ChrisF

It is rumoured the blue light brigade comes out when you are 30 seconds late on the trails ....

Just between us two middle-aged-men-in-lycra .... go onto the CTCT site, click on "The Cape Town Cycle Tour" icon (right-bottom) .... now click on register ..... already up and taking registrations.

That sucks big time. Do you know if your partner can ride tomorrow, as he is being "brought back to the race village" now ?

Happened 2 or 3 years back. Rider effectively becomes a "media bike", in that they may ride, but may not compete ....

As good a place as any to remind the help-my-trap clan .... 1. Read the rules .... at least 3.10 if you dont like reading 2. READ the extracted rule on the entry portal when you select an ebike ... jip, 3.10 3. By the time you read THIS, you have already paid and need to plan your race, sorry fun ride, accordingly ... OOOOOoooooo c r @ p ..... NO, do NOT complete it in 3:10 .... that is the RULE number ....

Mid night tonight the fun starts .... 😛 Thank you @BMCfan entered 👍

Sort of in the same boat .... Started with Polar. Been with Garmin for nearly a decade, bike computers and watch .... completely buying into the ecosystem. I love VivoActive 4 watch. But as I am doing more and more park walks, aqua, gm etc the battery life is becoming an issue. Seldom get two full days, including the various activities. If I do a cycling weekend, thus using the Edge and not the watch, the watch battery life seems fine. Seems more of a GPS battery time thing than an issue with the watch. Currently looking at Garmin watches that provide more battery time, including GPS activities. The price jump to the "big battery" models are "not nice". Now considering alternative brands .... and then get back to the reality that staying in the Garmin ecosystem has significant advantages to keep all stats together ..... Hold on, let me put the watch on the charger while I type ....

Mine is not ready yet. I had a look.

109km Amish ... some pics loaded 109km e-bike ... some pics loaded 109km tandem .... not finding any .... Seems they have a LOT of searching still to do .... also looking for the Potch teams tandem pics ....

Go to Finish Time results, find your friends results ... click on the camera icon next to the flag. Seems they are still sorting, but at least this is happy start for your friend

Would love to see Speed Company shake the tree a bit with their flat out approach ....

Ride report please BEST wishes for your ride.

Just order your @Titan Racing Bikes 👍

Dont let @NotSoBigBen see this .... 😛 Few years back he made it CLEAR to me that my HT with gravel tyres does not a gravel bike make. I still have the HT with 50mm gravel tyres, love it ! But with a real drop bar gravel bike added to the growing family, I now understand why @NotSoBigBen feels strongly on this. A "real gravelbike" is vastly different to a HT with gravel tyres. All that said, I enjoy my gravel bike on our bad tar roads .... For corrugations, give me some suspension up front ....

I was just too happy to pick up his "granny gear" setup his bike came with originally. Also did not ask what he put on. With the speeds you two were doing at 36one-half it certainly has enough top-end for the average rider 👍

@BuffsVintageBikes do you know which crankset Mark fitted to his gravel bike, to gain top speed ?

Just read a bit before "flipping the chip" ... as the rear tyre moves BACK, the brake spacer is also flipped to move the caliper back to match. I still want to try this.

Their entry level gravel bikes are 2x. According to sales staff at 3 of our bigger bikeshops they dont do 2x in the higher spec bikes. Sure would be interesting if @Titan Racing Bikes confirms it can be done ....

You can also add the following to your list of key deciders : 1x or 2x ? I wanted top speed, but I NEED a granny gear, thus a 2x was a decider for me. Most of the nicer new gravel bikes only come in 1x, so may quickly shorten your list. Intgrated cables, i.e. through the headset, seems to be the flavour of the month. Nice little tax come service time. Very limited options now with cables passing outside the headset, then into the frame. Giant Revolt ticked the boxes for me, in their alu version. I do believe they have a carbon version, not sure of stock levels. Merida seems to have stock in gravel bikes, both in alu and carbon versions. Not sure of their sram vs shimano offerings. Certainly integrated cables. TitanRacing only has 1x options in their nicer bikes, same as various other brands.

This one of the nicer sections .... along these service roads

Today certainly is a notch up from Sunday !

Well done. Best wishes for your week ahead.

Watching them blast through that gate at the top of the vineyard of Missing link Camera does not do justice to the limited space either side of the bars ... Couple of spots where I recall us struggling with some sections, and these ladies and gents make it look so easy 👍 Really grateful for the coverage.

Are you talking of "rear door bike racks" ? https://thulestore.co.za/bike-racks-carriers/bike-racks/rear-door-bike-racks Best check with the manufacturer of the bike rack, noting which car you have. Thule does for MOST cars, but in some instances they exclude vehicles with high level spoilers or similar that can get damaged, or which influence how the rack fits. If you go down this road, read up a bit on Bike Hub about how to protect your paintwork, as the straps and rack can move slightly and scratch your vehicle. Easy enough to protect your car. This certainly is the most common rack in bike parks.

I agree with you 100%, both on the up and down sections. Yet, one has to wonder .... surely there are going to be many more such steep sections in the next week. Only a select few can power a 40 ring up there, at what point do the walkers need to re-think their gearing for this event ? At least it is easy to adjust gearing .... late in the day if you cant manage the Dorstberg single track ....