Connection Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Hi there My Brother in law and I have done the Berg and Bush descent (the tougher race oriented version) for the last 3 years. It's 3 days covering around 94, 60 and 50km odd. It's a great race and we've enjoyed it a lot. Beautiful scenery, some technical riding and great value for money (It costs around R6500 per rider). But we're thinking about mixing it up and doing something else this year. We would like:* A race of similar difficulty. Berg and Bush is tough but not silly hard (in my opinion!) * Ideally somewhere we can drive to from JHB in say under 6 hours. Ie Eastern, Western or Northern Cape is too far away. * Technical is fine. We like a bit of a challenge! * 3 days or 4 days is about right in terms of stages* The organisation of B&B is great so something with a similar level of slick and effective management What options should we be considering (or do we stick with what we know?) Cheers Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
the nerd Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Dusi 2 C My brother and I have done it twice and loved it! Quite challenging! A really good ride!
Grease_Monkey Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Unfortunately doesn't meet your 6 hour driving criteria - but Wines 2 Whales is apparently amazing. Everyone that has done it says they have loved it! And with guys like Jogie Rautenbach that transport bikes to races, it makes the further away races easy in terms of logistics... I have not personally done it, but apparently the 2nd day is just awesome in terms of single track! Also around the same price range if I am not mistaken.
CAAD4 Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Route 66 next month? In the Cradle, three's days and you can sleep in your own bed.
Iwan Kemp Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 It's new, but it sounds like the Thirsti Extreme could be an option https://www.bikehub.co.za/events/event/2573-thirsti-extreme/
peds Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Three towers..................^^^^^^^^This one Maybe Sani2C (Not technical at all though)
100Tours Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Swazi Frontier, starts just over the border at Oshoek. I've done 10. 180km, but lots of climbing so don't be fooled. day 1 and 2 will almost certainly be 5h days.almost entirely singletrackmoderately technical - Madje Madze descent will have you grinning all the way down, also the valley descent on day 2 is insanely funfield of abour 150 riders3 nights in hotel accommodationprobably leave your hardtail at home and take something with a bit of Trail in it
EZRider Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Three towers..................This! Awesome event with everything you asked for.
Connection Posted February 2, 2017 Author Posted February 2, 2017 Thanks for all the replies! Will investigate.... Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
MphatiPyga Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 Also very cheap in comparison to others, some bid names have already entered already tooIt's new, but it sounds like the Thirsti Extreme could be an option https://www.bikehub.co.za/events/event/2573-thirsti-extreme/
Squier Posted February 2, 2017 Posted February 2, 2017 I've done the Berg & Bush twice already as well. Awesome race. For me, the closest to it is Sani2c. Bigger race, but the riding is awesome and organisation slick. Three Towers is definitely up there and so should Sabie Experience also be. Ths IsiMangaliso MTB is also on the bucket list.
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