Wolwespruit Pretoria - gravel bike friendly?

[RaptyrOne]

Is the Wolwespruit MTB trail near Pretoria good for gravel bikes or would it be a little too extreme? I am referring to the full 23 km trail length.

Thanks!

[RobynE 🚵‍♀️]

I haven’t been for a year or so but I wouldn’t call it a gravel venue myself. It’s pretty steep, wet and kinda gnarly in all the spots I rode. 

[OVERDRIVE]

5 hours ago, RobynE 🚵‍♀️ said:

I haven’t been for a year or so but I wouldn’t call it a gravel venue myself. It’s pretty steep, wet and kinda gnarly in all the spots I rode. 

I'm too scared to go to Pretoria by myself to start with. So I shouldn't be commenting. 

[Dexter-morgan]

There are some serious enduro lines, I am not sure it is Gravel bike friendly.

[dave303e]

would not recommend a gravel bike there... 
Plenty of free gravel grinding that is relatively safe out Pretoria east side. For a 25 km you could park at Hazeldean Shopping Center, ride down past curro, through cowhouse and out to Rosemary hill and back. That will give you 23ish km, you can go further past rosemary on that road if you want a few more km. You can also go back past cowhouse up to boschkop and back via the dirt path next to lynnwood/graham road back to hazeldean.

If you look at the strava heatmaps for Pretoria east from cowhouse or from hedianga area you will find plenty of fantastic gravel options... 

[Dexter-morgan]

Big red barn is Gravel friendly