RocknRolla Posted March 23, 2016 Share So on a day in Jo'burg that lends itself towards overindulgence of audio visual, pizza and beer that would eventually lead to a semi comatose drunken mess on the couch, I by no small miracle motivated myself to ride my bike. It was a dismal affair, with a very slow "oh look at the flowers" start, with terrible line choices, object fixation and very mutch being a passenger on the bike...it ended not too badly, with 40kms just over two hours. Very proud of myself..I think I'm going to spoil myself with some audio visual, pizza and beer overindulgence.....We all know how that's going to end. Edited March 23, 2016 by RocknRolla L.T.G, Tumbleweed, EmptyB and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenReaper Posted March 23, 2016 Share Yeah, the Plumber is Bennet Nel & Hylton Turvey's new Black Line. And it's a dusi. I wouldn't do the drop in at the top yet, but the rest of it is pretty darn kiff and SUPER technical. B lines around all the mega tech stuff, but just enough of a challenge to keep you on your toes (I do the B lines at the moment - couple of crashes have wrecked my confidence levels) Then there's the Red Phoenix, which starts next to it, and that is the Red line. Fun FUN FUN!!!! Fast, Flowy, loose and just plain FAST!!! Lots of little features in there, and the faster you go the more technical it becomes. Lots of scope to pop, play, and just have a blast. Then there's also Never Ending Story, which is the Blue Line. Also fun, also fast. Also very much worth it. Then fuuuuurther on, there's the "Old" Black line, which is also referred to as the Nationals track as that's where the Nationals was held last time around. Fast, loose, steep. Further on from that is the Canaries. Upper Upper Upper Upper Canaries or whatever, then going down via Upper Upper and Upper and lower etc. Also a blue route, but more technical in nature and more rocks on the trail. Not as fast by nature, and if you want to hit it hard you need to work it. Helluva good trail until Upper Canaries, which is essentially a flattish technical trail, but still fun if you want to train and be under the trees. On the other side of the mountain, they're rebuilding the Fire Hut trail (I presume) and that used to be my favourite. Fast as hell, and loads of little features which you can pop off and fly over. To be honest, I can't wait for winter to arrive. The trails need rain, and they need it now.Man-O-Man,sounds like theres heaps of fun still waiting for me.Will have to get my trail bike sorted and return.Do you know where I can find a map of the trail network so I can find the starying points of the different trails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 23, 2016 Share Man-O-Man,sounds like theres heaps of fun still waiting for me.Will have to get my trail bike sorted and return.Do you know where I can find a map of the trail network so I can find the starying points of the different trails?Dan at iRide Africa should know... Or... I am riding there on Monday next week, if you want to look at my Strava. Will send you a link for the times I've already gone there on the new trails. BenReaper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenReaper Posted March 23, 2016 Share Will be nice thanks dude.I was amazed by the place.We have some nice trails around here/home,but they mostly consist of slate bank(leiklip in afrikaans) jeeptrack and flatish singletrack and district roads.Those plantation roads and singletrack was a heavenly mountainbiking experience to me. Tumbleweed, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Eddy Gordo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted March 24, 2016 Share BDF, Tumbleweed, Wez-O and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed Posted March 24, 2016 Share ImageUploadedByTapatalk1458822734.855391.jpg Chiggeri sounds like something you could get locked up for! Edited March 24, 2016 by Tumbleweed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted March 24, 2016 Share ImageUploadedByTapatalk1458822734.855391.jpgI could ride on roads so pretty - you've just put a damper on the long weekend vibes gummi what does the graffiti say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted March 24, 2016 Share I could ride on roads so pretty - you've just put a damper on the long weekend vibes gummi what does the graffiti say?I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapee.. Posted March 24, 2016 Share Captain Fastbastard Mayhem, Uni, gummibear and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gummibear Posted March 24, 2016 Share Chiggeri sounds like something you could get locked up for! It's the name of the Brasserie Loads of them in that street Ru de Nord. One of the oldest streets in Lux and links North with South on the cycle paths[emoji106] Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez-O Posted March 24, 2016 Share ImageUploadedByTapatalk1458822734.855391.jpgThat's definitely today's winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleatsnCleavage Posted March 25, 2016 Share Rocky Bay bike park on South coast. Sani day 3 goes through here. We did a great 60km ride. EmptyB, BDF and Uni 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T.G Posted March 25, 2016 Share Good Friday Ride Day with mates and their boys at Hobby Park. The young guys did so well and were knackered at the end, riding there from home and back but had loads of fun. Need to start getting used to this later sunrise nonsense again New floating bridge as the rains destroyed the previous one One simply cannot ride at Hobby and not go to the top of the ridge BenReaper, EmptyB, Uni and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr33rider Posted March 25, 2016 Share Rode up to the northcliff water tower, the views are breathtaking. Edited March 25, 2016 by Fr33rider Uni, BDF, An3 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uni Posted March 25, 2016 Share that second pic - dude! L.T.G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDF Posted March 25, 2016 Share Good Friday Ride Day with mates and their boys at Hobby Park. The young guys did so well and were knackered at the end, riding there from home and back but had loads of fun. Need to start getting used to this later sunrise nonsense again IMG_1664.JPG IMG_1662.JPG New floating bridge as the rains destroyed the previous oneIMG_1654.JPG One simply cannot ride at Hobby and not go to the top of the ridge IMG_1670.JPG IMG_1667.JPGLooks like an awesome day. Great pics too! L.T.G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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