Where has your bike taken you today?

[Frosty]

Summer Fast One MTB event. A lekker ride from home, and back. Stunning view of GP, which I noticed many riders simply ignored once they summited the the koppie.

 

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Edited January 23, 2022 by Frosty

[OVERDRIVE]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

Summer Fast One MTB event. A lekker ride from home, and back. Stunning view of GP, which I noticed many riders simply ignored once they summited the the koppie.

 

original image added

That’s because we were all dead and had just survived Alien vs Predator!!

was a lekker one though I’ll admit 

[Frosty]

12 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said:

That’s because we were all dead and had just survived Alien vs Predator!!

was a lekker one though I’ll admit 

The climb up was a nice one, probably made easier because of some walkers.

[Wayne pudding Mol]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

Summer Fast One MTB event. A lekker ride from home, and back. Stunning view of GP, which I noticed many riders simply ignored once they summited the the koppie.

 

original image added

Almost makes me want to go to gangsters paradise on holiday - maybe for the festive 500 

[The Ouzo]

Cold and windy SBR. 

 

['Dale]

32 minutes ago, ouzo said:

Cold and windy SBR. 

 

I acknowledge that vertical distance. Mooi, man. 😈

[The Ouzo]

59 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

I acknowledge that vertical distance. Mooi, man. 😈

Thanks. 
 

there is something about this place, there are places where it looks like you should have a flat or gradual downhill but your speed and effort does not correlate, then you check garmin and it says your on like a 3 or 5% gradient. Messes with your head man. 

[Pikey]

3 hours ago, Wayne pudding Mol said:

Almost makes me want to go to gangsters paradise on holiday - maybe for the festive 500 

Think you have a touch of heatstroke 😬

[ChrisF]

Heat aside .... these trails always offer some stunning views.

 

 

 

 

The GoPro was on a 5 second timer ... always a lottery as to what pics it grabs .... this one of Dorstberg certainly is extra nice ....

 

['Dale]

1 hour ago, ouzo said:

Thanks. 
 

there is something about this place, there are places where it looks like you should have a flat or gradual downhill but your speed and effort does not correlate, then you check garmin and it says your on like a 3 or 5% gradient. Messes with your head man. 

Also known as 'false flats' 😑 An optical illusion

[IMPACT]

Early morning ride around the farmlands. From the lush green vineyards of Missing Link to the barren wheat fields of Fair Cape.

 

[W Smith]

Great pictures

[NotSoBigBen]

The best coffee rides are the ones where you’re just riding to ride

['Dale]

Intervals op ‘n blou Maandag 🥴

Edited January 24, 2022 by 'Dale

[TyronLab]

11 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said:

The best coffee rides are the ones where you’re just riding to ride

 

Yebo Yes! I had one of those yesterday too. I didn't have a route, or a plan, or a target interval or heart rate or speed or or or.... I was just out, riding my bike, because riding a bike is fun. 

If you sit back and consider it (or try to explain it to an alien), the fact that there are so many people taking cycling so seriously, training their balls off, never taking a photo/piss/beer break, just to be maybe, slightly better than average, seems a little strange.

You don't see people at the driving range at 04:30 in the morning, religiously moering 100 balls before work every morning and a 500 on the weekend, only to try to come mid pack at a regional paid-for tournament.

[Frosty]

39 minutes ago, TyronLab said:

the fact that there are so many people taking cycling so seriously, training their balls off, never taking a photo/piss/beer break, just to be maybe, slightly better than average, seems a little strange.

If they don’t train they will be less than average.