Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share Howzit Hubbers! A quick update on iRide Africa's trail building progress at Lebanon. As some of you may know, Harry and I have been given permission to go and improve the trail network and we've been traveling out there and doing as much trailwork as we can between work stints (My skills clinic class schedule has suffered terrible, so sorry to those who I've had to turn away). We've designed new signage and Action Frames has kindly sponsored the material and printing costs (please support them if you need any display products made-they are mountain bikers!) but that signage will only go up in a month or so. So far we have added about 4km of trail to the network and without signage we are worried that the trails won't bed in and stay clear if riders don't start using them! So our suggestion/plea is to please download a VERY current map from our website here (we'll update it every time we add a new trail), plan a day to go riding/running and go and find these trails and give us your feedback while bedding in the trails! Obviously some of the trails won't link up perfectly yet so we want you to find your own way and connect the trails. We have the rad little problem of too much space and potential and not enough time/manpower to get the trails all built at the same time! The trails start at Oak Lane cottages/ Old MacDaddy and permits only cost R30!We've identified a few problems with the network and are trying to resolve them so more people want to ride there. What we are trying to fix is the following; 1) More singletrack2) More variety to suit all types of riders3) Better signage so people won't get lost4) Improve start/end of loops to be exciting (proving to be difficult but long term goal)5) More singletrack! So please, go and book yourself/family a weekend away and go and ride Lebanon trails and help us out while you are about it! We are planning a weekend of trail building for those that want to help out but most likely only in Sept/October. Lebanon MTB will kindly offer free accommodation, we'll supply free CBC beer and will have marked out the trails to build and the thinking is we get a posse of mtbers out there, do some serious trail building, and have a braai and social get together while we're doing so. We'll keep you in the loop with that one as we have at least 12km more trail to add there before we'll be happy ourselves! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share You can also keep up with our progress on our instagram feed https://www.instagram.com/irideafrica/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipV Posted June 30, 2016 Share Lekker! In my opinion this is the most underrated trail in the western Cape. I'm still seeing unicorns and rainbows from my ride there on Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerouc Posted June 30, 2016 Share http://http//www.irideafri...ebanon-mtb-map/ link dont work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share Here are some pics of what we've been getting up to! No big features but we're definitely adding in some more technical features to keep the experienced riders keen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted June 30, 2016 Share Much likes!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share And some more images. Looks a bit ugly at the moment but trails already riding well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share http://http//www.irideafri...ebanon-mtb-map/ link dont workHmm, odd? Worked from my side and have checked it. Maybe try again as I can see it has two http:'s in your reply for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerouc Posted June 30, 2016 Share Hmm, odd? Worked from my side and have checked it. Maybe try again as I can see it has two http:'s in your reply for some reasonHmm odd, working now that you have edited it....just tried to help not diss you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 30, 2016 Share Awesome stuff, about time you guys did some real work!!! Hmm, odd? Worked from my side and have checked it. Maybe try again as I can see it has two http:'s in your reply for some reasonalso didn't work for me but here it is directly in technicolour http://www.irideafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lebanon-MTB-trail-map-2016.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted June 30, 2016 Share And some more images. Looks a bit ugly at the moment but trails already riding well!Poor Harry, how must he feel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whattingh Posted June 30, 2016 Share Hmm, odd? Worked from my side and have checked it. Maybe try again as I can see it has two http:'s in your reply for some reasonone to many http in that link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whattingh Posted June 30, 2016 Share Im go out on saturday. cant wait. And will for sure join build days if on weekend and not busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted June 30, 2016 Share Awesome! I've always loved Lebanon - one of my favourite spots to ride. It feels more raw than the rest of the Elgin / Grabouw trails, and I love it all the more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Dob Posted June 30, 2016 Share Awesome! I've always loved Lebanon - one of my favourite spots to ride. It feels more raw than the rest of the Elgin / Grabouw trails, and I love it all the more for it.Our thoughts as well. It feels much more like you 'are in nature' than Oak Valley & Paul Cluver and the trails that are there already have great flow! Just needing a few more options and some more technical riding added in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted July 1, 2016 Share I rode the red loop with my wife yesterday - she is on school holiday leave so we took a gap. I lost rode there 10 years ago and it was great to be back. The new stuff Dan has built is great - some tech climbs and tech descents - nothing over built and good flow. As he said, it needs to be ridden in a bit so get out there and ride it peeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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