The Munga is more than a bike race. To me it seems a container for a spiritual journey. The route is explicitly designed to take a rider on an inner sojourn as well as an outer pilgrimage across the most beautiful, harsh and ancient places of our land. The race...
I knew it was going to be a long ride in the dark setting out because my partner, who is usually a stronger rider than I am, was spectacularly undertrained. Predictably we made excellent time to the first climb and then we didn’t anymore. I will say this for my...
Being humbled in the face of the hugeness of life, opens empathy and understanding for others. In the spirit of gonzo reporting here’s an account of an abortive attempt at the Munga Grit Tankwa 2024. I withdrew at race village one – after 17 hours and 219 of the hardest...
The Tour du Cap is a 5-stage road race held in the week before the Cape Town Cycle Tour. 2024 is my third year riding this event. Here’s a blow-by-blow account of the 2024 ride. Stage 1 Monday 4 March YR.no had predicted biblical levels of rain suggesting a canoe...
Every cyclist has had the experience – most of us more than once. I’m talking about the over the bars, crunch, the grit in the mouth, numb body, can’t breathe yet, “How bad is it?” experience of a bicycle crash. That’s what happened to me 60km into the Around the...
Fueled with one of the best Risottos I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating courtesy of soigneur Trevor, I mooched along with Group 2 until the hills before Piketberg where for once, courtesy a slightly slower group than I’m usually seeded in, and the kind of hill (stays below 7%...
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