Rock Rabbit Posted December 24, 2013 Share Hi all, Can anyone tell me where I can find some tracks that I can practice my jumping on in the Southern Suburbs? I ride the single tracks @ Tokai and Jonkershoek etc, but I'm looking for something in the suburbs of Diep River / Constantia / Plumstead where I can practice for a couple of hours after work. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted December 24, 2013 Share UCT trails - Lower campus just past the wind mill on the m3. Then there is some BMX dirt jumpsJumps in Lakeside entrance from Boyes Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranky Posted December 24, 2013 Share Soetvlei Avenue, Constantia. In the forest on the corner of Southern Cross Drive and Rhodes Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawler Posted December 30, 2013 Share Soetvlei is not for noobs at all. Southern Cross jumps are invite only. UCT is good. There is also another spot near Kirstenbosch but its still being built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted December 30, 2013 Share Southern Cross jumps are invite only? Dude, we built those jumps in the 90's, then some kids moved in and took over and now I need to be invited to ride them?That is laughable... and also is indicative of the attitude that is thrown around and leaves a sullen taste... LOCALS ONLY BRU!!!!! Nice, really nice and constructive in growing the sport Sulli and King_Robo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawler Posted December 30, 2013 Share Hey I am not disagreeing with you. I have been warned not to go there as I will be F'd up but by all means... let us know. Edit: Lets not ruin this for the rookie. There are dozens of great spots to ride in CPT and jumpers are all pretty friendly and you might even meet some great new mates. A bit of trails etiquette goes a long way too. Southern Cross jumps are the only place I know about where the locals are protective but that's all on hearsay. Perhaps its not like that but I know that noone else rides there which is very weird if its not true. Edited December 30, 2013 by Brawler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Is southern cross built on private land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Rabbit Posted January 3, 2014 Share Hi all, Thanks for the advise on all the spots in and around CT. Checked out the jumps in Soetvlei Avenue - definitely not for beginners. Going to go check out UCT sometime soon. Pity to hear about Southern Cross jumps, will try find out the story there. Might build one or two small jumps close to home just to mess around on, somewhere I won't be bothering anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy hardtail Posted January 12, 2014 Share sun valley jumps are perfecr for beginner to intermediate riders. All the doubles are rollable and there is a sweeeeeet pump track that is ridiculously fast and fun. And the locals are all cool as well. Pump track challenge and jump session saturday 18 January from 10 am. All welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranky Posted January 12, 2014 Share Where in Sun Valley are the jumps and pumps? Edited January 12, 2014 by Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted January 12, 2014 Share And new jumps in town, just off dewaal drive just before the bridge on the left, in the park and under the trees Capricorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandui Posted January 12, 2014 Share Is southern cross built on private land?City land as far as I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted January 12, 2014 Share City land as far as I know[/Quote] Great then locals have no claim to the jumps, although they build & maintain, they can't stop new riders from riding there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Man Posted January 13, 2014 Share Great then locals have no claim to the jumps, although they build & maintain, they can't stop new riders from riding there.That's hardly the point. Land access is only one thing. The builders have lavished hundreds and possibly thousands of hours building those jumps to where they are now. The way I see it they have EVERY claim to them. Those jumps are works of art. They are also massive. If you had spent months and years getting them to where they are now you'd also be territorial over them. Go ask any volunteer trail builder how they feel about some monkey dragging their brakes through a berm they have spent a whole weekend in the blazing sun building. There's very few people who are capable of hitting those jumps without putting themselves in hospital. It would take an immense set of onions and a large dose of skill to even consider hiting those jumps. And us splabbing over the internet about them will bring the exact attention those guys are trying to avoid. So leave those guys be. They've built something truly beautiful. They're not hurting anyone and they're keeping it on the DL so that people don't destroy them or themselves. The OP wanted beginner jumps and those are most certainly not for beginners. Edited January 13, 2014 by Omega Man Tumbleweed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Man Posted January 13, 2014 Share Where in Sun Valley are the jumps and pumps?There's a weird intersection on Kommetjie road where fishoek ends and Sunvalley starts. They are at that intersection. Just be respectful of the builder (as we all should be) He negotiated land access and materials and has spent his own money planting trees and a ridiculous amount of hours building what is probably the best pumptrack in Cape Town. Eddy Gordo, Lucky Luke. and Tumbleweed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Omega Man Posted January 13, 2014 Share @ the OP. I see you live in Constantia. There used to be a line of jumps in a park close to that stone church in Constantia. In Pinehurst road. It's kind of in the corner of the park so it's not obtrusive. Maybe you can resurrect the line. Edited January 13, 2014 by Omega Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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