GLuvsMtb Posted November 29, 2016 Share And then add the cost of travel (time + petrol) Tygerberg is a nice and condensed trail network.If the OP is based outside of the West Coast or the Boerewors Curtain, he's going to have to travel in any event. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted November 29, 2016 Share If you compare the landscape with say Jonkershoek or Welvanpas, it can be rather depressing, unless you like 5 different views of Table Mountain, then the TB trails should be your thing.Ja. Look I tried. It's just not my thing. Quite a lot of the Magic was lost with the fires for me. Tokai. Jonkers. Eddy Gordo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted November 29, 2016 Share I think the TB trails are best sampled in winter. Wind and sun make them an early morning destination in summer IMO. GLuvsMtb and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted November 29, 2016 Share Hey all, just wondering if there are any free access trails around the greater cape town area besides gspot/eden or black hill. I want to try and do a trail ride each day these holidays but 50 bucks a pop is gonna destroy my budget in a week trail fees are minimal in the grand scheme of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted November 29, 2016 Share I think the TB trails are best sampled in winter. Wind and sun make them an early morning destination in summer IMO. I only ride #EARLYMORNINGS #KIDS #BEINGADAD #GETTOEATTWOBREAKFASTS Edited November 29, 2016 by Hairy Halfdoesyn, cat-i and GLuvsMtb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy hardtail Posted November 29, 2016 Share I stay in Muizenberg. Rode tokai weekly since about 2001. In the last 2 years i have ridden most of the more tech and dh trails in the western cape but what i really miss is the loose dirt in the trees that the tokai horse trails offered up. I am tired of riding on dirt so hard that it has black tire marks on the surface. I want loose , i want roost, i wanna be able to rail a corner and feel my tires ripping into the soft loam and spraying up dirt like an old 2stroke 125 mx bike!Basically i want a forest and virgin dirt. For which i will happily pay entry fees. I was just hoping someone knew of a secret trail somewhere that would be worth checking Although strava has probably ended all of those... Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and BlackSnow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongmech Posted November 29, 2016 Share Them, and the green belts. They're not technical, but they're a good ride. Then as of 1st, you can do from Table Mountain to Tokai. And if tokai opens soon, then there's that. Otherwise free = green belts / g spot / eden / blackhill. Table mountain and the new route to Constantia neck are not free. You require an activity permit. You can have 3 other members on your permit which works out to around R300 a person for a years access. Each gets their own card. Dont be an ar$e...get a permit if you're planning to ride these. Reinhardt89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky DQ Posted November 30, 2016 Share And then add the cost of travel (time + petrol) Tygerberg is a nice and condensed trail network.Or Botlary Hills, these days it is better especially considering the fact that that the trails are less populated. you seldom encounter peeps on your ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burner Posted November 30, 2016 Share I heard of a Lions head/Devils peak dh or technical trail that's free. Have no clue of the location but heard a few guys ride there often, Used to be illegal trails but now they open to the public Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted November 30, 2016 Share I heard of a Lions head/Devils peak dh or technical trail that's free. Have no clue of the location but heard a few guys ride there often, Used to be illegal trails but now they open to the publicyou need an Activity card to ride anywhere on Table Mountain as far as I know. So not free. Reinhardt89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted November 30, 2016 Share Table mountain and the new route to Constantia neck are not free. You require an activity permit. You can have 3 other members on your permit which works out to around R300 a person for a years access. Each gets their own card. Dont be an ar$e...get a permit if you're planning to ride these.Please explain more about 3 other people on one activity card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko35s Posted November 30, 2016 Share Table mountain and the new route to Constantia neck are not free. You require an activity permit. You can have 3 other members on your permit which works out to around R300 a person for a years access. Each gets their own card. Dont be an ar$e...get a permit if you're planning to ride these.Or hold off buying an activity permit until TMNP start actually contributing something towards the trails and stop just taking the money and expecting free labour and cash for every issue/repair/change to the trails. Not one single cent of your money goes into building, maintaining, signposting etc. Not one. Bunch of parasites masquerading as an organization. Hairy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko35s Posted November 30, 2016 Share Please explain more about 3 other people on one activity card.First person is full price the rest pay a reduced rate (just over R200 each). You all need to have the usual photos etc and all get their own card. You do not have to be related. gongmech, Hairy and MTBeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted November 30, 2016 Share First person is full price the rest pay a reduced rate (just over R200 each). You all need to have the usual photos etc and all get their own card. You do not have to be related. do you have to ride together? Makes no sense really to me, we should just get hubbers together and pair up and split costs! Hairy and michaelbiker 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted November 30, 2016 Share do you have to ride together? Makes no sense really to me, we should just get hubbers together and pair up and split costs!No you don't. It's essentially a group discount. gongmech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halfdoesyn Posted November 30, 2016 Share trail fees are minimal in the grand scheme of things.So true. You can't even have a takeaway meal for that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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