Started the day with a very nice ride! Was up at 5 am, but was 5 mins late for my fellow rider... Won't happen next time. We began at Majik going through to Bloemendal, Hillcrest, and wanted to do Contermanskloof, but the wind was quite hectic, so went down Bloemendaler. Awesome ride and stopped for a coffee. My foon se kop het uitgehak (sorry for the Afrikaans, I just feel it describes it better) resulting in my loss of my Strava progress. Lucky my fellow rider had his Polar on and I did 36km (while he had to drive home still). The new Maxxis Ikon's ride like a dream! Just had a bad luck with a branch stuck in my front tyre which almost ripped my sidewall (thank goodness for the 3C version). There was one problem though... The climbs (not all of them). I suffered badly with my 1x10. Chainring 34T and 11-36 cassette. Eish, did not work at all. Really need to fix this ASAP, as it was my first time riding that section of the track. I am fine with Bloemendal, but now I know I do not have enough gears. Disclaimer: I sadly do not have any pics.
