Chasing the train to Magaliesburg - 15 Feb 2009

[GundaGunda]

skimp aka hint in afrikaans (wasnt sure of SP)
well in that case I'd say a ride would have to be the order of that day then :biggrin:

Cool. Are you organising?

Pick a date  ;D

Trip Dates : 15 Feb, 29 March, 27 April, 10 May, 21 June, 9 Aug, 24 Sept, 25 Oct, 1 Nov, 28 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 and 16 Dec

Hmm. Let me check my diary...
I'm back for just about the whole of August..
9 August? Gonna be a nice wintery cold day. Hope there are no puddles to fall in then.

learned from Malibu that F800s float on water.

 

[Jules]

Great day out, Thanks G


and Thanks to all who joined



Jules

 

[Cave Girl]

TG if I had been there it looks like I would have been keeping you company  sorry I could not make it. GG once again looks like you arranged a really great ride - SORRY I missed it

 

[TravelGravel]

Hello all followers of the Exulted Mud Ninja  >

This is a public service announcement. The great honourable Mud Ninja would like to officially declare the "Chasing the train to Magaliesburg" an super-riffic event, and would like to send highest regards to the great GG and many thanks for taking the time to prepare the way of the Mud-Ninja with thorns, potholes, mudpuddles, squattercamp inhabitants, etc. (Please note that chocolates and rose petals do tend to the job a little better, but I am not picky.)

That's enough of that.... This Mud Ninja thing may go to someones head  ;D. Thanks to Gundsie for an awesome day. I haven't had that much fun since baking mudcakes as a child.... and this time my mother wasn't around to complain about how dirty I managed to get.  eepwall: Thanks to all the guys who helped pick up my bike, dust me down (in a manner of speaking - no one had the  guts to try and get all that mud off of me ), straighten my brake lever and walk me through the swimming pool - that would be the second last mud puddle.

Eventually - the guys at the Magalies Hotel can be glad that Silver had the forsight to remove their lovely cushion before I parked my muddy butt on it.  :thumleft: Oh and Silver my title is Ninja... not Monster - do I look like Charlize Theron to you?!? ... Okay thinking about it now, maybe you shouldn't answer that, I will definately feel offended.  :imaposer:

Chorse... I would like to thank you for ruining my reputation (I am being sarcy here  :biggrin. In all the time I have been riding no-one has ever been able to take a picture of me falling, or even of me near the bike once I had fallen. And what do you do - you little overachiever - you catch a full on action shot. Nice one... there goes my whole rep.  :ricky:

And Gunda about that peach tree, we already have a "Peaches" .. if you want a new handle maybe try another fruit?  :laughing4:

Cave Girl ... it been a while since we chatted, I promise on the next ride I will share all the mud puddles with you.  ot: Looking forward to it.

Now who do I bribe about removing that rather unflattering photo of my size 6 A$$?  >

 

[LeonDude]

And who do I have to counterbribe to have that picture put on the revolving header pics!  >

Just joking, was glad to see you on a ride again TG.

 

[Duncanw]

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Pick a date  ;D

Trip Dates : 15 Feb, 29 March, 27 April, 10 May, 21 June, 9 Aug, 24 Sept, 25 Oct, 1 Nov, 28 Nov, 29 Nov, 6 and 16 Dec
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That should do it.

 

[BigEd]

Nice one dogs.  :thumleft: :mwink:

Looks like a GMAM Garrat you lot chased off there... :thumleft:

 

[GundaGunda]

Loaded the track from the GPS on the train.

They struggled with GPS signal and the track is in bits and peices.

Timings for future plans .

I am sure they do not have a set schedule, but times were:-

Left Maraisburg 09:40
Arrived Krugersdorp 10:06
Left Krugersdorp 10:21
Arrived Tarlton 10:45
Stopped for about 15 Mins and lefrt 11:00
Arrived Magalies 11:17

Passed us at Millsite doing 51 Km/h
Speed on open rail was 45 - 60 Km/h
Train traveled 30Km from "regroup" to Magalies.
Bikes travelled 33Km from "regroup" to Magalies

Average moving speed of the sweeper group was 42Km/h

Sweeper group took 1:35 to travel from millsite (where the train met us) to Magalies - we messed about a bit ! 

 

[Jules]

Lead group Stats

Let MillSide at 10:33
Arrived at Magalies at 11:13

Ride Time was 40mins
Highest speed on Dirt was 108kph
Highest Speed on Tar Stretch was 124kph


Jules

Edited (I missed the last piece in my calculations)

 

[Chorse]

You are welcome TG.

Glad I could contribute to the destruction of your reputation 

Right place right time...or is that wrong time  :imaposer:

 

[Ama ride ride]

Looks like you guys and dolls had a lekker relaxed ride. Thanks for the pics and RR. :thumleft:


Eventally, can you please resize your pics to 800X600.

Thanks

 

[GundaGunda]

And Gunda about that peach tree, we already have a "Peaches" .. if you want a new handle maybe try another fruit?  :laughing4:

Now who do I bribe about removing that rather unflattering photo of my size 6 A$$?  >

Bribe accepted - done !

My late father, on his death bed said, "Son, if you want to live a long and happy life like I did, you must do what women want."

Sure Dad. Problem is I don't know what they want  :

And I was getting angry with the peach trees - all these passengers skoffing peaches and spitting the pips out the window to sprout into big trees and give me a hard time.

 

[GundaGunda]

And a compliment for JustBiking is due.

I think that pic you tagged

Gunda, Adventurer and Misty approaching a crossing...

Is one of the nicest riding shots I have seen in a while. It has great feeling and composition, and to me really captures the enjoyment I get from riding.

Three mates, out in the open air, trundling along a nice gravel road - what can be nicer? 

 

[Griff]

Great day thanks a tonne.

I agree with the thoughts. Send the slower pack off in front to try and get there before the train. The fast group then leave at the same time as the train but rather start at the second meeting point.

A great day and wouldn't have missed it for the world.

I had to leave unfortunately early as I had a sh*t load of paperwork to do. I decided to back track to Krugersdorp. It was a lonely ride without the pack but it was that or the tar and quite frankly thats why I sold the road bikes. I had a little mud monster come up and stop the front wheel, throw the back wheel past the front and after lifting myself out of the mud, noticed I was facing Magallies again. Ego dented, speed now reduced, one mirror broken off and the other one adjusted to a slim line. Camo now not a snow version but more the African landscape type :biggrin:

 

[Misty]

Yea Gunda gotta agree that is a great pic, it tells the story - see there was one advantage of sweeping - but next time I promise I'll be faster and then we will beat the train too ok! :biggrin:

 

[kevin]

Yea Gunda gotta agree that is a great pic, it tells the story - see there was one advantage of sweeping - but next time I promise I'll be faster and then we will beat the train too ok! :biggrin:

Many advantages of sweeping, Misty!

 

[Smithey]

Looked like a great day out. I got all the details last night, well done.

Muds a bliksem  :deal:

 

[Adventurer]

And a compliment for JustBiking is due.

I think that pic you tagged

Gunda, Adventurer and Misty approaching a crossing...

Is one of the nicest riding shots I have seen in a while. It has great feeling and composition, and to me really captures the enjoyment I get from riding.

Three mates, out in the open air, trundling along a nice gravel road - what can be nicer?   

I was battling to pass Misty there, just wayyyyy to fast for me.... :biggrin: :biggrin:

 

[kevin]

Hey Smithey we waiting for your RR - believe you guys been on a little ride...

 

[Misty]

Many advantages of sweeping, Misty!

hmmm... really??