Durbanville MTB group rides

[udxcob]

We are still alive and riding up a storm, post your group rides here

[dommisse]

Hi udxcob - you riding tomorrow? Slent?

[udxcob]

Sorry I can only ride on sunday and by then you guys wiLl be into the Jailbreak

['Dale]

I'll be dusting off my ol' Trek and look forward to some rides in-between my road training...

[udxcob]

We will be riding on friday morning from Graanendal robots at 5:30 and going to klapmuts, up backsberg to pniel and back again, anyone welcome to join, expect 6 hours in the saddle

[dommisse]

6 HOURS!!!!

['Dale]

I visited Meerendal for the 1st time this morning on ma dirt iron horse!

Misty. Beautiful. Just up da road. What a pleasure.

[udxcob]

6 HOURS!!!!

Is that too long for you? we already said you can turn around when you feel like it, we start at 5:30 and back by 12ish

['Dale]

We will be riding on friday morning from Graanendal robots at 5:30 and going to klapmuts, up backsberg to pniel and back again, anyone welcome to join, expect 6 hours in the saddle

You dudes training for da Epic with that base training load?

[udxcob]

Jip neighbour doing the epic so joining him for training rides

[udxcob]

We are doing the Attakwas in jan so we need the mileage too

['Dale]

Now the 6.0 hr Time In The Saddle makes all sense, udxcob.

Attakwas is one tough test.

And the Epic, of course.

 

Have a safe ride.

[Lounge Lizard]

This a mtb ride ? (this is a mtb thread) If so, what route do you guys go - normal tar = wellingt, fisant, fruit sellers, joostenbrg, klamuts,backsberg,pniel ? or do you have an interesting dirt option ?

[Mr Legs]

We will be riding on friday morning from Graanendal robots at 5:30 and going to klapmuts, up backsberg to pniel and back again, anyone welcome to join, expect 6 hours in the saddle

Hi udxcob, sounds impressive. Have you ever been up the back of Simonsberg. On that road between Klapmuts and the Paarl- Franschhoek rd, is a farm on the Simonsberg side, with the name "Flentersberg(burg)", you take that road and follow it for about 2,5km then take a right up through the pine forrest, about an hours hard pedal in small gears to get to the top of that "nipple" shaped rock on the north western ridge of Simonsberg. Spectacular views over the peninsula.

[udxcob]

We ride out to the silos then turn into the farms and so the slent pad and then go over the N1 (this next tar section has huge dirt shoulder past klapmuts hotel and concrete) then to the new garage at the fruit sellers 4 way stop, there we turn right and go over the railway line, then turn left onto the franshoek road and we turn right into the farms and make our way up the mountain (the steep side) or we could go on further and go up the other side (longer but not as steep)

Come with Mr Legs

[udxcob]

Hi udxcob, sounds impressive. Have you ever been up the back of Simonsberg. On that road between Klapmuts and the Paarl- Franschhoek rd, is a farm on the Simonsberg side, with the name "Flentersberg(burg)", you take that road and follow it for about 2,5km then take a right up through the pine forrest, about an hours hard pedal in small gears to get to the top of that "nipple" shaped rock on the north western ridge of Simonsberg. Spectacular views over the peninsula.

 

Hey Mr Legs long time no hear< the route you describe is probably the same route we are thinking of.