Where has your bike taken you today?

['Dale]

Durbanville has many miles of gravel roads for those endless base building rides.

 

This is Eenzaamheid Rd, about an hour outside the village.

Rolled there on Friday.

 

 

 

['Dale]

Here's another from about 2 kms earlier.

Very Tuscan with those trees on the L hey.

 

 

 

[L.T.G]

2. A little further up, at Eerste Water, there is a cement dance floor where many years ago the Prince Albert locals held their dances. The dominee declared dancing a sin and forbid it in his town, so like the sensible folks they were, they did it outside of town and beyond his reach. In the towering cliffs above the "dansbaan" there is a rock formation of a clock face, with the hands indicating 20 min past 1, so that is the time dancing finished.....to allow everyone some sleep before Sunday church!

Love this shot DJR!!

['Dale]

Earth is arid.

One can see why the land here hopes for rain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

['Dale]

 

First visit to the beautiful Welvanpas, Wellington, Boland.

It was spectacular after the storm this past weekend in the region.

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

Laps at BCC good enough reason for getting a bike wash after. 

 

Scotty...were you out on your road bike on Sunday morn? On North Rand Road?

[scotty]

Scotty...were you out on your road bike on Sunday morn? On North Rand Road?

Yup was me, last time I was on the road bike was Feb Carnival race so it was feeling a bit neglected

[GiantSpez]

Did you air-lift that bike in there?

Clearly nothing better to do

[Tumbleweed]

Yup was me, last time I was on the road bike was Feb Carnival race so it was feeling a bit neglected

 

Saw you go past me at about 8ish around Le Grange area! Should've shouted hello!

Edited March 28, 2016 by Tumbleweed

[BenReaper]

Did a slow 50km ride with a mate on the farms around town this morning.Was rewarded for getting up early with beautifull sunrise.As alot of my rides tend to do,this one also took me past the Breederiver wich as always was looking at its best for a picture.

['Dale]

4. The hairpin bends from above. There are 4 more not showing in the picture. Someone with a drone, please invite yourself along next time so that we can get a picture to tell the real story!

That pass looks quite magical hey!

Awesome pics.

I know the images can't quite represent the real live view through the senses.

 

Hope to get there in Winter. ????????????????????☺️

[NotSoBigBen]

Spent the long weekend on my son's fiance's parents game farm called Malonjeni not far from Kareekloof/Suikerbosrand ...

 

Friday a quick ride on a 'trail' unmarked on the farm but good fun with B, loads of game to be seen 

 

 

Saturday he had to work so I ambled from the farm, did a full loop of Suikerbosrand and back. Forgot how tough that can be    - went in the gate at 7 (first rider) and only really started seeing riders after I had passed the parking used on the north side (25ZA rondts frikkin bargain)

 

 

Sunday and Monday we did a 50k 'outride' towards Meyerton, some slow poison in those few hills there are around there   - Tuesday his legs decide to turn up and it was rather hectic had to apply Rule #5 multiple times   . This is the Suikerbosrand river almost at Meyerton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lexx]

I'll just have to do this one in stages:

1. Northern entrance to the Swartberg Pass - the "secret canyon" where you can see how the original horizontal layers of sandstone got folded when Africa and Antarctca crushed together so that they ended up vertical, making cliffs of about 700metres high.

Yoh, isn't that the 36One route we are doing in less than 3 weeks time?

[DJR]

Yoh, isn't that the 36One route we are doing in less than 3 weeks time?

Close by, but not on the 360ne route. Worth the look though, if you have the time before or after.

[Lexx]

Close by, but not on the 360ne route. Worth the look though, if you have the time before or after.

I will def make a turn that side.

[DJR]

I will def make a turn that side.

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/158484-event-swartberg100-gran-fondo/

 

If you want to include the pass, this new race promises to be something special.