There was a point on this trip where I thought to myself 'This bike is now setup nicely'. Everything about it was pure joy. So on Sunday morning we were met with rain and mist. We both took every precaution concerning riding in wet weather. Riding to Sabie, over the Long Tom Pass, Lydenburg and then to Dullstroom. I was wearing every peace of clothing I had in my bag, still I froze my butt off but at least did not get that wet actually.
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After breakfast at Dullstroom is was a short stretch to Belfast then it would by the highway straight home. I approached the last turn before entering the town of Belfast, reduced my speed and slowly leaned into the turn. Halfway through the turn in a instance my front wheel came out underneath me. I hit the road and just kept on sliding on my one side. My bike hit the road barrier, front wheel got stuck and ripped loose from the rest of the bike. Due to the low speed and my gear I did not even get a scratch, but the bike is basically a right off. As it seems it was just my luck to hit a slick or oil spot on the road with the wet weather to boot too.
I am so highly annoyed about this! My bike was setup great, we did over 900km of riding the weekend, and I lost my bike about 3km before getting on the highway and heading home! Firstly thanks to the farmer Pieter who lives closed to where I came down, for helping me and letting me leave my wreck at his place until I went to pick it up the next day.
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