Adventures of an Ordinary Cyclist

A journal of my Freedom Challenge mountain bike adventures, 2007, 2009(tandem)2011, 2012(solo) and 2014. Race to Rhodes and the 2300km Race Across South Africa. The race starts in Pietermaritzburg and ends in Wellington close to Cape Town, with a 26 day cut-off. The Ride to Rhodes(2008-unblogged and 2010) is a shortened version that starts in Pietermaritzburg and ends 6 days later in Rhodes.

Saturday, 14 December 2019

Munga 2019 - Part 2 - Off We Go

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The start line bunting is removed. We are seconds away from days of anguish. The young man to my right looks eager. He also looks far too yo...

Munga 2019 - Part 1

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Two weeks back my bike rolled to a stop at the Doolhof Wine Estate near the Western Cape town of Wellington. That marked the end of a race o...

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Monday, 21 October 2019

Riding the Munga? Be sure to pack your Bottle-Sox.

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During Munga 2018 I found myself in the the heart of the Tankwa Karoo in the middle of the day. The temperature was in the mid 40's - in...

Friday, 15 March 2019

Stoffel

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Having traversed the Karoo many times on both the Freedom Trail and The Munga I have seen countless wind driven water pumps - windmills. Whe...

Thursday, 6 December 2018

The Munga 2018 - The race that’s almost great.

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I've promoted The Munga since competing in the inaugural race in 2015 and I still believe that it's a race that's worth doing if...

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Friday, 23 November 2018

Munga 2018 - The Art of Tapering.

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During the course of the day with banter flowing between riders doing the Munga next week I have come to realise that many people don't ...

Wednesday, 21 November 2018

Munga 2018 - Beyond the How

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This time next week I'll be on my bike inching my way across the Karoo. I'm looking forward to it. I've spent the last few yea...

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Mike: Johannesburg, South Africa; Just an ordinary guy who started riding in 2005 at the age of 45. I started with the ambition of completing the local 94.7 Cycle Challenge (94.7km). This is an annual road cycle race in and around Johanesburg. Some where along the way it become a race and not merely a completion excercise. I clocked a 2h54 in my first attempt only 6 months from my first trundle down the road and back. I was hooked and then discovered the magic of MTB. While my efforts on the road were credible, MTBing humbled me. Having said that, over the last 24 months I have competed in 9 multi-day events. I'm a very middle of the field rider, but I enjoy every minute of it.

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