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Two The Core - Rover Ride 88 46 25 15 40mm of rain forecast for Saturday afternoon so he better ride fast.

I do ride there regularly as I live 5kms away. So I do get the variation in the maintenance cycle. And look forward to the trails after Saturday's race

My wife and I entered the 60km for better or worse.

I will ask for his details for when I am next there at end of March

I ride these events to build up my knowledge of the trails in the Stellenbosch/Somerset West area as I plan to semi retire there next year.

I did the Red route on Saturday and apart from a hundred metres of overgrown path on the section that goes up through the fence I thought the track was normal. My thoughts during this section were - we complain when the tracks are not "technical" enough to challenge our awesome skills and then complain when we don't have Sani2C manicured perfection.

I am a poor climber so I will be near the back of the field. So my feeling is that ,although I am reasonably capable of riding technical sections, I will be hiking a bike for some time. I don't like walking so I wonder whether it will be better to move to the 30km

I am sitting in my office near where you stay and it's still dry. So your white socks may have survived.

I rode that same section on my way to work this morning.

I was the South African FD for this company in the mid 2000s. Worst employment period of my life.

But I did not implicate any of the Elites

In the USA I would be jailed for life as I have three strikes against me:- MTB Barends Road saddle bag and unshaven legs Shortish socks.

Still on all our mtbs

Hello All, I am considering getting one of these Livall smart helmets for my commuting https://livall.co.za/product/mt1-mountain-bike-helmet/ Does anyone have one and be willing to comment on the usefulness and effectiveness of these smart features? Apart the built in lights I like the walkie talkie feature as my wife disappears on the uphills and I need to let her know that I am still moving or she turns around and comes back down to look for me

I cannot see what the incident was? My wife and I regularly ride through the Strand to the Steenbras Dam climb.

I agree We rode there about 10 days ago. The one open veld near the R42 had about 200 wild animals grazing in it. We even saw a young jackal running across the road

My wife and I decided to do this race for the 1st time so the opinions of you have done it previously are very interesting Although I am a lot younger than Long Wheel Base’s dad - a mere 62- the amount of climbing concerns me way more than any technical sections. Apart from Breedts Nek us Gautengers have to travel far to find big climbs to train on

I played baseball and softball for many years. Chirping or sledging is a huge part of the game. As my position was one the closest to the opposition batters my secondary duty was to "talk" to them in order to get them to lose focus. That also make me a target but I learnt very early on to be able to either zone it out or use it to motivate me When we played against Western Province, in particular ,those players used to ask the crowd sitting near my position to also sledge me. These were some of the nicest games I played in as afterwards those same players and spectators would socialise with my team. No hard feelings or resentment.

As a fellow useless facts collector I did check out on Google whether I had reached the highest point in Cape Town. Fortunately it was a clear day and I did stop a few times to "admire" the view and get some feeling back into my legs. The down run was not as bad as I thought it was going to be -XTR brakes and 180 mm rotor on the front I was more nervous of riding between a few baboons who were sitting on either side of the track. I did not realise the females are so big.

I spent 10 days in Somerset West over the holidays but did not get to do this ride. I am glad that my original post gave someone else an awesome day out. It was our first extended period in our holiday apartment and as I have a preference for off road riding we checked a few of the local bike parks instead of tar riding. By co-incidence we decided to ride up to the Tokai Mast on the day after Nic Dlamini's incident. This ride was as hard as I had imagined it would be. As a certified non - climber I felt a great deal of satisfaction when I arrived at the mast ( 20 minutes after my wife)

No. Duvha runs on 5 boilers still as I heard a figure of about 3 billion to replace the broken one. One of my friends works at Eskom.

I am in Batch D so I will be behind the e-bikers after the 1st climb. Maybe I will be so slow that the traffic jam will have disappeared before I get to the top

Thanks for all the replies. We will try next time we are in Cape Town. We will have to drive and park in Gordons Bay so we can get an early start.

We were in Cape Town last weekend and took a drive along the R44 from Gordons Bay to Bettys Bay. It looks like a very scenic road to do a 100km return ride. But the shoulder looks very narrow and there are many blind corners. Is it a recommended route?

Only suggestion I can offer :- 1. 1st waterpoint was right on the track on an uphill turn. They should have moved it back about 5 metres as the riders standing at the table had to stand on the track. I need to HTFU - the heat (34*) and my SS hurt me. My ride to and from home plus the long route gave me a 58km outing with 770m of climbing