next weekend (14 may) http://www.entrytime.com/index.asp?GoTo=EventInfo&EventID=3133
<http://www.entrytime.com/index.asp?GoTo=EventInfo&EventID=3133>need a team mate? On 4 May 2011 13:10, Leon van der Westhuizen <[email protected]>wrote: > HAHAHAH!!! > > > > The next official long weekend is only 16-18 December… > > Quote a few that are Thursday or Tyesday off though. > > > > Anyhow. > > > > I've done big induna (long ago) and forest to falls, and if we can ride any > of those trails it'll be awesome. More fire road than singletrack though. > > > > I'd like to do Sabie Shenanigans sometime. When is/was it? > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Carine > *Sent:* 04 May 2011 13:03 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [D&D-chat] MTB Trails - Sabi/Whiteriver Area > > > > Leon, this is all hearsay and we shouldn't believe a word of it! > > > > We'll have to go check them out ourselves ... how else would we know the > truth? > > Do i smell a Dark&Dirty weekend? When's the next long one? > > c. > > > > On 4 May 2011 12:16, Leon van der Westhuizen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > And compare the trails to van Gaalens? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendan Dawson > > Sent: 04 May 2011 11:13 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [D&D-chat] MTB Trails - Sabi/Whiteriver Area > > > Ok, having spent the past long weekend in the Sabi area, herewith some > feedback: > > 1. Induna Adventures > > They have some amazing trails, and are very well categorised according > to > how technical they are. We rode the technical and the moderate routes, > and > found them to be a lot of fun, and the moderate route had a nice set of > longish climbs which are great for (a) training, and more importantly > (b) > for getting you up high so you can fly down awesome jeeptrack. > > All routes are around 10km, and start at the parking area, so you can > string > a few together to cover the distance and training you want. I must add > that > I would love to do the technical and very technical routes again, these > do, > however, seem to be the least ridden judging by the tracks we found and > the > overgrowth in some sections. Fine by me! > > Cost: R40pppd for as much as you can ride! Includes a decent colour map > too. > > 2. Mankele MTB > > These guys have nice facilities, showers and a pool which you get access > to, > as well as shady parking and braai areas and a coffee shop (which we > didn't > get to as we were in a rush to get pancakes after a day's riding in > 30+deg > heat :-) > > These guys have negotiated some really nice trail access with the local > forestry people, and also built some amazing, albeit shorter, routes > along > the river which have incredible fun factor. > > Their routes unfortunately change quite a bit as forestry moves, so > their > maps were heavily out of date, and the poor but very friendly and > helpful > guy at the gate only managed to confuse us even more as to how the > routes > were laid out. However, we never got lost, as the trails are VERY well > signposted at very regular intervals. > > The trails are graded by difficulty and technical ability, which is > really > nice. We did their purple (tough) route, which involved about an hour > of > climbing, partly on tar, partly in the forests, unfortunately in temps > from > 20 to 34deg, but was every bit worth it for the following 3 hours of > trail > we got as reward. Awesome fast downhill jeep track, wonderful > river-side > tracks with some bridges and steam crossings. The route sections built > by > Mankele are VERY well maintained, and the forestry routes cover very > nice > clean, albeit sometimes loose, jeep track and dirt roads. > > The place is almost perfect, and if they got their maps sorted would > score > 100% in my books. > > Cost: R30pppd for as much riding as you want. > > 3. CycleJunkies (Sabie) > > These guys have 4 awesome routes starting from Merry Pebbles, and range > from > 25km to 45km, and of course you can string them together. The routes > have > a lot of climbs in (see forest 2 falls route), but are breathtakingly > beautiful! > > Cost: R40pppd including a map. > > We didnt get to go to Misty Valley Lodge - Harrie's Pancakes hijacked > us! > Next time! > > Happy trailriding, and thanks to all of you for your advice on MTB > locations > - the routes were awesome! > > Cheers > > Brendan > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty?hl=en. > > > ******************************************************************************************************* > > > Disclaimer: > Denel (Pty) Ltd t/a Denel Aviation (Denel Aviation) Registration number: > 1992/001337/07 > This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for > the addressee. 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