ChrisH

I think it's a cool concept and a great way to harness mobile social media and the power of many people to bring instant news to people who like instant gratification. Of course the picture quality won't be up there with what you can expect from a Canon 5Dmk2 and an L series lens, and that is why guys like Greg Beadle are contracted as the official race photographers. Why do a lot of Hubbers always have to be so negative. This is an offer (and a damn good one) for 4 people to get a free Epic experience, soak up the vibe and have a party while adding to the overall 'gees' of the event. If I could get a week off I would jump at this opportunity even though I can't use my fancy and very expensive gear to take the pics. Hell I'd even buy the Iphone just to hone my skills on a down market camera. Does no one else think the challenge is worth the effort? Well done Tim Price and whoever is behind this for coming up with the initiative.

Mintsause is correct about why I'm not able to post the pics publicly, but if you PM me your race number I'll send you a copy buckshee.

Photos of the SA XC Champs in Stellenbosch are up. www.photobay.co.za

We are running a special at www.photobay.co.za. All your 24 hour race pics for only R55.00. Not each, R55:00 for all of them. If you did 36 laps we have lots of them. If you sat and drank beer for 20 hours, then not so many. We sent out 17 photos to one guy this afternoon. All images are 2048 pixels on their longest edge and are between 1.5 and 2.1 MB so they are good quality images. Please note that the offer is for individual riders. You can't order for your 4 man team. We will notice. Images in this post have been degraded to meet the max file size limit of 100k per image.

Here are some photos of the event. Saturday Practice Sunday Race

Agreed. Claire has tons of athletes who live and train for Ironman and that live in Fishhoek.

Hey Chris. I forgave you enough to place an online order again.

Morne you get nothing because you should have harassed me on Facebook like you normally do before a ride. So it's your fault.

This would explain why I was the only one there last night. I thought there was a secret messaging group that I wasn't part of 90 minutes in traffic to find an empty parking lot left me an unhappy bunny. Chris can you not send out a message via your Facebook page rather than using the Hub, I'm seldom on here but Facebook pushes the message to my mail account so I can't miss it then.

Look on their website and you will see the Stillwater sports link. Thats why it is so expensive. Same guys who organise X-Terra and Totalsports challengeChrisH2010-06-14 01:01:02

I ride to get outside into the scenery and to get those views.

No problem, PM me your e-mail address and I'll mail it to you. Camera is just a stock Canon EOS350 with 50 mm lens. Wednesday I'll play zoom zoom. Software is Photoshop CS4 for levels, curves and sharpening) and Photomatix for HDR compiling and tone mapping.ChrisH2010-06-13 14:40:16

And last but not least the pastel huts next to the dam. Does anyone know why these were built.

I was on the trail at 7:30 so as to get the best light. It was plenty cold though.

Hang on a minute. You filled in the online order form and clicked enter, yet at no stage did you think, 'hang on I need to give my delivery address or the courier wont know where I am' Epic Fail.

I agree 100%. Dealing with CWC is a pleasure. The only problem is that in 8 weeks I have placed 4 orders. At this rate I'm going to run out of money before they run out of stock.ChrisH2010-06-03 12:32:49

Free bike service? That's what comes from arriving at the last minute, you miss the giveaways.

My brain said B group but my ego said A. My legs then said howzit at the top of the climb to Spes Bona. The problem is that the A group starts after the B group so there is nowhere to fall back to, you just have to keep going, which is great motivation. Last weeks ride was 14 minutes faster than the previous week,averaging 27kph. It's a great workout.

Bitch!

? I'm amazed at the level of anger & malevolence a different point of view gets met with. I think it reflects pretty badly to be honest. ? ? ? I've reported you for being a complete and utter useless idiot unfit to provide intelligent content to this site. Be gone. The irony in that last post has me crying with laughter.