Patchelicious Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Spending a few days on Onrus, what’s a good 60-80km road loop around there?
ChrisF Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Onrus Hermanus ? 5km cycle to Eudia cycles, which is also the start of the Hermanus trails. DO remember the gate code if you want to do the longer trail ... Pity most of the routes along the sea are not cycle friendly ....
Patchelicious Posted September 28, 2018 Author Posted September 28, 2018 Onrus Hermanus ? 5km cycle to Eudia cycles, which is also the start of the Hermanus trails. DO remember the gate code if you want to do the longer trail ... Pity most of the routes along the sea are not cycle friendly ....Think it’s Onrus, Atlantic Road. These sound like MTB routes? Looking for road routes, or gravel.
ChrisF Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 Aaaaaa.... JIP, Hermanus trails are very much MTB trails. Actually the last stage of the W2W race. A true bucket list item for all cyclists. But if ever you are in Hermanus, the Hemel and Aarde valley has a nice stretch of tar to Caledon. And if you are up for gravel grinding, you can take the turn onto the gravel road linking back to the Karwyderskraal pad, then tar back to Hermanus.
bikebloke Posted September 28, 2018 Posted September 28, 2018 up hemel and aarde valley road on to shaws pass and up to caledon (climb till you cry) roads a little old till top of hemel and aarde but after that its new and stunning and very little traffic the decent of shaws is super fast so dont melt your carbon clinchers whats a gravel precious
ValeYellow Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 up hemel and aarde valley road on to shaws pass and up to caledon (climb till you cry) roads a little old till top of hemel and aarde but after that its new and stunning and very little traffic the decent of shaws is super fast so dont melt your carbon clinchers whats a gravel precious Climb till you cry indeed, I myself will be hitting the Hemel en Aarde trails in a few hours - staying in the Hemel en Aarde Estate so its nice n close.
Fat Boab Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 up hemel and aarde valley road on to shaws pass and up to caledon (climb till you cry) roads a little old till top of hemel and aarde but after that its new and stunning and very little traffic the decent of shaws is super fast so dont melt your carbon clinchers whats a gravel precious Is the Onrus-Caledon road via Shaws all tar these days? Been a number of years since I've been up there and it used to be gravel?
Patchelicious Posted September 29, 2018 Author Posted September 29, 2018 Aaaaaa.... JIP, Hermanus trails are very much MTB trails. Actually the last stage of the W2W race. A true bucket list item for all cyclists. But if ever you are in Hermanus, the Hemel and Aarde valley has a nice stretch of tar to Caledon. And if you are up for gravel grinding, you can take the turn onto the gravel road linking back to the Karwyderskraal pad, then tar back to Hermanus.When I was going through that awkward pubescent phase where you transition between golf and real cycling, I too mountain biked a bit. Did the W2W and that part was the best of the 3 days to me.
WrightJnr Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 Just been there on holiday for a week (no riding though). Hope the wind has died down or all you’ll need to do is go outside on your rollers and you’ll think you doing 100km/h !! We did some good driving around the area. To be honest, I find the roads pretty narrow and not bicycle friendly. Drivers seemed to be pretty conservative but these long open narrow rides lead to concentration issues. So be careful out there.
ChrisF Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 Is the Onrus-Caledon road via Shaws all tar these days? Been a number of years since I've been up there and it used to be gravel? They started tarring it about 6 years ago, rerouting long section and creating a VERY nice road. And then just before tarring it the company went bankrupt .... hard rain caused immense damage to the new road ! Took almost a year before the next company was appointed. The complete retarring finished about 18 months back, maybe a bit more. YES, the first 7 km is very narrow ! The new section much more bike friendly.
bikebloke Posted September 29, 2018 Posted September 29, 2018 They started tarring it about 6 years ago, rerouting long section and creating a VERY nice road. And then just before tarring it the company went bankrupt .... hard rain caused immense damage to the new road ! Took almost a year before the next company was appointed. The complete retarring finished about 18 months back, maybe a bit more. YES, the first 7 km is very narrow ! The new section much more bike friendly. this is exactly what i said i really didnt realise im was soooo untrustworthy ...
Patchelicious Posted September 29, 2018 Author Posted September 29, 2018 this is exactly what i said i really didnt realise im was soooo untrustworthy ... Took your adice, ride about 15km up the Hemel road from the turn, turned around at some farm, Anorexia or something of the sort. A few sharp little pinches up there!
Patchelicious Posted October 1, 2018 Author Posted October 1, 2018 That climb up to the towers is really cool, not sure why that wasn’t recommend. Have incorporated into two rides already. One ride that I recommend that you DONT do is from Onrus to Stanford. Thought it would be a good idea to ride there and meet the family for breakfast. Won’t make that mistake again! That road is ***!
Escapee.. Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 That climb up to the towers is really cool, not sure why that wasn’t recommend. Have incorporated into two rides already. One ride that I recommend that you DONT do is from Onrus to Stanford. Thought it would be a good idea to ride there and meet the family for breakfast. Won’t make that mistake again! That road is ***! Very *** road that Otherwise a lekker ride to Birkenhead Brewery would have been
Chingy182 Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 That climb up to the towers is really cool, not sure why that wasn’t recommend. Have incorporated into two rides already. One ride that I recommend that you DONT do is from Onrus to Stanford. Thought it would be a good idea to ride there and meet the family for breakfast. Won’t make that mistake again! That road is ***!Agreed. I've never seen a roadie on that stretch. A few guys on mtb's for sure... Beautiful gravel road just outside of Stanford turning off to Papiesvlei side. Can do a circular route from Stanford and back that ads up to about 80km.
Escapee.. Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 Pull in here for some good food http://www.stanfordhills.co.za/the-stanford-hills-restaurant-2/
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