I FLY

Then there are the Murati trails between Stellenbosch and Klapmuts

The Wannebees club do rides in the vineyards on both sides of the R44 below Stellenrust Road during the week and weekends. Look on their facebook or website for contact details. You would have to buy a day permit to ride with them.

Some of us now drive a Subaru

I think it's a black sparrowhawk for last year's comments. It sometimes comes and pays a visit to our eastate. It is much bigger than I imagined. Others already answered on it's identification

Cousin of my ex wife. His wife is also a doctor

I thought all Capetonians did their uphill routes when there is a tailwind.

My wife and I. We are digital nomads until my head office reopens sometime in the future. Two weeks in Somerset West and two weeks in Johannesburg has been our schedule since Sept 2020.

We went out at 18h30 into the Raithby vineyards last night after 7 hours in TEAMS meetings. Our proper lights are back in Johannesburg so we only had our small commuter lights but it was still a fun ride.

Took a ride out to Rooiels along R44 and bumped into Dirt Rider out on his Momsen STR at the coffee stop just before Gordon’s Bay

I am. He took me for my first ride in 1998

That's okay - we can still be friends although I played for KZN and Gauteng( Transvaal for many years.

No better feeling than hitting the ball in the sweet spot of the bat. Although this was hit about 5cms too high towards the handle. I wonder if the aluminum bats flex as much!

Interesting concept re longevity of cycling shorts. In 2008 Anatomic sponsored 9 pairs of bib shorts for the Epic. - one for each day and a spare. After the race I kept two pairs to wear and put the balance away. When the 1st two pairs wore out I took another two out to use. Today I took the 9th and last pair out of storage. I ride approx 5000kms per year - not all rides are in lycra. Another achievement is that my weight and body measurements have stayed the same as the shorts still fit.

My ex brother inlaw tested positive mid December. I am not sure of the severity of his infection. Last Sunday he went for a ride, had a heart attack and died that night.

I made the same comment to my wife yesterday. The period of most rain and growth coincides with the annual leave period of the workers.A couple of places that were tricky (a little blind riding) but a couple days with bush cutters and it will be fine again. I avoided the 1st section of reeds before the little dam as it was quite muddy and then there was one other muddy section along a fence

One weekend when we are staying in Somerset West can we come through to ride these trails with you?

I have had to cancel two trips to Europe this year to visit my daughter. At least I only have 4 more days of work until my leave starts. And I am in my Somerset West apartment for two weeks and our road bikes arrive tomorrow. . MTB bikes are already here.

Thieves have no scruples. One of my relatives committed suicide. He went to a secluded spot in his car and shot himself. When his body was eventually discovered thieves had stripped him and taken wallet, gun and phone. Another friend and his son were killed in a single vehicle accident. When their bodies were found o thieves had stripped the bodies and stolen everything they could out of the wrecked car.

As a longtime member I am always amazed at the wide range of interests and knowledge that the hubbers have outside of cycling. I doubt that I can ask for information on any subject that one or more hubbers will not have expert knowledge of . This is one of the attractions for me. Another aspect that I enjoy is the sense of community goodwill where we will help others in need (even complete internet strangers) when asked to. I just did a quick count and have bought 11 bikes and other goodies and sold 6 bikes via the classifieds.over the years. So this particular forum works for me. While my post count suggests I am not an active poster I do spend at least an hour a day reading topics that interest me and checking the classifieds for interesting sales items. ( n+1 is a real itch)

We live near Flamingo Shopping center and so all our rides into Modderfontein Nature Reserve bypass the Food Market and go straight to a Flamingo coffee shop. There is a choice of 3. Four if you count the one inside the Shell garage

Yesterday it was the other around for our bikes. We packed them into boxes in Johannesburg because they are “emigrating” to our part time home in Somerset West. Should here later this week Looking at Dale’s photos made us decide that riding road bikes in the Cape is much more enjoyable than in Johannesburg

I have heard comments that it is only broken in after 100 000kms

Any idea of the weight of this frame compared to the STR? I have the STR

In my new life as a digital nomad ( I am in Somerset West for two weeks) I am going to the opening of the new Conrad Scholtz trails at Ernie Els vineyard on Saturday and the Murati Trails on Sunday.