Where has your bike taken you today?

[RocknRolla]

Spent the week on the indoor trainer, work has picked up a bit, so my “free time” became restricted.

Took leave on friday as I had to go do my moto learners and went for a ride at around 2pm in the cradle.

Tyre issues about 30mins in. Bombed and carried on. I kept on slowly loosing pressure.

The tyre had a small hole just above the rim due to a pinch from a hard landing on an exposed rock, too small to put a plug in, as the canvas would have just tore more, and I was running low on bombs. ( one left) 

Kept going at a sedate pace, trying to keep weight off the rear ( not smart on the dirt)

went till the squishyness became wobblyness and figured I’m close enough to the car that if I do plug and bomb it, and the pressure doesnt hold, that the hike will not be too bad.

as I was rummaging through my tool pouch, I came across 2 of those really tiny “worms” I could never figure out their usefulness due to the skewer I have makes a bigger hole than the worm can plug.

I had a wee brainfart, and decided to try and insert the worm lengthways next to the rim and the tyre, to hopefully close the hole with pressure being applied ( see photo, as I’m sure my explanation sucks)

 

this seemed to have done the trick, and i managed to avoid the hike.

Well deserved:

 

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

No leg warmers required today. ☀️

[Frosty]

A stop outside a former workplace, to strip off the winter gear. Finished off with a round of coffee from a good friend, who celebrates another birthday tomorrow.

[ChrisF]

 

Apparently not welcome here ....

[splat]

Also taking advantage of the amazing weather 

[MTBeer]

What a day to be out and about 

[MTBeer]

[HenryS]

12 minutes ago, MTBeer said:

Did you go down there? Sheesh, but there was a lot of mud at the very bottom!

[MTBeer]

3 minutes ago, HenryS said:

Did you go down there? Sheesh, but there was a lot of mud at the very bottom!

I knew there would be mud so only went down to the first stile and then back up again. But jees the corridor from Conters to Hoogies was super muddy as well.

[Colin Pym]

Easy roll to Oudekraal on just another superb winters day….????

[MTBeer]

13 minutes ago, Colin Pym said:

Easy roll to Oudekraal on just another superb winters day….????

Jeez its *** in Cape Town  hey?

[NotSoBigBen]

An easy coffee ride early, man the Highveld is not pretty in winter ????

Then my support team came along for the afternoon's suffer session ????

Thankfully the weather seems to be changing for the better ????

[RocknRolla]

Man, those CT pics are something.

Our weather has also been very nice, 23° on the way to the trails, and perfect for riding. 
saw some real tall hikers along the trails

and of course, recovery is very important…

 

[MTBeer]

45 minutes ago, RocknRolla said:

Man, those CT pics are something.

Our weather has also been very nice, 23° on the way to the trails, and perfect for riding. 
saw some real tall hikers along the trails

and of course, recovery is very important…

 

Love your recovery drink chocolatemilkshakessuck

[michaelbiker]

Not today but yesterday

 

[Eugene Oppelt]

Elsenburg Rd