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March 27, 2010 – 8:40 am | 3 Comments

Meet Mike and Rob.  Regular guys who stumbled into the world of mountain biking and then endurance multi day stage racing.  We have completed 4 x 3 day stages races in the past year or …

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Riding venues

Where to ride? So many tracks, so little time. Getting to them all slowly, very slowly.

Braamfontein Spruit

Home base to so many riders. Keep up with the happenings on the Spruit.

Training

On the bike, off the bike. Indoors, outdoors. Riding, running, gyming, spinning. Sweating!

Cast & Character

It’s not about the bike. It is about the people. These are the people you might meet along the way.

JoBerg2C Live

These are posts sent from my cell phone while competing in the JoBerg2C stage race.

JoBerg2C 2011, JoBerg2C Live »

Good luck to the Joberg2C class of 2012
April 26, 2012 – 6:57 pm | No Comment

Tomorrow is the start of the 3rd Joberg2C mountain bike race.  I wish I was riding.  Good luck to all teh participants.

Look back here … gallery.

 

Video of Spruit ride using GoPro HD Hero 2 video camera
March 11, 2012 – 5:11 pm | No Comment
HD Hero by GoPro

I have a new toy thanks to some friend of mine.  A GoPro HD Hero2 – check out the details here.
I used the helmet strap and secured the camera to my head.  You will see …

Leadville Lottery Entry Going In
November 1, 2011 – 9:11 pm | No Comment

We (Mike and Rob) are being courted by James to do the Leadville 100 MTB Race in Colorado next August.  They say it is the toughest race in North America…. could it be tougher than …

Naked bike ride
June 2, 2011 – 9:36 pm | No Comment

Naked bike ride LONELY PLANET BLOG | 31 MAY 2011 http://pulsene.ws/1MMXf
What: Naked bike ride Where: Various UK cities When: 10th and 11th June 2011 Yes, you read that correctly. Photo Credit: …

JoBerg2C take two … here we go again
March 20, 2011 – 8:03 pm | No Comment
Raj too

The blog has been as quiet as our training schedule this year (almost).  We are going back for another glorious tour de force.  This year feels so different.  It feel like we haven’t trained much …

Day 2 of the muddy Swazi Frontier
November 7, 2010 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

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Done and dusted. Swazi Frontier completed.
October 16, 2010 – 12:36 pm | No Comment

Home safe. Just over 18hrs all in. Full race report and extra photos to follow in the next day or two.
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Weather still bad. Spirits up.
October 15, 2010 – 6:47 am | No Comment

Day 2 Swazi Frontier. Bulembu, deserted mining town. Now home to 1,200 Aids orphans.
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Big day 1 of Swazi Frontier done
October 14, 2010 – 3:45 pm | No Comment

7 hours in the saddle – more than 1,5 hours better than last year. Generally strong but with very sore knees. The riding was amazing, the climbs never ending. We just made it into the …