Hairy Posted January 20, 2021 Share Where are you getting these drinks from? At this point it is half a glass of water ..... after work it may just be some whiskey TheoG and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted January 20, 2021 Share Today from Volmoed to the Rooiberg lodge - I regularly ride 50 to 70km and a 100 is big but not a hassle - add touring bags and the brutality of the Karoo sun and all of a sudden 103km is huge Woke up feeling pretty good but the first 5km of today’s 75 was on tar, false flat and a downhill. When I couldn’t get up to 20km on the flats I knew it was going to be ballbraking (more on that later) I was on my bike at 5am heading to Vanwyksdorp where I’m staying at the Rooiberg lodge, proper oasis. If I rode this on a normal day it would have been 4 hours maybe a tad less For nearly 7 hours I turned the pedals with all my might but the laden beast could barely muster a trundle - for 6 of those hours not a car, not a human just some baboons, ostrich and various buck. The plan was to stop every 10 drink, snack and take in scenery. I tried but in my last 40 there was no shade to be found Sipping coke number 4 and waiting for both burgers I feel satisfied but that was not fun - challenging, rewarding, harshly beautiful, but not fun Cpt_Bear, Beattbox, DJuice and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted January 20, 2021 Share Quick morning dash... JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted January 20, 2021 Share Epic Wayne! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted January 20, 2021 Share There has been a little here.Great picture. Not many ever get to see places like that under water. What a fantastic journey. Must be around 900 kilometres by my guestimate. Impressive, and more so in January. I'm sure you are now well enough heat-acclimatised to find hell comfortable......but of course, people doing a pilgrimage like yours won't end up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted January 20, 2021 Share The early worm. JohanDiv, DJR, Wayne pudding Mol and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 20, 2021 Share It's almost bike-o-clock for me. Will have 30Km to search for a suitable photo point... the last few pages have upped the ante. Next edit will hopefully have a picha. Caught KFC trying to bucket the sun Edited January 20, 2021 by Frosty Beattbox, Hairy, Wayne pudding Mol and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted January 21, 2021 Share You guys with your fancy Shadow Stand............. Albert T, Mister B, Prince Albert Cycles and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted January 21, 2021 Share This view kinda justifies the R2500 levies WhatsApp Image 2021-01-19 at 19.42.07.jpeg Where is this? daveno7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR ◣◢ Posted January 21, 2021 Share This view kinda justifies the R2500 levies WhatsApp Image 2021-01-19 at 19.42.07.jpeg Pearl Valley Estate? R2500 is nothing. Less than a cookie cutter copy & paste estate in Centurion JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted January 21, 2021 Share <snip> Sipping coke number 4 and waiting for both burgers I feel satisfied but that was not fun - challenging, rewarding, harshly beautiful, but not fun those days are worst, but the best at getting us through them when they invariably happen again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted January 21, 2021 Share A few duikers, many raptors, a tortoise rescue and a treinspoor Escapee.., DJR, Hairy and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted January 21, 2021 Share You guys with your fancy Shadow Stand............. 20210120_071313.jpgThat is one SERIAAAAS machine right there! ChrisF, MDJ, Beattbox and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanDiv Posted January 21, 2021 Share Pearl Valley Estate? R2500 is nothing. Less than a cookie cutter copy & paste estate in Centurion Where is this? Diemersfontein Wine & Country Estate just outside Wellington. Quite a fair bit lower than Pearl Valley, Val de Vie etc from Paarl, but around Wellington it is in the upper margins.. Not complaining though!!Definitely worth it for the working farm lifestyle with 24/7 Thornburn on-site Security, electrical fencing/cameras etc.. Duane_Bosch and DR ◣◢ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 21, 2021 Share You guys with your fancy Shadow Stand............. 20210120_071313.jpgflip that is a sexy bike and paint job, even for a Spaz! Long Wheel Base and ChrisF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted January 21, 2021 Share Diemersfontein Wine & Country Estate just outside Wellington. Quite a fair bit lower than Pearl Valley, Val de Vie etc from Paarl, but around Wellington it is in the upper margins.. Not complaining though!!Definitely worth it for the working farm lifestyle with 24/7 Thornburn on-site Security, electrical fencing/cameras etc..Wellington has some nice trails JohanDiv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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