So the 27th came none too soon and we could eventually get out and ride.
I met up with Chaplain, No 17 and Claassen’s at 06h00 just outside Alberton and we made our way towards the Sasol Pinehaven. It was still dark and after a sprint on the highway (Claassen’s was just so eager to get to the gravel roads ;D we took the Hendrik Potgieter off-ramp and headed west towards the meeting point at the Sasol Pinehaven.
When we got to the Cradlestone Shopping centre we encountered the long rows of cars that were heading to Tarlton for the drags racing and Maropeng for a fun run. It was proper chaos at the intersection by the N14.
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So we eventually arrived at the Sasol at 06h40 and after filling up and checking tyre pressures we parked the bikes and the long wait for the rest of the riders started :sip:
Not long after that we saw a Blue new shape and a black new shape arrive but they seemed to not want to join us and parked on the other side of the parking lot :-\ (obviously they were not part of our ride)
Not long and our "rasie leier" Abre arrived and we waited for the rest and got chatting and then Renier and Annelize Harmse arrived followed by ChrisG. Now it was just a matter of waiting for SarelG and Shadow to arrive.
Eventually Shadow arrived in true East Rand fashion, loud and in a hurry > :lol8: and a while later our Uncle Admin, SarelG arrived with his wife.
So now we were all there and consisted of Myself (Pyscho Porra), Abre, Gerhard (Chaplain), Andre (No.17), Claassen’s, ChrisG, Dirk (Shadow), Renier and Annelize Harmse and Sarel and Lizelle Grobler.
The bikes for the day were 2 Fugly’s, 6 New Shapes (of which 4 were the new green ones) and 1 Hybrid (new shape converted to a fugly).
So now that we were all there and it was time to set off on what turned out to be a great ride.
I met up with Chaplain, No 17 and Claassen’s at 06h00 just outside Alberton and we made our way towards the Sasol Pinehaven. It was still dark and after a sprint on the highway (Claassen’s was just so eager to get to the gravel roads ;D we took the Hendrik Potgieter off-ramp and headed west towards the meeting point at the Sasol Pinehaven.
When we got to the Cradlestone Shopping centre we encountered the long rows of cars that were heading to Tarlton for the drags racing and Maropeng for a fun run. It was proper chaos at the intersection by the N14.
atch:So we eventually arrived at the Sasol at 06h40 and after filling up and checking tyre pressures we parked the bikes and the long wait for the rest of the riders started :sip:
Not long after that we saw a Blue new shape and a black new shape arrive but they seemed to not want to join us and parked on the other side of the parking lot :-\ (obviously they were not part of our ride)
Not long and our "rasie leier" Abre arrived and we waited for the rest and got chatting and then Renier and Annelize Harmse arrived followed by ChrisG. Now it was just a matter of waiting for SarelG and Shadow to arrive.
Eventually Shadow arrived in true East Rand fashion, loud and in a hurry >
:lol8: and a while later our Uncle Admin, SarelG arrived with his wife.So now we were all there and consisted of Myself (Pyscho Porra), Abre, Gerhard (Chaplain), Andre (No.17), Claassen’s, ChrisG, Dirk (Shadow), Renier and Annelize Harmse and Sarel and Lizelle Grobler.
The bikes for the day were 2 Fugly’s, 6 New Shapes (of which 4 were the new green ones) and 1 Hybrid (new shape converted to a fugly).
So now that we were all there and it was time to set off on what turned out to be a great ride.
