To get from Windhoek to the border with South Africa, we have taken an off-road route in order to avoid the main highway and the screaming traffic going at 120km/h. This has meant we have seen some beautiful desert and sand dunes. Sadly, we don't think our bikes will thank us.
As we have mentioned before, off-road tracks often become corrugated by the heavy cars that rush up and down them, causing some severe jolts that our bikes take the brunt of and our bodies take whatever is left. Ali lost his sixth bottle cage of the trip to this stretch of corrugation and water bottles were shaken out countless times. In order to stop the bottles falling out, Ali took his MacGyver-esque skills to fashion a sling out of an old inner tube, which has worked surprisingly well. Although when the actual bottle cage cracked they became entirely redundant...
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| The cracked rim on one rider's bike - he had to ride the rest of the day with no front brake as it has to be disengaged to allow the wheel to go round. Brave man... |
As we have mentioned before, off-road tracks often become corrugated by the heavy cars that rush up and down them, causing some severe jolts that our bikes take the brunt of and our bodies take whatever is left. Ali lost his sixth bottle cage of the trip to this stretch of corrugation and water bottles were shaken out countless times. In order to stop the bottles falling out, Ali took his MacGyver-esque skills to fashion a sling out of an old inner tube, which has worked surprisingly well. Although when the actual bottle cage cracked they became entirely redundant...
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| The now redundant 'inner tube sling' (it sounds like a cocktail) |
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