Pre-Winter riding

Benoni Rough Riders are still turning the pedals at least 4 to 5 times a week. Early morning rides leaving home at 04:20 and meeting in the dip at 04:40 to troll through the plots ending up with the customary coffee at M&B on Atlas road. Mornings are getting fresh but nothing unpleasant at the moment. Weekend rides have been incredible, always a nice group and rewarded with a 70-80km ride with awesome views and terrain. I am enjoying taking photos on these rides that capture the moment and experience. Below are a few examples:

Weekend group rides  

Morning ride on voting day 8th of May

Train bridge ride in Feb

The great thing about morning rides is that you get to see some amazing sunrises, these are so rewarding and the best way to start ones day. Below are a few photos from the various rides over the past few months.

Airport track

Korsman Pan

Yes, Yvonne did rock up for a ride :-)

Rough riders on the way to M&B

Full after Condensed Milk coffee and pancakes 

Chunky shadow

Kobie don't hide you face, we all saw you fall...

Best thing about MTB, is riding alongside and chatting (no cars to worry about)

Cosmos flowers to signify the end of summer

Korsman Pan on the way home from a morning ride 

Kitty Hawk and Rosemary Hill

Great ride out from Benoni to Kitty Hawk air strip on the edge of Pretoria. Wayne, Becky, Sean and myself ventured out there one late summer morning. It was really good doing a different route and the end destination did not disappoint - we could have a nice breakfast and see light aircraft land. We saw a WW2 Russian YAK land and taxi in just near us. Definitely going to return to this place. Ended up doing 116km round trip.  

Train tracks just before I took a tumble over the handle bars

Kitty Hawk Aerodrone 

A few weeks prior to this Wayne and myself ventured out to Rosemary Hill in Pretoria East. It was great riding just the 2 of us as we could control the pace and not except ourselves so we could at least have a nice ride at Rosemary Hill MTB track once we got there. Close to 100km ride that was spectacular, nice to ride down WTF hill, it looks like a nice challenge to go up it, but that is for another day. Fortunately Wayne's in-laws could give us a lift back to Benoni so we didn't t have the slog back. 

Rosemary Hill riding - great route

Wayne waiting ahead as usual