Travel advice to Cape Town ...with my mountain bike

Equipment
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Hi All

All this Epic business and watching Stage 6 in Jonkershoek made me book a flight (from New Jersey) to CT to ride up Irish and come down Armageddon and then go back up to ride down Firehut…rinse and repeat…in December.

I have a question for the locals…thanks in advance for your responses…renting an SUV that will hold an EVOC bag seems very expensive. Does anyone know if there is a car rental company that will offer a car with a RELIABLE rack? Alternatively, I would take a car with a tow bar and organize a tow bar mounted rack separately. It seems no car rental company offers a tow bar because they don’t want customers to be towing stuff. Would really appreciate ideas from anyone that has actual experience in getting around CT area with a MTB.

I should mention I bought a Pyga Mobu to support the local industry…this is the bike I will be bringing down. I love that thing!

Thanks!

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A bit out of left field, but you might consider something like a vacuum cup bike rack. They are small enough to pack and pretty reliable.

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I was hoping for something more secure…not only against wind gusts but also inventive pedestrians while I’m stopped at a red light…but I like your out-of-box thinking!

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Can you put it in the back of a hatch/estate?
Or Get a taxi from the airport? (That is what we did for Cape Epic).

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Want to be able to move around with the bike so taxi not ideal but good point re a hatch. Need to look into it!

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If you are driving where the inventive pedestrians are roaming, you are likely lost/in the wrong areas.

I would link up with one of the local MTB Clubs and hook up with some locals, who could ferry you around at worst.

https://www.tygerbergmtb.co.za/

Locals will always be helpful to welcome visitos to their trails.

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