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Club GS Ride to Cullinan – 5 July 2009

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Post by KnopKop 26th June 2009, 13:12

Club GS Ride to Cullinan – 5 July 2009

This month I will be leading the Cullinan Club GS ride to Cullinan. I have worked out a route of about 250km with varying terrain, split up like so (in enjoyment factor order)
Tar roads - 55km– 22% - Sleep

Dirt roads - 116km – 47% - Very Happy

Railway Service roads - 62km – 25% - Laughing

Twee spoor - 14km – 6% - cheers cheers

All the dirt roads are Level 1 to Level 2 roads, in other words you can drive them with a normal sedan. The railway service roads are mostly level 2 with here and there a level 3. The 2 spoor is level 3, with very short stretches (less than 100m) of sand and a small water crossing. This sand will not be problem, everyone that went on the Loskop Dam ride in April made it through this stretch without incident.

We will stop after 120km for a quick re-fuel for the okes with the small tanks, then we will do another 130km and end up in Cullinan for lunch.
I have not finalised the lunch arrangements, but I will keep you posted.

This ride is a must for newbies, and I encourage all new and nervous GS riders to please join. Drix will be riding sweep and he will look after you all the way.

Should you have any questions, please ask, or drop me a PM. You can also come and chat to me at the Club Social next week Friday.


Here are some pics of what you can expect:

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Post by Mud Pooh-bah 26th June 2009, 13:41

Sharkie promises that the roads will get better. Suspect

Looks good thanks Sharkie.

I will unfortunately be at Nottingham road for a Hare Scramble race. But the route lookks like a very good newby/novice route.

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Post by Happy-go-lucky 26th June 2009, 18:41

I be there Sharkie with my TTR250. Thanx for inserting refuel stop. Smile
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Post by KnopKop 29th June 2009, 09:43

I did some more parts of the route on Sunday, and I will have to cut the route a bit shorter. The railway service roads are in good nick and should not cause any problems. The water crossing is pretty low and great fun!

The lunch spot in Cullinan has some great burgers for about R40 and also a full buffet for R65.

It is gonna be great ride, and it will be newbie friendly!
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Post by Happy-go-lucky 29th June 2009, 09:58

Yesterday I was with Sharkie and Marnus for the ride. I can definitely say this route is newbie friendly, easy tracks and railway service roads, and big wide smooth dirt freeways.

Oh, yes the burgers are excellent. Big, that even I could not finish mine! And come with chips on the side (had to leave half of them too).

See you there this Sunday.
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Post by Sias 29th June 2009, 10:15

Looks great! What a Face
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Post by Daleen 29th June 2009, 11:00

I am glad this is newbie friendly... This will be my first GS ride and I am a bit nervous. affraid Look forward to the trip though. Smile
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Post by tj 29th June 2009, 15:15

Pity I have to lead the S's on Sunday.

Your route looks like a piece of cake for an RT. pig
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Post by KnopKop 29th June 2009, 20:56

tj wrote:Pity I have to lead the S's on Sunday.

Your route looks like a piece of cake for an RT. pig

Laughing Laughing

Seriously, you would be able to do the entire route on the RT, the water crossing might be fun, but it will be doable.... Suspect Suspect
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Post by Marnus 29th June 2009, 22:08

This is SO railway service road Laughing

I'm looking forward to the club ride. Sharkie may support the wrong team, but he always picks the right line!!!

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Post by KnopKop 29th June 2009, 22:15

Marnus wrote:This is SO railway service road Laughing

I'm looking forward to the club ride. Sharkie may support the wrong team, but he always picks the right line!!!

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NEE MARNUS affraid affraid

Jy gaan die mense bang maak!!!

I actually cut that railway line out of Sunday's ride, not so much for that piece, but for the pebbles later on. That piece on this pic is a helluva lot of fun, just ask Happy ................................. Laughing Laughing Laughing
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Post by KnopKop 29th June 2009, 22:20

Here is Happy going through the water crossing, at about 10 times the recommended speed affraid affraid affraid affraid affraid

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The crossing is pretty smooth at the bottom, so no worries Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy

ps: Thanks Marnus for a great pic!!
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Post by KnopKop 29th June 2009, 22:32

Daleen wrote:I am glad this is newbie friendly... This will be my first GS ride and I am a bit nervous. affraid Look forward to the trip though. Smile

Hi Daleen,

No need to be nervous, there are loads of help all around all the time, so you will never be in any trouble. Very Happy Very Happy
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Post by Happy-go-lucky 30th June 2009, 08:21

Nasty scare tactic Marnus. Want to give the newbies heart failure already. Very Happy Newbies, please note this service road is not in the Club ride. Next 3 paragraphs is my experience of this service road.

That service road was sure interesting. As you can see, the road is more a track than a road, with most of the traffic of this road goes through a gate just at the beginning of the slope, indicating that the track to the top is seldom used. This slope is definitely not even, and if you look closely at the track in the shadows of the bush just to the right, you get to see how rocky it is. Not a problem to ride up, just a bit bouncy, just keep the revs up and you will be fine. What made this slope more interesting that Sunday, is the cut elephant grass that was dumped on the slope covering those loose rocks. Now who is crazy enough to dump grass on rocky slopes? The grass providing more slipping action on the rear wheel in addition to throwing the rocks about.

Getting up to the top of the slope was the easy part. It was the sudden stopping at the top that was tricky when I suddenly had 2 bikes parked in both tracks in front of me, near the top edge of the slope. Bikes just parked behind the photographer Marnus. To prevent crashing into the bikes, I slammed on brakes, really hard on front brake so ended up planting myself in the grass to the left with bike landing on my ex-broken foot (broke it in March GS club ride - Waterberg). It was sure painful with the weight of my bike on it. Sharkie and Marnus got the bike off and helped me to stand up. Thankfully I was wearing my Alpinestars Tech 7 boots. Yes, proper riding gear is essential when riding on more technical terrains. A little walk to inspect the slope and to give myself a little rest, I was back on my bike ready to go down the other side of this ridge to meet the long gravel track. Yes, long, it just seemed to go on forever. I was just thinking, "Marnus just don't stop. These gravel ruts are really slippery.". Once you in a rut you stay in that rut, so I had to deal with smacking through the elephant grass leaning over the track the entire gravel ride.

Well for the newbie, this might sound scary. Don't worry, this track is not included in the Club ride this coming Sunday. This was the most challenging terrain I had to ride on so far with a comfortable pace (what I was happy with). I exclude the 2008 Year End gathering at Badplaas going down the gravel loaded mountain pass, as I was going very slowly, especially around the bends. To Sharkie, Marnus, Pieter, Collin, and other experienced off-road riders, this is a walk in the park stuff.

Now the river crossing. Marnus, thanx for such a great photo!

It is very easy. As Sharkie said, it is fairly smooth at the bottom. I just went in as fast as I could to make the biggest possible splash the 2nd time we crossed the river. We back tracked this part of the route for we wanted to do the river crossing again. I really enjoyed crossing it the first time round and really wanted to do it again. Normally you go MUCH slower, to prevent big splashes. Please note, before I attempted the speedy crossing, I already had inspected the river crossing the 1st time after we crossed the river, and I stopped before the crossing to choose my line before giving gas. Smile The entire river crossing is almost in the photo just to give the newbies an idea how short this crossing is. As you can see from the front wheel, the crossing is very shallow.

Oh we also visited the MX track on our route, which will definitely be skipped for the Club ride. I fell twice on the MX track. It was my first time on a MX track so I definitely made mistakes, like ending up in neutral going up a big slope is not a good idea. Though I did enjoy the short trip on the MX track. I have plenty to learn still, definitely be learning on the smaller obstacles first before taking on the larger ramps again. Very Happy
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Post by Sias 30th June 2009, 11:16

I've been missing out on a lot lately! Been away most weekends, but I'm here this weekend so if you guys are planning something on Saturday please do tell! What a Face
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Post by BON 30th June 2009, 11:19

Hello everybody !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm back after winning the confederations Cup !!!!![i][b]
Now, I'm looking forward the next Sunday. The bike is missing me Cool
Sharkie, will it be a funny return as well????? Twisted Evil
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Post by dakardrix 1st July 2009, 15:02

Hey Sharks, what time are we meeting on Sunday?
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Post by iceman 1st July 2009, 15:15

Hi Sharkie

Is there a way of getting the route for Sunday from you as I realy want to go, but have some other obligations on Sunday.

I would realy like to do the route, as I am also new to off roading, although I did "Die Hel". But I would like to get some experience as I want to do Baviaanskloof the end of the year.
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Post by KnopKop 1st July 2009, 15:39

dakardrix wrote:Hey Sharks, what time are we meeting on Sunday?

I reckon 7:30 for 08:00 will be fine, it is bloody cold !!!!!

No No
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Post by Happy-go-lucky 1st July 2009, 15:56

Iceman, you did Die Hel, now you are over qualified for Sunday's ride. Very Happy

Sharkie, I must say 07:30 for 08:00. My fingers was frozen by the time we got to first dirt road last Sunday.
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Post by KnopKop 1st July 2009, 16:05

Happy-go-lucky wrote:Iceman, you did Die Hel, now you are over qualified for Sunday's ride. Very Happy

Sharkie, I must say 07:30 for 08:00. My fingers was frozen by the time we got to first dirt road last Sunday.

Aaag no man, I wore MX gloves, what you on about ????

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Post by Happy-go-lucky 1st July 2009, 16:09

Need to look at those gloves of yours. TTR250s don't come with heated grips....
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Post by KnopKop 1st July 2009, 17:02

Happy-go-lucky wrote:Need to look at those gloves of yours. TTR250s don't come with heated grips....

X-Challenge neither............... Suspect Suspect
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Post by Mud Pooh-bah 1st July 2009, 17:45

Just sit on your hand while riding and it will not get cold geek
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Post by iceman 2nd July 2009, 15:38

Damm

And I thought no one will notice.
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