Category: Cycling
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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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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Malawi Cycle Tour 2024
27 April to 7 May 2024 Our Route by hosts James and Natalie from icycle – www.icycle.co.za: Our route is a point-to-point route taking us from Malawi’s capital – Lilongwe, to Malawi’s financial hub – Blantyre. Our route takes us via Dedza, a small town perched high up on the lip of the Rift Valley,…