Got to take the new Giant Bicycles South Africa #XTC Advanced on its first proper off-trail mission in the stunning Roggeveld surrounds from #Rooikloof Guest Farm, near Sutherland. Very lekker to have Zane Schmahl from #EcoboundMTB with me on his #VIPA, as part of a potential scout around the #Karoo leg of the multi-day

‘Roggeveld’ is one of those quintessential Afrikaans words, with Rs and Gs rumbling around the back of your throat like ominous thunder clattering amidst Karoo outcrops. And frankly, the landscape around this part of the Northern Cape is a bit like this, too. In a nut shell, the Roggeveld region