Sunday Spruit Ride

[markStockton]

If anyone is interested I'm planning on taking a long slow post Xmas spruit ride from 12th Ave to Emmerentia and back this coming Sunday.

 

We will be leaving the Douglasdale Total garage (cnr Leslie and Douglas, Woolies side) just after 8.

 

For the more adventurous we can swing past the bike park on the way back. 

 

[Danger Dassie]

Cool, reckon I'll roll on by

[Guest Agteros]

If it rains early morning YES, if not I'll be on the road bike going souff or sumwhere

[Thug]

Just got back from a Spruit ride with Jules & Bored Girl but we started in Greenside.

[markStockton]

Don't tell ND but, we rolled deep into her territory this morning. 

 

Danger Dassie, joined Di_CPD, my son (Kurtis) and myself and we road from Fourways to 12th Ave, and down the spruit to the botanical gardens and back. Near the end we dropped in at the bike park to have some frozen mocca at che' Ali.

 

Good day, apart from stopping to pop a tube into my back tyre at Bryanston drive it was a very cool ride. Thanks all.

 

Hope you all going to be at the ride on the 1st.

 

[Nancy Drew]

huh!! all of this right under my nose and I wasn't even informed...

 

Now I know who my hub friends are

[David #7]

Oh Nancy do not fret, I know what you got upto this morning.

 

ps you were very very good today.

[Nancy Drew]

haha David... you weren't too bad yourself!!  

[Thug]

Sorry Nance, decided on our ride late yesterday and it turned out to be short cause Jules was feeling the effects of two 100+km days on the bike on Friday & Saturday 

[Nancy Drew]

That's ok thuggie! I'll forgive you since I was riding up Breedts Nek early this morning* anyway

 

*and I forgot to mention that to some of my hub friends

[Thug]

You're forgiven. I don't think Breedtsnek would have agreed with me seeing that my legs were pretty knackered after a hard week in the saddle.

[RockCoach]

 

Just got back from a Spruit ride with Jules & Bored Girl but we started in Greenside.

Yip. I bumped into you guys just after crossing Beyers. We started at Fratellis.

 

[markStockton]

 

huh!! all of this right under my nose and I wasn't even informed...

 

Now I know who my hub friends are

 

Sorry ND, however I must say I really enjoyed the visit to your neck of the woods. I think I need to do more rides out that way and explore Delta Park, Alberts Farm and the Botanical Gardens more.

 

Interesting fact, looks like all the bush dwellers have gone home for the holidays. Didn't see one the whole ride.

 

Also City Parks where working very hard on the North section of the spruit.

 

[AndreZA]

I only saw this aswell this morning. Did not go out Sunday because, well, I did not want to.

 

I start all my rides with Albert's Farm as I live that side. Good way to get the heart going. First I have a 70km/h downhill down Gordon road and then onto the veld before going up to the top of ALbert's Farm. The bad part is I have to come back up it aswell.

 

 

[markStockton]

I have a similar quandary, 70+km/h down either Cowley or Grosvenor at the start of the ride  and a monster climb home  I guess this is why Di opted out  around Jan Smuts Ave on the return leg. 

[Danger Dassie]

Enjoyed it, was cool to stop off at the bike park as well. Shotto for the freezachino Mark