The authors offer valuable advice on preparing for the trail that includes suggested clothing, gear, bike maintenance, food and safety. The entire course can be done in one go, or as a series of shorter rides - ideal for those with boundless enthusiasm but limited time. Aimed at the average off-road rider, the 58-day trail through South Africa and Lesotho is broken into nine sections, each with several stages. The result, the Spine of the Dragon trail, is the country's ultimate mountain bike tour, covering a distance of 4000km from Beit Bridge to Cape Town.
They weren't, yet were not deterred from having a mud-splattering good time. When windmill-dodgers David Bristow and Steve Thomas followed their dream to blaze (and map) a mountain bike trail across South Africa, they hoped to be spared howling headwinds, freezing rain and slushy terrain.
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