Where has your bike taken you today?

[daveno7]

Winter evening bike ride...going over a few old trails...it's a beautiful place to ride a bike...even a hardtail 😀

['Dale]

Soft misty autumn sunrise over the Klipheuwel trails just north of Durbanville

[daveno7]

22 hours ago, KB280DT said:

Looks like the trail at Du Toitskloof cellar?

It is...indeed...will be doing the whole trail next week or so...just getting my bearings again 😀

[Jaco Steyn]

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

[ChrisF]

47 minutes ago, Jaco Steyn said:

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

 

Dis nou fyn-brag.

 

MOOI landskappe !!

[daveno7]

Mostly on the tarmac....the wind is around...still a lovely day for a bike ride 

[Jaco Steyn]

5 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

Dis nou fyn-brag.

 

MOOI landskappe !!

Dankie!

Maar beslis nie so mooi groen soos in die Wes-Kap nie. Lekker vaal tussen Sasolburg en Parys.

 

 

[Frosty]

6 hours ago, Jaco Steyn said:

I definitely am a much more drab area of South Africa to cycle in. Not as picturesque as some of the photos I have seen here.

 

Looks like the R59 coming out of Parys towards the N1

[Jaco Steyn]

1 minute ago, Frosty said:

Looks like the R59 coming out of Parys towards the N1

Spot on! Just before the last couple of big hills on way to the N1/R59 bridge. 

I recently had some work done on my road bike, and had the cluster replaced with a 11 -28, doing away with the 11-25. What a major difference the 28-tooth cog made on that uphill compared to the 25 that my bike had. Much better for an outoppie of 61 years.😁

 

[KB280DT]

7 hours ago, daveno7 said:

It is...indeed...will be doing the whole trail next week or so...just getting my bearings again 😀

Nice! I like that trail. My sister and BIL farms about 11km away from Du Toitskloof Cellar towards Worcester. Decided once to ride from their farm and do the red loop and back. The wind coming from Worcester's direction was not so friendly on the way back though 😂 

[Robbie Stewart]

29 minutes ago, KB280DT said:

The wind coming from Worcester's direction was not so friendly on the way back though 😂 

whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

[KB280DT]

9 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

Absolutely. On this particular day I was heading back towards Worcester and the headwind forced me almost into granny gear on a slight downhill 🤣

Edited July 2 by KB280DT

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Robbie Stewart said:

whenever I'm heading back West via Worcester more often than not I encounter a wind in that valley that shakes my KB 250 around as if it is a Hyundai i10. Riding a mountain bike there has never appealed to me for that very reason.

 

In that valley you are going to have one of three days:

- WIND !!!

- HOT !!!!

- and then the odd stunning day ...

 

@KB280DT and I were fortunate to have a pretty decent, if cloudy day, during a race there a few weeks back.

[daveno7]

2 hours ago, KB280DT said:

Absolutely. On this particular day I was heading back towards Worcester and the headwind forced me almost into granny gear on a slight downhill 🤣

Somedays are better than others...

[daveno7]

Got out as the rains came...misjudged the rain a bit...still it's always nice on a bike 

[Me rida my bicycle]

1 hour ago, daveno7 said:

Got out as the rains came...misjudged the rain a bit...still it's always nice on a bike 

To me it's fine if I'm riding and it starts to rain a bit but I won't start a ride in the rain.