Where has your bike taken you today?

[Sid the Sloth]

22 hours ago, Wayne pudding Mol said:

Will see what I can do Re weather - we seem to be stuck in a holding pattern of a few muggy overcast days followed by buckets of rain - next week more of the same 

How are the groad conditions along seven passes after all the rain? When I was there in September they were pretty lovely, does the rain do much damage?

[Robbie Stewart]

27 minutes ago, Sid the Sloth said:

How are the groad conditions along seven passes after all the rain? When I was there in September they were pretty lovely, does the rain do much damage?

This guy reckons don't do it . . .

 

https://www.georgeherald.com/News/Article/General/madiba-rylaan-steeds-gesluit-202112020930

[Prince Albert Cycles]

1 hour ago, Jbr said:

Also heard it hurts them to be picked up especially from the top, maybe less so if you lift it from underneath

They normally pee when picked up as a defense mechanism and that dehidrates them so let them be.

[Robbie Stewart]

2 minutes ago, Prince Albert Cycles said:

They normally pee when picked up as a defense mechanism and that dehidrates them so let them be.

I reckon I'd pee myself too if I got picked unwillingly up by what in reality equates to a giant.

[splat]

3 hours ago, Hendel Clase said:

Never new this, thanks for the info. I do think though when they are in harms way, like on a major road etc, its better to have a scrambled GPS than a scrambled insides 🙂

Some info from the interwebs:

 

Does the same apply to tortoises ?

[Wayne pudding Mol]

3 hours ago, Sid the Sloth said:

How are the groad conditions along seven passes after all the rain? When I was there in September they were pretty lovely, does the rain do much damage?

It’s all held up remarkably well because they’d just completed drainage upgrades - the only section damaged badly is the tarred section near the university where a large section washed away 

[ChrisF]

Nice pre-work ride 👍

 

 

Doubt I will ever ride Bottellary again without thinking of Cois 

[jimfaradey@gmail.com]

Ek kan n beskrywende woord voor hoog sit on dit beter te beskryf

 

['Dale]

Early worm, Stellenbosch 

[guidodg]

[Trashy]

Boschendal to Banhoek and back.

[Pikey]

3 hours ago, guidodg said:

 

Great photo,has an air of mystery to it .

[Rapunzel]

On 12/9/2021 at 3:39 PM, Wayne pudding Mol said:

It’s all held up remarkably well because they’d just completed drainage upgrades - the only section damaged badly is the tarred section near the university where a large section washed away 

Hi Wayne. Is there any way to get to Montagu pass from Wilderness at the moment? 

[Wayne pudding Mol]

9 hours ago, Rapunzel said:

Hi Wayne. Is there any way to get to Montagu pass from Wilderness at the moment? 

If you know the area well you could go in at the dam and around the varsity and pop out at the gate along 7 passes - you could also just get off your bike and portage that section where the road collapsed although I can’t confirm this because I haven’t personally investigated that section since the flood damage and we’ve had even more rain 

[Jbr]

Weird clouds today

Edited December 11, 2021 by Jbr

[Frosty]

Chilled ride following some wheels; locals and from out of town.

Edited December 11, 2021 by Frosty