Klapperkop

[Karinvdw]

@Paddavis- How u doin'?

Hey Rex, good and u?

[Pants Boy]

Slight detour?

LOL yeah. Other slight detours include going past Nkwe in the East, or hitting the sand quarry near Avondzon from the North side.

[Mountain Bru]

@Paddavis: Don't you have a husband/boyfriend to ride with??

[Beer4Recovery]

Is the trail a coming down from the top of Klapper kop?

[Karinvdw]

@Paddavis: Don't you have a husband/boyfriend to ride with??

 

Ummm, boyfriend doesn't ride (but he does clean my bicycle sometimes or provide support before races), and my riding partner is only available on weekends. Besides, I prefer to train alone during the week which is a bit of a challenge ito safety. Can't have it all I guess

[Pants Boy]

Is the trail a coming down from the top of Klapper kop?

There's several. The ones on the south side goes from roughly the radio tower to the R21 gate, and is 99% downhill. There's basically two options there, the 'tree to tar' trail and the jeep track / tweespoorpaadjie that runs next to the fence. The trail gets hairy, as it's lots of loose and sharp rocks, and at the moment is very washed out.

 

On the North side you go from the radio tower down to a split, where you can hook a short left to the reservoirs and back onto tar (short, maybe 1km in total) or hook right down to George storrar corner, from where you can hit the fenceline back to the R21 corner and then uphill back to the R21 gate, or you can go left and UP what is locally known as the WTF climb - 7% and loose which also comes out near the R21/George storrar corner, for the climb back.

 

A favourite loop is down the south side, over the tar, down next to the R21 fence to George storrar, then up to the Radio tower, and from there either back down the south side or down by tar.

 

There's also a 'proper' downhill track from the entrance to the fort to the R21, but at the moment it is not recommended, super washed out, jumps broken and pieces missing.

[Pants Boy]

So, Padda, have you done it yet? Klapperkop, I mean

[Karinvdw]

So, Padda, have you done it yet? Klapperkop, I mean

Ja, since Sundays are so peaceful, I did it.............Klapperkop, I mean

[Pants Boy]

SMK ... Sondag Middag Knippie Klapperkop

[Izak]

Tx everybody. It doesn't seem that KK is any less safe than other places to ride during the week.

RexF - I always carry pepper spray with me, and have a brown belt in karate, so at least I am not completely helpless

See you all on the trails sometime!

What do you ride so I don't piss you off by mistake

[arendoog]

I ride there plenty but try and avoid the north part in the week if alone .The south part next to the gholf course is saver i think !

[Karinvdw]

What do you ride so I don't piss you off by mistake

Scott.......don't worry, not planning on using pepper spray on any fellow mtbikers..........although I have been tempted to use it on a couple of motorists.

[Karinvdw]

SMK ... Sondag Middag Knippie Klapperkop

No, I did a SOK, (Sondag oggend Klapperkop)!