gummibear Posted July 20, 2011 Share I thought he used a CX bike? Who Darren Lill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChunkyMonkey Posted July 20, 2011 Share Toughest climb by far in Cape Town city bowl....? Molteno road...from bottom(Camp road) to topRugby road), only 1.5km of pure HELL, guaranteed nothing steeper in the Western Cape!! Now: Do it 6 times!! :( Edited July 20, 2011 by ChunkyMonkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inusc Posted July 20, 2011 Share Spook Heuwel in Somerset West? I walk up there!It's not that bad I ride it up regularly and steenbras is way worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 20, 2011 Share Try Price Drive off Constantia Nek...... pretty @#%&$!@ steep the last time I did it. RobynG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firewolf Posted July 20, 2011 Share belleview in Town. The climb on the road that runs left from the road that takes you to Tokai Forrest. The road up to the nature reserve in Somerset West in Lourensford area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyB Posted July 20, 2011 Share THE TOUGHEST ON A ROAD BIKE MUST BE "KAAIMANSGAT", IT IS OUR OWN ALPINE CLIMB FROM BOTH IDES, IT IS JUST 2KM ON THE LEFT OUT OF VILLIERSDORP TOWARDS WORCESTER, PLUS IT IS PROBABLY THE SAFEST ROAD TO RIDE IN THE COUNTRY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowtwitch Posted July 21, 2011 Share I don't know which climb is the greatest in CT, since I've only lived here a year and a halve not even cycling, but one thing is for sure: Cape Town is by far the best place for climbing. Nowhere else in South Africa is there so many great climbs so close to each other!!! You can do your 70-80km morning ride doing multipal 5-15km mountain climbs never mind hills!!!!! Edited July 21, 2011 by slowtwitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 21, 2011 Share Jonaskop near Villiersdorp. 1350 m Total ascent in 15.3 km . Tar road to the top. It's closed to the public though. I had special permission from the farmer.Good one, Topwine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Cape Town is by far the best place for climbing. Nowhere else in South Africa is there so many great climbs so close to each other!!! You've never been to the eastern transvaal, have you? FafB, JB83 and johanngerber254@gmail.com 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Mob Posted July 21, 2011 Share Yup you're right it was a CX bike but a CX bike is closer to a road bike than mtb You are wrong - He rode it this year on his Stock Standard road bike, with Easton Clincher wheels on 23c training tires - Nothing special about it - other than the rider. I even went over the chat to him afterwards and inspected his wheels myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandacious Posted July 21, 2011 Share The road up to the nature reserve in Somerset West in Lourensford area. what? thats like maybe 1.5km long... hardly a climb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted July 21, 2011 Share You are wrong - He rode it this year on his Stock Standard road bike, with Easton Clincher wheels on 23c training tires - Nothing special about it - other than the rider. I even went over the chat to him afterwards and inspected his wheels myself. I'm right then, originally said road bike I didn't see his bike this year but the previos time it was a CX bike, there was some photos posted here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted July 21, 2011 Share You've never been to the eastern transvaal, have you? Where's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zula Posted July 21, 2011 Share We did kloof nek, signal hill, and tafelberg road up to the cable car station. Total ascent 540m and distance 24km..............Decent mornings ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Mob Posted July 21, 2011 Share I'm right then, originally said road bike I didn't see his bike this year but the previos time it was a CX bike, there was some photos posted here somewhere. The Record he set was 39:30 on a road bike with CX tires. This year he rode 41:00 on a std road bike - after running up, and back down to fetch hi bike (Mast Challenge run time for Darren was 49 mins - only 45 secs behind One Chop. -In a frikken gale force headwind. The man is a cyborg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topwine Posted July 21, 2011 Share Good one, Topwine. Yeah, it's tough. Nearly constant gradient, except for about 500 m halfway up. I did it with a MTB and the first part is the toughest as you warm up. The last 4 km's is also tear crunchingly hard. As far as I know the record is just over an hour with a MTB. My first time was 1h34 . Don't think anybody did it with a road bike yet. There is actually an "invitation only" Time trial handicapped race every year organized by Dan Hugo of XTerra fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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