In this Issue: From the Editor .................................................................. 1 MTB News ............................................................................ 2 2021 - Ride Reports ............................................................... 3 & 4 04 Development Academy update ................................... 5 Ride Roundup ..................................................................... 6 As mentioned in last week’s BT, the monthly Hilton time trial challenge is open again for January. Sadly the 10 fastest times do not belong to BWs so we need to get out there and ride the routes. Don’t forget to send your times in to Richard. Thank you to Supa Quick and CoffeeBox who have generously donated prizes. We have uploaded the routes to the Club’s Strava page as well. Please send through #HappyRiding stories and photos, and from next month, we are looking forward to lots of submissions for our Club Hoping your days are virus-free, and your rides Photo Competition. are happy! It was good to see familiar (if masked) A special thanks to Bex, Mark, Bobby, Jordyn, faces back at the group rides this week. Let’s help Rich & Dave S for this issue’s articles. keep everyone safe by wearing masks before and Stay safe and sane, Mustang after the rides and maintaining social distancing. Sadly, it would seem that big race evens are still a long way off with a number of events such as Cape CLUB MEMBERSHIP 2021 Town Cycle Tour, Drak Descent and others being Please remember to renew your Club postponed. In line with this, your Committee has membership before end of March 2021. taken the decision to postpone our own Club Membership forms can be downloaded from Road Race from February to 19 September. the club website. Similarly we feel holding our usual club awards evening would not be wise. We will be making Remember to use a meaningful reference awards for 2020 a little differently. Recipients will when making payments by EFT or into the Club be notified and invited to attend a small evening account (NAME and WHAT YOU ARE PAYING event to receive their award from our Chairman, y… FOR, e.g. UPFOLD SUBS, or WILSON KIT, etc), and we will take photos and share these on our B media platforms. Email proof of payment to club secretary, A reminder to renew your membership using Moira Sherwood ([email protected]). the application form and banking details on our website please. owered P BURG TALK | 04-20210 The 3rd lucky draw winner is Clive Deacon. Congratulations Clive, get down to COFFEEBOX and Richard Krusekopf claim your prize. Ride Reports: Great weather on Saturday saw the A/B and C/D groups out and about. The A/B’s did a tour of the midlands while the C/D’s remained closer to home in the local Hilton and Cedara trails (see independent NB: None of the top reports). Benefits of joining our club include regular 10 places on the organised MTB group rides usually on Wednesday Strava TT leader afternoons and Saturday mornings, trying to cater for board are BWs! all-comers. We need to get out there and ride! Hilton Time Trial: January TT Results: Week 3 The Supa Quick time trial has resumed after the December break. Give the 8km or 18km a go and stand a chance to win the Supa Quick car cooler and warmer or even the weekly lucky draw prizes. SUPA QUICK BURG WHEELER JANUARY 2021 TIME TRIAL R 1 - 11 Jan 12 - 18 Jan 19 - 25 Jan Name Time Name Time Name Time 18km 18km 18km Brett Fourie 01:08:27 Alan Martin 00:59:15 Grant Markham 01:04:24 Timber Harvesting: Iain Ambler 01:10:41 Ross van der Merwe 01:03:19 Mark Rowland 01:18:37 Harvesting of timber continues in Willem de Wet 01:40:49 Mike Eglington 01:05:14 Mike Green 01:21:05 the Cedara plantations (Tekwani Justin Henderson* 0 Dave Bure 01:05:27 Clive Deacon 01:21:49 Timbers) in November through to Dean Roydon-Turner* 0 Richard Krusekopf 01:23:18 Dawie de Wet* 0 Dave Bure* 0 February. A number of our regular Brett Fourie* 0 trails have been closed. Harvesting Gavin Green* 0 operations are also taking place in Karkloof. Please respect their trail and 8km 8km 8km road closures during this period. Keep Andy Gray* 0 Dale Southern* 0 Gert Roos* 0 a safe distance from these operations. Andre Booysen* 0 Liz Booysen* 0 Club Rides: Tammy Lotter* 0 The Wednesday rides leave from Paula van Wyk* 0 X-Ways at 15:30. This Saturday the C Lara Jordan* 0 and D groups will be riding from Katie Elmar-English* 0 Hilton Quarry Centre at 6:30. The A/B * no BW TT segment provided group rides are communicated on Whatsapp. These trails are bedding in really well now so this is the time to make the most of them. Thank you to Con Malherbe and COFFEEBOX who have donated 4 vouchers of a week’s worth of coffee as lucky draw prizes for our Time Trial entrants. BURG TALK | 04-20210 Mark Rowland It was bound to happen at some point. Solo C Group Ride Report. Sometime during the week, I suspect one of the many occasions that the lights were off, the upper, younger and better looking half of Team Rowland was bitten on the ankle by a spider. We think. I've read enough comic books to secretly hope that the spider was radioactive, which will then be very cool for me and the kids. Ali already has an unerring sixth sense, and a lot of what I do at home sends her up the walls anyway, so all we’re really missing is the ability to shoot webbing from her wrists at will. I’ll be sure to let you know. While we wait, she can't ride, leaving Team Rowland 50% below strength this week. Well. I have long suspected that Alison is the only reason that some people ride with the C’s, and this week confirmed Dave Stewart that. Despite the perfect weather, and a strong Saturday dawned fine and fair, a one layer day for me, turnout for the D’s, I was the only C. Cue laughter. I and there was a fine turnout of D’s at the Quarry. To watched alone, bemused, as the gaggle of D’s ensure that we could achieve a reasonable level of separated themselves into three groups. social distancing, on the ride, we split the group up into Mike Green had agreed to meet me at the N3 tunnel, smaller parties, with Liz Botha and Andy G’s assistance. so I tagged along with Liz B’s group, who were going my Liz taking Dee, newbies Lara and Paula with Andy way. We went via the rainbow bridge, where I got to taking Bev, Katie and dad Craig (Katie’s dad not meet Dee, New Paula, and Lara. I led the group Andy’s!) I took along 10 year old Jason, 14 year old Ben through the N3 tunnel puddle, shouting over my and Ben’s Grandad, of indeterminate age, Jumbo. This shoulder that we should take care to stay in the middle left a lonely Mutt Mauled Mark, sans his very much of the puddle. This warning was a fraction too late for younger wife. Mark looking a bit like a pole sitter of old, Lara, who came flying past on my right, having selected except on a bike, and without another C in sight. Mark speed as her strategy. She made it about halfway attached himself to Liz’s group, but was later seen in across before friction overcame momentum, requiring the forest with a mystery guest in tow. her to put feet down in the murk. To her credit, she Liz’s report didn’t complain – not to me, anyway. Mike was on the Headed off through the Rainbow bridge to the Grace other side as promised, and he and I then did the 18km College side and did a mixture of the 8 and 18km time trail route in 1h18:37. That’s 1h18:37, Richard. routes, coming back through the N3 tunnel towards the The route was excellent, mostly firm and dry and dust Rotunda, where Dee turned for home. The three girls free. And filled with other people – walkers, runners, carried on across into Cedara, past the housing. Up the cyclists, and families of all kinds. Busy, busy. The e- hill toward the pylon, then via the vlei and out at Hillary Pope was out and about, as were the MTB group that Road. 31km and approx. 600m climbing. Paula was very dares not speak its name. We also saw Rhys and strong while Lara had a few chain-related mechanical Megan, and rode with them for a spell. There were a issues. few very racy people out as well. Mike is no slouch, but Andy’s report we were passed on the singletrack by serious hotshots We entered Cedara from Mallory gate and did most at least three times. I tried to follow one guy, but didn’t of the lower single tracks, then Hippo Rocks, Dead Tree have the ProNutro. Gave him a good go though. descent, down Blackjack Alley and Adrenaline. Via Mike and I had a fine ride, and a great chat. There’s Donkey Road to Grace, up Castle Rocks and via the always a silver lining with cycling. Garmin Stats: small gums back to the Quarry. Katie had a few spills, 38,2km, 2h25 riding time, 15,7km/h, 540m ascent, 18- without injuries, but would get up and go again. 28kms 28 degrees.