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Thanx for your effort in this dude. Last year I was contemplating doing a few table mountain trails alone, as I can never plan these rides, but will def not be attempting this now days.

Went to Tokai office today to get my activity card,was in and out in a matter of 10 minutes, so for that. @johnw: they do lamenate there before they give you your card.

Yep it is a rachet or sorts but if I keep on turning it, it seems the loop is not supposed to be that small to fit only the seat post. Will try this anyway, just hope I don't break the damn thing. Kan jy miskien 'n paar foto's neem van jou mcgafter om vir ons te wys

Okay I understand now, thanx for the explanation.

What's the difference? Also can you confirm the exact location of this office in tokai, I assume you drive past the entrance to tokai forest(braai area) and then you get the manor house?

So I bought a lock for my bike and this bike mount. But clever me lost the instructions also thinking how hard can this be Well apparently very for me atleast. Its supposed to be mounted on the seat post, with the lock cable rear facing. however, I'm not sure I'm supposed to screw those 2 allen key screws all the way. If you look at the shape it looks like there are 2 sort of loops, obviously one for the seat post, but what about the other? Whats that for? I guess what I'm asking is it just supposed to go on the seat post like that or am I missing some parts?

I've been meaning to ask the similar question as the OP. I've been using sportypal and it does the job for me, with good looking graphs and some fancy footwork with google earth. Are the others really that much better that it didn't make the list or is it just another 1 of so many?

Anybody doing Tokai in the next couple of days? I'm new to the sport and have never been and want to give it a try. What I learnt from my previous ride is that I shouldn't be doing it alone , so if anyone is willing to show me the ropes please drop me a pm.

Nice

Okay, so to confirm its okay to cycle on the M5 from prince george drive, and on the M3 from Wynberg Hill in the direction of Muizenberg?

Now I'm getting confused, so is the M5 and M3 in Cpt legal or not?

That's just messed up , these guys are clearly on a spree.

Same boat here, its gonna be my first one and have not been training well. Are there any shorter races coming up, that'll be good for preparation?

I can imagine that's quite steep, I came around the back though, so more of a longer climb than steep, agree awesome scenery.

Top of Rotory way in Hermanus overlooking Hermanus Golf Course.

Hehe ahead of you there, thats what I did

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And then like a fool in love... the next day I decide I'm a big boy now, time for some big boy stuff - Hermanus Cycle Trails. Head off to Euodia Cycles to get some last need essentials and a temp permit. The guy there, Riaan is a very helpful chap. Out of the 4 routes I reckon I was good enough to do the 2nd easiest one,blue route = 15km, he reckons nah do the blue one half way then switch to the next one up, I look fit enough he says, yeah right I think. Anyway armed with complete excitement and ignorance , I head off - the first bit is nice and technical though the trees, but once out, oh my hat, noob realization 1 of many kicks in - don't cycle in mid morning heat. Continue on and finding a nice rhythm, doing my best to follow the boards that, at this point in time, still has all 4 route markings on it. However that was all about to change, quickly. All of a sudden I find myself on a mother of an incline. It was at this point in time where I couldn't decide what I hated worse, incline or soft sand - I knew I hated both at the same time. Then noob realization 2 of many kicks in: the next board marking the route only has the black arrow on - somewhere I missed a turn and found myself on the hardest of the 4 tracks . Eventually I couldn't any more and was forced to get off and push. But what goes up must come down, did my best not to be a cowboy on the way down and learnt a lot, quickly about how to use my brakes or at least what worked for me. Eventually rejoined the trail of all 4 routes, and relief ensued. Thereafter I felt I could conquer anything,(noob mistake x of many), and decide like Riaan suggested to take the red route. This route took me through some wine farms and steady inclines, but nothing as hectic as before. Ended up at the entrance to Hamilton and Russel, but no time for wine tasting now took some quick pics and was on my way. From there on it was plain sailing, mostly downhill, then hit the technical section through the trees again and ended at the cycle shop with an epic smile on my face. Sporty Pal reckons it was about 2 hours for a 20km ride, altitude difference of about 200m. I will definitely be doing it again, however I don't think I have the balls to be doing it alone again, that was some kamakazi stuff on my part. Here are some pics of my adventure:

So the day after my maiden voyage, I'm out in onrus/vermont again. Its a nice quiet area and its holiday season, so everyone is out jogging and on their bikes. After riding around on the in and out tar roads in the area, I decide to head up to the 7/11. At that point I was trying to catch up to 2 bikers just to ask about the area. Then they just disappeared . Turns out there is a path that starts just there, but its sort of below the level of the road. Anyway I eventually catch up to this very friendly couple, who lets me join them. What followed was an awesome, awesome ride. We started at the 7/11 and followed the path all the way to hawston, cut through hawston and throught to fisherhaven and then doubled back next to the road for a while getting back on the path where we started. Again Rob and Caroline, if you on here thanx again for showing me the ropes.

So I found a old wing cam camera I ordered from Hong Kong a while ago and strapped it to my helmet. I use to fool around with it in the car and the video was pretty descent, so I'll post some clips after my ride in Hemel and Aarde later. Some pics of the improvisation:

Hi Lewy_za I was in the same boat as you, I have an audi a3, no towbar and my options where a buzzrack from sportmans warehouse or the thule one you mentioned. I opted for the thule one, got it from load and go next to revolution cycles in bree street in the cbd. Give them a call as I might have taken the last one, however there are tones of thule dealers in cpt. As for strong enough, my first trip to Hermanus from cape town was smooth, however can someone please enlighten me to the following : I improvised with old show laces, but how are you supposed to stop the pedals from moving? The strap that comes with it, as per the videos are for strapping multiple bikes together??? Oh an I cut up an old felt cloth that I put on the four hooks, just to protect the paint work as much as I could. Hope this helps a bit.

We are indeed spoilt for choice here in the western cape, looking forward to more views like that

Damn, I'll be missing what seems is going to be quite epic. Is this a monthly thing?

So decided to get one of these as my options where very limited. I drive a hatchback with no tow bar. Anyway bought it and had the guy fit it. Unfortunately I didn't have my bike with and was in bit of a rush. Got home, packed for holiday and now its time to put the bike on. Its the 3 bike rack, so I put the bike on the slot closest to the car, strap the 2 rubber straps over the cross bar of the bike, but now can't understand how I only have one auxiliary strap to secure the bike. With just that one strap the pedals and wheels where just too loose. Also the pedals were now able to scratch the car, so I placed it on the middle slot and got some old shoe laces to tie the wheels down. Is this how its supposed to be or am I missing something. Also just my luck, I get stopped in a roadblock... The Oriciferr tells me that my bike is blocking my number plate, he was kind enough to not give me a fine. But now I need an additional number plate, really? Any suggestions?

Thanx bud, I will definitely do so, gonna get some cable ties or something.