Trail Riding Galore

The past 2 weeks saw many kilometers of riding, mostly singletrack - up and down in various locations and a bit of road riding in Noordhoek and Cape Point. I also took the plunge and bought a Giant Trance which is perfectly suited to the local trails and inspires me to ride further and more! Oh and a cool biking website named www.dirtyjane.com approached me for a short interview that appeared on their website - check it out here!

A picture gallery of some of my recent rides:

Tokai Forest:

New trail weapon

Tokai - Fairy Garden & My Roots Up

The odd technical problem..

A bit of rain makes for even more trail fun

Tokai ride with Tim! 

DH & a sneaky forest section

Legendary steel frames

Tim captured the action frame by frame

Charging through the forest!

Gspot and Eden Forest (Stellenbosch):

We rode some trails in Eden Forest for the first time and loved it!

The Gspot trail is in excellent condition thanks to the keen trail builder!

Noordhoek:

Over looking Long Beach

Noordhoek is prime horse area 

Cape Point Reserve:

On my way to Cape Point for a solo adventure

It was the perfect windless day to explore the beautiful reserve

Game tracking

I came across at least 5 of these cuties!

Beautifully peaceful, the perfect place for some soul searching

Alone - yet not! So many pretty creatures playing in the fynbos

The "MTB trail" is about 3kms of dirt road through the fynbos...gives a nice brake from riding the tar

Any rock on the side of the road is a good picnic spot - and 360 degrees of scenic views to marvel at!
I did about 40kms and will be back for round 2 of my exploration.

Jonkershoek (Stellenbosch)

Read Arné's detailed blog post about our ride here!

Stopping at The Ride In cafe for coffee before embarking on quite a road climb leading into Jonkershoek

We ventured from one side of the valley to the next exploring some trails we have not ridden before

Almost 4 hours on the saddle afforded us over 40kms of riding of which just about half was singletrack!

We were 2 very happy mountain bikers arriving home :)