So after living in Durbanville for almost a year I've fianlly ridden Contermanskloof.
The ride started strangely when I realised I didn't bring cycling clothes. I only had shoes and my helmet. So I rode it in my boardies and one of Marike's cycling shirts. Very sexy.
But what a cool place to ride. The honesty box system is in place so after writing out our own permits and dropping our R25's into the box we set off.
The farm is part of the Tygerberg MTB club's plan to link up farms in the Durbanville Hills are with singletrack to form a network of trails.
One day when I grow up I'll ride all the trails, and hopefully in one ride.
The trail starts with a loop around the dam followed by a climb through the vineyards. The climb affords stunning views of the the Cape peninsula and when you reach the mast you look down on Durbanville, can see Stellenbosch, Cape Town and even Blaauwberg.
The climb up to the mast is tough, and gets steeper to the end. I'm proud to say Marike made it to the top with out putting her foot down. I didn't...
The downhills are super fun. The trails arew graded in Colour diamonds, with green easy, blue tecnical and black Expert. There is a double black diamond run as well. This is the DH course. Next time I want to go down that as well.
The singletrack descent is a good mix of technical and flowy riding, with fast sections mixed with steep rocky switchbacks. Great fun.
The loop took us about 1h15 to do, climbed 390m and I have no idea how far it is.
Next time I want to ride Hillcrest, will report back on that loop as well.
Happy trails
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