BenReaper

The calm before the storm. Beautiful pics.👌

Also not exactly a reply to your question, but here it goes anyway. I built this bike in 2017. A 26inch frame with 29inch wheels. Had Maxxis mud wrestler 33c tyres on. Ran a 3x8 Sora groupset with some old Avid cable disc brakes. Was a nice experience to build it, but a really 💩 ride. I was way to streched on the XL frame, perfect as an flatbar MTB, but not with drop bars. The tyres were very thin and didn't do well on our local gravel roads. I still have almost all these parts lying around and I've been toying with the idea of rebuilding it. Next time round though I'll look for a large frame (shorter reach) and for some wider tyres. I've also acquired a Farr gravel bar a few years ago for the 2.0 build. I recently fell back in love with cycling and if I'm still in love after the winter I think this build will be on the cards.

Stunning pic with the beams of sun light breaking through the clouds!👌

I had an great morning with beautiful weather out on the bike. Long slow distance to start rebuilding that long lost base. The wind did pic up towards the end and messed up my Zone2 ride, but still one of the best ways to spend a Saturday morning.

Both my kids had their birthdays in April and both got new bikes. My girl (4) upgraded from a balance bike to her first 16" with pedals, and my boy (15) finally moved up to a 29er.

Thanks, going to try this out.

Sundowner ride this evening. Literally ride off into the sunset.

This is awesome. My youngest outgrew the Feva Seat about a year ago, and this past weekend she upgraded from her balance bike to her first 16" peddle bike for her 4th birthday. Oldest is getting his first 29er this coming weekend for his 15th birthday. It's awesome to share a passion for cycling with your kids.

Not today, but yesterday. Cool, wet morning in the Breederivier Valley.🌧

RIP fellow cyclist and condolences to his family and friends!😔 It seems like nowhere is safe anymore. Even here in the platteland my local cycling group have had a few close calls with hit and runs on the open roads outside town. Unfortunately a few of them have been fatal, the latest being a local legend passing on in early December. This is around Worcester, on all roads coming in and going out of town.

Quick one this evening. The evenings are getting short now. 1st pic going out 3rd coming back in, the focus portrays my condition...😮‍💨

What great scenery Dave!🙌

Nice pic!👌 Gave me a flashback to the very first pic posted to start this thread.

This looks like a moerse lekker ride.👌

At Brandvlei Dam outside Worcester. It's mostly closed to the general public, except for cyclists. The road runs through Nekkies Resort and across a private farm before you pop out on the Villiersdorp Road at Cilmore Cellar. Across the dam in the last two pics (under the clouds) you can see Brandvlei Correctional Facilities.