Musashi

I understand completely. The best way to loose trails is to let erosion get out of hand. But I'm interested in the black route...

But the rocky climb on the red route will still be available? It's great training for technical climbing.

Spotted you at the start and it was nice seeing you at a MTB event. Now sell the road bike and invest in a sweet 29'r! You won't be sorry. Well done on surviving your first MTB race and the sky diving!

I always enjoy this event. With the rain, I was sceptical about the route and how much fun it will be, but it drains very well and again I enjoyed every minute. Well done to all involved. The route markers seem to be permanent. Are these trails open throughout the year?

Knoblies will make you strong. And after they wear down in the middle, you'll have exactly what you're looking for.

I actually enjoy this race. There's quite a bit of single track and technical bits although, IIRC everything is ridable. Mostly the terrain is jeep track with some ruts. There is a bit of a climb towards the end. The 42km is a slow race as there aren't many downhills to make up time. Check the results of last year's race to get an idea of finish times.

How good is the drainage of the route? I see we're in for a lot of rain on Thursday and Friday, but Saturday looks good!

I suggest selling the 26" wheel set and getting a second 29" wheel set (unless you're actually keeping the 26" bike of course). Road tyres fit on the 29" MTB rims without a problem (I use 28mm to be safe) and although it looks strange, it works well enough. When necessary, I have a dual suspension road bike with disc brakes

Not much. It should be fine.

Man, I'd love to, but I haven't dived in quite while and will have to redo the course. You guys enjoy!

Yip. For some reason road events aren't used for MTB seeding but MTB events count towards road seeding. Don't ask me why, but events like this does give one a great opportunity to improve the road seeding!

I hope you like technical terrain and single track! It is all ridable, but there are a few nice surprises. And, in the past, a beer at the halfway mark (the most difficult obstacle of all)! Arrange a MTB number from PPA prior to the event. You can't use your road number.

Yip, that's the plan! And hopefully with a better seeding I'll start earlier and have less traffic on the single track.

Rode the trails again yesterday. Well done on excellent trail maintenance! What a pleasure to go riding here. {A certain other club can learn something about maintenance from you guys!}

Which one? The one to Steytlerville or the 4x4 route south over the mountain to Joubertina? Both have awesome views!

The road from the Steytlerville side to the Kloof, was that the Doringkloof 4x4 route? That is quite a hectic drive.

I have the 29r Spark Elite and also went with Crest rims/Hope hubs.

+1. I'm not sure whether it is old unmaintained single track, or brand new single track that hasn't been ridden in and is invisible with the pine needles, but a few of us ended up lost and found and lost and found. Also, at some other places the route markings were not great and we ended up turning around when someone comes from the front telling us we all went wrong. And some really dangerous spots weren't indicated. Personally I don't mind the rocks and I enjoy the challenge, but the best bit of single track was the last bit up to the 25km point, nice and fast. As always, great fun!

The ascents aren't really that bad, just long. And the fast downhills make up for that. But that is mostly in the second half. The test in the first half is the technical terrain. I can't wait!

Entered for the 50km. This is always a fun event. Lots of rain predicted for tomorrow but Friday and Saturday looks dry and Grabouw drains very quickly so we should have lots of fun!

I tried that, Tiny K. Doesn't work on the 500. Even the suggestion of copying it straight to the gps unit doesn't work.

Stilbaai. PM me if you're in the area and want to join.

My biggest problem with MapMyRide is that you can't download the routes in any useful manner anymore. Only gpx format with no elevation data. Pretty useless for a Garmin. Generally the website isn't too bad, but mapping a route can take a long time to load.

Both mine and my wife's CS200's gave similar issues after 1.5 to 2 years of use. Replacing the battery didn't help. Now I use a Garmin.

First press power and then up/down to zoom. I think this does the trick, but not 100% sure. Let us know!