Thaba vs Kings vs Van Gaalens

[Borborygmi]

So which trail do you like more and why? Who is the toughest??

[DR ◣◢]

Best day out - Van Gaalens

Hardest day out - Thaba

Most borning day out - hehehehehehhe

 

Still need to do Kings. Heard only great things.

 

VG however is without a doubt the best riding you can do within a reasonable distance from JHB.

 

Second to VG I'd easily spend a day on Spruit. Great fun.

[Pieter1]

Thaba is cool.

Kings is my ultimate, most fun, most challenging place to ride.

I have not been to vg yet.

[DJG]

 

VG however is without a doubt the best riding you can do within a reasonable distance from JHB.

 

Second to VG I'd easily spend a day on Spruit. Great fun.

 

i second that!

[rouxtjie]

Thaba - Tough tough tough. You learn alot about your skills and fitness level at that place.

King's - Lekker trail with some sharp climbs here and there. Close to the northern suburbs so you can make it an epic day out if you start from your house, do a loop and go back

VG - Best trails imo for guys living in gauteng. Can do really big days there in a fantastic setting. Can also use VG as base ride starting venue for Breedts. The following sections are legend, wait for it....dary. River singletrack, Oom Piet's, Tant Miem's, Daggapad, Concrete slabs, Greek chruch

[Tumbleweed]

My fave thing about VG is the beer and cheesecake…

[rouxtjie]

My fave thing about VG is the beer and cheesecake…

+1...die ou pastorie around the corner is great too, even better cheesecake than VG and the ale house also around the corner serves some really cool local brew. Had a clove beer there the last time, yum yum. You know you gonna drink some good beer when there is a Irish flag "wappering" in the wind as you drive up to it.

[Ramrod]

What about RietVlei?

[rouxtjie]

What about RietVlei?

Yip also a jol, and groenkloof for the boerewors boys

[NotSoBigBen]

What about RietVlei?

 

I think those trails took some serious strain this weekend

[RockCoach]

Van Gaalens is still my number one. So many options and great, great trails. If you can only ride one trail that holds similar experience to the best of KingsKloof, Thaba, Rietvlei etc, then VG it is.

[Iron]

my order .

Thaba

VG

Kings

[mrbaker]

my order .

Thaba

VG

Kings

 

+1 to that order

[RockCoach]

I have not been to vg yet.

 

We will correct this next weekend.

 

Had a great late afternoon ride there yesterday. Was weird arriving back to everything closed up, no one around and being the only car in the parking lot.

[Pieter1]

 

 

We will correct this next weekend.

 

Oh yea!

[dino]

Can't comment on Kings Kloof.

 

1) Groenkloof

2) Thaba

3) Van Gaalens

 

Groenkloof is my favourite place to ride in Gauteng because of the variety, closely followed by Thaba which I love for it's technical descents and super steep climbs. Great for training.

 

To be honest, there isn't much separating these 3 trails, they are all brilliant.