Excited kids visit prospective bike park in Kleinmond
Kids of all ages were excited to visit the location of the new bike park in Kleinmond. A toddlers track, skills park and pump track is planned for Kleinmond. The Kleinmond Cycling Club is hard at work planning for this new bike park and also busy raising funds for it. See here how you can be part of this great initiative: https://qkt.io/bikepark
Front page news!
Overstrand Herald today, New York Times tomorrow
Kleinmond Bike Park
What started as an idea is finally coming to fruition. Having received the go ahead for a piece of land near the town's sports clubs, the ground breaking for the new Kleinmond bike and skills park kicked off on 16 August. A big word of thanks to the Overstrand Municipality for giving us this access and their assistance in making our dream a reality.
In the news
See our article in a recent edition of the Overstrand Herald.
Never get lost again….
Trailforks is a wonderlike toep ( ja, dis wat hulle 'n app in Afrikaans noem) vir enige "trail sport". In ons geval is dit vir bergfiets roetes. Volgense hulle informasie is daar reeds 8,904 trails NET in Suid Afrika, op die toep. Die detail en opsies is rerig moeilik om te verduidelik aangesien daar so baie opsies is en soveel detail. As jy die toep oopmaak sien jy die kaart opsie soos hieronder. As jy dan op een van die roetes
A Granny and a Tall boy in the Tankwa Karoo
My December vacation of 2020 extended to April this time, mainly as a result of my status as a pensioner since the end of 2020. I also started cycling with the friendly people of Kleinmond cycling club on routes which I usually did on my own and other that I did not know existed. Thanks to their patience waiting for me at the summit of every climb, I got fit again after my encounter with Covid at the end of November 2020. I enjoyed their company so much that I did not have the motivation to go back home at all.
Cape Town Cycle Tour 2021
I received this nice email on Monday 26 April:
A reminder that the 43rd edition of the Cape Town Cycle Tour is scheduled to take place on Sunday, 10 October 2021, and we would like to give our loyal supporters the very first opportunity to enter.
As with any entry process we need to ensure that any changes to our system are working smoothly and as a result we will be opening entries for a limited group of loyal supporters early to allow them the opportunity to enter while at the same time testing the entry systems' capabilities.
Knysna Cycle 2021
On Saturday 17 July the MTB options are 80 km, 50 km, 30 km and a family fun 15 km ride.
On Sunday 18 July the road race options are 100 km & 50 km
It is so great to be able to have these iconic events back on the calendar and I for one will be there for sure.
Time for a new bicycle yet?
I really really need a new bicycle! No I mean it. Mine is old and out of date. Sure, it still works sort-of. Okay, it actually works quite fine to be honest. I still ride it a few times a week and recently did the Brewery to Brewery 80km race without as much as a chain suck. But I can still dream, or even look, can’t I? I can definitely look online, right? Who’s to know where I am browsing? And when I hear my wife walking up, I quickly switch to BBC news ( which I always have open as my go-to page in such cases ).
Cape Cycle Routes
Did you know that this Western Cape Government initiative offers 5 different routes across the Western Cape?
The aim: to grow cycle tourism in the Western Cape.
The routes are open 24/7/365, free of charge. Simply download the map, pick your pace, plan accordingly, and go for a ride.