Sometimes I go the long way round, from K-Bay to Noordhoek, Chapmans, Suikerbossie, Sea Point, Waterfront, Woodstock – 95km round trip. Sometimes I take a slightly shorter, more hilly route over Camps Bay Drive / Kloofnek – 88km round trip – but Kloof Nek is a killer on the way home.

Last year when I was really keen to get some hill training in, I used to ride up to the top of Signal Hill if I had time in the mornings, then down to the old office in Kloof Street.

When I’m training for the Argus, I generally do this 2 to 3 times a week, with a couple more rides / PPA races on the weekend.

Lately I’ve been a bit lazier and have been taking a straighter route, from K-Bay, down main road to Steenberg, Spaanschemat River Road, past the gym, up Wynberg Hill, then right on Trovato down that road that goes round the back of the hill, to Newlands Road, to the circle in Claremont, right, then left into Kildare, right onto Newlands Avenue, down Klipper, Main Road to Salt River, then right to Salt River Circle, left on to Albert Road – 68km round trip.

I’ve never had an accident in all this time, the only issue I really have is the lack of street lights in Constantia – makes things tricky in winter.