Cycling South Africa: The adventure starts HERE!

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@davesimmons8640 3 ай бұрын

The smile has not left your face; you look like you're having the time of your life in South Africa, and I'm glad of it! Very happy for your Leonardo! I love to see people having great fun!

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

I was having a great time.

@jura_cycling 2 ай бұрын

Looks like you are loving ride your bike in South Africa, thank you for sharing.

@ThePensionerAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Hello Leonard, Looks like a nice place to train, as you said a pleasant break to the cold and damp of Hampshire... Take care. Paul,,

@danhardisty1 3 ай бұрын

What a cool place! Thank you for sharing.

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@djpentz 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming to visit our little neck of the woods and giving it this coverage. I live in Somerset West, not far from Stellenbosch. My son is at uni there in Stellies. So glad you had a great time. People aren't necessarily wrong about the bad stories, but you also just have to know where to go and/or where not to go, and no doubt your tour guide knew their business well. That said the Western Cape is probably one of the safest parts of South Africa, generally speaking.

@mangofilms1161 Ай бұрын

Being in a organised group with a safety vehicle is the way to go, or to ride with locals who know the area. Such a beautiful country but it’s not like going out for a casual spin as in the UK!

@Marends34 3 ай бұрын

I watched your Cycle Tour video... Hope you're coming back for more rides in this amazing land.

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

I have a couple of other vlogs that I will publish over the next two weeks or so. Stay tuned!

@A_AAA232 3 ай бұрын

nice video Leonard - you couldn't hide the smile on your face saying it was raining and cold back home! nice little ride to kick off the SA experience - coffee stop looked a bit different to the old forge :)

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I tried not to look too happy about the bad weather in the UK.

@A_AAA232 3 ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo :)

@countryfatboy 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic to see Leonard. Really enjoying this (& your past videos). My wife's Cape Tonian and I was there cycling over Xmas/New Years around Franschoek & CT. So glad you enjoyed it. Beautiful place & people eh!

@jhcycling3098 3 ай бұрын

This was a rare video from South-Africa; all positive! You didn't get mugged, robbed or shot! All was just fine and dandy with smiles! 😊Usually news are totally opposite. Even one of my friends who visited Cape Town got robbed knife point and slashed on his first day! So perhaps there is some good also.. cycling on rural area usually is! 🤩

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

I had also heard some horror stories and was concerned about safety before I went but I felt perfectly comfortable and didn’t have a single issue while I was actually there.

@kevinlambright283 3 ай бұрын

Great video, really enjoyed the scenes of South Africa. What a great group, traffic seemed heavy by glad you had a good shoulder. Really enjoyed this vidoe!

@heidijarvis777 3 ай бұрын

Looked amazing and a great bunch of people ❤

@Ulrich.Bierwisch 3 ай бұрын

Cape Town is nice. I was there for three weeks 17 years ago. My Hometown Aachen has a partnership with Cape-Town that is based on partnerships between environmental groups in both towns. I was part of a delegation. We visited table mountain and the cape but most of the visit was going into the townships where we had our partners. BEN Bicycling Empowerment Network is for example an organization that takes new and collected old bikes from Europe and teaches people to repair, sell and maintain them locally in the townships. We also made a large bike tour together with the second major of cape town (and a lot of police) into the township of Manenberg. Cape Town is a beautiful place with a lot of potential but it will take a pretty long time to get over all the problems that are still there from the racism, apartheid and hundreds of years of colonialism.

@steveupperman9734 3 ай бұрын

It's so darn bright there!

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

It was pretty overcast that day, though.

@djurastajic4485 3 ай бұрын

Another nice video, keep up good work Leonard 👍👍👍

@davelysecki4395 3 ай бұрын

Another place to add to the bucket list. Great video. Take Care and Safe Rides

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

It’s a great place to ride. This is an introductory ride; they get much better!

@jerrymurphy2314 3 ай бұрын

You should try to enjoy yourself more! Looks like a great trip.

@BlaqRaq 3 ай бұрын

Mr Lee, that was not nice. You don't have to be comparing weathers. Just enjoy your ride and leave us (in the UK) alone. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love how you guys are using the road though. I see lots of care being exercised.

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

I couldn’t help feeling a bit smug about the weather!

@AndrewCurrie-xb2uq 3 ай бұрын

Looking good, Leonard

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@rollandjoeseph 3 ай бұрын

Nice video leonard..I'd be interested and hopefully you too, perhaps interviewing other cyclists if possible about their history with cycling, why and how it helps them etc..enjoy your trip

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the to.

@simonguard5087 3 ай бұрын

Leonard hope you are enjoying the great Stellenbosch wine, can you tell us about your bike, what you took & set up and how it was transporting it from the UK? Thanks

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

The wine was great! I flew my own bike out from the UK. I’ll be making a separate video about this so stay tuned!

@simonguard5087 3 ай бұрын

Look forward to it thank you @@jollygoodvelo

@mortenthenorwegian2875 3 ай бұрын

Very nice video. I wish I could be your wing man down there. But do you gonna ride Mallorca 321 in april?

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

You can join me next year! I will be in Mallorca at the time of the 312 but I won’t be riding it. (A friend on mine will, though).

@nathanwoodruff9422 3 ай бұрын

At any one given time being in the southern hemisphere, did you feel like you were going to fall off the earth?

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

All the time. Add to that water going down the plug hole the wrong way and I didn’t know if I was coming or going.

@andrew300169 3 ай бұрын

Could have happened but he had his grippy tyres on the bike and was saved 😂

@sanoroo 3 ай бұрын

Stellenbosch … Quite a diverse flora. Were the motorists accommodating to cyclists?

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

It was about the same as in the UK, although a couple of lady drivers waved and smiled at us.

@davehollingworth5537 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff! Loving this adventure culminating with your CTCT. Did you take your bike with you from home, or is it possible/easy to rent a decent bike whilst you're there? Cheers!

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

I flew my own bike out from the UK.

@chrisconnors7418 3 ай бұрын

I must have learned at some point that they rode on the left in SA. Funny how you felt you had to ride on the right just because you were abroad.

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

It was a little strange at first.

@bazzahotlips 3 ай бұрын

Hi Leonard I have a Arkose 4 pinnacle gravel bike which I bought a few years ago , after seeing your video on yours . I want to buy a Kickr core do you know if the pinnacle fits this smart trainer ?

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Hope you like the bike. I still really like mine. As for the trainer, must admit I’ve never tried to put it on one but it should, in theory, be ok.

@bazzahotlips 3 ай бұрын

Its a great bike had it for a few years now but still in great condition ..have come off it twice but thats pilot error !!...ride around the Exmouth off road trails ..great videos by the way @@jollygoodvelo

@clairemyers3802 3 ай бұрын

I call them a down hill up hill 😂

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

It’s the uphill but that hurts, though!

@davidsullivan7290 3 ай бұрын

Bram: no gloves, no glasses? WTF??

@brucekirby2031 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful country,but very dangerous and violent.Please stay safe,this is not Europe and European norms do not apply. I lived there for over 20years.Be careful.

@jollygoodvelo 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I heard some scary stories but we were fine.