Once a year, for a few months, Contermanskloof transforms into a winter wonderland with a seemingly unending expanse of rolling grass fields and ribbons of trails running through them.
Contrasting the extremely barren and dusty conditions during the summer months, you’re welcomed by lush greenery and a cool breeze rising up from the Atlantic ocean. Add to this a clear and relatively windless day, and you find yourself grinning from ear to ear as you bomb down these fast, open trails. A quick 30 minute drive from Cape Town and a R40 day pass gets you access to around 18km of mountain bike trails, but with so many variations you could literally ride all day until the sun sets, and not run out of trail.
The Dairy Shed offers drinks and light meals – apparently killer omelettes too.
Few trail networks out there feature their very own personal bike shop like The Bike Shed. Parts, clothing and a workshop to sort out any issues.
Good to see The Bike Shed owner Jaco Veldsman back on the trainer after suffering a horrendous injury to his leg.
Daniel Dobinson |
The climb to the top of the trail is a mild one with the trail zig zagging up with out too much of a gradient. Getting to the very top at the radio mast is a different story though, and might require some pushing…
Matthieu Hamel
Fast, flowing open sections, with tacky dirt under your wheels and the majestic Stellenbosch mountains lurking in the background = grinning from ear to ear.
Hold your bars like this Rolfe, not like that.
Rolfe van Breda
Rolling hills and ribbons of singletrack for days.
Riding ’till the sun sets never gets old. Specially with a few home brewed beers waiting at the bottom courtesy of Rolfe.
Riders: Danield Donbinson | Matthieu Hamel | Rolfe van Breda
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