Cycling South Africa: The adventure starts HERE! 

The smile has not left your face; you look like you're having the time of your life in South Africa, and I'm glad of it! Very happy for your Leonardo! I love to see people having great fun!

What a cool place! Thank you for sharing.

Hello Leonard, Looks like a nice place to train, as you said a pleasant break to the cold and damp of Hampshire... Take care. Paul,,

Very nice video. I wish I could be your wing man down there. But do you gonna ride Mallorca 321 in april?

Being in a organised group with a safety vehicle is the way to go, or to ride with locals who know the area. Such a beautiful country but it’s not like going out for a casual spin as in the UK!

Thanks for coming to visit our little neck of the woods and giving it this coverage. I live in Somerset West, not far from Stellenbosch. My son is at uni there in Stellies. So glad you had a great time. People aren't necessarily wrong about the bad stories, but you also just have to know where to go and/or where not to go, and no doubt your tour guide knew their business well. That said the Western Cape is probably one of the safest parts of South Africa, generally speaking.

Looks like you are loving ride your bike in South Africa, thank you for sharing.

nice video Leonard - you couldn't hide the smile on your face saying it was raining and cold back home! nice little ride to kick off the SA experience - coffee stop looked a bit different to the old forge :)

I watched your Cycle Tour video... Hope you're coming back for more rides in this amazing land.

Mr Lee, that was not nice. You don't have to be comparing weathers. Just enjoy your ride and leave us (in the UK) alone. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love how you guys are using the road though. I see lots of care being exercised.

At any one given time being in the southern hemisphere, did you feel like you were going to fall off the earth?

Beautiful country,but very dangerous and violent.Please stay safe,this is not Europe and European norms do not apply. I lived there for over 20years.Be careful.

This was a rare video from South-Africa; all positive! You didn't get mugged, robbed or shot! All was just fine and dandy with smiles! 😊Usually news are totally opposite. Even one of my friends who visited Cape Town got robbed knife point and slashed on his first day! So perhaps there is some good also.. cycling on rural area usually is! 🤩

Bram: no gloves, no glasses? WTF??

Fantastic to see Leonard. Really enjoying this (& your past videos). My wife's Cape Tonian and I was there cycling over Xmas/New Years around Franschoek & CT. So glad you enjoyed it. Beautiful place & people eh!

Leonard hope you are enjoying the great Stellenbosch wine, can you tell us about your bike, what you took & set up and how it was transporting it from the UK? Thanks

Cape Town is nice. I was there for three weeks 17 years ago. My Hometown Aachen has a partnership with Cape-Town that is based on partnerships between environmental groups in both towns. I was part of a delegation. We visited table mountain and the cape but most of the visit was going into the townships where we had our partners. BEN Bicycling Empowerment Network is for example an organization that takes new and collected old bikes from Europe and teaches people to repair, sell and maintain them locally in the townships. We also made a large bike tour together with the second major of cape town (and a lot of police) into the township of Manenberg. Cape Town is a beautiful place with a lot of potential but it will take a pretty long time to get over all the problems that are still there from the racism, apartheid and hundreds of years of colonialism.

Hi Leonard I have a Arkose 4 pinnacle gravel bike which I bought a few years ago , after seeing your video on yours . I want to buy a Kickr core do you know if the pinnacle fits this smart trainer ?

Great video, really enjoyed the scenes of South Africa. What a great group, traffic seemed heavy by glad you had a good shoulder. Really enjoyed this vidoe!

You should try to enjoy yourself more! Looks like a great trip.

Great stuff! Loving this adventure culminating with your CTCT. Did you take your bike with you from home, or is it possible/easy to rent a decent bike whilst you're there? Cheers!

Nice video leonard..I'd be interested and hopefully you too, perhaps interviewing other cyclists if possible about their history with cycling, why and how it helps them etc..enjoy your trip

Another nice video, keep up good work Leonard 👍👍👍

Looked amazing and a great bunch of people ❤

Stellenbosch … Quite a diverse flora. Were the motorists accommodating to cyclists?

i think i want to be a cyclist

Another place to add to the bucket list. Great video. Take Care and Safe Rides

I must have learned at some point that they rode on the left in SA. Funny how you felt you had to ride on the right just because you were abroad.

I call them a down hill up hill 😂

It's so darn bright there!

Looking good, Leonard