Ride the Beloved Country
23 April - 1 May 2021
It’s emotional at joberg2c
By David Moseley It’s always emotional at joberg2c. If crossing the final finish line after nine days and 900km of riding doesn’t make you just a little weepy, then you …
Finding balance at joberg2c
By David Moseley On the nine-day, 900km joberg2c your greatest asset is not your fitness or your mountain bike handling skills or in fact your mountain bike. The most important …
Testing for symptoms of Stage Race at joberg2c
By David Moseley Day seven of joberg2c was a blast from start to finish – just like it always is. Riders woke to frost-covered tents, clear skies, a still day, …
The ups and downs of joberg2c Day 6
By David Moseley It’s always difficult to leave the joberg2c’s Nottingham Road race village at Clifton Prep because the hospitality is so welcoming… and in the morning the school kids …
We can see clearly now on day 5
By David Moseley To borrow from Johnny Nash (or Jimmy Cliff or the Hothouse Flowers), we can see clearly now the rain is gone. It was misty in the morning, …
joberg2c day 4, it’s an adventure
By David Moseley As the wind roared off Sterkfontein Dam and the rain from Siberia lashed down on the dining marquee, the joberg2c organisers announced that the normally feisty, trail-heavy …
Grind by grind at joberg2c
Those with an interest in writing or fans of quirky literature might know of the book Bird by Bird. It’s a memoir-slash-instruction book where author Anne Lamott gives advice on …
Rising (and falling) to the challenge
By David Moseley As with life throwing you challenges when you least expect it (no milk in the morning for your coffee, for example), mountain bike events also like to …
Going forward on day 1 in neutral
By David Moseley Day 1 of joberg2c is a neutral day. Except for celebrity cyclist, commentator, and professional Arnie Geerdts impersonator Gerald de Kock. Gerald has to talk (sometimes as …
joberg2c Coronavirus update
What a bummer… A statement from Craig Wapnick, joberg2c organiser. Due to the ongoing global Covid-19 (Coronavirus) crisis and in light of president Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaration of South Africa’s ‘national …
Mud, sweat and gears at joberg2c
On the morning of the last day of flat out racing at joberg2c, the day eight steam train cycle into and out of the wild Umkomaas Valley, eventual 2019 mixed …
Mixing it up at joberg2c
Barring an unlikely catastrophe on the ninth and final day of joberg2c, Mike Posthumus and Amy McDougall should ride away winners in the main racing category, the Amabokke-bokkie Global Mixed. …
Riding for reasons at joberg2c
When you drown out the noise and look closely, you realise South Africa is a truly great country. South Africans, too, are truly great people. Chief amongst what makes South …
Many moods of mountain bikers at joberg2c
It’s a privilege to ride a bicycle on the joberg2c route. There are more than 200 farms crossed during the 900km event. Singletrack trails are hand-crafted for the riders. Temporary …
