Chingy182

Is this the same as the "Missing Link" trail or something completely different? If so, can you please share access point, etc?

I saw a FB post matching this description of happening on the Banhoek trails on Saturday morning around 11h30

From La Parada your best bet will be Tokai mtb trails - Day permit is R97 CASH at the gate. You can easily cycle from the Restaurant to the start (maybe 6-7km). If you want a nice challenge go straight up to the top of the mast, as you come down again where you will pass a little picnic table bench, you go straight up there which will take you into Silvermine reserve. Cycle up the tar road to the first car park on your right and head back onto jeep track. Keep following the road and just about 100m before you reach the top of the climb, there is a path that veers off to the right known as the DONKEY trail. This takes you right back down and back into Tokai trails. Here you can head back up the same path you did heading towards silvermine reserve and go up to the right where the road splits again and ride down the COBRA (black trail) and continue all the way down the rest of the snake trails towards the exit gate. This should give you LOADS of elevation and a good 70 odd km and some really cool trails. Disclaimer - access points to Cobra and Donkey trails are not very well marked. The bike shop down the road from the start of the trails (at the roundabout) has a really cool picture of all the trails on their wall that you can take a picture of to help you with a bit of guidance. First time on Tokai trails, it's quite easy to get a bit lost.

So, I have received some feedback from the event organisers... Gravel bikes are allowed at the race. Interesting side note: They are only aware of 1 rider who has done the race on a gravel bike in the events' history. Do I take that as a sign that I rather ride my mtb or do I become nr 2

Thanks. More food for thought. I am not under any illusion of coming in under the top 15-20% of riders. Maybe just have a lekker personal "fast race".

Thanks for the input. I will also just find out from the race organisers if Gravel Bikes are permitted, because you never know As for flowing single track, ie. no big rock gardens or drops, I can manage quite easy with the gravel bike through all this and then have a lekker beast at my disposal on the open roads. Happy to hear I can pack light in terms of what snacks I stuff down my back pocket

Re-opening this thread for some advise. I've entered for the 2021 edition (Covid-pending) Can you ride this on a gravel bike or is a mtb the preferred choice? I felt like there is some vague mention of single track in the 40km route and not sure if the 80km will also be traversing some of this.

Burn!!

I do enjoy to hear about everyone's OCD, makes me feel less alone. I also can't stand odd numbers on radio or TV volume, but 15 is allowed - I've given 15 round number status - maybe partially because I also played fullback in rugby. Another thing I need to do is get dressed on the left side of each body part first. Left foot also first up on the step and on each step with a support bar.

Roof racks have also crossed my mind, but as you mention, NOT cheap either. Also a lot of compatibility issues with cars that already have side bars, etc, etc. Thing I don't like about bike racks hanging off your boot is that they really do a number on my boot central locking mechanism when it is really windy.

Thule beam at Cycle Lab actually a bit cheaper at the moment.

That is the dream. Unfortunately, my car doesn't have a towbar... I have considered running the cost of having 1 installed, but FLIP, it's not cheap.

Thank you for the response and the feedback. The Bike rack does look great though

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I recently bought myself the SARIS Bones EX 3-bike carrier. Unfortunately, neither of our dual sus bikes' frames are compatible with the carrier and it looks like I need to buy the Bike Adapters as well now Now, it doesn't seem like there is stock anywhere in SA, but Cycle Lab have a decent price on the THULE ladies bike adapter. Any insight if these would be compatible with one another? Common sense would say these Adapters are much of a muchness in terms of difference and should therefor work either way... Also don't want to dig myself further into a hole.

Quick question on the Makro vouchers: How do they actually work? You receive a voucher code, do you activate it to your Makro M-Card App or do you simply show this to the person at the checkout counter to redeem? Or can you only use it for online purchases?

Don't Garmin also make kids GPS watches where parents can track them? Shouldn't be too expensive either

How many times did you swat at your screen?

I've used them a couple of times, thought their service was good enough, considering everything in this country. Something I am not happy about this time around; I added some marked down items on the website to my basket, only to be told that the prices with suppliers have gone up. Almost added R1500 to my original order - I just left it and will wait for a special deal when it arrives again. I do want to support them more.

Sorry this had to happen to you. I go as far as double locking my bike - which would just slow them down by about a minute or two. My faith in humanity is about as close to zero as one can get, so someone ALWAYS stays with the bikes.

I live about 5min away from this spot and I cycle past it on my usual rides. This whole area is a hive of activity on weekends and there are always loads of people just loitering about in the road or in the parking lot. Still so many bikes left unattended. Considering how busy it actually is there, it remains amazing how nobody could see this happen

It's happened to me on a few occasions. I pop them a mail to let them know and usually get a response back saying they are aware of the issue and Safe Days will be offered retrospectively, etc... Usually is resolved and I do get my days allocated. Right now I am getting my Safe Days, so no issue my side.

My wife did her first and only K2C in 2019 in freezing cold conditions, rains, etc. She came in just under 7 hours. Training was mainly 40km rides along beach road in Blouberg where there is almost no elevation. She rode CTCT in around 5 hours We did Tokai mast once as final big prep ride to get some elevation in under the belt. One or two gravel travel events also helped. In a nutshell K2C is very doable in 7 hours without having to really overthink it.

Some seriously impressive stats from some of the guys here. My 2020 target was always to improve on 2019 and also exceed 5000km. I got so close this year... DAYS ACTIVE - 215 TIME - 331 hours DISTANCE - 4877km ELEVATION - 51 959m

Thanks Gen Even better then