My Epic.

One of my previous blogs documents how I came to ride our country’s and perhaps one of the world’s most famous mountain bike stage races, The Absa Cape Epic.  That was nearly a year ago and I have yet to put down on paper the actual experience itself.  I thought it was time to do so before my middle-aged memory gave up completely.

The race  takes place over 8 days with the first day being a short prologue on the outskirts of Cape Town and from there we traverse varied terrain around the Western Cape until the grand finish at Lourensford, a wine farm approximately 50km or so from Cape Town.  We chose not to make use of the tented race village but made bookings with various bed and breakfasts along the route.   The race was going to be tough enough without having to queue for ablutions and sleep in…