Jump to content

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 32.5k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Eugene Oppelt

    2294

  • DJR

    1655

  • Frosty

    1256

  • NotSoBigBen

    1067

Top Posters In This Topic

Posted

More dust, more wind, more heat - looking forward to getting back home and riding without drying out my eyeballs

 

Brings back accurate memories that bleddy Oesterbaai - St Francis gravel. No big climbs; how hard can this be?  Well the road is rough as the proverbial bear's bum and dusty with it then the wind is always from voor but doesn't touch the heat. Eish; much beer was drunk.

Posted

Took a drive out to the otherside of the boerewors curtain with the missus, made sure we had our passports.

1E381F5C-68CF-4556-9E2C-8DD026CA25C8.jpeg

 

First time out at Buffelsdrift, and the place does not disapoint. Had great aspirations of doing the full red route, but ran out of legs and water, so when the "shortcut home" board came up, we hightailed it back.

 

All in, a great route, work on the climbs to be rewarded with fast, flowy technical downs. E23F6847-A296-4BCD-92F6-3A455109674B.jpeg

 

 

Will go back soon to ride the 13km we missed. 786E2747-C508-4224-AC9F-8784A79DB510.jpeg

Posted (edited)

What a nice way to bring in the new year, excellent weather, empty roads, and stunning trails !

 

My first time to ride from home to the trails, and then ride the trails .... been doing the bike-rack thing for the last 18 months.

 

post-110956-0-52952700-1546336884_thumb.jpg

 

nice 7,5km commute to get to the start of the trail, with a nice couple of hills to warm up the legs ...  :whistling:

 

post-110956-0-18968700-1546336984_thumb.jpg

 

WHAT A VIEW when starting the Traverse, no camera can ever do this justice  :clap:  -

 

post-110956-0-17071300-1546337034_thumb.jpg

 

The trails were simply magnificent !!!

 

post-110956-0-41696100-1546337081_thumb.jpg

 

Pity (but understandable) that the coffee shop at Bloemendal is closed today.

 

Did a nice fast run of B-Spot, then started the climb .... at the last second I decided to do the Protea corridor, as apposed to Magic Forrest.  After D'Aria I settled into a nice rythm and picked up a bit of speed on the level section ..... got used to the longer A-frames, then had a slight oops on the one steep A-frame.  :cursing:   Fortunately just a few scrapes, most importantly, no damage to the bike.

 

Then a 7km commute back home.

 

What a nice ride !!

 

post-110956-0-69832300-1546337701_thumb.jpg

Edited by ChrisF

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
Settings My Forum Content My Followed Content Forum Settings Ad Messages My Ads My Favourites My Saved Alerts My Pay Deals Help Logout