2021 RASA | RTR | RTP Race report #23 | Mike Roy
Final wrap-up. The 2021 Freedom Challenge season is finished (although there is talk of a 2021 Spring Ride to Rhodes). This serves as the...
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Chris Fisher
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
2021 RTP Results
Anthony Avidion 2d 18h27 Stefan Nel 4d 12h07 Josh Hayman 4d 12h24 Sally Hayman 4d 12h24 Peter Roux DNF Jerome O'Regan DNF...
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Chris Fisher
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
2021 RTR Results
Ingrid Avidon 3d 10h06 Phillip Fullaway 4d 09h52 Justin Dowdle 4d 11h44 Bruce Mckinlay 4d 11h44 Mark Cowley 4d 13h35 Johann...
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Chris Fisher
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
2021 RASA Results
Fjord Jordaan 13d 13h26 Axel Poser 14d 06h27 Gavin Horton 14d 09h25 Kemsley Wood 16d 09h45 Derrick Bingham 16d 12h42 Kevin...
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Mike Roy
- Jul 18, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race report #22 | Mike Roy
Ride to Agadir (Prince Albert) | 18 July | 20h30 The race has moved way down the trail and is fast coming to a close. In two or three...
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Fiona Coward
- Jul 18, 2021
- 2 min
The day the Buffalo Herders needed some herding | Fiona Coward
Buffalo Herder John the Geologist in a race against time to herd the 13:00 bus from Cambria Buffalo Herding is just one branch of a...
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Fiona Coward
- Jul 18, 2021
- 1 min
Observations of a rookie Buffalo Herder | Part 3 | Fiona Coward
RASA Riders are inherently interesting. Everyone has a story. As a herder, it's like being in an elevator. The doors open, a rider steps...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 17, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #21 | Leon Erasmus
• Snot & Trane • Elation • Achievement Pretty soon I will put down my two fingers (I use to type) and move back to my neglected day job....
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #20 | Mike Woolnough
It’s just a blanket | Friday 16th July 19h00 Richard Cole and Greg Perrett have just arrived in Diemersfontein. Each of them will just...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 16, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA | RTP Race Report #19 | Leon Erasmus
Thursday 2300 • Rock – Paper – Scissors • Cross provincial travel • Time Warp For the past day or so I was outside proper contact with...
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Gill Graaf
- Jul 16, 2021
- 5 min
Becoming a dot | Illusions shattered | Gill Graaf
Ladies size bikes are not made for bike packing. John is 6’3; he can fit his whole wardrobe and a bike workshop under his saddle. I am...
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Fiona Coward
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
Observations of a rookie Buffalo Herder | Part 2 | Fiona Coward
Buffalo Herding is a vortex. It sweeps us up into a maelstrom of memories, sights, sounds and smells to the point where we occupy a...
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Gill Graaf
- Jul 15, 2021
- 5 min
Becoming a dot | Part One | Gill Graaf
I started this journey a bit late in life. I was never very sporty at school and my twenties were caught up with other life dramas. One...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #18 | Mike Woolnough
Wed 14th 20h30 Today the weather has been a lot kinder on the riders. It’s still bitterly cold but the tormenting headwind and icy rain...
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Steven Burnett
- Jul 13, 2021
- 4 min
2021 RASA Race Report #17 | Steven Burnett
13 July 19h00 The beast we know today as the Freedom Challenge wasn’t initially called that. Its origins go back to founder David...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 12, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #16 | Leon Erasmus
12 July 18h00 • Doctors • Posers • Lovers • Fighters With the number of doctors riding this year’s Freedom, it’s no wonder we need Cuban...
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Mike Woolnough
- Jul 11, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA Race Report #15 | Mike Woolnough
Sunday 11th 18h00 Kemsley Wood crossed the finishing line today a little before 15h40 to be the first rider home RASA 2021. Still covered...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
2021 RASA Race Report #14 | Leon Erasmus
The three nipples: • Lehanas • Osseberg • Stettynskloof We had quite a few first-time riders in this year’s rendition of the Freedom...
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Leon Erasmus
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
2021 RASA Race Report #13 | Leon Erasmus
Friday 9 July | 23h00 Sitting in Osseberg with tears running done his face it dawned on him that he was not going to make the 1300 gate....
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Mike Roy
- Jul 9, 2021
- 6 min
Straws upon a camel’s back | Buffalo vignettes | Mike Roy
Gill Graaf (Freedom Circuit 400km 2021) is the most recent addition to the ever expanding clutch of Freedom Writers. Gill and her husband...
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