[Event] Darling Brew Extreme (DBX)

[Lizelle Carstens]

Event Name: Darling Brew Extreme (DBX)
When: 31/05/2025
Where: Darling Brew Tasteroom - Darling, Darling, Western Cape
Category: Mountain Bike

Darling Brew Extreme (DBX)

📍 Location: Darling, West Coast

📅 Date: 31 May 2025

Celebrating its 12th year, this single-day event offers thrilling trails, craft beer, and family-friendly fun.

Event Highlights:

• Route options: 25km, 50km, or 80km
• Live music, great food, and activities at Darling Brew
• Late entries welcome (5am–8am)

Go to Event Page.

[Mamil]

@Lizelle CarstensWould love to see the route for the marathon if it's available please.

[dewaldsss]

@Lizelle Carstens any update on route profiles and elevation for the 80 and 50 route please?

[cadenceblur]

 

I have been a long supporter of this event, but it's become a gravel travel. 

sorry, but the new version of this event is such a disappointment, I believe the Ride Darling has more fun bits / single tracks

 

[Mamil]

23 minutes ago, cadenceblur said:

 

I have been a long supporter of this event, but it's become a gravel travel. 

sorry, but the new version of this event is such a disappointment, I believe the Ride Darling has more fun bits / single tracks

 

Ja - that's why I want to see the route before committing an entry. I like gravel riding but not travelling to Darling for 80km of it.

[Mamil]

Reflecting on this race and also a message to the organiser (if they are monitoring the thread) - if no access to the trails in the area is possible, convert the event into a gravel ride and make it longer - there are epic gravel roads around Darling, out to Moreesburg, and even further. Do a lot of my ultra distance training our that way - 100km to Darling from the southern suburbs along the railway line and from there North and North east - plenty to see.

 I'd definitely make the trip to do a gravel ride that pushes the riders further out than say Ronde van Riebeek does - 

 

[RustyHWR]

19 hours ago, Mamil said:

Reflecting on this race and also a message to the organiser (if they are monitoring the thread) - if no access to the trails in the area is possible, convert the event into a gravel ride and make it longer - there are epic gravel roads around Darling, out to Moreesburg, and even further. Do a lot of my ultra distance training our that way - 100km to Darling from the southern suburbs along the railway line and from there North and North east - plenty to see.

 I'd definitely make the trip to do a gravel ride that pushes the riders further out than say Ronde van Riebeek does - 

 

Railway line between Chatsworth and Darling Cellars? Love that ride. Even better in winter.

[Mamil]

13 minutes ago, RustyHWR said:

Railway line between Chatsworth and Darling Cellars? Love that ride. Even better in winter.

Ja - and continuing over the Malmesbury road right through to Darling - quick Sarmie and a cappuccino at Evita's and then on to Moreesburg, round the back towards the two Riebeeks, then either Hermon on to Wellington then Eenzaamheid back home or the other way to Malmesbury ... km after km of semi rural gravelly goodness.

[RustyHWR]

2 hours ago, Mamil said:

Ja - and continuing over the Malmesbury road right through to Darling - quick Sarmie and a cappuccino at Evita's and then on to Moreesburg, round the back towards the two Riebeeks, then either Hermon on to Wellington then Eenzaamheid back home or the other way to Malmesbury ... km after km of semi rural gravelly goodness.

That is a good few kilometers/

[AB]

5 hours ago, Mamil said:

Ja - and continuing over the Malmesbury road right through to Darling - quick Sarmie and a cappuccino at Evita's and then on to Moreesburg, round the back towards the two Riebeeks, then either Hermon on to Wellington then Eenzaamheid back home or the other way to Malmesbury ... km after km of semi rural gravelly goodness.

@Mamilthis route sounds epic - could you share a GPX / Strava link please?

[Mamil]

3 hours ago, RustyHWR said:

That is a good few kilometers/

 

56 minutes ago, AB said:

@Mamilthis route sounds epic - could you share a GPX / Strava link please?

Did a lot of last years munga traning piecing bits of these two loops together into big all day expeditions. Depending on where you start can make it 100 miler or longer - even make a weekend 2 day trippie out of them. Nice generally safe riding I found.

Did a few other ones as well headed out brackenfell way to Paarl and over paarl mountain to Wellington side which was also fun.

I also did a 3 day solo epic to Montagu and from there to Hermanus and From Hermanus to Franschoek where I met SO and MIL for lunch - routes for which I'm also happy to share although the road outside Robertson was not lekker at all - very dangerous.

malmesbury bits and bobs.gpxprimary loop.gpx

[AB]

5 minutes ago, Mamil said:

 

Did a lot of last years munga traning piecing bits of these two loops together into big all day expeditions. Depending on where you start can make it 100 miler or longer - even make a weekend 2 day trippie out of them. Nice generally safe riding I found.

Did a few other ones as well headed out brackenfell way to Paarl and over paarl mountain to Wellington side which was also fun.

I also did a 3 day solo epic to Montagu and from there to Hermanus and From Hermanus to Franschoek where I met SO and MIL for lunch - routes for which I'm also happy to share although the road outside Robertson was not lekker at all - very dangerous.

malmesbury bits and bobs.gpx 199.13 kB · 1 download primary loop.gpx 276.82 kB · 2 downloads

Lekker, thanks! 
will try piece some of these together when I’m up in Yzerfontein next