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<br />
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK<br />
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK<br />
THIS YEAR HAS TAUGHT CYCLISTS<br />
THAT WE SHOULD SAVOUR EACH<br />
AND EVERY RIDE. WE MET UP<br />
WITH THE KING OF THE KAROO<br />
JOHN SWANEPOEL TO FIND OUT<br />
WHY WE SHOULD ALL EXPERIENCE<br />
RIDING OFF THE BEATEN TRACK.<br />
WORDS BY JOHN SWANEPOEL<br />
IMAGES BY JOHN &<br />
FRANCES SWANEPOEL<br />
T<br />
hings have changed a lot<br />
since March 2020. We’ve all<br />
been affected in some way.<br />
It was all a bit of a shock, but<br />
it’s time to stand up, dust ourselves off<br />
and accept that worldwide pandemics<br />
are probably here to stay a while and<br />
we need to look at new, safer ways of<br />
satisfying our spirit of adventure.<br />
Clearly, if you venture into areas<br />
with a lower population you are at a far<br />
lesser risk of contracting some horrible<br />
disease, even better if it’s nice and dry<br />
so the lurgies can’t survive that <a title="Full Sus Volume 68 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d55e42f?page=1"> </a>
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<a title="Full Sus Volume 68 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d55e42f?page=19"> PRO CHAT Why is off-season so important to you a</a>
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<a title="Full Sus Volume 68 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d55e42f?page=30"> HOGSBACK ENDURO REPORT</a>
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<a title="Full Sus Volume 68 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d55e42f?page=35"> BIKE REVIEW</a>
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<a title="Full Sus Volume 68 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/9d55e42f?page=39"> TEST ZONE OAKLEY SUTRO – PRIZM TRAIL TORCH LENS </a>
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