W Cape rides

[leet22]

Where are the good rides in the WC with in a decnt distance to CT? Done tokai and Oak valley , know of Lebabnon. Where else do you guys ride with nice single track?

[Cassie]

Jonkershoek & Eden...both in Stellenbosch!!!!

Grabouw....start @ country club....(closer than Oak Valley)

 

 

[Rapunzel]

... or if you want a quick one after work, try the new hillcrest route (6km loop, more than half of it on single track and plenty of climbs to give you an intense workout)

[leet22]

Is that at Hillcrest wine and olive farm?  Price?

[RobG]

That would be Hillcrest Wine & Olive Farm, just outside Durbanville on the way to Durbanville Hills.  If you are a Tygerberg MTB Club member it is free otherwise it is R20.  You could also try Majik Forest in the Welgemoed area, you can do about a 10km route there.

 

[brussel]

if you ride a loop of majik down superspeedway and 2 loops of hillcrest and back it gives you a nice 30km ride with lots of single track, a bit of jeep track and (unfortunately) some tar

[Rapunzel]

.... and there's bound to be more single track added before the end of the year. The tar stretch on brussel's route isn't much - about 3km each way.

[RobG]

I know Majik and Hillcrest a little bit but how do you get between them with only 3 km of tar?

[brussel]

easy-peasy use super speedway:

 

just before you get to the substation from the beacon head right through a gate and down super speedway to poplars restaurant. Then you head up and over tiekiedraai

[samson99]

easy-peasy use super speedway:

 

just before you get to the substation from the beacon head right through a gate and down super speedway to poplars restaurant. Then you head up and over tiekiedraai

 

are we allowed down this road? ie the road towards poplars restaurant?

[brussel]

been down it a million times

 

 

 

yip as far as I know there has never been a n issue I have seen the farmer dozens of times and no issue

[samson99]

where does one enter the hillcrest farm? at the gate at the bottom of Tiekiedraai? also anyone got the web address for tygerberg mtb club?

[leet22]

Thx guys. Anyone got a map of the Majk route

[Rapunzel]

try contacting the guys at tygerberg mtb for a map of majik - addresses are on the website www.tygerbergmtb.co.za alternatively, make a date and time and post it on the hub and you're bound to get a crowd who can show you around.

 

The entrance to hillcrest is on the bend on tiekiedraai - sign in at security and get your permit at the restaurant. the route is very well marked so you won't get lost.

[leet22]

Thx for info on Hillcrest Is it technical single track or just flowing?

[Rapunzel]

hillcrest's single track is flowing and not technical - if you're looking for more technical stuff then the upper reaches of majik are a better deal.