DJR Posted August 30, 2020 Share Show me any other jumps with a more dramatic setting than UCTs ones. I must admit, I just passed by on the MTB. They have mostly grown way beyond my abilities as well as my sensibilities. gummibear, fanievb, dewaldsss and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyHWR Posted August 31, 2020 Share Sunday 30/08 - Very cold Zatopek, Long Wheel Base, Wayne pudding Mol and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyronLab Posted August 31, 2020 Share Show me any other jumps with a more dramatic setting than UCTs ones. I must admit, I just passed by on the MTB. They have mostly grown way beyond my abilities as well as my sensibilities. Wow, those jumps are in great nic! I have a group of dirt jumps less than 2km from my home (anybody that rode BMX in the early 2000s in the Boksburg area knows about the Bokkie Park jumps) that used to be ridden and maintained daily by the local dirtbags. There was either a massive drop in popularity, or the community got involved in getting rid of the "teenage scum" that would hang around there, doing what teenagers do. In any event, they're still there and still seem mostly rideable, but there's no warm-up line. It starts with 5ft and instantly increases to 8ft tall near-vertically lipped gap jumps with short approaches and very little room between them to get yourself set up again. I took a wild tumble there in my youth when I trained a regular into one of the smaller jumps with 0 experience. I still ride past them from time to time, imagining the Hulkbuster sailing through the air, me doing a monstrous whip aboard it before the middle-aged fear of hospitalization kicks in. DJR, Escapee.. and DJuice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted August 31, 2020 Share .............I still ride past them from time to time, imagining the Hulkbuster sailing through the air, me doing a monstrous whip aboard it before the middle-aged fear of hospitalization kicks in. Sorry for laughing, but if it will make you feel better, I am laughing WITH you, not AT you ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted August 31, 2020 Share Wow, those jumps are in great nic! .............They are looked after mostly by UCT students, but other youngsters jump there and help as well. I think the reason they endure, maintain, build and keep adding new better and bigger lines, is that every year a fresh batch of students arrive with a few jumpers among them. It gives continuity when others graduate and leave. Some years are quieter than others, but 2020 seems busier than usual. During the lock-down, I even saw the jumpers up and about early in the morning before the 9am cut off time for outdoors exercise. Who would have thought jumpers could wake up before noon. It is great to ride past, or train my dog nearby and watch. Often, if I position myself downwind I can smell the herbs that keep their nerves in check. They are always friendly and good for a chat with an old ballie. Beattbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyronLab Posted August 31, 2020 Share No need to say sorry. I have maintained since my days of riding Moto-X in my teenage years that I would have done a lot better at that and BMX if I just either cared less about my physical wellbeing or could just switch off the "what-if" portion of my brain. I've been afflicted with middle-aged panic since my early teens. If I could find someone to guide / coach me I'd absolutely love to clear one of those dirt jump lines, but as it stands the barrier to entry is ridiculously high and my medical savings account ridiculously low (thanks a lot new adorable baby!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted August 31, 2020 Share No need to say sorry. I have maintained since my days of riding Moto-X in my teenage years that I would have done a lot better at that and BMX if I just either cared less about my physical wellbeing or could just switch off the "what-if" portion of my brain. I've been afflicted with middle-aged panic since my early teens. If I could find someone to guide / coach me I'd absolutely love to clear one of those dirt jump lines, but as it stands the barrier to entry is ridiculously high and my medical savings account ridiculously low (thanks a lot new adorable baby!).I also have a "strong sense of self preservation", but despite that the crashes seem to stalk me and jump me when least expected! I've never broken anything from a jump. Always seem to be those "just riding along minding my own business" moments......then BAM........instant heap of broken bones! Edited August 31, 2020 by DJR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted August 31, 2020 Share Weekend rides in the city NotSoBigBen, Wayne pudding Mol, TyronLab and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted August 31, 2020 Share Weekend rides in the city The Highveld cloudscape, always amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTBeer Posted August 31, 2020 Share I love the trails in Winter. Hoogekraal showing off gerriemtb, capediver, fanievb and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannygirl Posted August 31, 2020 Share Just love the beauty this country holds! ChrisF and Bateleur1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted September 1, 2020 Share 7 bells Long Wheel Base, DJR, Dusty and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted September 2, 2020 Share A few days short of 6 months...back to the office! Wayne pudding Mol, Bateleur1, geomark and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted September 2, 2020 Share A few days short of 6 months...back to the office!Back to work.jpg That is obviously not Cape Town. Where is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted September 2, 2020 Share That is obviously not Cape Town. Where is it?Doha, Qatar....... and back on track!.... Edited September 2, 2020 by capediver SwissVan, Duane_Bosch, DJR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveno7 Posted September 3, 2020 Share After yesterdays intensive rain session etc it was nice to see the sun shining this am....the local rivers can now be called rivers....some great impressive flow around here at the moment...meandering around the mtb routes and sometimes it was either mud or full on streams.....bike doesn't like all this sandy stuff...again took the hardtail out...really enjoying this bike again... Vetseun, Dusty, Long Wheel Base and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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