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Maybe its because its a different distance each year and it will cost too much to change the signage every year.

Yip, its still August in the Freestate.

done

Marathon B-Batch. Man I have feeling its going to be a tough day on the bike.

Marathon B-Batch. Man I have feeling its going to be a tough day on the bike.

Wow. That was quick.

Entry done.Nice and quick!

Awesome, Thanks.

I need to do some serious hill training tomorrow. What is the total ascent on a lap? I live pretty far so just need to way up my options.

Awesome. Sounds Good. Can't wait!!

Real pity they changed the route. I live in the area and know it pretty well and from what I read on the revised route announcement it will be removed from the real MTB race list. The piece of Kings that has always been in the race and this new piece that is added is not the part of Kings that has made Kings one of toughest places to ride. And with the race only being 40km, can't see that its going to be a race worth doing if you want a real challenge.

Also doing the 12 week program from Fittrack. Using it more to just have a guideline. Have Van Gaalens, 3 Towers and Cratercruise coming up. Will probably only take the road bike about a week before the time to see if everything still works.

I also felt that way when I took up cycling again a couple of years ago. To be honest I didnt think I would manage to ever get close, but its actually mind blowing what the body is capable of when you start putting the time an effort into working towards a goal. Managed to go sub 3 last year at my 3rd attempt. Will be my 4th 94.7 this year. I think its a great race. I will ride it every year I can.

How durable are these Keithc. The design on the Spez cages are very similar, but like I said, I have broken 2 of them in the past 10 months.

I use the Specialized bottle cages at the moment. Never lost a bottle with them, but they only last about 3 months. I am also searching for a more durable option at the moment.

Yip, not often that one is actually happy to be cycling in Gauteng vs the beautiful Cape. I find all this just outright disrespectful. Sad state of affairs!

That would be awesome!

Crossmark is much stronger and lasts better than the Icon. Icon's puncture much easier. But Crossmarks are slightly heavier.

No There wasnt a train. Dont know the whole story, but I do know the train wasnt running that day.

Specialized does some awesome kiddies bikes.

Thanks lapa. Thats what I was hoping for.

I am pretty happy with my skills level going down at the moment. Going up is more of a concern as I had a bad winter training wise. So my issue is that if the climbing is Breedts Neck type of terrain, I will be ok. If its more like Magalies Monster with lots of loose single track stuff that just drains the energy, I have even more work to do than I am hoping to do in the time left to train.

So this will be my first 3 Towers. I know we are in for alot of climbing, that doesnt bother me too much. I have a question about the climbing though, is it mostly "easy" climbing or is it fairly technical climbing? I know they say if you need to ask how technical it is you are not a true mountain biker but I am so far behind on my training at the moment that I really want to focus the time I have left on preparing well for the type of terain instead of just doing lots of miles.

I promised myself that I will train through winter this year. Last year was extremely though coming back after winter. But man I am finding it though to stay motivated to train at the moment.

Agreed. Same concept as golf shirts.