Broodforce

Monday, August 17, 2009

Groenkloof Hike

Monday, July 13, 2009

Medscheme Walkerville MTB Classic

I thoroughly enjoyed the 60km Walkerville race.

Within the first 10km we had to cycle over a mountain, with some inclines above 20% - and then one monster of a rocky descent following. I almost bailed on the last corner of the descent. Loose rocks around a 90 degree turn at high speed is not my friend.

Being relaxed and not aiming for a podium finish we assisted others fixing punctures.

Overall I found the race to be very balanced between climb, descents, fast jeep and single track and a good spread of water points.

Walkerville is a race I will definitely do again.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Nissan Tygervalley MTB

The past weekend I completed the Nissan Tygervalley MTB race.

The 60km race was 54km (according to the GPS) of cycling fun. It was a combination of fast Jeep track, winding single track, river crossings - which had queues equivalent to N1 Peek time traffic and fun rocky descents.

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Having drawn close on 800 participants in it’s inception just over a year ago, this “little” school race showed Gauteng Mountain bikers that they didn’t have to travel huge amount of kilometres to have awesome trails to ride on.

Now with over 40% single track on a single loop of 60km in Pretoria this awesome mountain bike route has developed into a full on diverse race route. With limited amount of climbing the route shows it’s strengths with lots of criss-crossing cattle tracks, flowy single track, extreme motorbike trails, beautiful river crossings, friendly farm roads.

The 30km unlike many other events where they cut out all the good stuff for the longer race shares all the great scenery and fixtures of the 60km. With three river crossings and a fairly friendly route this distance is perfect for the mountain biker who is the occasional weekend warrior!

I was surprised to see so many people changing tubes, how come they don't use tire sealant? Only to be stuck replacing a tube myself - 1cm cut through tire and tube that no tire sealant I know of can seal.

I'm looking forward to the rest of the Nissan MTB Series races.

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Sunday, June 07, 2009

Sentinel, Drakensberg

At the top of Sentinel. Cold with gusty winds

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Friday, June 05, 2009

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Monday, June 01, 2009

Magalies Monster

Or as I like to refer to it The Magalies Goat

What an AWESOME race.

It covered all of the MTB disciplines: jeep track, single track, rocky climbs, rocky descents, mud and deep sand not to mention beautiful scenery.

You had a choice of a 20km, 45km or 75km race. I opted for 45km and glad I did so as it felt much longer with all the walking up steep unrideable climbs and a couple of descents that only the hardcore will do staying on their bikes.

Magalies Goat
We are still looking fresh after the race, but believe you me we were glad to be finished.