Category: Gravel Cycling
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AroundThePot 20260801
100 Miler 160 km. Didn’t start Garmin from the start. This a milestone race as longest distance with new knees now 9/11 months after replacement. Went well. Icing knees at Malgas stop really helped otherwise very pleased. Decided not to race Trans Baviaans the following weekend. Would have been one step too far. Race Stats…
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Cedar 100 Miler 3 May
Official times: Pos 1 Age grp 65-69 Time 7h34:24 Pos 82
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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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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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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.…