BSG Posted October 14, 2017 Posted October 14, 2017 Tulbagh - Local Dirt Roads and the Farm MTB Loop. Early morning pedal and wine tasting in the afternoon with the Missus. Nice get away from the rat race.Oo I love gravel roads that looks that nice! Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk
Thor Buttox Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) To the 'Big Swamp' which isn't that big. But riding on the bridges is quite fun. Edited October 15, 2017 by Thor Buttox DJR and BenReaper 2
DJR Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 To the 'Big Swamp' which isn't that big. But riding on the bridges is quite fun.You are just about to post more pictures, are you not?
Thor Buttox Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) You are just about to post more pictures, are you not? Sadly, no, I was riding with my mate and showing him the ropes. When I am alone this week I will take more. and honestly after being on the road since I have been here it was just fun to do something that reminded me of Paul Cluver, even if the bridges are zig zags and I almost fell off! ???? ???? Here is one from the other day though... Gorgeous roads almost unused. For the people of the flatlands aka the anti-gravity brigade, the Spartacuses of our sport... Edited October 15, 2017 by Thor Buttox DJR, Andrew_Smith, BenReaper and 4 others 7
Zatopek Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) Past the place that gave Kuala Lumpur ("muddy confluence") it's name: Where the Klang and Gombak rivers meet. These days a concrete water fountain extravaganza that is lighted at night. Also to a roadside stall with the best piesang (pisang here) bread ever. Kopi ping (ice coffee) goes well with it. Sent from my HUAWEI VNS-L31 using Tapatalk Edited October 15, 2017 by Zatopek Pikey, Bat, Thor Buttox and 7 others 10
Eugene Oppelt Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) Zone 2.0429 Durbanville Hillz 14 degrees, gusty north westerly Edited October 15, 2017 by 'Dale Escapee.., Spokey, DJR and 5 others 8
Breezer Posted October 15, 2017 Posted October 15, 2017 Ouberg en gifberg. Sand wind en baie klim. Zatopek, Eddy Gordo, Eugene Oppelt and 5 others 8
L.T.G Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Another brilliant day out at FUN Gaalen...perhaps not as picturesque as posts of late on here (julle mense ry maar in mooi plekke)But mooi nonetheless Near the start of the River Trail.. reeds being reborn after the arson... Heading up Oom Piet's... our Mountain is pretty too The (dreaded to some) Floating Bridge heading back on the River Trail Spotted some of these bikeless weird creatures while out there... called themselves Trail runners ... DJR, MTB Cruiser, Eddy Gordo and 4 others 7
Odinson Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Spotted some of these bikeless weird creatures while out there... called themselves Trail runners ...IMG_0493.JPG Wearing those shorts should be a capital offence. Jase619, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Eddy Gordo and 3 others 6
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Ezel Enduro 2017. Fecking AWESOME event, with even awesomer people. 10/10 would do again. And next year I'm gonna make stage 5. Missed out on cutoff by 15 minutes. The walk up to the top was the same route being used to come down... Andrew_Smith, Spokey, AlanD and 8 others 11
Jase619 Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Wearing those shorts should be a capital offence. They already punishing themselves by running. . . .Kind of a vicious circle BSG 1
DJR Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Ezel Enduro 2017. Fecking AWESOME event, with even awesomer people. 10/10 would do again. And next year I'm gonna make stage 5. Missed out on cutoff by 15 minutes. The walk up to the top was the same route being used to come down... Very jealous Myles. I have been away from Eselfontein for a bit too long.
Odinson Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Ezel Enduro 2017. Fecking AWESOME event, with even awesomer people. 10/10 would do again. And next year I'm gonna make stage 5. Missed out on cutoff by 15 minutes. The walk up to the top was the same route being used to come down... Myles, sincere question. How technical was the riding? The terrain seems a bit bare bones. It's clearly rocky, but there doesn't seem to be too many drops, compressions, etc.
RiverInTheRoad Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Myles, sincere question. How technical was the riding? The terrain seems a bit bare bones. It's clearly rocky, but there doesn't seem to be too many drops, compressions, etc.I also had the pleasure to partake in the Ezelenduro. The thing that makes the race tough is the endurance aspect. All the features of all the stages are manageable by a competent rider, the thing about the race is you are faced with these obstacles for at times, 10 minutes non-stop. They also sneak in little uphill sections into the stages which absolutely kills you. I walked up the majority. This race is absolutely brutal on your bike and you fall onto huge rocks if you crash. It's for guys and girls that know what they are doing. Odinson, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and DJR 3
Vetseun Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 Ezel Enduro 2017. Fecking AWESOME event, with even awesomer people. 10/10 would do again. And next year I'm gonna make stage 5. Missed out on cutoff by 15 minutes. The walk up to the top was the same route being used to come down... From what I have heard, it was brutal. So many other riders also got a DNF?Oh and IMO by entering and taking part, you are already a winner. DJR and Odinson 2
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 I also had the pleasure to partake in the Ezelenduro. The thing that makes the race tough is the endurance aspect. All the features of all the stages are manageable by a competent rider, the thing about the race is you are faced with these obstacles for at times, 10 minutes non-stop. They also sneak in little uphill sections into the stages which absolutely kills you. I walked up the majority. This race is absolutely brutal on your bike and you fall onto huge rocks if you crash. It's for guys and girls that know what they are doing.This. St4 for me is my favourite trail of all to date. There are drops, but they're not huge. What makes it difficult is the sheer time that you spend going down this loose, rock strewn moonscape, after having to get up there in the first place. It was MURDER on the arms and legs. It took me 16 min to get down stage 4. I had to stop twice to just breathe and release some tension from my arms and to prevent cramp. A 16 min down after 6 3/4 hours at avg 158bpm is not easy. Having said that, the technicality was pretty high compared to the normal trail in CT. There are patches on TM and in jonkers that rival it (talking stages 4&5) but the vast majority fall way short. If it were an imba trail it'd be a solid double black. Not from a drops or jumps perspective (there were only 3 jumps and all of them were in st1) but just from having to keep control of your bike over sections of loose rock while still doing those drops. The pics, as always, don't do it justice. There is loose rock just littered all over the trail. Stages 1/2/3 were completely different. Loose and off camber, but dry and dusty. Hardly any rock. DJR and Pikey 2
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