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www.capetowngreenmap.co.za 31 To Koeberg 05 PARKLANDS Town Green Map: city of trails commuter routes recreational routes Cycle Your City The City has over 400 km of cycle 03 Liesbeek Parkway Cape Town’s scenic beauty is its greatest asset. Exploring by bike Bicycles on ways, and aims to make Cape TO is a great way to visit many of the City’s attractions and keep fit CYCLE MAP Town a city where all people feel A City in which people walk and cycle is a more vibrant and Table View and healthy! These popular routes are mostly without designated Public TransportR302 safe and secure to walk and cycle. integrated one, with cleaner air and a healthier population. Cycling station cycle lanes. Ride with caution! Ride in groups of 3 or more. Combining bikes DURBANVILLEand public The NMT routes are placed is a great way to stay fit and healthy and a smart way to reduce N transport gives commuters around the city’s public transport 08 your impact on the environment. freedom of mobility, placing more networks for easy access and 06 Route Common destinations within reach of cyclists Non-motorised transport (NMT), which includes walking and cycling, connections to the buses and and enabling public transit stops trains. Cyclists can ride on is a fundamental mode of transport within Cape Town’s transport M14 to be easily accessed via bicycle N7 almost all public roads, but not R27 instead of walking. This is a great network. The is committed to improving and on freeways including the , promoting non-motorised transport as it plays a significant role in way to explore the city. TYGERVALLEY The Liesbeek Parkway Class 1 , N1, ,BRACKEN N7 and N AR300.TURE RESERVE Cape Town’s transport system. CAPE TOWN bicycle lane links through to N1 WeBRACKENFELL have selected 5 commuter Malta Rd and to Albert Rd Class 3 routes (1 to 5) that link to bicycle lanes. This edition of the Cape Town Green Map showcases N1 Bicycles are permitted on Metrorail V&A WATERFRONT the CBD, but thereM23 are many GPS: -33.959480, 18.478328 trains in Cape Town during BELoff-peakLVILLE -33.930963, 18.471522 • Commuter Routes To Stellenbosch hours (09:00 - 15:00 and 19:00 - more which can be found at GREEN POINT 06 by train The Cape Town Cycle Tour is the A flat, tarred track around the CITY until last train run), on weekdays and the “useful links” intro box. largest, timed cycling event in the • Recreational Routes all dayP onAROW weekends. The cost is Trail perimeter of Rondebosch CENTRE R102 04 world. It celebrates its 40th year 07 10 R20 per bike for any one direction Common. Perfect for kids and • Off Road Routes POINT 05 01 in 2017 when, on the morning of 01 (in addition to your ticket price). Cape Town City Centre families. Sunday, 12 March, 35 000 cyclists GRADING: Easy Use the Cycle Your City Map to plan your daily commute by bike and WOODSTOCK For timetables and more will line up to ride the 109 km to plot your weekend scenic and mountain biking adventures! Civic 02 SALT RIVER information visit www.metrorail. route through some of the world’s CLIFTON Centre M3 PINELANDS ENTRY/EXIT: Campground Rd, station 03 co.za/Timetables.html KUILSRIVIER most spectacular scenery that Rondebosch R102 includes iconic GPS: -33.953909, 18.481665 12 M12 as a backdrop. Cape Town Cycle 08 OBSERVATORY MyCiTi BUSES ACCESS: Free 11 N2 Tour was the first cycling event M3 RONDEBOSCH Although bicycles may be carried WHY BIKE? 04 ATHLONE in the world to incorporate a 13 M5 free of charge on MyCiTi buses, you comprehensive Environmental 09 Gordons Bay – 1. Cheaper. Cycling is much more 3. Healthier. Cycling is great exercise M6 need to have a myconnect card. Kirstenbosch 14 CAPE TOWN Management Plan. Faure Marine Drive economical than using a car because and supports a healthy lifestyle by NEWLANDS As a courtesyINTERN to fellowATIONAL customers, This trail is a shared facility Explore the CBD on your bike. bicycles don’t require expensive boosting physical fitness, maintaining CLAREMONT cyclists are howeverAIRPOR requestedT to (walking and cycling). Start at the You can ride most of this route at a healthy weight and supporting Be alert to trafficR102 in the CBD. fuel or costly maintenance and avoid the use of heavily congested intersection of Dean St and Main any time, except on the freeways, repairs. And parking is free. psychological well-being. Twelve ApostlesTABLE MOUNTAIN MyCiTi buses, and to not bring Class 3 painted green lanes on Rd. The cycle path follows the KENILWORTH DRIFTSANDS and enjoy the spectacular scenery NATIONAL PARK bicycles onto MyCiTiN2 vehicles during 2. Greener. Using a bicycle is an 4. Quicker. During peak hours bicycles NATURE RESERVE Bree Street and Class 2 bike lanes river all the way to Belmont Rd. around the . M3 M5 peak times (06:30 – 09:00 and effective way of reducing your can be significantly faster than motor 15 on Adderley St, St Georges Mall, From there (heading north) the LLANDUDNO 15:30 – 18:00, Mon-Fri). EERSTERIVIER GRADING: Intermediate. Tar road with impact on the environment. Unlike vehicles. A bicycle can travel 5 km in WYNBERG PHILIPPI Shortmarket St, Waterkant St, path is less well defined or head Hans Strijdon Ave. down Belmont Rd to join the moderate climbs and descents. driving a motor vehicle, a bicycle approximately 20 minutes. Suikerbossie Customers transporting bicycles Liesbeek Parkway. doesn’t produce harmful pollution must ensure that the bicycles do not N2 Connect through to the START/FINISH: The race officially starts 5. Better. Cycling around a city PLUMSTEAD and therefore has a substantially impede the access and flow of fellow Waterfront, crossing at the bridge GPS: -33.971484, 18.465416 on Hertzog Blvd and finishes in Green contributes to a better, more PHILIPPI lower impact on local air quality M5 HORTICULTURAL passengers,MITCHELLS and ensure that the at bottom of Lower Bree St, and -33.961519, 18.470680 Point, but you can start/finish at any sustainable urban environment and map M38 point and enjoy sections of the route at and global warming. M3 AREA safety andPLAIN comfort of passengers is onto Dock Rd or take Waterkant St A scenic ride along Clarens Drive supports a balanced transport system. 23 overleaf your leisure. not affected. through to Somerset Rd to Green 05 West Coast Cycle lane in Gordons Bay, taking in the 24 M17 Point Stadium and the Green from City to ACCESS: Free splendour of and the ZEEKOEIVLEI 16 Point Urban Park and link through Bloubergstrand ruggedness of the Steenbras and RED CITY SIGHTSEEING BUSES A vondale 17 s 07 Kogelberg mountains. Catch a RONDEVLEI to the promenade. MACASSAR Sea Point Promenade Pedal Power Association TOKAI City Sightseeing BusesWOLFG do notA haveT glimpse of Southern Right whales St. Bede’ RETREAT racks to secure bikes, butNA TUREare happy RESE R VE Fritz Sonnenberg in the bay. 2017 06 02 N2 http://www.pedalpower.org.za/safe-cycling-initiative to accommodate passengers with Albert RoadRichmond R310 Hatfield bikes if place available. GRADING: Intermediate. Undulating tar ZANDVLEI MNANDI MACASSAR DUNES In 2011, the Pedal Power Association launched a national campaign lobbying 18 FALSE BAY road with narrow shoulder. for the safety of cyclists and a minimum distance with which motorists should CHAPMAN’S PEAK NATURE RESERVE DRIVE Green Point START/FINISH: Gordons Bay pass cyclists. In 2013, a “1m” passing distance was gazetted in the . Urban Park 19 M64 GPS: -34.166659, 18.859331 Ravenscraig Cape Town PPA’s “STAY WIDER OF THE RIDER” campaign further aims to promote Stadium TABLE MOUNTAIN ACCESS: Free mutual respect and tolerance amongst all road users through various NOORDHOEK Ocean V NATIONAL PARK Joubert Sydney High LevelCheviot

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Here is a gravel track with steep ascents and WATERFRONT This is the perfect place for an BELLVILLE 37 pine plantation. selection of off road routes, listed by area: descents. A short steep portage 34 after-work ride. It is just a minute WOODSTOCK GRADING: Intermediate - Technical brings you to the Kirstenbosch SEA POINT R310 or two away from the Tyger Valley FOR EMERGENCIES: section of the trail. Gravel tracks R102 PAROW Shopping Centre, and has a nice DIAL 107 FROM A TELKOM LANDLINE START/FINISH: Jonkershoek Nature FROM A CELL OR NEOTEL PHONE: 021 480 7700 with single track sections and board- FRANSCHHOEK ALL TRAILS USED AT OWN RISK M5 combination of tough climbs to reserve main gate. Jonkershoek Road, walks through indigenous forests, R102 Stellenbosch PUBLIC PARKS BY-LAW, 2010: CLIFTON STELLENBOSCH make those leg muscles burn, The hillier L’Avenir Loop is 4.4 km TABLERegulation 13(1)MOUNTAIN Report NATIONAL PARK ROUTES: 10 - 21 PINELANDS Incidents: 021 596 1999 over river crossings and spectacular M12 GPS: -33.968646, 18.934615 TABLE OBSERVATORY and single track… with everything while the flatter Nooitgedacht loop views towards False Bay and CAMPS BAY MOUNTAIN in between – fast, smooth paths, is 8 km. Do both and you ride just Exquisite and natural forests, magnificent mountains that plunge into NATIONAL 33 Well-built single track trails that ENTRY: Day permit for MTB trails mountains and PARK R310 rocky sections, bridges, drop-offs over 12 km or do the Nooitgedacht ROSEBANK meander up and down the from gate crystal fringed with the bleached white sands of the Cape Peninsula. vineyards. Past Kirstenbosch, enter and some of the twisty-turny forest loop again to do a full 20 km. Cecilia level 5 management track NEWLANDS mountain. There are various options Mountain biking in the TMNP is an experience not to be missed. Users of the M6 trails can be very exciting! depending on your skill level. Finish 34 MTB Trails START/FINISH: L’Avenir Estate - R44 Park are asked to respect the environment and fellow users at all times and to to Constantia Nek. CLAREMONT 32 GRADING: Easy - Moderate your ride off with coffee and the between Stellenbosch & Klapmuts GRADING: Moderate to hard. Steep climbs M63 M44 assist in protecting the unique natural heritage for the benefit of current and famous Dairy Shed’s carrot cake. GPS: -33.885755, 18.844100 and descents, loose gravel, portages and M3 WYNBERG KHAYELITISHA START/FINISH: Corner of Jip de Jager Drive future generations. The MTB trails consist of paved roads, gravel tracks and R44 wooden boardwalks. and Van Riebeeckshof Rd, Durbanville GRADING: Intermediate - Difficult GRADING: Easy - Technical single track. Many of the routes are shared trails. SOMERSET WEST GPS: -33.859830, 18.626927 HOUT CONSTANTIA ENTRY: Permits available at Dirtopia ENTRY/EXIT: Newlands Forest MTB Gate M5 R310 START/FINISH: The Dairy Shed, BAY ENTRY: Free Trail Centre Entry is subject to the Park’s Indemnity Notice. A TMNP Activity permit is GPS: -33.972970, 18.448291 TOKAI Contermans Kloof Rd, Durbanville GPS: -33.803060, 18.589848 required for all cycling in the TMNP. A full list of trails and Code of Conduct are Constantia Nek GPS: -34.010263, 18.406122 www.tygerbergmtb.co.za www.dirtopia.co.za detailed in the Environmental Management Programme for Road Cycling and M42 MUIZENBERG ENTRY: Day permits available or 26 Tygerberg Club membership required. Mountain Biking in the TMNP | www.sanparks.org/parks/table_mountain 15 Constantia Nek Bloemendal M65 FALSE BAY - ELGIN GORDON’S www.tygerbergmtb.co.za to Cecilia Car Park BAY N 40 KOMMETJIE A selection of different trails is 29 Meerendal 38 Lebanon Forest MTB Trails available to cater for most levels of STEENBRAS The marked trails consist of a large Table Mountain National Park MTB Trail Maps: From Constantia Nek follow the NATURE RESERVE 39 ability and ages. percentage of well-maintained www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/usefullinks lower management track to Southern GRADING: Easy - Extreme 38 The trail has been designed for the single track, mountainside jeep The trails offer unique riding, Cross Drive. You can exit here and M4 TO CALEDON

and GEORGE START/FINISH: Bloemendal, Tygerberg whole family to enjoy. The route is track and some farm road. Riders combining undulating orchards, join the Greenbelt Cycle Route (See Dr Marine Faure Valley Rd, Durbanville forested pine ridges and mountain 23), or remain on the single track made up of three inter-leading trails are welcome to make use of the GPS: -33.827965, 18.598753 fynbos with breathtaking adjacent to the cork oaks alongside 09 of 5 km (Yellow), 12 km (Red) and 30 to 40 km’s of unmarked tracks BOT RIVER ENTRY: Day permits or club views over the Elgin valley and Get your DAILY OR ANNUAL TMNP Activity Permit here: Rhodes Ave to Cecilia car park. 18 km (Blue), and takes 1-2 hours to and farm road to create their own membership required. complete depending on your pace. circuits and longer rides. surrounds. There are four distances Cape Town Tourism sales sites for the & ‘My Activity Permit’ GRADING: Moderate. Steep gravel R44 www.bloemendal.co.za Single track galore. and route gradings to choose from. climbs and descents, loose gravel, SIMON’S TOWN DOWNLOAD DETAILED MAPS ONLINE GRADING: Intermediate - Technical rocky single track. USEFUL LINKS KOGELBERG GRADING: Intermediate CITY CENTRE: Pinnacle SOMERSET WEST: NATURE RESERVE Download a comprehensive map of the City of Cape Find your way online here! START/FINISH: Boschendal Wine estate, Building, Cnr Burg & Castle Streets Southey’s Vines, 186 Main Road ENTRY/EXIT: Constantia Nek Town’s NMT cycle projects completed and planned. Helshoogte Road, Franschhoek START/FINISH: Oak Lane Cottages, t: +27 (0)21 487 6800 t: +27 (0)21 840 1400 GPS: -34.010263, 18.406122 Grabouw Cape Town Bicycle Map: These GPS: -33.878116, 18.973712 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Cork Oaks GPS: -34.007115, 18.417527 www.irideafrica.com/trail-maps GPS: -34.213989, 19.080307 online maps provides recommended ENTRY: Permits available at the Mon - Fri 08h30 – 16h30, Mon - Fri 09:00 – 18:00, Cecilia Car Park GPS: www.capetowngreenmap. www.mtbroutes.co.za CAPE POINT commuter routes throughout the City. co.za/cyclemap www.tablemountainbikers.co.za/routes-trails/ Boschendal Farm Shop & Deli Sat 08:30 – 13:00 Sat & Sun 09:00 – 13:00 -33.998487, 18.426410 TO HERMANUS ENTRY: Trail permits available at start www.boschendal.com (Honesty Box) KIRSTENBOSCH: Gate 2, Kirsten- CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL 16 Lower Tokai 19 Ou Wa Pad www.lebanonmtbtrails.co.za bosch National Botanical Garden AIRPORT: Visitor Information Kiosk 35 Delvera & Dirtopia STANFORD t: +27 (0)21 762 0687 t: +27 (0)21 934 1949 (select 2) Trail Centre 39 Thandi & Paul Cluver e: [email protected] e: [email protected] The Ou Wa Pad is a steep gravel Mon - Sun 08:30 – 16:30 Mon - Fri 06:00 – 21:00, 23 track that winds its way up from the To Green Belt Sat & Sun 08:00 – 20:00 SHARED TRAILS Cecilia bottom of (Noord- Forest SIMON’S TOWN: ETIQUETTE: Ride at a sensible speed at all times. hoek side) to the Silvermine Gate. 111 St George’s Street TMNP Tokai Office: Tokai Road 15 t: +27 (0)21 786 8440 t:+27 (0)21 712 7471 Only ride on marked trails. Pass other users slowly and safely. To GRADING: Difficult Get off your bike if necessary. Constantia e: [email protected] Mon - Fri 08:00 – 16:00 Nek GRADING: Easy - Intermediate Mon - Fri 08:30 – 17:00, (closed for lunch 12:30 – 13:00) ENTRY/EXIT: Be considerate and polite. Diep River trail 27 Hillcrest Ride single file on narrow trails. Rhodes Dr START/FINISH: Meerendal Wine Estate, Sat & Sun 09:00 – 13:00 A flat 4 km gravel cycle path Ou Kaapse Weg GPS: -34.107549, 18.402823 around Lower . Perfect Silvermine Gate GPS: 34.087187, 18.419885 Be “Seen and Be Heard”: Ring your bell Vissershok Rd, Durbanville GPS: -33.799021, 18.623215 for families with kids. Links to or say “Hello”. Slow down ahead of corners and There are several trail options on This is a medium length but The trails start in the amphitheatre 10 Signal Hill & LION’s HEAD Greenbelt Cycle Route (See 23). anticipate other users. ENTRY: Day permit or Tygerberg Club wine farms in the area, including 20 Blackhill to Redhill challenging ride with amazing treating the rider to Raka and Yield to all other users. membership required Delvera Farm, Simonsberg GRADING: Easy views spanning from Robben The Swing, one a bridge built on Don’t scare animals and give them www.meerendal.co.za Conservancy (Uitkyk, Muratie a massive tree trunk, the other ENTRY/EXIT: Orpen Rd, Tokai Keep Left – Pass Right when safe to do so. room, especially horses and dogs! Island to Hangklip that make the

Avenue BeauvaisAvenue & Delheim), and L ‘Avenir & GPS: -34.055215, 18.428737 A gravel and sandy track takes you climbs worthwhile. The single track a suspension bridge. The fun Belombe trail Alphen 3o Hoogekraal Nooitgedacht Trails. through the Jonkersdam area to is flowing and fast in sections continues with lots of berms, the Lewis Gay Dam. You can either which makes for a very enjoyable Delvera Farm: Option for beginners flowing singletrack with some 17 Tokai Southern Cross Drive technical riding. Look out for the keep going and meet up with Red Rathfielder Ave roller-coaster ride! from 7.5km and intermediate A single track playground, with Hill at Pinehaven Village or return CONSTANTIA GRADING: Easy - Intermediate riders of 14.5km with over 6km of Mamba, a rollercoaster through a names like “Spykers” Hill, Beware river valley with 6 bridges. There via the same route. START/FINISH: Hillcrest farm, Tygerberg singletrack. Dirtopia Trail Centre Alley and Widow Make, you will are some lung busting climbs Valley Rd, Durbanville and Café is open every day 23 Constantia Greenbelt 24 The Bike Park Silverhurst Ave have the fittest rider’s legs burning. GRADING: Moderate (sandy) GPS: -33.827056, 18.590674 for permits of the Simonsberg rewarded with magnificent vistas Cycle Trail M41 Technical sections have chicken Conservancy trails, bike hire and over the Elgin valley. ENTRY/EXIT: Blackhill – Glencairn ENTRY: Tygerberg Club membership runs, making the trail fun for a Expressway (M6) Silverhurst required. outdoor accessories. GRADING: Intermediate wider level of rider skill. 12 Deer Park GPS: -34.145916, 18.403134 M41 www.hillcrestfarm.co.za START/FINISH: The Amphitheatre, Redhill GPS: -34.183272, 18.415598 Constantia Main Rd GRADING: Intermediate - Difficult START/FINISH: Delvera Trail Centre, R44 Paul Cluver Estate GPS: Steep gravel track, leading up from Constantia between Stellenbosch & Klapmuts Village -34.168679, 19.085344 Bo-Kaap. Enter at Poyser Rd, adhere START/FINISH: Hoogekraal Farm, GPS: -33.848866, 18.857059 to the directional signage on this Ride the slopes of Table Mountain The Tokai MTB trails wind their way 21 Vissershok Rd, Durbanville ENTRY: Day permits: Available at our main gate from 6h00 to 15h30 7 days a week. route. Link from Quarry Hill Rd, along below Tafelberg Road on rough up the side of the Constantiaberg GPS: -33.783863, 18.581340 www.dirtopia.co.za | www.delvera.co.za Year permits: Available at office or ENTRY: Day permit (Honest Box) or the firebreak path to Schotsche Kloof gravel roads. Enjoy the scenic Mountain. The trails are a mix contact +27 (0) 21 844 0605 quarries with optional entry or exit views of Table Bay, but keep your of gravel jeep track and inter- Tygerberg Club membership required 36 Simonsberg Conservancy Tar roads suitable for all riders Learn the essential mountain bike Constantia www.cluver.com points on De Hoope Ave, Poyser Rd concentration on the often loose linking single track. If you head Brounger Rd www.tygerbergmtb.co.za and a 3 km gravel section. You skills on this custom built pump M42 www.elginmtb.co.za and Milner Rd. gravel descents. Links through to up to the mast, the last few km’s can ride up to 60 km’s in the Park track, currently totaling 2.8 km’s. Estate and Rhodes are very steep tar. The views are From top Glengariff Rd along Pat’s using various options. A scenic There are beginner jump lines all Memorial. breathtaking! Picnic and braai Track to Signal Hill Kramat. Or wonderland to explore on your the way to expert drop-offs, rock facilities in Tokai Park. bike. Picnic and braai facilities continue to Fresnaye following the GRADING: Moderate to hard. Steep climbs. gardens, a wooden berm, rollers M3 trail above Clifton around to Kloof GRADING: Moderate to Extreme, gravel A 10 km cycle route through the and a suspension sky bridge (that Strawberry Lane ENTRY/EXITS: tracks and rocky single track. GRADING: Easy (can be windy) Nek Rd above Camps Bay Glen. Deer Park Drive GPS: -33.947408, 18.420923 Constantia Valley greenbelts. Route tracks the canopy of the trees) 13 Tafelberg Rd GPS: -33.944541, 18.399856 ENTRY/EXIT: Tokai Picnic Site, Tokai ENTRY/EXIT: Cape Point Gate: Table follows a clearly marked trail and ending in a corkscrew exit. Open GRADING: Moderate to hard. Steep Forest. Tokai Rd Mountain National Park. Plateau Rd is mostly single track at an easy 7 days a week, from 08h00 until climbs and descents, rocky technical Rhodes Memorial and GPS: -34.061224, 18.414942 GPS: -34.258654, 18.455828 gradient, the last km is steep 18h00. Offers cyclists of all ages single track. Groote Schuur Estate and more technical riding ending and skill levels laps and laps of fun. River Rd on Southern Cross Drive. Trail GRADING: Beginner - Intermediate ENTRY/EXITS: Fun green and blue rated single Poyser Rd GPS:-33.923801, 18.405384 is bi-directional. 40 Oak Valley START/FINISH: The Bike Park, Constantia track that are perfect to introduce Milner Rd GPS: -33.923040, 18.404231 GRADING: Easy Uitsig, Orpen Rd, Constantia Spaanschemat Quarry Hill Rd GPS: -33.934991, 18.399784 beginners to the sport and give ENTRY/EXIT: Bottom Lismore Ave, Tokai GPS: -34.047601, 18.422828 M3 intermediate riders the confidence Glengariff Rd GPS: -33.913206, 18.399655 The MTB trails take the rider GPS: -34.056658, 18.445173 to go faster on trails. The ‘never say Signal Hill Kramat GPS: ACCESS: /rider through beautiful natural scenery, Top Southern Cross Drive, Constantia never ending again’ trail has to -33.928599, 18.394612 including forests of ancient oak GPS: -34.007843, 18.418445 www.bikeparkatuitsig.co.za be one of the most iconic trails in trees, through vineyards, through 11 Camps Bay the Cape! M42 apple and pear orchards and Ride up to Rhodes Memorial 18 WEST COAST SOMERSET WEST START/FINISH: Muratie Wine Estate - R44 across sub-clover/grass pastures, and enter on the gravel road into between Stellenbosch & Klapmuts set against the stunning backdrop Cycle along the Pipe Track with Soetvlei Ave 22 Freeway GPS: -33.870767, 18.875735 of the protected fynbos on optional exit or entry points via Groote Schuur Estate, or head up Silvermine Blackhill Jump track 31 Koeberg Trails 32 MTB Trails 24 Firgrove Way the slopes of the Groenlandberg Theresa Ave or Camps Bay Drive. the single track as you pass the www.muratie.co.za Rhodes Memorial gate and climb Mountain. GRADING: Moderate. Rocky single track on up to Plum Pudding Hill before A fun, flowing track with bumps, Park at the MTB parking area and GRADING: Easy - Intermediate shared trail. Gravel tracks. Portage sections. heading steeply down. table tops jumps, berms and Wide gravel roads suitable for all Set on a private farm on the head up the gravel road trail along riders. Trails are clearly marked slopes of Heldeberg Mountain drops on the western side of the START/FINISH: Oak Valley Farm, Grabouw ENTRY/EXITS: GRADING: Moderate to hard. Steep climbs a one way track. After the very Glencairn Expressway on the Sun and comprise a 7 km and 21 km in Somerset West, the MTB trails GPS: -34.155061, 19.046168 Kloof Nek GPS: -33.942461, 18.394744 and descents, loose gravel. steep switchbacks the gradient Valley Side. route option. caters for all skill levels. Test your Camps Bay Drive: GPS eases up a little. Enjoy fantastic CYCLING EVENTS ENTRY: Permits available at farm. -33.949822, 18.389436 ENTRY/EXIT: Rhodes Memorial St M3 GRADING: Easy riding skills while enjoying the views over False Bay, Hout Bay GRADING: Moderate to Extreme Lower Tokai Trails closed during stormy weather. Theresa Ave GPS: -33.962966, 18.384222 GPS: -33.963439, 18.458829 spectacular views. There is a tea CALENDAR and Noordhoek. Head back down Orpen Rd START/FINISH: Koeberg Power Station ENTRY/EXITS: Glencairn Expressway (M6) TMNP garden and braai facilities. www.oakvalleywines.com Visitor Centre, R27, West Coast Road, www.pedalpower.org.za/events/ and enjoy a dip in Silvermine Dam on the Sun Valley side GPS: www.elginmtb.co.za 16 GRADING: Easy - Extreme www.bicycling.co.za/race-calendar/ before a final short single track -34.136410, 18.393843 section takes you back to the start. GPS: -33.625196, 18.436849 ENTRY: Free START/FINISH: Helderberg Farm, Klein GRADING: Moderate-hard. Steep ascents Lismore Ave ENTRY: Free Helderbergpad Rd, Raithby and descents on gravel track. Dalmore Ave GPS: -34.032505, 18.833913 BIKE RENTALS AND TOURS 17 ENTRY: Entry Fee payable at Tea Garden ENTRY/EXIT: MTB Parking, through Hire a bike and enjoy the roads and trails in and around Silvermine gate entrance www.helderbergplaas.co.za Cape Town. Visit www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/bikerental GPS: -34.086982, 18.420472