Modern Athlete Magazine Issue 76, November 2015 | Page 55

MTB Trails

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Family TRAIL time
Imagine this? A mountain bike trail situated within Johannesburg
within minutes of suburbs like Edenvale, Bedfordview and
Houghton. This has become a reality at Huddle Park.

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he first mountain bike wheels hit the trail at
Huddle Park late last year.

Families in particular enjoyed the relatively short,
nine-kilometre, single track trail as it was reasonably
easy to ride without too many “technical sections”.
And at R20 per rider, entrance to the trail was –
and probably still is – one of the cheapest trail
experiences in the country (apart from free trails like
Braamfonteinspruit). The bonus of this is, of course,
that the trail is on an established golf course with
secure parking, a restaurant, showers and change
rooms and even a shop.
The trail itself winds its way around the golf course’s
various fairways and green ˈ[