So the training conditions have been less then optimal over the past several weeks but that does not preclude me from thoughts of the journey ahead and what lay in store on the course from Kynsna to Lourensford.Why one may ask would any sane individual (or team for that matter) even consider riding the Cape Epic 1) on a single speed and 2) on a full rigid bike?
Well as a pair of creaky middle aged men we constantly find ourselves reminiscing on the "good old times" of our youth and looking for ways to recapture these warm and fuzzy feelings. Thus we find ourselves staring off into the abyss dreaming of the glory days of the repack races down the slopes of Mt. Tam in California when the likes of Gary Fisher were bringing mountain biking out of it's infancy and into the main stream of cycling.
So to those that are the forefathers of our sport, our hats are off to you and to capture the retro feeling we will mount our steel or Ti horses in full rigid set up and attack the mountains and roads of South Africa.
To take in the action up close look for the riders sporting the Independent Fabrication or Shell V-Power team uniforms.
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