1.3 miles
Distance
36 ft
Climb
-176 ft
Descent
00:13:56
Avg time

Top Gear Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • E-Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Giba Gorge MTB Park
    Durban
  • Difficulty Rating
    Blue rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    XC
  • Direction
    Downhill Primary
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  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • eBike Allowed
    Yes up to Class 1
  • Global Ranking
    #84916 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • #38202 in E-Biking
    • #81144 in Trail Running
  • Local Popularity
    35 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in E-Biking
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

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Top Gear is a 2 km less popular blue singletrack trail located near Durban. This mountain bike primary trail can be used downhill primary. On average it takes 13 minutes to complete this trail.

Bike Park

More Stats for Top Gear mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -137 ft
  • Altitude min
    1,213 ft
  • Altitude max
    1,363 ft
  • Altitude start
    1,354 ft
  • Altitude end
    1,217 ft
  • Grade
    -2%
  • Grade max
    -10.1%
  • Grade min
    6.7%
  • Distance climb
    1,332 ft
  • Distance down
    4,078 ft
  • Distance flat
    1,299 ft
  • Avg time
    00:13:56
  • Avg reverse time
    00:17:22
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on Apr 26, 2021
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      Top Gear Trail Reports

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      Apr 26, 2021 @ 11:55pm
      Apr 26, 2021
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      Sep 18, 2020 @ 12:48am
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      Sep 16, 2020 @ 8:43pm
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      Jun 13, 2020 @ 2:59am
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      6 Months
      • 7 rides
      • 12 miles avg distance
      All
      • 440 rides
      • Last: Aug 24, 2024

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      GIBA GREEN ROUTE7 miles

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