XC racing from Cape Town, South Africa

[rockracing]

first leg of our provincial (state) champs held on Sunday in Paarl.

The venue
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_06.jpg

He was on an Intense Spyder XVP...he deserved a pic !
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_05.jpg

Frined on mine, Al, on his way to 4th in Sub Vets (30-34 yrs) Note the new Siemens/Cannondale team issue Scapel....sweet !
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_03.jpg

Even Christina Begy was there, think she ended up 2nd in Elite Women's.....what a bike, sweet Maverick ML-7
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_02.jpg

Xavier Scheepers riding for Mongoose
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_01.jpg

Riding buddy, Jakes
http://mysite.mweb.co.za/residents/glenwood/paarl_04.jpg

[jacksonpt]

Looks like a cool course. That terrain is very different from what I ride.

[Westy]

Originally posted by jacksonpt
Looks like a cool course. That terrain is very different from what I ride.

Yeah, no snow.:D

[Squeak]

Good stuff! Was there any techie sections?

[rockracing]

couple drop offs, well very steep ride downs, stairs like 12" high each one, nice thing about the venue is the top half off the course is that harpack moonscape terrain and then the bottom half is through dense pine forest with nice soft loamy soil, mainly singletrack, always one of my favourite vanues, unfortunately I had to miss this race as have been too sick for too long.