Where has your bike taken you today?

[daveno7]

1 hour ago, ChrisF said:

To the medics ....

 

Long steep downhill farm road, loose pebbles.  Two to three times the length of the steep section from the mast to Contermanskloof ... and just as steep.

 

I was doing okay until the brakes overheated .... and then it was full speed to the inevitable ....

 

 

Bike is good !!! Grips are done, but was due for replacement so no issue.

 

Me ... no broken bones .... lots of roasties .....

 

 

Some painfull schoolfees, but all good.

 

 

Was a VERY nice ride up to that point 👍

hope the wounds heal ok

[ChrisF]

7 hours ago, daveno7 said:

hope the wounds heal ok

 

5:00 nice freedom of movement.

 

VERY gratefull

[mecheng89]

Hey @Pikey, this time I worked for my coffee and croissant. Think I'm paying for it yesterday, developed a scratchy throat.

[Fred van Vlaanderen]

17 hours ago, ChrisF said:

To the medics ....

 

Long steep downhill farm road, loose pebbles.  Two to three times the length of the steep section from the mast to Contermanskloof ... and just as steep.

 

I was doing okay until the brakes overheated .... and then it was full speed to the inevitable ....

 

 

Bike is good !!! Grips are done, but was due for replacement so no issue.

 

Me ... no broken bones .... lots of roasties .....

 

 

Some painfull schoolfees, but all good.

 

 

Was a VERY nice ride up to that point 👍

All the best with the R&R

[Cardio Goth]

Maiden voyage for the Sonder and an absolute belter of a day to welcome it.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Cardio Goth

[Pikey]

12 hours ago, mecheng89 said:

Hey @Pikey, this time I worked for my coffee and croissant. Think I'm paying for it yesterday, developed a scratchy throat.

Most definitely a deserved confectionery with that about of elevation 👍Going to have to join you one day . 

[Pikey]

Yesterday did a very late afternoon ride after my sons cricket …. Badly misjudged the light though . 

 

Edited March 12, 2023 by Pikey

[michaelbiker]

['Dale]

We need to create places where to stop our haste. And wait for our soul.  -Tonino Guerra

 

[LBKloppers]

On 3/11/2023 at 7:48 PM, ChrisF said:

To the medics ....

 

Long steep downhill farm road, loose pebbles.  Two to three times the length of the steep section from the mast to Contermanskloof ... and just as steep.

 

I was doing okay until the brakes overheated .... and then it was full speed to the inevitable ....

 

 

Bike is good !!! Grips are done, but was due for replacement so no issue.

 

Me ... no broken bones .... lots of roasties .....

 

 

Some painfull schoolfees, but all good.

 

 

Was a VERY nice ride up to that point 👍

Dude! Hope you heal up quickly. Elaborate on the brake issue? What brand, model, pad, the wear before you started the downhill, and why the heck did you allow it to overheat?

[ChrisF]

34 minutes ago, LBKloppers said:

Dude! Hope you heal up quickly. Elaborate on the brake issue? What brand, model, pad, the wear before you started the downhill, and why the heck did you allow it to overheat?

 

Those same questions are milling about in my head ....

 

Will have a nice chat with my LBS.

 

203 discs

4-pod calipers, think it is XT

resin pads

did go through ONE mud spot a few km earlier.  I stopped and washed the mud out of the brakes with water.

 

The trail was clearly marked as "dangerous" with the four red arrows .....  I simply have never before seen anything that LONG.  After each turn in the road it just got longer and steeper !!  Walking down (after the fall) is was difficult to keep from slipping ....

 

I regularly do the steep decent from the mast to Contermanskloof, thus comfortable in these conditions .... but this one carried on forever and then some .....

[Mr Legs]

Saturday Morning, slightly overgrown singletrack.

[Mr Legs]

Sunday Morning, The Blue Route, no not the M3, the one in the Hemel and Aarde Valley.

['Dale]

Making sweatdrops

[Cardio Goth]

Exploring (and climbing)..

 

['Dale]

When you’re low, go ride. 
When you’re gatvol, go ride. 
When you’re hopeless, go ride
When you’re anxious, go ride.