Category: Gravel 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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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.…