Where has your bike taken you today?

[paarlmtb]

Simonsberg Conservancy

[johnson]

This is Kromdraai Nature Reserve close to the Oshoek border post to Swaziland. Some nice climbing there, 700m in a 35km ride.

[Spinnekop]

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On a good day it really is an amazing road to ride. I rate it better than chappies that's for sure.

WOW! 

['Dale]

Simonberg Conservancy

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Those pics

Omw

Beautiful

['Dale]

Simonsberg Conservancy

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Another beaut'

['Dale]

Will post a few more pics from our tour, but here's one going through Inchanga this morning.

edit: rotated the photo to the correct orientation.

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Oooh lyk lekka

 

hold your line, Gerry'

[Frosty]

Oooh lyk lekka

 

hold your line, Gerry'

almost everyone in the bunch in that photo don't know how to use the full road during a race with full race closure.

 

They take the long way around a right hand bend instead of cutting the corners.

 

I felt quite safe "wobbling" on the right there.

[BDF]

The absolute sufferfest that was the Ashburton Rooiberg race on Saturday. 

 

[deanbean]

My wife's boss paid for a family weekend to Wavecrest on the Wild Coast, while everyone had their fishing rods out, I left at sunrise for a ride to Mazeppa Bay and back. The southwester picked up when I turned at Mazeppa, and made for a very cr@ppy ride back into the wind.

Sunrise at Wavecrest, I wasn't gong to cross the river and start with wet feet so I took the inland route to Mazeppa

 

Wavecrest on the Nxaxo River from inland

 

Crossing the river, typical of the river crossings inland, the moto's and 4x4's have dug them all out, and they are bad

 

 

 

Typical Transkei view and empty beaches

 

 

 

Blue duiker prints in the sand on a track through one of the forests near Mazeppa. What killed me was the kids and their dogs that I saw after exiting the forest on the way back. To make sure of their intentions I asked them what they were up to to which they replied " Siyazo zingela iNyamakazi ehlatini" (We're going to hunt wild animals in the forest). I rode away before I beat them, as these animals are not much bigger than a Jack Russel, and are easy to catch with dogs. You can see the tracks next to my glove.

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[deanbean]

Mazeppa Bay panorama

 

A familiar sight to riders who've done the Wild Ride, this means that theres only a short beach ride left to Kob Inn, and the end of the first day

 

From Mazeppa; I had to ride another 5km's past the furtherest point, and the promised strong southwester was already making itself felt

 

Dassies on the beach rocks, about 3km from Cebe

 

The last stretch, I ducked into a promising path behind the dunes, but the sandy path was churned up by cattle, and the path was even worse than facing the wind would have been

[Slowbee]

Run out of likes for the Day, Mr Bean, those are awesome! and flippen jealous to ride on that coastline

[geomark]

Rode the Swazi Frontier last week, awesome scenery and a hard race with a lot of climbing but highly recommended

[BDF]

Rode the Swazi Frontier last week, awesome scenery and a hard race with a lot of climbing but highly recommended

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Looks like you really were climbing!

[deanbean]

Run out of likes for the Day, Mr Bean, those are awesome! and flippen jealous to ride on that coastline

Thanks Slowbee, we were chatting over a few drinks on Sat eve about how we live in an awesome country. I feel privileged to be able to ride in the area's I do

 

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[RocknRolla]

nee fokit okes.. you are making it extremely difficult to post here...

[Duane_Bosch]

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