Where has your bike taken you today?

[Zatopek]

Crossing the Gouritz

 

Part of my genetic blueprint is from that brown hill on the left above the river 

[Zatopek]

 

and separated from my bike 

 

No one (& bike) gets left behind enemy lines 

['Dale]

A Slice Of Peace

 

[NotSoBigBen]

A little warmer and less breezy in the south than the last few days!

[NC_lurker]

Montagu pass from the George side.

[BenReaper]

Howzit guy's, haven't been on the bike much this year....new work with loads of responsibilities. Only doing the odd ride every other week and stress eating has seen me gain 10 kg's.

Hoping to turn things around soon.

[BSG]

On a guest farm near Anysberg in the Karoo this weekend

 

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Turned out to be a bigger "adventure" than I had in mind. Thought I was doing a circular route. The small white dot on the right hand side of the pic was my end destination. Mostly downhill. [emoji106] Only problem is few seconds after I took the pic I realised the road reached a dead end right where I was standing.

 

Had 2 options, track back and look for the turn-off I missed or take a "short cut" close to this spot down a dry river bed to a district road I saw in the distance. Chose the latter, but ended up having to do a few km's of low level mountaineering and thrashing through forests of thorn trees when the river bed route turned out to have more obstacles than I expected.

 

Finally reached the district road only to be blocked by a electrical fence (who the %^&& puts up electrical fences in the middle of the Karoo?!?) Managed to lift my bike over the fence but when I tried to to climb over I received a nasty electric shock (this is how I learned a sweaty cycling glove is not effective isolation against electrical currents). Now I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, no cell signal and separated from my bike & the road to freedom by an electrical fence. Had no choice to walk along the fence looking for some sort of gate or opening to let me through. Luckily I eventually found another small river bed where the bottom of the fence was held down by weights and not planted in the ground. Managed to make a small hole in the sand and crawl through underneath like a jackal (luckily bottom half of the fence not electrified) - not how I envisioned the rest of my ride when I took the pic above!

So it was in fact a "shocking" ride [emoji2957]. I kind of like it when a ride to "nowhere" ends up in some kind of exploration ride.

[CAAD4]

 

 

A Slice Of Peace

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Cut by a Scalpel...

[Rouxenator]

[DJR]

Up to Tafelberg Road, Devils Peak and Signal Hill just in time for the Noon Gun - hot & humid Slaapstad.

 

Came across these people doing a training exercise. All volunteers. Great folks. Support them if you can. 

[BSG]

Up to Tafelberg Road, Devils Peak and Signal Hill just in time for the Noon Gun - hot & humid Slaapstad.

 

Came across these people doing a training exercise. All volunteers. Great folks. Support them if you can.

Lek daardie Landy nie olie nie, brandgevaar [emoji1787][emoji2955]

[DJR]

Lek daardie Landy nie olie nie, brandgevaar [emoji1787][emoji2955]

.......sommer lubed my chain by just parking next to it     

[Me rida my bicycle]

Lekker weather, great people, sweet trails and awesome views. The recipe for a perfect day.

[Nakoota]

Took me a few years but finally found and rode the ruins in Modderfontein. Immediately after this photo I rode the drop like Danny Macaskill ( in my head )

 

Edited September 29, 2019 by Nakoota

[RocknRolla]

Another week-end of leaving my phone in the car.

 

I need to break this bad habit.

[henningvr]

First ride in 2 weeks after recovering from flu, my bike took me to Tranquilitas  via the Slaaihoek road and the Rim Trail. Lekker to be back in the saddle.

 

 

Edited September 30, 2019 by henningvr