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  1. The Ouzo
    A rather breezy day on the highveld. head wind going out, tail wind helping us climb home.
  2. The Ouzo
    awesome post thanks for sharing
  3. The Ouzo
    how do you deal with the size difference between an adult and a 10 year old in terms of bike fit ?
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    thats not a bike, thats a piece of art. Bloody hell thats nice.
  5. The Ouzo
    But allowing any kind of route does take a bit away from those doing the proper route. They should have put a little more criteria in place (although I'm not sure what they could have put in place to make it more comparable), or, they should have a separate Finishers roster to differentiate those doing the actual route to those doing other routes. Its good though that they are looking at other ways to keep the event alive and try and include those that cant make it on the actual day. For those that think the R500 cost to not do the real ride is a problem, just go a ride 108km without entering then. Just dont expect a medal and a noddy badge.
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    RideLondon, which has featured a Women’s UCI WorldTour race, mass participation rides over 100 miles, 60 miles and 30 miles and FreeCycle, will not take place in 2025 as the organisers work on a new concept for the world’s greatest festival of cycling. Full refunds will be given to everyone who has entered the 2025 RideLondon-Essex 100 mile event (entries for the 60 and 30-mile events have not opened).
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    fair enough with the riding with caution, but there are one or 2 corners at SBR that can easily catch you out, and in a race situation where you are trying to gain time on the downhill it can get very sketchy. Some warnings on those sections should probably be put up. Its one of the reasons I wont ride SBR alone, heard to many stories of guys over cooking it on some of the bends and landing up over the barriers. With flaky cell reception in the reserve and even if you do get hold of someone it will take forever for them to get there, I'd rather ride with someone else
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    That would be cool if they brought it back, would give more of a reason to go down with the kiddos. My youngest would be super keen.
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    we used to clean and lube the bikes with minor tune ups the friday before, also carried tool boxes with spares and tools (I still carry a basics tool box when we drive down). The first couple of years it was a massive accomplishment just finishing the race, forget about great times. Anyone doing under 4 hours was a racing snake.
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    lol, I remember the paper entries, in todays world that seems absurd, but it was not really an issue back then. Even Action Photo posting you your photos, keep and pay for the ones you wanted and send the rest back.
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    yep I hope the new headline sponsors and maybe this prelude thing can keep the race going for years to come. It has become a yearly ritual for me to do it, and I'd like to keep doing it for many many more years.
  12. The Ouzo
    this is joburg, it was almost never an Afghan.
  13. The Ouzo
    yeah , about that. What was up with the "dry" fish hoek. We stayed there every year for many years, could not get a proper answer about why it was a "dry" town
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    tragic, some of the down hill sections in SBR can be sketchy, I imagine coming down some of them with a tight bend and then finding an ambulance in your way all of a sudden can be rather dangerous.
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    the worst was driving down the highway, you see the long flowing mane of blond hair and think there is a hotty in the car infront of you, then you get along side and see the stuble and adams apple.
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    I think 2017 was the cancelled year
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    I could have sworn that when 947 first issued the new board that it was FinishTime. Actually I still have the app on my phone that I downloaded when they issued the boards. I've never really used the app as it appears to be useless, but I recall when we first got the boards that 947 was listed as a race on it.
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    but both CTCT and 947 currently use the same timing supplier, so the same chip Should work for both. If our race packs are not collected by someone in our team, I'll take both chips with to the expo and visit the timing stand to check with them.
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    silly really. I'm going to have to mark this one and the one from CTCT so that I dont get them mixed up.
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    I plan to be doing them for as long as I'm physically and financially able to. But its good to put some goals in place, so 21 B4 50 is a great goal. We even had shirts made last year.
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    After our 2nd one we put a goal in place to do 10 in a row, I think we got to 12 before we skipped any. Its a great achievement if you think about it, committing 10 years to doing something. We then set our sites on Club 21. Life and economics happened, so its taken longer to get to, but we put the goal of achieving it before we reach 50 years old. I turn 50 next year, so I HAVE to finish next year ride.
  22. The Ouzo
    Good question ? Would love to know.
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    Got the email last week to say entries open today. Somewhere in the back of my empty head I seem to recall entering very soon after this years race. It took me a bit of searching, but eventually found the email confirming entry for 2025. Club 21 for me next year. Now just to plan the CIT heist so that I can fund the trip.
  24. The Ouzo
    Heidelberg, Nigel, Springs, Benoni. some good paceline training into the headwind on the way back.
  25. The Ouzo
    Smacks of desperation to get more entries.
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