Comments on: Cause of the Month: A Double-Munga as part of TEAM NIKA https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/ Southern Africa and Beyond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-310 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:53:17 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-310 MUNGA 2021 ROUTE FILES // I use a Garmin Etrex and they tend to work better using smaller file-sizes for navigation, ie less than 300kms or smaller than 1mb each, so I’ve gone and split up the Munga 2021 final route as per Alex’s email this morning into the following…

RV1 — Vanderkloof (224km & 2800m)
RV2 — Britstown (178km & 2000m)
RV3 — Jakhalsdans (196km & 2800m)
RV4 — Sutherland (213 km & 2000m)
RV5 — Ceres (251km & 3400m)
RV6 — Doolhof (91km & 1800m)

Altogether it is 1154km & 6150m and you can download the individual GPX or FIT files from:

1. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998454
2. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998138
3. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998147
4. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998148
5. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998160
6. https://ridewithgps.com/trips/78998166
T. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38073813

]]> By: Nico Coetzee https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-301 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 21:25:06 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-301 Remember, we’re doing this for the children, because they are the future. And every contribution has a huge ripple effect going forward.

Sharing is caring 🙂 By just passing on this link you are already doing me a huge favour, because of Six degrees of separation (the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other). As a result, you could friend-of-a-friend to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps…

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-286 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:11:50 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-286 Hats off to Scott Morris from http://topofusion.com/ and the team at http://trackleaders.com/ for arranging for my dot for to be displayed on the official Munga TL page during the UP-leg of this ride…

Why is this important? Because without their help there would have only been a dot on a map, sans any GPX file route line to follow, which is not the most entertaining version for dotwatching.

Going UP will be solo and unsupported (no water points), so I will be taking a hybrid of the official Munga route, and the one that the support vehicles follow. Plus who knows what will happen and where I might find myself, I hope all points North-East. Either way, we’ll have an adventure of note 🙂

Oh, and during the race (DOWN) I will be switching trackers, using theirs to come back home, while this unit goes back to Shana at https://sat4rent.co.za/

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-281 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:57:52 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-281 In reply to The Bicycle Courier.

Here is the Munga 2021 vehicle route in reverse, from CPT up to BFN — https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38026924

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-278 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:42:02 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-278 THE ROUTE UP: Alex says some of the gates and private land will be closed off until the Munga and therefore the general direction is the same but I miss out on some of the best bits by sticking to the larger district roads.

Rough idea of daily distances:
D1 — Sutherland (285 & 3600m)
D2 — Pampoen (265 & 1400m)
D3 — V/d/kloof (300 & 1200m)
D4 — Windmill (215 & 1500m)

And RWGPS links:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38022867
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38022939
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38023989
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38024493

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-275 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:15:43 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-275 In reply to The Bicycle Courier.

Saved by SPOT! The tracking link is live – https://maps.findmespot.com/s/C2NX#live/assets

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-272 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 11:34:11 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-272 In reply to The Bicycle Courier.

Want to know how many batteries to take for your SPOT gen 4, based on different tracking update intervals? Check out this battery life chart: https://www.findmespot.com/SPOT/media/Downloads/SPOT-Gen4/SPOT-Gen4-Battery-Life-Chart.pdf

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-271 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:47:34 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-271 SPOT tracker sorted — did you know that you can rent them from as little as R100 per day from http://www.sat4rent.co.za/? Available in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana! Thanks so much for your prompt assistance Shana Coetzee and Sat4Rent team 🙂

]]> By: The Bicycle Courier https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/cause-of-the-month-nikamunga2021/#comment-261 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 20:08:40 +0000 https://bicyclecouriers.co.za/?p=2187#comment-261 Some inspiration for a great adventure…

Long rides and Lauf forks, a News24 writeup with extracts from last years’ Munga: https://www.news24.com/ride24/riding/munga-madness-the-non-stop-bloemfontein-to-cape-town-mountain-bike-race-that-only-the-toughest-attempt-20201207

Lachlan Morton is also entered for this years’ Munga and you can find him between the Strava Pro’s at https://www.strava.com/pros/kpush

Hansie Joubert won the 2020 Munga in fine fashion and here is the STRAVA entry for his winning ride: https://www.strava.com/activities/4433481686

This BIKEPACKING.com link includes a route map showing all the Munga race villages (RV) and water points (WP) along the way at https://bikepacking.com/event/the-munga-2020/

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