Inogona kuchovha bhasikoro here kuchinjirwa kuE-kuchovha parwendo kuCape Town?

I bvuma - ndiri bhasikoro snob. Chokwadi-chemamiriro ekunze mufaro, idya dope rangu. Ndakafambisa bhasikoro solo yepasirese pasirese, ndiine tende chete uye bhegi rekurara, ndakakwevera panniers uye tirera pamusoro peRockies, Alps uye muArctic tundra yese. Pamazuva anotyisa echando-kutasva, ini ndinowana mesochistic mafaro kubva mhuru dzangu uye quadriceps kupwanya ne lactic acid.

Ipo ini ndisina kusvika kuMamil (murume wepakati-makore muLycra) akamira zvakapusa asi - iwe hausi kuzondiona ndichienzanisa pa £ 10,000 kabhoni-fiber muviri pane seti yekumabvazuva kweLondon saiti vashanyi mwenje - kuchovha, kwandiri, inofanirwa kuratidza kushungurudzika kunorwadza, kwemaawa akati wandei mashoma e. Saka funga nezvekuvhunduka kwangu kwekushamisika pakutanga kweiyo 20-mamaira e-bhasikoro kushanya kunze kweKapa, ​​pandakangopihwa dhiza-dhiza dhizaini ine hombe, squidgy chigaro, mabharanzi mapamhi anotamba akavhurika mabhureki emota uye throttle yakasungirirwa zvakaenzana nebhatiri rinorema.

"Tanga uine giya rekutanga uyezve uchave nerwendo runonakidza, rwakareruka," rwakadaro ruzivo rwangu, Sele, apo ini ndairova sunscreen pachigamba chimwe nechimwe chenyama isina kufukurwa, pakutanga kwekusungira ngowani. "Tumira mugiya rechishanu," akaenderera mberi, achinyemwerera kunyemwerera. "Uyezve uchabhururuka!"

Iyo e-bhasikoro craze yakakwira nekukurumidza kubva kune vashoma chete eccentric vanozvipira gumi kana zvakadaro munguva yakapfuura, kune iyo £ 15 bhiriyoni yepasi rose bhizinesi. Mukati meUK, mabhasikoro emagetsi makumi matanhatu emakumi matanhatu anotengwa gore rega rega, zvisinei mukati meNetherlands-inotyaira bhasikoro, huwandu uhwo hunomira kupfuura mazana mana ezviuru - zvichimiririra makumi matanhatu neshanu muzana ezvese zvitsva zvekutengesa bhasikoro. Nepo ini kare kare ndakaramba muyedzo wekufamba uchifunga seimwe yeaya "ekunyepedzera mabhasikoro" kumwe kunhu, ndinofanira kureurura, hunyanzvi hwaive ipapo hwainakidza, kunyangwe hazvo huremu hwekumanikidza.

Sezvo boka rangu-rakasimba sere rakaburitsa kunze kweguta remahombekombe egungwa reKommetjie, iyo cheesy asphalt yakabikwa mukati mekobvu, inotonhora inodziya. Eddying yekumaodzanyemba kweAtlantic yakanga ichipenya saka ine simba inokuvadza maziso angu kuti nditarise yakatwasuka - kunyangwe nemashizha ezuva. Kana paine chimwe chinhu, chainzwa senge ndaimbochinja nekukurumidza, zvisinei, chakapihwa nemagiya imwe kuenda ku5, zvaiyedza zvakanyanya kufamba zvizere. Uyezve, muviri wangu nepfungwa zvaive zvichinetsa kubata. Ini ndaiwanzova pabhasikoro, ndichifamba pa 15-20mph mukudzvinyirira kudziya kweSouth Africa, zvisinei nekubuditsa globule rimwe redikita.

Nharaunda dzinotyisa pane e-kuchovha rwendo

Kune ekutanga mamaira gumi, makuru makuru emumigwagwa zviratidzo zvainge zvayambira nezve "zvinokuvadza WILD mhuka" - uye ini ndaizozvibvisa senge hyperbole. Zvisinei mushure mekunge tasvika pamasuwo eCape Level Nationwide Park, takange tatarisana nemamwe ma primates kupfuura Homo sapiens. Boka re bolshie chacma mbongoro dzaive dzichipamba dzakabatikana pakati pemabhini neruzhinji rwevanhu loos. "Iwe unokwanisa here kuvhara hwindo re cubicle?" akasheedzera paki inobvumidza mutengesi, kubva kuchengetedzeka kwekiyoski yake. Zvisinei pakanga pasina nzira iyo ini, kana chero mumwe munhu muboka rangu, akashinga zvakakwana kuitora.

Iwo maviri gumi nemaviri kana zvakadaro mama uye vacheche vanga vari vasingarambike vakanaka, zvisinei iyo alpha yechirume inofanirwa kunge yairema makumi masere anotyisa kilos uye yaive neineine enamel kunge echando inotora. "Makore akati apfuura munguva yakapfuura ndaida kurova bhonzo raive roda kundirova," akadaro Sele. "Zvisinei chero bedzi usiri kuchovha nebhanana riri muruoko rwako, unofanirwa kuchengetedzeka."

Isu takange tisiri mukati mehasha dzekurwa - uye nerombo rakanaka mabhasikoro edu aive nefirita-inofambisa flip yetempo. Nekudaro iro zuva raipisa kupisa kupfuura pakutanga uye ini ndaive neT-shati yemutsipa yehuswa yakanga isina kubikwa kune yekubata. Ini ndaimbopererwa kuti ndisvike patambo yekupedzisira paCape of Good Hope. Nekudaro sekutsiva yekukunda yekupedzisira hurray - BANG! - vhiri rangu zvakare rakashandurwa rakapfava uye risina hupenyu mune inoshamisa kukurumidza.

Bhatiri rangu raive rakabhejera zvakadaro, zvakadaro yaive tech yapfuura iyo yanga yandidzikisira. Ini ndakamhina mamaira ekupedzisira netsoka zvakaringana kupfuura mavhiri maviri, ndichinzwa zvakanyanya Eddie iro Gondo kupfuura Chris Froome.