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Remembering Tokai: Pre-2015 fire


Bloukrans

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my 3 most challenging and yet rewarding sections in the climb to the top:

 

1: 3rd last corner on the BlueGums divert near Vasbyt - that rocky, rooty 90 degree corner with a stump and fallen log in the middle of the corner. Got it eventually

2: That section described above - not challenging per se, but you had to hit it right and it felt great when you did

3: Last corner on Boulders. That rooty section from hell. Eventually managed to find the right speed and approach to it and clear it properly...

This one?

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same... and that one rocky climb - you HAD to get the right line, or you were toast. Also had to gun it, like the silvermine road used to be. 

 

Loved that trail, and I'd started mapping "enduro" sections for my own race against myself and riding buddies....

 

Sniff... 

This section?

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yeah, although it looks a lot different in this pic.

 

coming up... tight turn, lift the front, power down and pop the back up and over cos the tyres aren't going to bite on those there roots...

 

At the right speed, it's pretty easy. Just that by the time I got up there I was generally poked... 

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That little dip into the stream bed before the end going down..

I was talking about that exact spot with Deon yesterday.

Damn I miss that place.

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Just wondering if anyone knows when Tokai or Silvermine will re-open?

 

I am itching to get my mtb on!!!!!

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amazing hoe almal gemoan het voor Tokia afgebrand het, nou mis almal die rides en sal enige tyd opgeskeep sit met hardlopers, downhillers, newbies, lack of maintenance op die roete.

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amazing hoe almal gemoan het voor Tokia afgebrand het, nou mis almal die rides en sal enige tyd opgeskeep sit met hardlopers, downhillers, newbies, lack of maintenance op die roete.

 

Enigiets is beter as niks...

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