Where has your bike taken you today?

[daveno7]

Winter evening bike ride...going over a few old trails...it's a beautiful place to ride a bike...even a hardtail 😀

[Eugene Oppelt]

Soft misty autumn sunrise over the Klipheuwel trails just north of Durbanville

[daveno7]

  On 7/1/2024 at 7:01 AM, KB280DT said:

Looks like the trail at Du Toitskloof cellar?

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It is...indeed...will be doing the whole trail next week or so...just getting my bearings again 😀

[Jaco Steyn]

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

[ChrisF]

  On 7/2/2024 at 6:37 AM, Jaco Steyn said:

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

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Dis nou fyn-brag.

 

MOOI landskappe !!

[daveno7]

Mostly on the tarmac....the wind is around...still a lovely day for a bike ride 

[Jaco Steyn]

  On 7/2/2024 at 7:24 AM, ChrisF said:

 

Dis nou fyn-brag.

 

MOOI landskappe !!

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Dankie!

Maar beslis nie so mooi groen soos in die Wes-Kap nie. Lekker vaal tussen Sasolburg en Parys.

 

 

[Frosty]

  On 7/2/2024 at 6:37 AM, Jaco Steyn said:

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

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Looks like the R59 coming out of Parys towards the N1

[Jaco Steyn]

  On 7/2/2024 at 12:46 PM, Frosty said:

Looks like the R59 coming out of Parys towards the N1

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Spot on! Just before the last couple of big hills on way to the N1/R59 bridge. 

I recently had some work done on my road bike, and had the cluster replaced with a 11 -28, doing away with the 11-25. What a major difference the 28-tooth cog made on that uphill compared to the 25 that my bike had. Much better for an outoppie of 61 years.😁

 

[KB280DT]

  On 7/2/2024 at 5:56 AM, daveno7 said:

It is...indeed...will be doing the whole trail next week or so...just getting my bearings again 😀

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Nice! I like that trail. My sister and BIL farms about 11km away from Du Toitskloof Cellar towards Worcester. Decided once to ride from their farm and do the red loop and back. The wind coming from Worcester's direction was not so friendly on the way back though 😂 

[Robbie Stewart]

  On 7/2/2024 at 1:15 PM, KB280DT said:

The wind coming from Worcester's direction was not so friendly on the way back though 😂 

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whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

[KB280DT]

  On 7/2/2024 at 1:46 PM, Robbie Stewart said:

whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

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Absolutely. On this particular day I was heading back towards Worcester and the headwind forced me almost into granny gear on a slight downhill 🤣

Edited July 2, 2024 by KB280DT

[ChrisF]

  On 7/2/2024 at 1:46 PM, Robbie Stewart said:

whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

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In that valley you are going to have one of three days:

- WIND !!!

- HOT !!!!

- and then the odd stunning day ...

 

@KB280DT and I were fortunate to have a pretty decent, if cloudy day, during a race there a few weeks back.

[daveno7]

  On 7/2/2024 at 1:50 PM, KB280DT said:

Absolutely. On this particular day I was heading back towards Worcester and the headwind forced me almost into granny gear on a slight downhill 🤣

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Somedays are better than others...

[daveno7]

Got out as the rains came...misjudged the rain a bit...still it's always nice on a bike 

[Me rida my bicycle]

  On 7/3/2024 at 10:05 AM, daveno7 said:

Got out as the rains came...misjudged the rain a bit...still it's always nice on a bike 

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To me it's fine if I'm riding and it starts to rain a bit but I won't start a ride in the rain.