daveno7 Posted July 6 Posted July 6 Lovely am ride...one of those grateful days...as the rogue irishman in town...enjoy the rest of the weekend Abel Du Plessis, Me rida my bicycle, SilverRider and 3 others 5 1
'Dale Posted July 6 Posted July 6 (edited) The Swartberg Pass runs over the Swartberg mountain range which runs roughly east–west along the northern edge of the semi-arid area called the Little Karoo The construction of the Swartberg pass was started under the guidance of Jan Tassies who used 100 workers from Mozambique. After 13 months he went bankrupt and only completed 6 km of the road. The rest of the pass was built between 1883 and 1888 by Thomas Bain, son of the famous Andrew Geddes Bain who built Bain's Kloof Pass and many more. It followed their earlier construction of another pass in 1858, the Meiringspoort, through the same mountains but further east. - Wikipedia Edited July 6 by 'Dale KB280DT, SilverRider, Vishal72 and 13 others 14 2
'Dale Posted July 7 Posted July 7 Solo. Adventure. Mountains. Bliss. ChrisF, Frosty, MORNE and 11 others 14
Skubarra Posted July 7 Posted July 7 3 hours ago, 'Dale said: Solo. Adventure. Mountains. Bliss. Great to see you out & about and exploring @Prince Albert Cycles valley. Swartberg Pass my ultimate favourite climb in the country. Also visited recently, great pics but I must confess I don't think the brown filters do the area quite justice, I have never seen the area so green in my life! May it last for a while! Prince Albert Cycles and Jako De Wet 1 1
'Dale Posted July 7 Posted July 7 (edited) 3 hours ago, Skubarra said: Great to see you out & about and exploring @Prince Albert Cycles valley. Swartberg Pass my ultimate favourite climb in the country. Also visited recently, great pics but I must confess I don't think the brown filters do the area quite justice, I have never seen the area so green in my life! May it last for a while! My beautiful country in the header of winter. 💟 My 5 hr ride started at 0 degrees in Prins Albert and ended at lunch time in Oudsthoorn at 24 degrees. #nofilter Edited July 7 by 'Dale Jako De Wet, Skubarra, Sepia and 14 others 16 1
BuffsVintageBikes Posted July 8 Posted July 8 Unfortunately not today or yesterday because riding in this weather would be nuts but rather Saturday morning along Clarence Drive. What a beaut of a day it turned out to be 🤙 This is my Eddy Merckx Titane (Titanium) running a 10 speed Dura-Ace setup. Sublime ride on a classic 🤙 Zebra, Spinnaroonie, DJR and 12 others 14 1
Skubarra Posted July 8 Posted July 8 15 hours ago, 'Dale said: My beautiful country in the header of winter. 💟 My 5 hr ride started at 0 degrees in Prins Albert and ended at lunch time in Oudsthoorn at 24 degrees. #nofilter Stunning! I am insanely jealous of where you are cycling now! Jako De Wet and Sepia 2
The Ouzo Posted July 8 Posted July 8 First solo ride in a while. Weather report warned of strong headwinds coming home, they were not there when I stopped at the 55km mark, but soon picked up and nearly took me off the bike on a few occasions as gust from the side. I’ll be doing this route a few times over the next few weeks as I’ll be checking on my folks house whilst they are gone. SilverRider, ChrisF and Abel Du Plessis 3
'Dale Posted July 8 Posted July 8 (edited) 10 hours ago, Skubarra said: Stunning! I am insanely jealous of where you are cycling now! The weather gods smiled on Saturday's adventure ride as it was storming yesterday and it is snowing today with a maximum of 9 degrees forecasted, with wind chill factor that would get any boerseun out of his khaki hemp into his K-Way jacket. 🥶 Edited July 8 by 'Dale Jako De Wet, Prince Albert Cycles, ChrisF and 6 others 7 1 1
daveno7 Posted July 8 Posted July 8 (edited) Wind...snow...rain...Sun...no worries...have a small window of opportunity...what else is there to do? Drink tea or coffee...watch TV ? Nope let's ride a bike 😀 Edited July 8 by daveno7 Oops Spinnaroonie, Abel Du Plessis, peanutville and 5 others 7 1
Lammie Posted July 10 Posted July 10 We do not do alot of races, but we try to do the Sondela trailseeker with some camping Vishal72, Pieterlab1, Maknash and 5 others 8
daveno7 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 Gap in the weather...the bad weather rules apply...you don't sit down...you ride a bike...exercise...smile...strong headwinds...but let's go... Dusty, SilverRider, peanutville and 3 others 6
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