Where has your bike taken you today?

[Wayne pudding Mol]

1 hour ago, TNT1 said:

How about matching the flair on your handlebar moustache to the flair on your actual handlebar.

The weak point in my gravel game, I can’t grow a manly beard or a flared tache 

but I have loads of bags I can mount and brown bar tape so no one notices my pubescent facial hair 

[Eugene Oppelt]

2 hours ago, Wayne pudding Mol said:

I’m a tough as nails gravel biker -  top tube against the pole one day, pedals at the wrong angle the next day

I don’t care about these things and focus on the important stuff like does my flannel match my socks and where do I get my flat white en route 

Top tube against parking support structure has got little to do with whether you're a gravel rider or not, Oom. It's like okes placing their bikes  upside down to fix a puncture. Sacrilege.????

 

 

[Colin Pym]

2 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Top tube against parking support structure has got little to do with whether you're a gravel rider or not, Oom. It's like okes placing their bikes  upside down to fix a puncture. Sacrilege.????

 

 

I just cannot bring myself to inverting my bike to fix a puncture….my saddle my shifter hoodies????

[Chadvdw67]

My first "big" ride in a while, was a good morning out.

 

[Frosty]

The 77th day of AuGUST. For me, and easy ride in hard conditions.

Edited October 16, 2021 by Frosty

[Charlie600]

Although the winter weather means that (for me at least) no weekend rides commence before sunrise at around 08h, the trails remain incredibly beautiful!

I've also discovered a WW2 bunker on today's route which was pretty cool.

 

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Charlie600

[Eugene Oppelt]

Active recovery

[Hairy]

7 minutes ago, 'Dale said:

Active recovery

Snap ... I have mine burning hot right now too 

[Eugene Oppelt]

The five hour ride

[DJR]

Black on Black meets colour on the Constantia Greenbelts. Wet, muddy, slippery, sunshine, drizzle, clear, overcast, sunny with showers! Lovely four-seasons-in-one ride with Beattbox. Great recovery coffee and Swiss confectionery (thanks S). Serious bike wash done, fire lit, wine open, now we braai! Stuff this on/off rain, if you let the weather dictate what you do in Cape Town, you need to change your approach!

[MongooseMan]

On 10/3/2021 at 6:18 PM, Hairy said:

That bottle must have jumped out in pure shame being fitted to either a white or red water bottle holder on a black frame .... get black cages and life will treat you better.

 

On 10/3/2021 at 6:23 PM, MORNE said:

 

On 10/3/2021 at 8:08 PM, Hairy said:

It is the last two that no one else wanted :P

The bottle cage fashion police will be most pleased to know that I have splashed out and procured not one, but two matching black cages ????

No more bottles disappearing in shame ????

This pic taken after a clean, following a very dirty ride this morning. Learned some lessons about what my "city slick" tires are capable (or rather, not capable) of on wet mud...

On a related note, I also learned (on the job, so to speak) how to unclip off a bike that's going down... twice ????

[Matu]

first ride after a month of nothing...

[I FLY]

On 10/16/2021 at 10:35 AM, Chadvdw67 said:

My first "big" ride in a while, was a good morning out.

 

I live near that little dam at the top of your route

[The Ouzo]

Weather app lied again, it said by the time I turn to come back the wind would have died. It didn’t. Was a hard slog back. 

[Pikey]

12 hours ago, ouzo said:

Weather app lied again, it said by the time I turn to come back the wind would have died. It didn’t. Was a hard slog back. 

As a knowledgeable friend / hubber @NotSoBigBentold me. The wind is only ever head on, otherwise you just on a good day ????

[Wayne pudding Mol]

5 of the 7 passes - blue blue sky and green green greenery 

The garden route municipality busy making the gravel so smooth a roadbike would be fine