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Wynberg, Alphen, Constantia Vale, Silverhurst, Witteboomen: Constantia Main Rd M42: North / South then East / West: M41 (Alphen) – M38 – M39 – M40 – M64 – M3 (interchange) – M4 (Kirstenhof) Alpen, Belle Constantia, Airlie, Fir Grove, Forest Glade, Tokai, Westlake Estate, Kirstenhof: Spaanschemat River Rd, Orpen Rd, Steenberg Rd M44
The Trans Am Bike Race (TABR) is an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across the United States. The route is about 4,200 miles (6,800 km) long and uses the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail that was developed by the Adventure Cycling Association for the Bikecentennial event in 1976. [ 1 ]
Any bike race or ride longer than a century ride, which is 100 miles (160 km), is sometimes considered to be ultra-distance cycling. However, such events are relatively common, so using a longer distance to define the category is more useful, such as any race or ride that is longer than 200 kilometres (120 mi), 300 kilometres (190 mi) or even a ...
The route can generally be ridden between May and September and requires about two and a half months, depending on the rider’s average daily mileage. The current route length is 4,228 miles (6804.3 km). [4] The TransAmerica Bicycle Trail was originally mapped with the intention of riding eastbound, but many riders choose to ride westbound.
Tokai, a large residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, is situated on the foothills of the Constantiaberg, (a large whaleback shaped mountain in the Table Mountain range) and is bordered by Steenberg and Kirstenhof to the south, Bergvliet to the east, Constantia to the north and the SAFCOL pine tree plantations against the mountain to the west.
Audax is a cycling sport in which participants attempt to cycle long distances within a pre-defined time limit. [1] Audax is a non-competitive sport: success in an event is measured by its completion. Audax has its origins in Italian endurance sports of the late nineteenth century, and the rules were formalised in France in the early twentieth ...
In the 1982 Great American Bike Race, later renamed the Race Across America, he completely changed the parameters, cycling for 9 days and 20 hours with three other cycling pioneers John Howard, John Marino and Michael Shermer. [1] [2] [3] Lon Haldeman became the first person to ride a bicycle across the United States in less than 10 days.
The distance has varied between 3,200 and 4,200 km, and has crossed the continent on different routes approximately between the English Channel and the Mediterranean/Black Sea. The race has grown rapidly from having 30 people start the first edition in 2013 to receiving more than 1,000 applications for the 350 places available for the fourth ...