Where has your bike taken you today?

[daveno7]

When you ride a bike...you sometimes actually forget how simple the enjoyment is...after nights bike ride...

[Eugene Oppelt]

Mood back on the bike when I’ve been away with work for 2 weeks  📸

[Ed-Zulu]

On 8/10/2025 at 12:02 PM, michaelbiker said:

Col de la Madeleine via Lacets de Montvernier and Col du Chaussy. One of our most epic rides so far. 

Hi Mike, do you live in the area or are you on the most epic bicycle holiday ever?

Love the pictures!

[michaelbiker]

Just now, Ed-Zulu said:

Hi Mike, do you live in the area or are you on the most epic bicycle holiday ever?

Love the pictures!

Thanks. We are nomads. We spend 50% of our time outside of SA a year.

[splat]

19 hours ago, michaelbiker said:

Last ride in France. Au revoir!

 

 

I am sad that your trip is over,
Your photos have been amazing !

Looking forward to the next one

[michaelbiker]

20 minutes ago, splat said:

I am sad that your trip is over,
Your photos have been amazing !

Looking forward to the next one

Am sad too! France has been quite incredible both in prices but more importantly the riding. I will be posting pics from Thailand next month though!

[BuffsVintageBikes]

1 hour ago, michaelbiker said:

Thanks. We are nomads. We spend 50% of our time outside of SA a year.

Please share with us on how we can also become Nomads, it looks A W E S O M E !!!!!!

[patham]

1 hour ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:

Please share with us on how we can also become Nomads, it looks A W E S O M E !!!!!!

Preferably along the lines of:

Step 1: Get bicycle.

Step 2: ………………..

Step 3: Profit and become nomads!

[michaelbiker]

1 hour ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:

Please share with us on how we can also become Nomads, it looks A W E S O M E !!!!!!

Haha! We’re doing the least glamorous thing today. Cleaning up the Airbnb and packing bikes. Our bags total weight is now sitting at 92kgs!
 

[ChrisF]

On 8/11/2025 at 9:12 AM, BuffsVintageBikes said:

Beautiful Chris, the fitness must be picking up nicely with all this winter commuting you're doing. Well done for braving the crisp winter breeze 😄👍 How are you enjoying that Revolt?

On a side note I see that the Baviaans record was broken this weekend, both riders onboard the new Revolts 🤙

 

I forwarded that article to Chris (Zebra) 😉

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, michaelbiker said:

Am sad too! France has been quite incredible both in prices but more importantly the riding. I will be posting pics from Thailand next month though!

 

Drop a line when in the South of Portugal .... can put you in contact with a fellow tourer.

 

LOVE your photos and posts

[michaelbiker]

Just now, ChrisF said:

 

Drop a line when in the South of Portugal .... can put you in contact with a fellow tourer.

 

LOVE your photos and posts

Thanks we were in Portugal two years ago. Sintra has some of my favourite mtb trails. Would love to go back some time. 

[ChrisF]

Just now, michaelbiker said:

Thanks we were in Portugal two years ago. Sintra has some of my favourite mtb trails. Would love to go back some time. 

 

As a youngster Herman toured Africa on a small motorcycle ... 13 month solo trip.

 

Bit of work, then a 13 months trip of Europe.

 

Since then they have been doing 2 to 3 month trips of many countries across different continents every year or two ...

 

Now settling down for the swallow approach with a base on the Southern coast of Portugal.

 

 

It would be most interesting seeing you having a meet and greet 👍

[henningvr]

Took my "new" Pyga Zero-29 out for an outing around Tranquilitas. What a blast!

[patham]

The bonus of having a teenager son. He scouts out a new way to get to the top of the nearby trails- a fire road climb to the top of the mountain, use the public roads on the mountain, then descend into the trails from the top.

The downside of having a teenager son. The effort involved is calibrated to teenager heart and lungs, not mine that are past sell by date. The climb (and push) nearly killed me. But it’s good to see new things from the top!

[ALLMTB]

Needling through Helderberg.