thanx all you dudes and dudette
lekka ride,,,lekka countryside, lekka bikes,,,lekka lekka lekka,,,i left 6 am and got home 7pm,,,and still had sunday also
what amazes me most is how such glorius rides can be found just alongside the hiway and inbetween the concrete jungle,,,,when i got my bike i thought the only spot close was de wildt and lesotho,,,but right around my doorstep is this endless networks of dirt glorius dirt roads,,,my bike isnt just a bike,,,its a time machine
also meeting these people al with different backgrounds and interests,,,,when i joined the wilddogs it was like marrying into a 1000 new brothers and sisters,,,,wooo hooo,,,im getting kinda gunda gunda here,,,,but its true and i salute you all,,
my take on the ride was:
lekka feeling that nip in the air,,,its comfy and warm to wear attgat,,,,arrive at the satrting point, we get briefed by splash and we're off,,,,2 kms and it starts raining,,,wooo hooo i think,,,mud glorius mud,,,,
i see franswest brand spanking new katoom and kit and clothing and i think devious plans to spray him with mud,,,i cant wait to deflower the virgin???
and we hit tracks,,,,huge roads one can open up on,,,,i like this kind of riding,,,those you can "wfo" on the throttle and then go into panic when something jumps into the road and wants to snatch your bike or pull you down,,,,like "knypping" all the time and going flat out at the same time,,,lotsa adrenalien,,,
anyway we reached breedts nek and its cuppaciono time and cookies, needless to say i need to buy stronger cookies next time,,,what about those old army dog biscuits,,,,we quickly re adjust cave girls chain tension as it was slapping and had just came from the bike shop,,,,thats nr 1,,,things happen in 3 they say,,,,we then go around rustenburg area around buffelsdam and stop for petrol and food,,,,i end up buying the oiliest chips of my life but then again me and my bike suip oil gladly,,,
we kinda do a wide circle and its time to go back to jhb side,,,where splash get a puncture,,,,problem nr 2, so its foam and pompo and ride,,,,,after about 2 kms its time for problem nr 3 and lourens takes a very gracefull slide over a rocky berm in the corner,,,no real damage, a side mirrorand some ego mostly as lets face it it isnt lekka ,,,we continue and thats where problem nr 2 pops up again,,,,,again its more foam and we ride like hell to get to a garage,,,franswest, myself and lourens streaking ahead and after 5 kms we noticed nobody is following us,,,we pull over and sit in the shade,,,after 45 min we back track to find they have opened a puncture shop along the way and its spanners and tubes and patch and solution,,,,,
anyway we make some mistakes in repairing the wheel and in the mean time the farmer comes and kuiers with us bringing beers and offering his house for expresso and a party,,,like they say you meet the most amazing people along the road,,,after 3 tubes we are mobile,,,its about 14h00 and some left to get home,,,,
eventually its just 4 of us(splash, cave girl,myself and gunda gunda),,,,we stop for lunch at magaliesburg and follow gunga gunga on his childhood memory trail,,,,they say before you judge a man you need to walk a mile in his boots,,,this we did and what a journey,,,,what amazing chilhood you've had and your stories are vivid and alive and wil live on for eva in my mind as well,,,,thanx for that trip to the farm and it was my privelege to be there,,,seeing the eye of the magalies river and the ruins of the fish hatchery was remarkable,,,,
gunda gunda, i really think we need to open a new thread of its own about the farm and then please tell the masses about the stories of that farm in africa,,,the eagle that could eventually land, the radio arial episode, large wine cellar, the delft tiles , the huge rooms with fireplaces and heaps of cupboards, the toilet with an outside door, the silo,the donkie, the mine, the fish hatcheries and the eye of the river that runs through it,,
once again i salute you all,,,nice to meet new faces like beemer mike, uncle, and the already faces of the rest,,,cant wait for next weekend