Pure Savage

The costs are crazy - 5 day tours staying in proper accommodation with mates is less than R1k a day. But if you want a medal and puffer, go for it. People will pay. Nothing special about gravel stage racing, its normal gravel roads can do when you want.

I see Vera going to be bleak when she gets to the next stop

I run that has been converted. That bike is amazing.

What I have learned over these three years and DC's is that words and banter affect people very differently. Some people dont notice it, some thrive on it, some laugh it off and some it cripples. Just remember there is someone on the other side of that hub account/insta account.

Wait, so flogging it out over instagram stories and comments is not the best way to debrief... Dammit, messed that up. People love to watch a train wreck though, our first major increase in followers in years.... Tough point this year was someone asking me at the inter schools cycling where I bought my Savage supporters shirt, obviously thinking there was no way that I was a Savage 😕

Sho, sounds very Cape Town Southern Suburbs here, trying to make smaller Cliques...

Oh lekker, I was busy writing cheques my legs would not be able to cash.. I did appreciate you reminding me we had left 9 of us behind

There are no rules in a street fight.

Also, what type of magic is it, that you ride the last 6km, with only one person in sight nobody in front, nobody behind, grinding in on your ace. Yet you turn onto that final climb and its like Kalk bay Bootlegger on a Sunday morning, people all over the place. Some zig zagging, okes pushing, 2 okes dicing to the top, a group of 10 waiting patiently at the top for 13 minutes so they can cross the line with the 2 okes they didnt wait for but still get the Charles Milner medal, people zipping up the jersey like they Remco at the Olympics...

After 3 hospital visits this year, I lined up with a mate I did my first DC 12 years ago. Grateful to get to ride my favorite event of the year. Some really well measured efforts and a lot of helping hands stopped the clock at 5:36 and 5th overall. Those feed zones are feeling longer and more packed every year. The lads lost out on the Kings of the Atlantic Seaboard title by 20 seconds to Mother this year.

It wasnt that bad, it was 5.

I even got this mail...

These bikes are lekker, although could be more slammed

Amen

Just sitting around waiting for Saturday...