BenReaper

Beautifull pics Dale,I'm not very familier with anything past Durbanville towards the city.Whereabouts is this?

Did a quick ride alone after work this arvie.Its starting to get darker sooner as the season is changing.

Awesome pic.[emoji106]

Did 3 different rides this past week,since I wont be cycling this weekend I might aswell post them now.Got in about 80km distance and 1400m climbing over my 3 short rides.Had to steer clear of the burning mountains on monday,so took to the flat farmlands.Had a beautifull sunset.On tuesday I headed back to the mountains to do some climbing.And on thursday some more climbing.Our mountain now looks like Twoface from Batman with half of it burnt.

Although I do 98%of my riding on the mtb,I got this yesterday for the odd road ride.

Will go have a look on monday for any other unique features or maybe a serial number on the frame,unfortunatly what is in the pic is all there is,frame only,no fork or wheels or anything else. If I were to find a serial number,where could I find more info with it?

Can imagine how bad it might end coming of wrong on one of these.[emoji20] The last bridge almost caught me out as I entered with speed and did not realise the exit was at an angle.....close shave.Was really proud of my wife as she mastered them really quickly to my surprize.

Thanks for the advice. The heart shaped lug was actually what made me think it was a De Rosa.Thought I might have saved a gem from the scrapheap. Will not feel bad now if I decide to butcher it into a single speed road bike.Not a fixie though.

Went out early this morning with a mate and did 40km ride to Nuy Cellars new Restaurant called "Nuy on the hill".Met up with my wife there and she joined us for a loop of the new 30km Nuy mtb route.My wife and my mate both had theire first encounters with wooden crossover bridges today.Had quite a laugh at how they negotiated them,but by the third one they got the hang of it.

I recently aquired this frame and am not sure of what brand it is,although I suspect it might be a Da Rosa frame.

My current rubber has very little life left,this would come as real blessing.+ I would like to see what the hype around the Onza's are about.

Couldnt go for a ride this afternoon,so I took my son and our two JR's for a walk.Moemoe and Thabo were very interested in whatever was in the hole.

Rode to Goudini Spa outside Rawsonville this morning,and went around the Badsberg mountain on the gravel roads and singletrack that some of you might recall from the Gravel & Grape stage race held here. This is the view of the Breederivervalley from the entry point to the 'DH' singletrack at the top of Goudini Spa. Here is a farm dam,alongside the singletrack,with crystal clear water, just had to grab a pic.And this is me dropping my mate on the long flats(also happens on the climbs).Looks like 3×9 beats 1×10.....or maybe my guns are just bigger......

Had a surprise the other day when I came across a very much similar looking 26" single speed build as mine.Wouldnt have guessed we actually lives in the same town and have never bumped into each other.

Had the chance to go ride on wednesday and thursday again,we had some great cool clowdy weather this week,a moerse relief from the usual blistering Boland sun.These are from my solo ride on wednesday.And this was on Thursday while riding with a mate.

Thanks,you know how it works,a photo doesnt always bring forth what the eyes see,but can be tweeked to do so with a bit of filter work.[emoji4] Thanks BSG.[emoji106]

On saterday afternoon after work got a chance to break away and go riding,.It was extremely hot,so I had to cut my ride short on account of to little water and ended up with 27km and 630m of climbing.

Did a short ride after work on friday with my son,his getting fast and wreckless on the rough stuff lately.

Nice bike,are you going to change those Nobby Nic's to Onza tyres?

Not sure if this belongs here,but I had the privalage of meeting this beauty a couple of weeks ago.

Did my first singlespeed run for 2016 on wednesday,had some welcome cool overcast weather after the past few weeks of very high temperatures.My ride took me past a farm dam where two young men were fishing.I stopped to chat for a while and was lucky enough to witness one of them catching this beauty.

Enjoy it,I believe one could say you earned it.[emoji106]

Lekker man!I was there over the last 2 weekends,you should also look at riding the Flower Valley trail and you could go out on the district roads to and around Baardskeerdersbos,some nice climbing with beautifull scenery around there.

I decided to start the new year off with a bang,so on Friday morning I left home,Worcester, at about 03:00 and set off,in the dark, for Gansbay. I was counting on getting breakfast at McDonalds,but they were closed,so I set off on a empty stomach.The sky was overcast,so it was a nice cool run untill around Botriver when the clouds opened up and the sun came out in full force. As I passed Hawsten and went round the foot of the mounten to Vermont the wind picked up and hit me head on,managed to reach Hermanus with a tired body,sore leggs and a hungry stomach.I decided to abandon the final 40km and my wife came to pic me up in Hermanus.