Tokai 2016 reopening

[splat]

https://www.facebook.com/dynamicbikefitment/posts/1937231939835058

 

and 

 

https://www.facebook.com/tokaimtb/posts/647308185462933

[(Deon)]

Thanks for posting the pics Splat! 

 

Still can't believe it rained on the morning, the track is firming up really nicely..

[Meezo]

any word on tokai been open this Wednesday?

 

Also, sunrise getting earlier sunset getting later? gates times still 8am-5pm

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

any word on tokai been open this Wednesday?

 

Also, sunrise getting earlier sunset getting later? gates times still 8am-5pm

AFAIK summer times are from September. 

 

And watch the press... 

[(Deon)]

Yes, open Wednesday. Will get to the press in a bit.. just need a gap!

[Bloukrans]

Deon your legend!!

[T-Bob]

..just need a gap!

 

Here you go. 

 

[Headshot]

Here you go. 

 

For a moment I thought that was Tokai!

[(Deon)]

Deon your legend!!

Wasn't me... Mark and Bike Park at Uitsig are to thank. Legends!

[(Deon)]

Here you go. 

 

Thanks, found a gap.  

[Headshot]

On Sunday last we found several riders, a family in Sunday best (well some of them) out for a ride at Tokai. They were hardly dressed for hiking let alone riding and not one of them had a helmet on. At this stage we don't know whether they came in via the boom at the picnic area but that seems logical.

 

That the gate officials didn't stop them is a poor show from TMNP. We will obviously address the issue with them but also wish to remind everyone who rides there and indeed anywhere on TMNP that helmets are obligatory.

 

If you do encounter anyone on the mountain without a helmet (downhillers pushing their bikes up hill are excluded) please play honorary ranger and advise them to leave the mountain carefully and not to come back again unless they have proper head wear on.

 

Thx

[Eddy Gordo]

I remove mine as soon as I start overheating!!!. But thats only on the climbs. As soon as I am pointing down, I make sure it is secured on my head!!!

Funny enough in the years of riding at tokai I was asked once about my helmet some years ago, and then last week, an old friend came past and asked me to put it on.

[Jewbacca]

I have a question that may or may not have been answered...

 

When Tokai eventually becomes open 7 days a week due to the bluegums being removed and tree falling safety a thing of the past, will the time slots still apply? 

 

Ie can we access before work in Summer Mon-Fri from say 5 am like we used to? Obviously we will have our valid level 3 activity cards etc.. Same applies to after work?

 

I used to ride there before and after work all the time and it was heavenly, or will the same strict times apply to riders as the picnic area?

[Eddy Gordo]

Yeah  you mean the usual sunrise to sunset opening times, I miss those hours.

[Jewbacca]

Yeah  you mean the usual sunrise to sunset opening times, I miss those hours.

Exactly... I miss my pre and post work spins.

 

My bike fitness and my skills have deteriorated as much as my motivation to ride in the last 2 years. I will cry tears of such glee if the place ever reopens as it was

[Eddy Gordo]

Exactly... I miss my pre and post work spins.

 

My bike fitness and my skills have deteriorated as much as my motivation to ride in the last 2 years. I will cry tears of such glee if the place ever reopens as it was

I only used to do post work, dearly miss it.