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...this photo journal on the Tour of Ara.  Older steel bikes seem to be @Page Turner's thing :D

Named after the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Ara, the Tour of Ara was a race ridden on pre-1999 South African-built steel racing bicycles in the proud tradition of the early Italian multi-day stage races. Held between 2014 and 2018, the six-day Tour followed a tough dirt-road route through the beautiful but harsh semi-desert of South Africa’s Karoo region. It was as much a race as it was an exploration and celebration of this unique and sparsely populated landscape and the people that live there.

Each year 40 racers experienced life-changing situations, met locals, and faced some serious race challenges — soft sand, corrugated roads, loose stones, tyre-shredding rocks, rain and mud. Broken frames and forks were not uncommon, and each race brought at least a few serious injuries. The race routes predominantly followed dirt roads, and distances varied from approximately 100 kilometres to 180 kilometres per day. The longest stage was a gruelling 213 kilometres.

 

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3 minutes ago, Page Turner said:

...in ancient times, we had a thing we called "fenders".  They were particularly handy when racing on dirt roads in the rain.  It's too bad most of those guys were too young to remember "fenders". :(

Yeah, this young guy was laughing at the start, but crying at the finish!

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