Tycho Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I am traveling across Africa and am currently in South Africa. I noticed that the Cycle Tour was not long after I arrived, so I bought a used bike and entered. Now I have a bike and thought it would be fun to cycle in different spots around the country. What would be perfect is a century ride (100 miles) or 200k ride like the events I am used to. I tried searching, but all I found in South Africa are races. I don't race, I like to do long all day rides. The Cycle Tour was fun, but it didn't have the fun social aspect I am used to. The extremely short route was also partly to blame. Are there any events in the coming months? I would prefer not to do long rides solo. Big climbs would also be nice. Suikerbossie is not a big climb. Something Cat 2 or better according to Strava.
Spinnekop Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Sadly Tycho we do not have big Cat 1 and Cat 1 type mountains in SA.I think the "biggest" climb you'll find in SA is in the Lowveld, Mpumalanga. - Long Tom pass. Here is a small summery I have of the "big climbs" I have done over the past 20 years:
Marius Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I do my century rides over weekends. We are doing a 400km Audax ride next weekend ( 21 March ) and there should be a 600km ride a few weeks after that also. Check it out, really awesome riding, very social: http://audaxsa.co.za/wc400-21-mar-2015/
Wez-O Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 You should do the Panorama Tour in Mpumalanga... You will need to grab yourself a teammate, but its a great race over 4 days.
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