Good day to all the Wannabees

With Saturday being washed out it seems that a lot of riders were keen to get on the road on Sunday

John took a big crowd out towards Franschhoek and Mandy took her team to Kleinmond. So serious miles were put in, hope all went without incident

This left only four of us for the Mountain bike outride. This was great as I was the slowest and could determine the pace. Once again, after riding for two and a quarter hours through the farmlands, we realise that there cannot be many places to beat our winelands area.

This is a slow time for news it seems as the boring LSD rides are what is needed for the DC. So….keep on peddling and enjoy. Some news from theses rides will be great.

Thanks for those who give some feedback and comments. Keep it coming

GENERAL

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Comments to DEON VAN ZYL or MICHEL de CLIPPEL

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Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
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Good day to all the Wannabees

As much as last weekend was great for cycling, this one past was horrible, except for guys like Ralph and Clayton who probably enjoyed an outing in the storm.

DC training took a back seat, so look on the website for training rides as well as for the mountain bike outride on Sunday. Ralph and Anton in charge of that.

Lots of interesting links from the website and blog. If any member knows of an interesting site, drop us an e-mail for sharing with other club members

Not much else today except to apologise for the late BUZZ last week. Had the laptop serviced and did not notice that my outbox was not working

Note Michel is overseas so the blog might not be updated for a few weeks, follow news on the website

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
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Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za


Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

Tandem outride

Do you own a tandem dust it off pump up the tires and put a stoker on the back. Be at Waterstone normal time on Sunday morning 22 August

Clayton
Regards Clayton Hindle (0827777408)

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Good day to all the Wannabees

Sorry for being a bit late

We have had a nice long weekend with only Saturday as a rideable day for most of us.

John put ten of us through our paces to Franschhoek and back.

Michel and Clayton did a Schaapensberg follow up recce. Seems as if this ride will be something special

Note that Michel will be away for some time so monitor the news on the web

This Sunday our M/Bike ride will be in Grabouw.

CLUB MTB OUTRIDE ON SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010 TO START AT ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB


MEET AT ENTRANCE TO ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB AT 07H15 - RIDE STARTS AT 07H30


COST = R20.00 PER PERSON (NOW THE GOODS NEWS - THE CLUB WILL PAY THE ENTRY FEE)


PARK IN THE ROAD RUNNING TOWARDS THE COUNTRY CLUB, ELSE YOU MUST PAY EXTRA IF YOU PARK IN THE COUNTRY CLUB PARKING AREA


THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB IS CAN MEET US AT WATERSTONE AT 06H45 TO TRAVEL THROUGH IN CONVOY.


WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CATER FOR ALL RACE SNAKES, MEDIUM PACERS AND SLOW COACHES.


REGARDS
ANTON AND RALPH

If you are keen on races and outings, remember to look at the PPA program, Amarider and also at the bicycle shops. Upcoming events are in Riebeeck kasteel and the Makadas events.

Our next committee meeting will be on the 16th of August. If you have any suggestions or anything to be discussed by the committee, please drop me a line

GENERAL

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za/

Comments to DEON VAN ZYL or MICHEL de CLIPPEL

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za/


Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

The Conservancy Walks for Wine

The Conservancy Walks for Wine on Saturday 14 August 2010 is free!

We would like you to experience a new walk in our repertoire. A path has been cleared on the slopes of the Hottentot Holland on Da Capo wine estate to form a section of the “about to be launched” Schapenberg Cycle route, a path which will be shared with “walks for wine”.
This path has hundreds of baby pine trees (20cm) surfacing after the rain in close proximity to the path. We invite you to join us explore this new route and help in the pulling of the baby pine. We will meet at Wedderwill winery at 09h00 proceed to the new route with stunning views over False bay and loads of emerging fynbos to admire. We plan to head down to Da Capo for a wine tasting (Idiom wines) around 12h30 and then on to Wedderwill winery for wine tasting and a picnic lunch (breads, cheese and pates) thereafter. Only costs will be for the wine tasting at R30/head/estate.

For bookings please contact D1  021 8581532, 082 4623624
email dimarais@kingsley.co.za
http://www.walksforwine.co.za/

MTB Rides 7th and 21st August

On the 7th and 21st August there will be MTB rides starting from Waterkloof Winery to explore the Schapensberg MTB Trail. The rides will start at 08:30 and should not be longer than 2.3 - 3 hours in duration. Johan Kriegler will be the host on these occasions.

MTB 15/08 ELGIN CLUB

CLUB MTB OUTRIDE ON SUNDAY 15 AUGUST 2010 TO START AT ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB

MEET AT ENTRANCE TO ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB AT 07H15 - RIDE STARTS AT 07H30

COST = R20.00 PER PERSON (NOW THE GOODS NEWS - THE CLUB WILL PAY THE ENTRY FEE)

PARK IN THE ROAD RUNNING TOWARDS THE COUNTRY CLUB, ELSE YOU MUST PAY EXTRA IF YOU PARK IN THE COUNTRY CLUB PARKING AREA

THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW WHERE THE ELGIN COUNTRY CLUB IS CAN MEET US AT WATERSTONE AT 06H45 TO TRAVEL THROUGH IN CONVOY.

WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO CATER FOR ALL RACE SNAKES, MEDIUM PACERS AND SLOW COACHES.

REGARDS
ANTON AND RALPH

Good day to all the Wannabees

Michel’s father passed away after a long sickbed. We wish him and his family well and reassure them of our prayers in this difficult time

Saturday many WANNABEES competed in the Burger M/Bike race in windy conditions

Some die hards did a Wannabee ride via Bottelary road on Saturday morning. Most of us decided that the wind was too strong and stayed in bed.

But Sunday the wind settled and 14 members pitched for the easy M/Bike ride in wonderful conditions. This is really what it is all about for the slow ride. We did close on 3 hours of rolling hills in a jovial atmosphere topped up by coffee at Dulce’s.

Even Henri seemed to enjoy the slow ride. A spy told me that while we were drinking coffee, Henri was riding up and down Lord Charles hill just to get his heart rate up for a change. Thanks to Ralph and Anton for keeping things together

If you are not confidant on your M/Bike, follow the program on the BLOG/WEB and join the monthly slow ride.

Marianne finished first in her age category in the 30 k race, but had 3 small ‘falls’ on the Sunday ride (which I am not allowed to mention.) Well done Marianne.

The Schapensberg trail will soon be open for club members to ride. Please contact a committee member before setting out on this route till further notice.

The next m/bike outride will be from Grabouw Country Club. Watch for dSetails on the WEB.

We get quite a few reminders of races via our e-mail. We will attach them to the web.

If you are keen on races and outings, remember to look at the PPA program, Amarider and also at the bicycle shops. Upcoming events are in Riebeeck kasteel and the Makadas events.

Our next committee meeting will be on the 16th of August. If you have any suggestions or anything to be discussed by the committee, please drop me a line

GENERAL

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za

Comments to DEON VAN ZYL or MICHEL de CLIPPEL

Please put the blog address on your computer as a hotspot
http://www.wanna-b-team.blogspot.com/

Our official e-mail address is wannabteam@gmail.com

Website: http://www.wannabteam.co.za/


Yours in safe cycling

Danie Morkel
0845133246
morkelwade@telkomsa.net

RIEBEEK VALLEY MTB RACE

Date/Datum: Sat, 4 September 2010
Place/Plek: Riebeek Kasteel Church Hall / Kerksaal
Routes/Roetes: 35km & 15km
Starting times/Wegspringtye:
35 km – 08h45
15 km – 09h00
Registrations/Registrasies: from 07h30 @ Church hall
Entree Fees/Inskrywingsgeld:
35 km – R60
15 km – R30