Where has your bike taken you today?

[gummibear]

That thing looks fast!

It is actually and it's an endurance bike and not flat-out racer.Braking is pretty good too

[trail - er - park]

Cheating the wind on the much maligned RWB road ...

Your ability to find beer bottles is uncanny .... you sure they're not in your bottle cages ...??

[fanievb]

Your ability to find beer bottles is uncanny .... you sure they're not in your bottle cages ...??

The oom doesn't use cages, he goois the picnic in his back pockets

[Zatopek]

Are you living in Wicklow, or just visiting?

It was a work visit. Are you in the area? Edited May 24, 2019 by Zatopek

[The Ghost]

It was a work visit. Are you in the area?

I might be near that area in the near future.

[NotSoBigBen]

Your ability to find beer bottles is uncanny .... you sure they're not in your bottle cages ...??

Like I said before it's the 'souf' bru ... They are littered all over the place [emoji6]

[Bonus]

I love my job!

 

Zona Zero MTB Trails, Ainsa, Spain :-) 

 

 

[ChrisF]

Left home at sunrise, and was greeted with this as I crossed the N1

 

 

My legs felt okay .... so instead of the normal St Johns gate to the Traverse I carried on .... and still the magnificent sunrise on the right ...

 

 

Halfway up the first climb at Meerendal .... nice 13km warm-up lap before getting to the trails

 

 

Looking back at the Mine-shaft.  The colours were simply magnificent !!

 

 

Not sure what the heck possessed me .... as if this ride was not going to be long enough, I attempted the Dorstberg cheat. .... did not want to burn my matches too early, so I walked the last 50m

 

 

To the brave souls (with the strong legs) .... coming down from Dorstberg (no I did not go to the top)

 

 

Time for a light breakfast and a cappuccino ....

 

 

 

Leaving Meerendal a few heavy rain drops were falling, and the sky was even darker ..... But the "rain" only lasted a minute.  At least now I was riding with the brisk Northern breeze ....

 

On the way back I had a rush of blood to the head .... up and up and up Odendaal, and into the Traverse.  The view from the top never dissapoints !!

 

 

 

A second cappuccino at Bloemendal, and then the Protea corridor ...  That little forest at D'Aria is a photographers heaven !! 

 

 

At the end of the Protea corridor I was greeted by this view

 

 

On the way home I realised I had almost covered 50km, and almost climbed 800m .... "almost" was NOT an option !!  And so I added a couple of detours, and a few more hills.  Actually turned around on top of the Blomtuin Suikerbossie and re-did it    ...  just to make sure I reached the 800m climb. 

 

For me this ride represents a milestone in my journey to recovery.     

 

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by ChrisF

[Nakoota]

First 100 miles on a mountain bike at Race To The Sun.

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx4ZtI4HQSZ/

 

Tokai, for a bit of diesel-assisted climbing and some sweet trails with mates.

 

Just for fun, this one.

[Grease_Monkey]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx4ZtI4HQSZ/

 

Tokai, for a bit of diesel-assisted climbing and some sweet trails with mates.

 

Just for fun, this one.

You're suppossed to wear a flanel shirt, not shorts - that's for golf

[gummibear]

On some forest and country roads.

 

 

 

 

 

[Duane_Bosch]

A little post spinning spin yesterday at Tokai. Always fun. The pines are making a stunning return and the wattle is so thick we can start calling it Tokai Forest again.

 

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

A little post spinning spin yesterday at Tokai. Always fun. The pines are making a stunning return and the wattle is so thick we can start calling it Tokai Forest again.

 

IMG-20190525-WA0043.jpg

Yeah, it's SUPER thick up there at the moment. I like it. Hopefully it'll help improve the soil up there from what the fire left behind. Not sure if that will happen tho.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

You're suppossed to wear a flanel shirt, not shorts - that's for golf

I don't play golf, so no issue. Bloody nice and comfortable shorts tho.

[BenReaper]

Did a relaxed Worcester - Rawsonville loop this morning going out on Nekkies road and coming back in to town on the railway service road via Goudini station.

Was shocked when I uploaded my ride to Strava and realized my last ride was on the 14th. That means that I've gone beyond "weekend warrior" and I'm now more of a "fortnight warrior".[emoji16]