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Sunset Ride overlooking Walker Bay

Based on what information Nico? I dont expect explaining myself here will do any good, but here goes nothing. 1. The people involved in the cancelation of their booking last year - the ones from that the facebook post that kick this whole thing off - were refunded in full, 24 hours after we cancelled thier booking - and over a week before their planned departure - an the date of the facebook post being put up. The matter is sub judice, and I will not discuss it further. 2. Chrisjvvr, who engaged on this post, after being alerted to the facebook post, was an unrelated incident, and there was a misinterpretation of the T&C's as per the booking made. We have come to an arrangmement with him directly. We have always had a presence of FB, and have shared a grand total of 2 facebook posts from the company profile this week. If this is considered "flooding", I apologise, and if they offend you, you are welcome to unfollow. It is clear that members here are only interested in one side of the story. This is unfortunate. I will however refrain from posting to this platform for the forseeable future, in either a personal or profesional capacity.

The money was paid back, unconditionaly, a week before the post was made on facebook.

Firstly, Regarding the connection between me and the well documented "wood fetcher" incident from 5 years ago, that has been discussed ad nausea on the 4x4 community forum. This has been brought up a few times on bike hub in the past. I have never tried to hide from the fact that I was the person responsible for this. There were a lot of factors involved that led to that unfortunate event, and the fallout that ensued. All parties directly affected then, with that specific incident and the subsequent closure of that company (Authentic Adventures), where refunded in full. Apologies were made directly to the affected parties as far as possible. This incident as unfortunate as it was, has been settled and put behind me, and those that were directly affected. The persons that keep bringing it up, and making seemingly informed statements regarding it, were not directly or indirectly affected. I have owned up to the mistakes made, and lessons that were learned. I realise this is a legacy that will in all likelihood follow me around forever, but as I have said, I have never tried to hide my connection to this, to anyone who cares to ask and am open to discuss this further in person with anyone who would like to clear up anything relating to it. Now, to move on to the concerns regarding the Facebook post from 30 December. I will not go into too much detail about this, as I have engaged the services of an attorney to deal with the affected party on this. I will, however, like to point out a few basic facts. Adventure Cycles did mess up the booking for this group. I have admitted to being at fault in this regard. I became aware of this on the 18th of December, and there was no way of securing accommodation at the destination at this point in time (Their booking was for the 30th of December - 5th of January) At this point, I made a mistake of trying to hide our error, by talking the group into postponing their trip to a later date, because of the uncertainty relating to possible new travel restrictions that may be implemented. We had at this point already made the call to postpone a number of cross border MTB trips for the period of 29Dec through to 14 January, based on clients concerns about impending restrictions. The group opted not to postpone and left without another option, I informed them on 23rd of December that we have to cancel the reservation. A full refund was paid to them on the 24th of December. As I said, this had now become a legal issue, and I will not discuss any further details regarding this specific issue - other than to state that this was also not an MTB tour to be facilitated by Adventure Cycles. We were only engaged to arrange the accommodation for them, for a trip they would be undertaking on their own. It was not part of our regular or scheduled tours. This is/was in no way a scam or scheme as has been alluded to. In fact, there is no upside to the company or myself in this regard. There is no way I could possibly stand to benefit from this. It was really just an unfortunate administrative error on my behalf, which has turned out into a very damaging ordeal. If any one wants to discuss this with me, me contact details are available, and I have nothing to hide.

Hi Chris. I am sorry if we have missed calls from you. But as was stated in the email when we announced that the Makgadigadi tour you had book was to be cancelled (because at the time, the borders were still closed), you were sent an email highlighting various options for alternative trips, or to postpone to another departure in the new year. If there were no alternative dates avialable that suited you at the time, you were issued a credit note, which is valid for 12 months - after which if you have still not booked an alternate trip, you can request a cash refund. Your credit note was issued on the 2nd of October, ans is still valid. Herewith a link to the T&Cs on the website - https://adventurelogistics.co.za/shop/tcs/ I will also resend you the corresponding email that highlights the same.

Chest mount works well, but be sure of the angles you mount it at, especially when your getting loose and moving around the bike. first time out, I set it up while seated.... and thought the angle was great, until I stood up and got behind the saddle, and had the whole trail with me just filming the handlbar and front wheel..... (as an aside - EWS rules dont allow chest straps, only helmet or bike mounted cameras - not sure if its a safety thing, but maybe something to keep in mind)

Join us as we kick off the year in style - we will be doing another Night Ride from grounded on the 20th of Jan 2021. In line with covid regulations, we are limiting the event size to only 35 people, and mask wearing and all other protocols will be followed at the start and finish. This promises to be great fun again, and we will have a representative from ER24 to give a talk on what to do if you are the first responder at an incedent while out on your bike. booking is essentail, both for covid complaince, as well as to arrange catering, and all the details can be found here: https://adventurelogistics.co.za/mtb-adventures/local-mtb-adventures/launch-event-night-ride-21-october-2020/ Hope to see you all there to kick off the new year

They do have superb accomodation - various options available - http://stanfordvalley.co.za You can also Stay at Bluegum Estate, across the road - they have some trails and will be linking them into the Stanford Valley/Manor House Network If Covid doesnt get in the way and completely mess things up - the 2022 Epic will be coming through these trails - so they are doing a lot of work linking trail networks etc at the moment *No direct affiliation to either establishment

If you do decide to go out stanford way, I will gladly share the GPX file for our Cheese and Wine Ride - but please note you do go across some private property, which needs to be arranged in advance - I will give you the contacts of who to call, and give them a heads up that you may be coming as well - but please dont go ride it without getting permission up front. For some really epic trails, you can also call Manor House - they have about 40km of single track, but access needs to be pre-arranged

That chart from cycle lab sounds about right for an average rider on an average day on average terrain. Thing with tire pressures on bikes, is it is a very dynamic thing, and because you are working with a very small volume tire essentially, tiny changes can have a huge difference - so every person needs to go an figure it out for themselves through a bit of trail and error. As a rule on trails I ran my tires a bit harder than most suggestions - but I am just barely under 110kg on a good day, and I tend to buldoze my way over and through things - So to save the rims and stop the tires from pulling off the bead I have too..... but thats for me - a more finessed rider, would be able to get away with 20% less air in the tires on a given day - and be fine

Please tell me more - is this a MTB track or just gravel/backroads? Is it managed/maintained and if so, who do you contact for a permit? Do you have a gpx file or a link to find more info? I am very keen to check this out if i have a few days to spare before or after our next Stanford cheese and wine weekend in February...

Not sure if the accuracy is good enough on any wrist based HRM for proper medical evaluation, but they are reasonably aaccurate to give you a good idea of whats going on. A chest strap is ideal, but not always comfy to sleep with. sampling rates on the high end Polar/Suunto/Garmin etc devices can be set to be basically continious, and you can then export the data from the TCX or FIT file, and display it on an excel graph.

If you have kept your job and been drawing a salary throughout the length of this year, you are making that statement from a very very high horse.....

Groenkloof is great as a starting point. After heavy rains some sections can get really bad, and should be avoided, and there is one really tricky rocky climb that I wouldnt do unless you have proper underbosy protection, but it has a "chicken run" Im in pretoria till christmas, and my ITB injury means im not cycling much, let me know if you want to meet up, I would gladly show you around the Groenkloof Trail

The riding there is/was great, but I just dont think its worth it anymore, with the choice of great bike parks in and around pretoria now days. As with all things run by the state..... it could be great, but simply isnt. I havent been in a few years - we still occasionally do the 4x4 trail and some game viewing, but I wouldnt go on the bike, unless in a group of 8 or more.