More Rogue Riding on Tygerberg MTB Members Only Trail

[Skubarra]

I dont jump fences...

 

I believe this corridor will take me from my house to Bloemendal and not having to take tar road. Just want to know where the entry/exit points are. Currently I start at my house close to Majik and go over the hill to Bloemendal.

 

From the FB page

 

Where: Choose your start location: either Bon Amis at Bloemendal or Top of Odendaal Rd, Aurora (corner of Odendaal and Chatelaine Crescent)

A very big thank you to the landowners, the Parker family of Altydgedacht, Koos de Villiers of Morgenster and our old friend Lombard Loubser of Bloemendal for allowing Tygerberg MTB Club to forge a new route across their farms. Thank you to Patrick for laying out and marking the new route. Thank you also to our members and marshals for helping us build TMTBC’s reputation for being responsible and law abiding mountain bikers as this has been key to building new relationships with landowners.

The Route:

The 5km route (approximately 100m climbing) provides an alternative path from Durbanville to Nitida (and back) via the upper reaches of Altydgedacht, Morgenster and Bloemendal. It runs from the corner of Chatelaine Crescent and Odendaal roads in Aurora (above the small triangle of renosterveld) to the southern entrance of Nitida and provides a gateway to and from the trails of Hillcrest, Contermans and Meerendal. Please see the route attached. Access to the Durbanville end is controlled with a combination locked gate (same code as other locks on the Tygerberg network) and the route is marked with green arrows on white boards. Trail access is from sunrise to sunset and has been negotiated solely for the use of TMTBC members with boards displayed on their handlebars.

[Iwan Kemp]

If nothing else this thread has brought us some wonderful Monty Python memories. For that I thank you.

 

On a serious note: I hope the rogue riders do get ID'ed and then handled in such a way that they would like to join the club and our wonderful sport. Maybe even become Hubbers and one day recount their memory of how they were handled with love and respect even after being a bit sneaky / daft / careless / selfish / on zol. 

 

We are privileged to have access to so much private land and like you I would like to keep it that way. 

[Puncture Kid]

From the FB page

 

Where: Choose your start location: either Bon Amis at Bloemendal or Top of Odendaal Rd, Aurora (corner of Odendaal and Chatelaine Crescent)

A very big thank you to the landowners, the Parker family of Altydgedacht, Koos de Villiers of Morgenster and our old friend Lombard Loubser of Bloemendal for allowing Tygerberg MTB Club to forge a new route across their farms. Thank you to Patrick for laying out and marking the new route. Thank you also to our members and marshals for helping us build TMTBC’s reputation for being responsible and law abiding mountain bikers as this has been key to building new relationships with landowners.

The Route:

The 5km route (approximately 100m climbing) provides an alternative path from Durbanville to Nitida (and back) via the upper reaches of Altydgedacht, Morgenster and Bloemendal. It runs from the corner of Chatelaine Crescent and Odendaal roads in Aurora (above the small triangle of renosterveld) to the southern entrance of Nitida and provides a gateway to and from the trails of Hillcrest, Contermans and Meerendal. Please see the route attached. Access to the Durbanville end is controlled with a combination locked gate (same code as other locks on the Tygerberg network) and the route is marked with green arrows on white boards. Trail access is from sunrise to sunset and has been negotiated solely for the use of TMTBC members with boards displayed on their handlebars.

 

Great tx. Not on FB, Was looking on the TBMTB website

['Dale]

From the FB page

 

Where: Choose your start location: either Bon Amis at Bloemendal or Top of Odendaal Rd, Aurora (corner of Odendaal and Chatelaine Crescent)

A very big thank you to the landowners, the Parker family of Altydgedacht, Koos de Villiers of Morgenster and our old friend Lombard Loubser of Bloemendal for allowing Tygerberg MTB Club to forge a new route across their farms. Thank you to Patrick for laying out and marking the new route. Thank you also to our members and marshals for helping us build TMTBC’s reputation for being responsible and law abiding mountain bikers as this has been key to building new relationships with landowners.

The Route:

The 5km route (approximately 100m climbing) provides an alternative path from Durbanville to Nitida (and back) via the upper reaches of Altydgedacht, Morgenster and Bloemendal. It runs from the corner of Chatelaine Crescent and Odendaal roads in Aurora (above the small triangle of renosterveld) to the southern entrance of Nitida and provides a gateway to and from the trails of Hillcrest, Contermans and Meerendal. Please see the route attached. Access to the Durbanville end is controlled with a combination locked gate (same code as other locks on the Tygerberg network) and the route is marked with green arrows on white boards. Trail access is from sunrise to sunset and has been negotiated solely for the use of TMTBC members with boards displayed on their handlebars.

 

Thanks, Skubarra

Looks cool

A lovely link and very useful

I'll go check it out

[Patchelicious]

I think I'm also missing your point. I don't quite get how the ability to read & comprehend basic signs is linked to how long you have been mtb'ing.

 

If you jump a fence right next to a locked gate & big sign that says "Members Only" you cannot claim ignorance.

 

That said - on the facebook page rapunzel mentions that these were the only 2 without bikeboards out of 100's of members that were snapped by the camera - so seems the penny is dropping for the northern suburbs mtb community!

Ok, I'll try again.

 

If it was a "rouge mountain biker" as in me or you, who went Strava hunting on private trails, I would get the motivation to come to a Cycling forum and look for the guys.

 

But this seems to be more a general "rouge trespassing" thing than a seasoned rider being a dwis thing.

 

Nobody is saying they aren't guilty, or saying that it's ignorance, but I'm saying that we can't hold the Cycling community responsible for all trespassing that happens simply because they had bicycles. Much like how we don't hold lower income bicycle commuters to the same traffic law statndards as we hold each other.

 

If that doesn't make sense, then nevermind, forget that I brought it up

[Patchelicious]

They are rogue.

 

They jumped over a fence, riding for almost 2 hours on CLEARLY marked MEMBERS ONLY trails only accessible via code-locked gates only known to members. Not boom rookers, but ROGUE.

 

NO EXCUSE, they are guilty

Ok champ, you go teach them a lesson then! Please just don't have a bicycle around when you do. Last thing we need is a headline that reads: "Cyclist assaults teenagers" on the cover of the Tygerberger, that will shut farms access down quicker than a rogue SARS unit.

[Skubarra]

Ok, I'll try again.

 

 

If that doesn't make sense, then nevermind, forget that I brought it up

 

Ok, kind of get your point - but anyway, nothing like the emotional rogue riding rant to get the hub going on a quiet afternoon - was enjoyable 

[Iwan Kemp]

Amarider's Steps 1-10 on rogue riding

 

http://www.amarider.co.za/Amarider/siteContent.php?cid=194

[Kranswurm]

Amarider's Steps 1-10 on rogue riding

 

http://www.amarider.co.za/Amarider/siteContent.php?cid=194

Well done.Pretty clear to me,and should be to all self appointed vigilante Ninja Turtles.

[Kranswurm]

Ok champ, you go teach them a lesson then! Please just don't have a bicycle around when you do. Last thing we need is a headline that reads: "Cyclist assaults teenagers" on the cover of the Tygerberger, that will shut farms access down quicker than a rogue SARS unit.

What happens if they are family of farmer brown.Looks like it.