Where has your bike taken you today?

[Spinnekop]

The Delmas road was eerily quiet on my outing this morning. Turns out a massive trench across the entire road was the cause of my bliss!

 

Was months ago.  We have been riding that stretch almost every weekend because it's now lekke quiet.

[DJR]

The Delmas road was eerily quiet on my outing this morning. Turns out a massive trench across the entire road was the cause of my bliss!

 

If this was Cape Town, somebody would have been out there building jumps.  

[TyronLab]

With the rapid rise of recent bike jackings, wanting to start riding at 04:30 to be done by 10:00 and not having a partner to tackle a ride like this with I did my first endurance ride on Zwift.

 

 

I decided to swap headwinds and rough roads for the single-positioned monotony of an IDT for constant Z2, mental toughness training. zPower was being very generous (I can most certainly not hold 226W for 5h30m, probably closer to 160-170W in Z2 where I was riding), so the distance and elevation gain is overestimated.

 

 

Still, great way to give the bums and legs a cement cocktail, and I got to explore what was a very interesting and varied landscape. Weirdly I wasn't bored at any stage of this ride. 

 

I think being a veteran gamer (the PS1 was my first love) helped me get immersed in the world and not go crazy.

 

Having my own soigneur (i.e. my wife) was awesome as I got fed, caffeinated (with rusks!) and rehydrated without needing to leave the bike. She even joined me with a treadmill run which was fun.

 

I've also been struggling with the fit on my bike (specifically saddle tilt, fore-aft position and height), so I used this opportunity to get it dialed in. Left the saddle clamp bolts loose-ish and played around with the position while riding, and finally got it to a comfortable position.

Edited August 3, 2020 by TyronLab

[Eugene Oppelt]

[DJR]

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Beautiful in the North today 

[Bateleur1]

Decided to take some pictures on my ride this Saturday.  Summer is out at full force at the moment so had to do the ride in the morning as it was going to get too bloody hot in the afternoon for bike fun.

 

Morning start with the sun rising

 

Lake Starnberg from the South

 

Target in the distance ... Peißenberg

 

At the top

 

Nice little app called Peakfinder that shows you the names of the mountain peaks.  Zugspitze being the highest in Germany

 

My trusty stead with the long range tanks which was very important with the current temps we have

 

 

Relive video for those that are interrested

https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqD4zmVywq

 

 

[bertusras]

Was months ago.  We have been riding that stretch almost every weekend because it's now lekke quiet.

 

Wish I knew about it sooner! It will definitely become my go-to long route for the foreseeable future.

[The Ouzo]

Was months ago.  We have been riding that stretch almost every weekend because it's now lekke quiet.

interesting, can you get through on the bike ?

how far from R25 towards PTA is the sinkhole ?

 

I've been planning to do a coffee run to one of my brother in laws restaurants and that was the planned route, if the road is quiet now and passable with a bike its a good time then to do it.

[Zatopek]

 

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Now you bring nostalgia  - visions of old Poepies running around and play with his other dog buddies on that field.

[bertusras]

interesting, can you get through on the bike ?

how far from R25 towards PTA is the sinkhole ?

 

I've been planning to do a coffee run to one of my brother in laws restaurants and that was the planned route, if the road is quiet now and passable with a bike its a good time then to do it.

 

I should have taken pics, but you can cross either side of the trench. You have to walk a bit as it's narrow and unstable, but it's totally passable.

 

It's not too far from Bapsfontein, and you can actually see it on the Google Maps:

 

https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-25.9673443,28.3764832,376m/data=!3m1!1e3

Edited August 3, 2020 by bertusras

[The Ouzo]

I should have taken pics, but you can cross either side of the trench. You have to walk a bit as it's narrow and unstable, but it's totally passable.

 

It's not too far from Bapsfontein, and you can actually see it on the Google Maps:

 

https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-25.9673443,28.3764832,376m/data=!3m1!1e3

sweet,

 

Route planned on Komoot. now just to arrange.

[Roguemeister]

Some midlands gravel grinding over the weekend

[Spinnekop]

Decided to take some pictures on my ride this Saturday.  Summer is out at full force at the moment so had to do the ride in the morning as it was going to get too bloody hot in the afternoon for bike fun.

 

Morning start with the sun rising

1P1.jpg

 

Lake Starnberg from the South

1P2.jpg

 

Target in the distance ... Peißenberg

1P3.jpg

 

At the top

1P4.jpg

 

Nice little app called Peakfinder that shows you the names of the mountain peaks.  Zugspitze being the highest in Germany

1P5.jpg

 

My trusty stead with the long range tanks which was very important with the current temps we have

1P6.jpg

 

1P7.jpg

 

Relive video for those that are interrested

https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqD4zmVywq

An oversized Canyon..........blasphemy.

 

[Spinnekop]

interesting, can you get through on the bike ?

how far from R25 towards PTA is the sinkhole ?

 

I've been planning to do a coffee run to one of my brother in laws restaurants and that was the planned route, if the road is quiet now and passable with a bike its a good time then to do it.

 

How big is the bike?  Going through it on the left is a bit narrow.  Right side I am not sure.  

Will try a head out that way this weekend and have a look.  

[The Ouzo]

How big is the bike?  Going through it on the left is a bit narrow.  Right side I am not sure.  

Will try a head out that way this weekend and have a look.  

its a road bike if that makes any difference

[Ozzie NL]

Climbing mountains on a single speed. It was fun..... afterwards.1596131969709.jpeg1596131948993.jpeg

Mountains....in the Free State?????

 

Type 2 fun