Where has your bike taken you today?

[Pikey]

My favorite place to sit and take in the tranquility. Makes me ????

[Mongooser]

got some fun in on the Shova at uitsig

 

Edited September 23, 2017 by Mongooser

[wildwindfr]

Polokwane Game reserve. Polokwane Pedallers morning club ride. Awesome day. Did a total of 70km today. Havent done that mileage in more than a month. Recovering from the winter flu. Did tons of single track. Did not realise there were so much in the Reserve. Awesome day!

[ChrisF]

Where did my bike take me .... or rather where did I take my bike .... 

 

For some obscure reason Meerendal was still closed when we drove pas there this morning -

 

 

 

Some time later I stopped to play with the camera -

 

 

 

 

Passing Piketberg the early morning light provided a show that no camera can do justice to -

 

 

 

 

DO stop at Floris in Clanwilliam -

 

 

 

[ChrisF]

I planned on taking the gravel road from Clanwilliam to Calvinia -

 

 

Sadly this road gives new meaning to "corrugated" !!!!      You would need to run at a stupid speed to stay ontop of the corrugations, with regular ROCKS sticking out of the road surface .... nee-wat, so gaan ek nie my car opvoeter nie !!  Back to Clanwilliam, N7 Vanrhynsdorp, Niewoudtsville, Calvinia.

 

Then it was time for a slow cycle around town to explore the area -

 

 

One of very FEW flowers in the area .... NOT the typical flower season !!  But then again, we have done the route many times, and only once did we see the very last few flowers .... maybe one day ... 

 

 

[ChrisF]

The other patch of flowers -

 

 

 

sure many members here have never seen or used this -

 

 

 

and this is another item soon to become obsolete ... well, cant remember when last I have used this -

 

 

 

 

yet another flash-back -

 

[bertusras]

After the disaster that was last weekend's ride, I decided to take it a bit slower and do the first part of the ride with the Velo group so that I could suck wheel, and then wander off on my own for a bit of calm dirt riding.

 

 

[BSG]

After the disaster that was last weekend's ride, I decided to take it a bit slower and do the first part of the ride with the Velo group so that I could suck wheel, and then wander off on my own for a bit of calm dirt riding.

 

 

Looking at where the last picture was taken from and you being on a gravel grinder, I was just wondering if you go at such high speeds and if that is a traffic/speed camera picture because it looks like it has been taken from that pole behind you?

Edited September 24, 2017 by BSG

[DJR]

Bit of a panoramic short sharp climb fest today. Home, High Level Rd, The Glen, Signal Hill, Tafelberg Rd, Home. Cold & grey in Slaapstad, but always beautiful, 

[Andrew_Smith]

A fellow rider was generous enough to lend his trusty steed for me to test out a road bike for the first time. Must admit, was a joy to ride! My favourite was putting down the power on the straights - we rode to Stellies. And accelerating on the road bike is nothing compared to my MTB.

Now I should just sell my kidney and then I am sorted! 

 

PS: I rode on the Raleigh, but I could not stop looking at those Darkhorse wheels. 

 

Edited September 24, 2017 by Andrew_Smith

[DJR]

................And accelerating on the road bike ..............

 

 

You are hooked. But you don't have to sell a kidney, just keep a close eye on the classifieds. Road bikes are cheap for what you get. Also, they are CHEAP to maintain, compared to a mtb. 

[Andrew_Smith]

You are hooked. But you don't have to sell a kidney, just keep a close eye on the classifieds. Road bikes are cheap for what you get. Also, they are CHEAP to maintain, compared to a mtb. 

 

Haha, maybe?

 

Agree 100% with you, would be easier on the wallet.

[BenReaper]

A fellow rider was generous enough to lend his trusty steed for me to test out a road bike for the first time. Must admit, was a joy to ride! My favourite was putting down the power on the straights - we rode to Stellies. And accelerating on the road bike is nothing compared to my MTB.

 

Now I should just sell my kidney and then I am sorted!

 

PS: I rode on the Raleigh, but I could not stop looking at those Darkhorse wheels.

 

You are hooked. But you don't have to sell a kidney, just keep a close eye on the classifieds. Road bikes are cheap for what you get. Also, they are CHEAP to maintain, compared to a mtb.

As DJR pointed out road bikes are much cheaper to buy and maintain than MTB's.

You can pick up something like that Raleigh RC3000 for Around R3k and it will be more than enough bike to hold you up, unless you plan on racing Elites, then you should probably sell that kidney.[emoji6]

 

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[Andrew_Smith]

As DJR pointed out road bikes are much cheaper to buy and maintain than MTB's.

You can pick up something like that Raleigh RC3000 for Around R3k and it will be more than enough bike to hold you up, unless you plan on racing Elites, then you should probably sell that kidney.[emoji6]

 

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If I consider, the road bike will be used for early morning road loops, trips to Cape Town/Stellenbosch and for recovery rides.

 

I just love the fact that you can cover so much mileage in a short time. We left at roughly 06:20 and was back from Stellies just before 08:00.

[BenReaper]

If I consider, the road bike will be used for early morning road loops, trips to Cape Town/Stellenbosch and for recovery rides.

 

I just love the fact that you can cover so much mileage in a short time. We left at roughly 06:20 and was back from Stellies just before 08:00.

They are definitely fast and fun, but I will forever be caught in a love triangle with my roadbike and mtb.......once the gravelbike is complete its gonna become a quadrangle.[emoji48]

 

 

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['Dale]

A fellow rider was generous enough to lend his trusty steed for me to test out a road bike for the first time. Must admit, was a joy to ride! My favourite was putting down the power on the straights - we rode to Stellies. And accelerating on the road bike is nothing compared to my MTB.

 

Now I should just sell my kidney and then I am sorted!

 

PS: I rode on the Raleigh, but I could not stop looking at those Darkhorse wheels.

 

It's a very slippery slope, Andrew Smith.

Save up

Choice ????