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At Trail's End Bike Hotel, we are fortunate to host incredible guests from around the globe.
13 May 2023: The Real Steel Bicycle Race
Wanting to see how fast your Real Steel Steed can go?
This is the event for you! Racing 3 segments between the Franschhoek Motor Museum and the Trail's End Bicycle Museum at Trail's End Bike Hotel in Elgin. The catch? You have to race a pre-1999 steel road bike with traditional pedals and toe clips (no cleat pedals); downtube shifters; and drop handlebars. Are you ready to race for the KOM/QOM??
The race will start at the Franschhoek Motor Museum, the group will roll together socially to the base of the Franschhoek Pass where the first timed segment will be to the Summit of the Franschhoek Pass. At the summit, there will be snacks and drinks, maybe even some Champagne!
The group will roll down the other side of the pass to the next segment, a flat and fast segment to the bridge over the Theewaterskloof Dam, there will be another snack stop before rolling to the bottom of the last segment, the Viljoen's Pass KOM/QOM.
After a beer stop at the top of Viljoen's Pass, the group will roll together to Trail's End and the finisher's party and prize giving!
The entry fee includes the water points and the post-race braai and all profits will go to supporting the running of the Trail's End Bicycle Museum, the first bicycle museum in Africa.
Great prizes are up for grabs for each segment and fun prizes for great outfits and crazy bikes!
Stay over at Trail's End and get your family and friends to join too to make a weekend of it.
If you're worried that you don't have a Real Steel bike to compete on, there is a special tab on BikeHub that you can browse, or head over to the legends at Woodstock Cycle Works, or hit us up and we can try to organise one for you.
