Belgian biker

@halfdoesyn, thou art forgiven! @djr, It's an old second hand bike I bought 2 years ago to see if I would like cycling on a road bike. It's one of my favourite things now, both cycling and the bike! It fits me perfectly.

Her majesty will do :-)

Strava is not compatible with my phone anymore... f-ing updates

Are you all aiming to do a certain amount of kms before race day or just get as much as you can? I had to change batteries of my speedometer and forgot to check my total amount of km and so it resetted to 0! Anyways, New year, New start. I forgot 85km now and wondering if I should set myself a goal before race day

@BSG, I think it's a working horse, not a horse for riding. He's a real beauty though

Notice that the river edge is still frozen!

Beauriful morning here, even made it in the doubke digit temperatures! Planned on 40km but it was so nice I made a detour and did 50km

Woehoew, weekend! And the forecast predicts a whopping 9° and sunshine for tomorrow. Time to get the bike out. 9° sounds great after a week of freezing cold. My knee is acting up. I recently noticed that I can't strech my left knee completely anymore. It doesn't hurt and it's not bothering. I just noticed that when I strech my legs, there's a difference of about 3 cm between the left and the right knee. I don't want to go to a doctor because I don't want to hear that I can't ride anymore. But I made an appointment anyway, better now before it gets worse I suppose?

True, we have better cycle paths and routes. Can't the Cape province employ me as a European expert to develop a cyling policy? Best of both worlds

beautiful pictures every one. This is my daily dose of zen. I'm so jealous of your sunshine and beautiful nature...

I feel your pain @wahoofish. Are you also training for the CTCT? Same here in Belgium but the scenery is beautiful

In summer, when we have the emergency door open in our office, I can literally ride into the office, right next to my desk. Great fun Barcelona is good fun to ride! This is from a few years back. The little alleys are also fun

haha, with only the Fire Ride from 2015 to show, I have an index of 114 I don't really want to start at 6am, 8-ish would be perfect.I'll be in an international group. If I finish in about 5 hours, I'd be happy 52 days left

More time to enjoy the scenery and the ride :-) But what about those fires around CPT? They seem crazy this year or is this normal? only 7.5 weeks to go, I still haven't been on my bike, it's been over a month now. But it's so coooold! I still take my regular bike to go to the train station in my regular warm clothes and winter coat but it's no fun. The upside: no risk of getting my bike stolen: the lock is frozen :-)

nooooo, no fires again! I want to do the 109km this time. Or is it a great conspiracy to keep me coming back to SA every 2 years? (I could live with that as wel ;-))

@DJR, I prefer Pure Savage's advice about the G&T's Just kidding, I know malaria is to be taken seriously. I'll consult my doctor before going. That wind sounds crazy! Let's hope for a beautiful day on the 12th of March. I'm getting really frustrated with the winter here, temperatures are around freezing point. I'm even considering taking up spinning in a gym but I hate gyms. Need to get rid of some holiday festivities kilo's

In Cape Town?! What?! haha I know, we spend 5 days in CPT and fly to JBurg the day after the CTCTto start our road trip. We did the garden route and route 62 in 2015 I don't plan on taking malariapills, I took them some years ago when I went to Mali and Burkina and those pills (Lariam) make me really dizzy and weird. A doctor once told me that even pills don't protect you 100% and if you do catch malaria, they can't give you anything stronger then those pills anymore. So, we'll be covering ourselves in a lot of repellent with DEET. And I think only those 3 days in Kruger are malaria area, no? Or Drakensbergen too?

Happy new year to every one only 9 weeks.... how's every one's training going? I just started work again after a 10 day holiday. I had hoped to go out for a ride a few times but first I was sick for 5 days and now the weather is coooooold, gray and rainy, it's depressing! It's still dark when I leave home in the morning and dark again when I come back. Did a small tour for about an hour on my regular citybike on monday, that's all. on a side note: looking forward to our SA trip, I've worked out a nice route, and booked some great accomodation (JNB - Nelspruit - 2 nights Graskop - 2 nights Kruger - 1 night in Swaziland Hlane - 2 nights St Lucia - 2 nights Durban - 2 nights Underberg - 3 nights Bergville - 1 night JNB) ek kan ni wag ni!

Our handsome boy showing off...

About 5° and a cold eastern wind... but look at that view

once you're used to it, it will feel like a priveledge to commute by bike!

but but but, how can I train with this weather http://meteo1.standaard.be/

100 days till race day...and 96 days until I'm in SA again.

I'm in Tenerife for the moment, (in pursuit of a bit of sunshine). You guys might find me a sissy but the mountains here scare me when it comes to cycling! The climbs are way to steep, easily 7-10% and more and constant hairpin turns. Even by car, you have to stay in 1st gear to get uphill. Chappies is a molehill compared to these roads. And as for downhill, I'd be too scared to cycle relaxed and safely.. But beautiful island, that is true :-)

15° is lekker to ride. We have 6° this weekend and a storm passing so no cycling. This is from a few weeks aago...