Outhere
Race Dog
We spent a week in Capetown and towed the bike . The one day we joined Vince and Ashton on a route which I got from dual sport Africa website . I joined the Paarl rock and 5 passes routes into one which turned out to be around 275km for the day. So was a chilled ride with lunch at Primas in Paarl .
Then on Thursday the 19th we planned a ride to Cederberg as everyone we have spoken to have said its a must .
I read the ride reports and planned a route for myself . I also posted on planning a ride including my planned route just to check if I was on the right track only posted on Tuesday night and was not expecting much responce so no pressure .So after reading more reports and checking garmin and tracks 4 Africa on mapsource and google earth i got hold of GeoffR who comfirmed a few things for me and sent us his route they ride Thanks Geoff.
Please note I Have attached this route at the end of report as a track and do not hesitate to check with me if any questions.So that done with here goes with basic report .
Early morning start from time share very close to cable car . Only stars in the sky although rain predicted.
Mostly Tar to Malmesbury then good wide gravel roads noting thelow lying clouds in the valley .
Into the clouds and time for rain suits.I have recently replaced my standard shocks with some GSA size Wilber shocks from Bling king some how in this picture the bike does look higher than it used to apparently 30mm.
We had one scare when we hit a sandy section at speed was not expecting this and the mist does not help visibility.
Out of the clouds now and joined the N7 about 10 km from Citrusdal what a perfect day for riding in the mountains.
Refuel at Citrusdal and took road along river towards mountains and then left onto road towards Clanwillams Dam.
Seems like mountains all on our right and farm lands to the left.
At the dam time to loose the rain suits and take a small break.
Tar from Clanwilliam [where luckily we refueled again ] to turn to Wuppertal then a good road to the small town .On the way we met Craig from dual sport Africa coming the other way and thanked him for his contributions to our sport do think we should support him more not sure how but will look into it.
From Wuppertal things got better great 10km section of road over the mountains had a packed lunch just after Eselbank.
Mug shot
Found the cederberg oasis thanks for the chat Gerrard.
From there was a nice ride to a small short cut to the right at the three jo jo tanks.
Then into the Cederberg valley and out over a pass to Citrusdal again .
Time now 16.30 and sorry Geoff but had to head back on tar to see sun set over sea for the first time.
All in all 730km 12 hours great day out thanks for reading.
Then on Thursday the 19th we planned a ride to Cederberg as everyone we have spoken to have said its a must .
I read the ride reports and planned a route for myself . I also posted on planning a ride including my planned route just to check if I was on the right track only posted on Tuesday night and was not expecting much responce so no pressure .So after reading more reports and checking garmin and tracks 4 Africa on mapsource and google earth i got hold of GeoffR who comfirmed a few things for me and sent us his route they ride Thanks Geoff.
Please note I Have attached this route at the end of report as a track and do not hesitate to check with me if any questions.So that done with here goes with basic report .
Early morning start from time share very close to cable car . Only stars in the sky although rain predicted.
Mostly Tar to Malmesbury then good wide gravel roads noting thelow lying clouds in the valley .
Into the clouds and time for rain suits.I have recently replaced my standard shocks with some GSA size Wilber shocks from Bling king some how in this picture the bike does look higher than it used to apparently 30mm.
We had one scare when we hit a sandy section at speed was not expecting this and the mist does not help visibility.
Out of the clouds now and joined the N7 about 10 km from Citrusdal what a perfect day for riding in the mountains.
Refuel at Citrusdal and took road along river towards mountains and then left onto road towards Clanwillams Dam.
Seems like mountains all on our right and farm lands to the left.
At the dam time to loose the rain suits and take a small break.
Tar from Clanwilliam [where luckily we refueled again ] to turn to Wuppertal then a good road to the small town .On the way we met Craig from dual sport Africa coming the other way and thanked him for his contributions to our sport do think we should support him more not sure how but will look into it.
From Wuppertal things got better great 10km section of road over the mountains had a packed lunch just after Eselbank.
Mug shot
Found the cederberg oasis thanks for the chat Gerrard.
From there was a nice ride to a small short cut to the right at the three jo jo tanks.
Then into the Cederberg valley and out over a pass to Citrusdal again .
Time now 16.30 and sorry Geoff but had to head back on tar to see sun set over sea for the first time.
All in all 730km 12 hours great day out thanks for reading.
