Pure Savage

Probably not unless you ride for a pro team or have 7866 followers on instagram

Sit in the group... 😏

Around the peninsula: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGXnrieOGc6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

We lurking - I think there is only so much one can discuss on cycling alone. Just looking at recent events pages and seeing the convo's its the same ones about seeding etc so once you beaten a horse a few times...

Some tops tips.. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGSEOX-Ihw8/

My analogy of the group getting full was wrong, as unless everyone is on a 0 seeding, its always possible to select the top 150. What may happen is you may end up with a 0 seeding if beating A buy 10 minutes, which may knock a $ into A.

I think a good way to update the seeding to make everyone happy is as follows. Do the same as before for everything, but then... There is an adjustment made depending on how much further you finish ahead of the median time of your group. Example: You get the seeding for the A bunch finish vibes, but you finished 75 seconds ahead of the median time which was where all the wheel suckers sat all day. You then get a adjustment to your time trimming off 25% etc.. This way you are rewarded for finishing ahead of the "bunch", you may have to do adjust it for the lower groups a little, but should help move people up to $. Only issue is, $ was not empty on the weekend, going to get crowded. Someone else do the math, if its decent I am sure the Seeding admin following this thread from afar will use if it works.

It doesnt really..

Would not have been an issue if she took a turn on the front...

Agree, but this thread would be very different if the wind was at 35-40km/h on Saturday morning, then you would have thought you hosted the hunger games. I dont think the distance is an issue, the extra 30km wont make a difference to the elites. I am just glad that Visserehoek and Odendal are but nightmares that wake me in the night. SS would only work if you get a lot of political will and the petrol price at R65 a litre.

I see she has been moved into %...

Wait wait, I shaved my legs. (Glad I left the skinsuit at home while dropping back to A)

Look at those plonkers

As they should...

Came back to BH to say a massive congrats to the organizers on a great event. Felt it was a lot better than the race course. It was also a little full circle moment as one of my first cycling race memories was the 99er that started and finished at the school., I remember in those days it felt like I was at a carnival at the finish. Back then I made it just in time to see the podium with Malcolm Lange on it. The school kids were just as enthusiastic this year as they were in 2009. https://www.strava.com/activities/19476436 This year did not go well as was sick midweek, but grateful to ride with mates and have some fun and make sure we all got home before 9:00. Even did some educational upliftment around pacelines for some people. Now we just need the Wingerd ride back with its egg rolls, the Medallion tour back with its muschroom and egg rolls, Die Burger one week after DC where you lie and say you still have DC legs and thats why you dropped, we could ask Geordin Hill Lewis if we can get the GP Koning roller coaster, or the Cape Cobra or the Bay City back.. Ok, enough old person rambling. Massive kudos again to the team behind this event and the school. We can keep Vissers out but that old route does look 🤩

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.