Seven Passes Road - Is it gravelable?

[capediver]

Anyone got a map of the route please?

Not sure if this will help...HotChillee have just had a gravel tour in the area...https://www.hotchillee.com/rainmaker-rollercoaster-stage-profiles/

[Tim Brink]

Fun road to ride, gravel bike is the bomb.

 

 

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[PeterF]

Your map is just the N2 route.

After knysna you will be back on tar, you can go north through gouna and end up at the bitou/N2. Or you could go south and do some mtb trails.

 

No direct gravel route

The section he is refering to on the map is the section between Knysna and George which is not part of the N2, but a section known as the Seven Passes Road.

[Dicky DQ]

I would say it is doable on a road bike if you are careful so gravel for sure.

[Pure Savage]

I would say it is doable on a road bike if you are careful so gravel for sure.

Done it on a Scott road bike before gravel was cool and 23cm was plush. Kids these days getting soft

[Wayne pudding Mol]

I pretty much live on this road in a place called Hoekwil. If you start in George along what is now called Nelson Mandela boulevard you have about 15km of rolling but significant perfect newly tarred road. Perfect for a roadbike. Then about 8 km of bumpy gravel. Doable on a roadbike but not comfortable for modern babies (me). That section is about 400 climbing - next section from Hoekwil till dieprivier is now all tar 10km relatively flat with 2 medium climbs. Back onto gravel for about 10km up and down, really beautiful section, bit tricky but completely possible on a roadbike, just not comfortable. Short tar section through Karata maybe 3km and then about 7km of gravel - again ok on a roadbike but the descending all along would be slow on skinny tyres. You're now at the garden route trail park which which is around 50km from the start in George. I have ridden past to Knysna a few times but I'm not as well versed on the rest. It's mostly gravel and beautiful. 7 passes is perfect on a gravel bike, I ride mine but sometimes just for the descents I ride my dual sus.

Ps my distances are estimates from memory

Edited October 18, 2018 by Waynemol

[Pure Savage]

I pretty much live on this road in a place called Hoekwil. If you start in George along what is now called Nelson Mandela boulevard you have about 15km of rolling but significant perfect newly tarred road. Perfect for a roadbike. Then about 8 km of bumpy gravel. Doable on a roadbike but not comfortable for modern babies (me). That section is about 400 climbing - next section from Hoekwil till dieprivier is now all tar 10km relatively flat with 2 medium climbs. Back onto gravel for about 10km up and down, really beautiful section, bit tricky but completely possible on a roadbike, just not comfortable. Short tar section through Karata maybe 3km and then about 7km of gravel - again ok on a roadbike but the descending all along would be slow on skinny tyres. You're now at the garden route trail park which which is around 50km from the start in George. I have ridden past to Knysna a few times but I'm not as well versed on the rest. It's mostly gravel and beautiful. 7 passes is perfect on a gravel bike, I ride mine but sometimes just for the descents I ride my dual sus.

Ps my distances are estimates from memory

You there in December?

 

Stay in Island Lake [emoji16]

[Wayne pudding Mol]

You there in December?

Stay in Island Lake [emoji16]

I am for most of December - I can see island lake from my house as I'm directly above it- hell of a hill to get up to me from there so you will be properly warmed up PM me if you fancy a ride or 2

 

But....at my pace

Edited October 18, 2018 by Waynemol

[Rikki Louw]

Fun road to ride, gravel bike is the bomb.

 

I am thinking of doing this ride next weekend from George to Knysna.

 

Anything I should be aware of on the route? Might be doing it solo, bad idea?