Category: Cycling Races

Some pics of our travels up. A packed Fortuner with both bikes inside and a case of wine! The White House past Grunau where we stayed on the way up with evening stories from the farmer over a glass of wine.

It is always fun to look at some of the stats of the ride. From the planning sheet to target a 24 hour finish where speed estimates were definitely out – faster averages at the start to slower at the end. Stop times about right. Also my Strava data. I ended this with some fun…

Some pictures of the Desert Dash Ride from registration to the finish.

It has always been a dream of mine to do the Desert Dash (DD) solo but never thinking that I was fit enough or able to get an entry. The Desert Dash is a Mountain Bike race in Namibia from Windhoek to Swakopmund. It is 397 km long with 3507m of climbing and has to…

The Burra took place from 17 to 20 June in the KZN Midlands, starting and finishing in Pietermaritzburg. It is a 507 km ride with 10 000m of climbing which has to be completed in 60 hours. Riders ride solo, are not allowed to get any outside support not even from fellow riders. You are…

So pleased to finish another Argus safely. #21 – I am not sure if and why it is a milestone but it certainly brought back some previous memories. For one of my first tours I had flown down to Cape Town and was staying in a small flat. I decided that because I was racing…

The Stanford MTB Classic race takes place near Stanford which is the next town after Hermanus. The race has some lovely trails in the surrounding area. I entered the race a while back having enjoyed riding it over the last two years. I also rode some of the trails in December. After last weekends Imbuku…

The Imbuko race starts near Wellington and covers 5 passes in one race. I entered and arrived thinking that I would enjoy the best MTB trails in the Wellington area on a chilled day out. Not to be! 5 passes with 3179m of climbing in 79 km taking 7 hours! there must have been at…

Tankwa Trek, #ARideLikeNoOther, my 6th one, never disappoints on how hard the riding is here in the Koue Bokkeveld Noth of Ceres. The Dryland team (who are like family as they also organise Atta and Pioneer) always put together a great event with base camp at Kaleo Guest Farm. Thursday is an early traditional coffee…