I'm no roadie.
I tolerate district road rides like Breedts nek, because i know it's good training. So that i'd be able to enjoy things like Joberg2C, in stead of simply surviving it.
So when the hubbers organised a Breedts nek ride, I figured - why not. Nancy Drew's family has a farm in the area, which would provide safe parking and some boerewors rolls afterwards. Agteros organised some coffee and Nancy provided some carrot-muffins - yummie!
There were what - about 50(?) riders and they soon broke up into smaller groups with the racing snakes (who cycled the 60-odd kays from Joburg to Nancy's farm) way up front, and the mortals at the back.
Some beautiful singletrack through sunflowers, then off to the main bump in the road. The racing snakes went down to the shebeen on the other side, but the saner hubbers just sat around at the top of the mountain before racing back.
Some nice chats on the way, some bicycles to drool about, through the sunflower-tracks again, and then boerewors-and-swimmingpool-time.
It's good to be a cyclist.
And it's good to have friends who can organise rides like this one - THANK YOU NANCE!!
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Only seen this thank you now cat-i,
It's always a pleasure to spend the day with like-minded people who share a passion for mtb'ing.
The area is particularly beautiful at this time of the year... I'm afraid the sunflowers are seasonal :(
It was my absolute pleasure!
Nancy Drew
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