My cycling and wine adventures with a story

  • Stanford 100Miler Gravel

    7 December 2024 Gravel race in the Southern-most part of the Cape and Africa. A beautiful cool morning start at 7:30 being led out by the rider on horseback before the racing started. It was fast in the beginning with some proper sandpits as we went through the Agulas Nature reserve. I nice swim in…

  • Psychology of endurance cyclists

    This a study by Prof Wesley Peters that he completed on cyclists participating in December 2023 Desert Dash. A very interesting read and maybe explains why cyclists and athletes love the challenges of long distances. The link to the article at Forumonline: Comment from Namibian top extreme distance cyclist Nabil Robiati: “Thank you Prof. Wes.…

  • GravDuro 26 October 2024 Gravel Trails End Grabouw

    The GravDuro popped up and I was excited to ride the Grabouw and Elgin Trails after the rain. I have ridden most of the on my MTB over the years and thought Gravel would be fun, including Hans se Kop to finish, one I haven’t done before. The format was to have 6 timed stages…

  • Cedar 240 Cedarburg Gravel 5 October 2024

    This one popped up on my gravel horizon and was also excited about going to the Cedarburg again. The last time was a 100 miler from Clanwilliam to Tankwa in 2017. Cedar245 Link. There were options for 245 km, 130km and 30 km. I settled for the 245 km route with 3700m of climbing and…

  • Ride the Karoo MTB 20-22 September 2024

    Ride the Karoo MTB. I entered this race because I really wanted to get an idea of riding in the Eastern Cape Karoo. The farm Dwarsvlei is 10 km from Middleburg in the Eastern Cape. After a road trip to East London and PE I arrived on a very cold Friday afternoon. Snow in the…

  • Durbie Dash MTB 10 October 2024

    A Mountain Bike ride organized by Durbanville School. The Route through all the best trails in Durbanville and Tygerberg. It was a cool day and the trails were in excellent condition. Proper climbs and switchbacks to amazing decents. I haven’t ridden here for about 2 years, and it was amazing to be back and have…

  • Trans Baviaans 2021& 2024

    In 2021 Mike persuaded me to do the Trans Baviaans with him. It is his go-to race and I had never done one, so the challenge was on. Due to Covid restrictions the start was from 05h00 in the morning and the ride had to be completed by 20h00 – overnight curfew stop required. Usually,…

  • Gravel Adventures May-July 2024

    There has always been a chit chat about when I am going to get a gravel bike. Especially from Dave a Gearchange. I have never been sure and also looking for a bike option for the long travel events. Everything I looked at was too close to my Trek MTB and not worth the difference.…

  • Noble Rot London 10 April

    It was the last evening of an amazing 10 days in London to celebrate Monica and Victors paper wedding in March. With Amelia and Alex, we again shared many special moments and over the 10 days had lovely food and always wine. The last evening we had supper at the Noble Rot, a niche wine…

  • Malawi Tour Gallery

    What an amazing experience and way to see Malawi. Thanks again James and Natalie as well at the great group. Was fun.

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