Entered the race about 2 weeks ago because I had a great time last year , after reading comments on the hub about the changes to this year’s route my boet and I decided to go out there and see if we could make out what was happening before deciding if we’re going to do this year’s race . Luckily met a Darrly or Daren on the route (presume its DFLIP), he was busy on the route with like 30 guys cutting and creating routes. Awesome guy and very helpful. Turns out he is part of the team that are developing Heia Safari up the road into a sport park; they also do the monthly Night mtb series there. I have done 2 of their night mtb races at Heia and loved it, the routes and trails are amazing. So if that is anything to go by we can look forward to some great riding this weekend. He directed us onto some of the new trails for the silverstar race and I must say, although the route is still new and loose, the single-track is awesome and much needed at king’s kloof, there will still be allot of cosmetic work needed after the race and changes to things like the corners but we had a great ride. Re the old route, allot of it still seems to be in the new route, with that crazy hill and descent around the mountain still in as well as some new single track added onto the blue route at kings kloof. I can understand the change because of safety, and he said together with his team they are trying their best to create something good for the race in the time they have. We rode about 30km and it was a tough but great ride. Look forward to this weekend
