Cyclewizz Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Slave - that is a monster ride you're plannin'. What time will you get to the Reserve? I'm there ready to ride at 7:20 (doors open at 7) & can try and join up with you (again). Anyone else who sees the lunacy of Slave's thinkin but would like to go round at a steady pace when his group gets there' date=' is welcum to meet up in the car park with me. [/quote'] Joe, you going to drive there ? You softie From where you stay it will be a good warm up to ride to the Reserve and then a nice cool down on the ride back Slave, according to weather 24 I should stay indoors this weekend Saturday 5degress with a 23Km/h windSunday 3degrees with a 32km/h windCheck what your weather man says.
Guest Agteros Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Yep. SBR on 06 June 2009. I hope like h3ll my legs can recover in time for Fountains. This will be my second ride in the reserve and the first was aborted halfway up the second climb. (It was way too hot' date=' windy and downright unpleasant to face whole new worlds of pain.) So this timeI go in without the car and driver to bail me out. Get there on own steam and get home on own steam = HUGE levels of pain. And we do this for FUN???????????? [/quote'] Nancy, it seems like it is time to introduce the southeners to teh undulations of the cradle loop. Not even to speak of the Krugersdorp hill and Robert Broom drive Maybe we should organise a ride out west for all our southern buddies?
Joe Low Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Hi Kid, I like ur kid, Kid. Indigo Kid's kid - does that make you a grandad? We thought so at Rietvlei last week. Yes, I could do the extra 80-90kms to / from my place - just call me lazy, it's fine. Got 175km CreamyTart the following week so I'll be doin the stupid distances then.
Trubie Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Yep. SBR on 06 June 2009. I hope like h3ll my legs can recover in time for Fountains. This will be my second ride in the reserve and the first was aborted halfway up the second climb. (It was way too hot' date=' windy and downright unpleasant to face whole new worlds of pain.) So this timeI go in without the car and driver to bail me out. Get there on own steam and get home on own steam = HUGE levels of pain. And we do this for FUN???????????? [/quote'] I'll be out for the 6th - sorry Slave!
Guest Agteros Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 For the kdp hill have a look at http://connect.garmin.com/splits/6089735 Switch over to metric (top right), and go to splits for these km splits: SplitTimeDistanceElevation GainElevation Loss2600:03:2314952700:03:3715502800:03:5316602900:03:311318 So what you guys say? Wanna go for a wild ride in the west?Agteros2009-05-28 03:28:08
Andyr249 Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Yep. SBR on 06 June 2009. I hope like h3ll my legs can recover in time for Fountains. This will be my second ride in the reserve and the first was aborted halfway up the second climb. (It was way too hot' date=' windy and downright unpleasant to face whole new worlds of pain.) So this timeI go in without the car and driver to bail me out. Get there on own steam and get home on own steam = HUGE levels of pain. And we do this for FUN???????????? [/quote'] Nancy, it seems like it is time to introduce the southeners to teh undulations of the cradle loop. Not even to speak of the Krugersdorp hill and Robert Broom drive Maybe we should organise a ride out west for all our southern buddies? That is where I normally ride. K-Hill is quite cool! Where do you and Nancy ride from? I normally park at Riverstone Lodge.
Slave Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 Eish,so many directions going here at the same time. Y'all trying to foncues me? Kid, so it'll be brass monkeys on Saturday and Sunday. I need to try out my new tights anyway. Just a bit worried about the hands. Mrs. Slave is making me a fine jacket which will be marketable in the next week or so, just in time for the real cold of winter. Orders and sizes are open. Do you wnat pouches or not? Custom made parachute jackets in bright yellow with reflective spots. I digress. So this weekend is just a little teaser. Sunday I plan to go long loop and then through Henley past SBR and home. It's ony 30 k's from my place (to the entrance, depending on which one), so Mr. Bond et al, why not park at my place and we all ride out together, or we can meet at Rietvlei or the circus? I will ride to either place. Circus seems to be a good option, say meet there about 8:30 when it is a bit warmer. May be a h3ll of a ride in the SBR, but I gotta do it sometime. Ox, I just met Jonathan (not sure of his hub name and we weretalking of riding out there in the west. Cradle of human kind. Organise it dude and let me know. I'll make a plan to come out there and ride a new route with some new faces for a change. I understand they leave from Cycle hub at 7 (Foruways.) Do I need to put up R10 gorillas and get a Visa? (Kid, how's that contact you have for counterfeit documents. He any good?) We can always arrange a bit of quid pro qu.
Andyr249 Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Yip Slave, things can be quite expensive up north so the visa you require will only cost you US$10000 and take 34 months. However for a further US$5000, paid to my account in Switzerland, I can get your visa done in half a day. ;-) I ride with the Lab guys, and girls, and it is usually about 75km. The one problem is the traffic in the Fourways area when you return from the Cradle area. So lately I have been parking at Riverstone Lodge and riding from there. Krugersdorp Hill is 3km away and then the Cradle loop can be ridden in a few configurations depending on the distance you want. Nice ride, quite undulating.Andyr2492009-05-28 03:56:39
Slave Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 Sounds like something I should do soon. Get to do some new routes and meet new people. So what about the quid pro quo dis-ting? For the price you quoting, I can get the visa and a new bike in an hour. Kid knows people who know people and they know some people as well. He's conected, our blue / purple child. He knows Joe Bond and Joe knows James and Ben etc. So maybe meet up for a ride after the fountains. Next two weeks is going to be some hectic stuff going down south with my prep and I can definitely make a plan after Fountains. Oxman, make the arrangements dude. (The visa and all that stuff.) Not more than 10 Zim Dollar' ok? Love you long time.
Guest Agteros Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Yep. SBR on 06 June 2009. I hope like h3ll my legs can recover in time for Fountains. This will be my second ride in the reserve and the first was aborted halfway up the second climb. (It was way too hot' date=' windy and downright unpleasant to face whole new worlds of pain.) So this timeI go in without the car and driver to bail me out. Get there on own steam and get home on own steam = HUGE levels of pain. And we do this for FUN???????????? [/quote'] Nancy, it seems like it is time to introduce the southeners to teh undulations of the cradle loop. Not even to speak of the Krugersdorp hill and Robert Broom drive Maybe we should organise a ride out west for all our southern buddies? That is where I normally ride. K-Hill is quite cool! Where do you and Nancy ride from? I normally park at Riverstone Lodge. I actually don't cycle a lot, my only rides are with the club (Cresta Wheelers) and they do various routes, and then with Slave and 'em in the south. I have no idea where to park for a Cradle ride, only ever ridden there o the MTB at Teak place - but the driveway at Teak will snakebite any and all skinny wheels! Earliest possible weekend might be 27/28 June
Andyr249 Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Riverstone Lodge is a great place to park. It is between Avianto and the N14. Roughly 3km along the N14 (towards PTA) from the intersection at bottom of Krugersdorp Hill. They have security guards and it is properly paved so road tyres don't get bitten. And parking is free.
Slave Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 Oxman, dude. I said arrange it. If it's for the weekend of 27 or 28 June that seems to fine for me right now (Subject to confirmation with the minister of home affairs.)There must be plenty places to park a car. Cresta is one, Cycle Lab Fourways etc. I'm just a little nrevy parking my wreck anywhere in the north cause they'll think it's been abandoned.
Guest Agteros Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Tempting..... Lets start with this... *EVIL GRIN* (basically, Riverstone to cricle, left to to circle @ lion park, left towards N14, up kdp hill, robert broom, down past sterkfontein hospital, past mrs pless, cradle loop towards Lanseria, at 4way stop back towards Beyers Naude, down onto cradle loop, left @ circle towards Riverstone...? 1Road0 m 2Get on Road and drive northwest0 m0 m3Road15.3 km5.3 km4Get on Road and drive north5.3 km0 m5Enter roundabout Traffic Circle6.1 km822 m6Take the 1st left onto T26.1 km27 m71T28.2 km2.1 km8Get on T2 and drive west8.2 km0 m9Turn left onto T39.6 km1.4 km101T315.6 km5.9 km11Get on T3 and drive southwest15.6 km0 m12Turn left onto N1416.3 km699 m131N1421.2 km4.9 km14Get on N14 and drive southeast21.2 km0 m15Turn right onto Paardekraal (R28)24.3 km3.1 km161Paardekraal(R228.0 km3.7 km17Get on Paardekraal (R28) and drive southwest28.0 km0 m18Exit left onto ramp29.0 km1.0 km19Take left ramp onto Robert Broom Drive29.2 km186 m20RobertBroomDriv29.9 km682 m21Get on Robert Broom Drive and drive west29.9 km0 m22Turn right onto Van Riebeeck Street (R563)33.1 km3.2 km23VanRiebeeckStre38.5 km5.4 km24Turn right onto Sterkfontein Caves Road41.5 km3.0 km251SterkfonteinCa42.0 km474 m26Get on Sterkfontein Caves Road and drive northeast42.0 km0 m27Turn left onto T347.8 km5.8 km281T3157.0 km9.2 km29Get on T3 and drive northeast57.0 km0 m30Turn right onto Road63.6 km6.6 km31Road264.2 km674 m32Get on Road and drive south64.2 km0 m33Road365.0 km799 m34Road466.1 km1.0 km35Get on Road and drive south66.1 km0 m36Road566.9 km861 m37Road673.0 km6.1 km38Get on Road and drive south73.0 km0 m39Turn right onto R11474.9 km1.9 km401R11475.8 km957 m41Get on R114 and drive west75.8 km0 m42Turn right onto Road77.4 km1.6 km43Turn right onto Road77.7 km307 m44Road78.2 km451 m
Trubie Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 If its on 27th June, I would like to be part of the plans.
Guest Agteros Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 Let us make it a fixed date event then for Saturaday 27 June I'll upload a pic of the route if&when the hub allows me to do so. Who can help with more precise directions to Riverstone Maybe we should start a separate thread for this Wild West Road Ride ...
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