Gansbaai skills track - more pics added

[Gansbay]

 

 

 

 

 

We're adding another jump line to the track (Thanks Calla and Wiltas!)  Here you can see the start ramp and the first jump in its beginning stages.  Calla is planning two jumps and then two fast berms before joining the jumps lower down.  Should be fun.  The little XC track runs just above the ramp so it could be a fun way to get back to the top for the fitter riders!

 

[Hog_]

That looks really cool. Great work!

[Gansbay]

Had some help with the track, thanks Calla - been going slow as so much time went into the Gansbaai race and now in the wilderness area for two weeks.  Here are some more pics of a recent session as well as progress.  Hope to have it finished for december!

[Gansbay]

This is the new section - the last jump will be changed once the berm is finished (will be a left then right rurn berms), then we will join it with the other section lower down. 

[Gansbay]

Two pics of the new section in progress

[FanieFiets]

that awesome! Anyway, contact PPA for helmets they sponsor a LOT of money for development. They also handed out helmets to commuters last year.  Contact me if you need waterbottles, sure I can sort something out with the local virgin active. They have about 50 from people who forget their at the gym and never collects. 

[Gansbay]

Thanks Fanie, will do that.  We need to contact them for our race and we'll talk helmets.  I'll pm you re bottles when I get back from leave.

 

In the meantime some photos to show local riders at the track (we are trying hard to address the no helmet issue.  we have made a few available but would rather give away or charge a nominal fee.

 

BEFORE (this little guy had been riding for about 2 weeks on the bike above before one of the local guys using the track helped him and he entered our race (30km)

AFTER!!

[Hog_]

Great work! The gap jump looks huge!

 

 

 

 

[Gansbay]

[Mrs Colonel]

I was in Pearly Beach this weekend.  I would have popped in to check this out if I had known.

I took a ride from Pearly to Elim - quite a nice scenic ride, with two STEEP hills!

[Gansbay]

 

[Gansbay]

I was in Pearly Beach this weekend.  I would have popped in to check this out if I had known.

I took a ride from Pearly to Elim - quite a nice scenic ride' date=' with two STEEP hills!

[/quote']

There is a nice loop if you ride that way Mrs Colonel.  From Elim ride to wolvengat (Viljoenshof) and then back along the ridge to the Pearly beach road.  (Mostly on the lighthouse to lighthouse route).  A nice round trip with one of the fastests downhills around! (the one down to P'beach)

 

Thanks Hog - we think it might be too big as only two guys have managed to clear it, and even then their back wheels sometimes drops into the gap.  we are probably going to close the gap so that more can ride it.

 

Some more photos below

 

[Gansbay]

Some expressions - and the lack of helmets! - working on it.

 

 

[Gansbay]

[PhilipV]

 

I was in Pearly Beach this weekend.  I would have popped in to check this out if I had known.

I took a ride from Pearly to Elim - quite a nice scenic ride' date=' with two STEEP hills!

[/quote']

There is a nice loop if you ride that way Mrs Colonel.  From Elim ride to wolvengat (Viljoenshof) and then back along the ridge to the Pearly beach road.  (Mostly on the lighthouse to lighthouse route).  A nice round trip with one of the fastests downhills around! (the one down to P'beach)

 

 

I've clocked 86 going down that hill. Its so steep you only see the runout from the top, you don't see the middle section. Might be going to GBay next week, will probably go check out the skills track.

Good work Gansbay!

 

[Roons]

 

 

I think this is a MUCH nicer shot! The fill in flash in the other one is too much - makes it an artificial.