone your post office and check regularly. Sometimes the tracking says it is at Customs and it has already been cleared often with a new local tracking number. Mate of mine waited for over a month only to find it had been at the PO.
Hi all
This is a brilliant opportunity for anyone still wanting to ride the MTN Panorama Tour with a partner laid on...
The MTN Pro team has made itself available to ride with you - and you don't have to be a racing snake either.
There are 8 slots available on a first come, first served basis and you will have the experience of a lifetime.
Contact Nicki on 083 388 0536 or mail her on nicki@ryder.co.za
You can't miss out on this!
Hey people
Have you any idea how much work it is to collate all the footage, edit and do a voice over to broadcast the same evening??
The TV crew are under incredible pressure and to put together a quality 30' is an unbelievable effort.
So hats off to the TV crew for getting us such a stunning programme daily.
Hi all
We have just completed a mtb ride from Plett to Cape Town over 11 days. What a fantastic trip it was following some parts of the old Cape Epic routes and a lot of the Freedom Trail routes.
You can read up on it on the blog - www.plett2capetownoffroad.blogspot.com
959km in all, final stats in climbing etc are still to be put together.
Cheers
Don't like racing a lot but my choice would be;
Ride 2 Rhodes (second time)
Sani2C non-stop
Swazi Frontier
and one overseas ride
oh and my one and only road race - 94.7
I used Kenda small block 8 and also found they handled the wide variety of terrain - loose rock, sharp shale, tree roots, soft sand, hard pack and mud. Tubeless is definitely the way to go - just make sure you choose tires with strong sidewalls. You don't want to slash a tire at the top of Hartebeesvlakte (always a possibility).
Is this near Hartebeespoort Hekpoort Skeerpoort area? (Inlaws live there; next time I fly with my bike). Wheres the start of the trail? Van Gaalens is in Skeerpoort (sp?). Drive past Pecanwood (on your R) until you reach the T-junction. Turn left and a couple of hundred metres on your right is the cheese farm. Its about 6-7km of track in one direction.
I'll go with Shebeen - especially Black Fountain to Tina Mission on Day 5 of Ride 2 Rhodes and the valley from Masakala to Queens Mercy on Day 3 of same. This is all natural paths and spoilt for choice. As for GP - Bridal Trail from van Gaalens cheese farm... santacruz rulz2008-10-01 09:37:06
Freedom Challenge has awesome options and you have to navigate as well which adds a different dimension. Can opt to do shorter or longer days. See www.freedomchallenge.org.za
