It's the last day of November and it's been a great month of cycling around Cape Town with some great new guests.We started off the month with a few short mountain biking trips near Greyton. The first days of summer were felt by all and the riding was pretty fantastic as well, especially on the new full suspension bikes we were using! Steve and Kitt noted how similar the region looked to the Pyrenees (except that we get the luxury of riding in these mountains all year round!). We cruised through some great sections of singletrack that will soon be extended and linked up during the next year to include even more trails. I must apologise to the group about that last big climb though- 7km with some 18% grade sections! Well done for surviving!
During the middle of November we were invaded by some Scandinavians and Euro's- a brilliant mix of people that had us chuckling and making the most of each others company. iRide showed off the best mountain biking trails in the region, and was super impressed with the new bench cut single track in Wellington-more to come there as well! The Spanish Bull was "surprised" a few times while we were out- twice by the challenging trail and once by the heat in that valley. Be warned! This place can get hot!! I'm sure Per was the first guy to attempt the Delvera trails on a cyclo cross bike! Good going, I'm going to have to get one of those machines! Jon kept on surprising everyone with his incredible balance on the bike. He will forever be remembered by us as 'the Swiss clock'- he just kept on ticking up those steep climbs! Alberto got me quite worried up one particularly steep climb when, at the age of 37, his heart rate got up to 194 bpm! Louise kept the guys on their toes and it was great seeing her nail some tight switchbacks towards the end of the trip. Riding, learning, eating and laughing and lots of wine.... I'm sure you'll be back! (There's much more riding that we can show you!)
For the past few days, Jennie has been road riding with a new group. Everyone is loving the sun and the scenery while she shows off the best rides in the Cape. Once again, fun personalities and good athletes are making our jobs a blast!
Yesterday they took on the challenge of the 97km Burger road race, competing against 5000 cyclists. Gemma managed to sneak in, in just under her goal of 3 hours, Niclas showed the locals some Swedish power in a time of 2:41 and Per showed Ida some of the local scenery (and got a taster of our infamous South Easter wind). Of course Jennie was the star of the day as she won the Ladies race and the overall series for the year as well. Well done to you all!
I can't believe that as I sit in the office today, you are all busy riding one of the best routes in the Cape which takes you over 4 mountain passes- I just hope you all got up early to miss the afternoon wind! Hopefully I'll manage to get in a ride with you all before the week is out! Have fun out there and why don't you join us on a tour?
Come and ride the best!
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