JohanDiv

It came down in buckets here in Wellington yesterday! WhatsApp Video 2021-12-05 at 18.34.47.mp4 WhatsApp Video 2021-12-05 at 18.34.47 (1).mp4 WhatsApp Video 2021-12-05 at 20.02.10.mp4

That last few kilometres on the Doolhof road is the worst corrugated pieve of road in the Boland! Even when you are fresh you can't go very quick on it.. And after yesterday's rain and the historical stormwater drainage issues that road has it will be a corrugated mud bath to navigate today.. plus a very slight headwind here this morning

Two of our Paarl/Wellington local guys, Hanno Smit and Franso Steyn, sitting in 6th and 7th.. both about to finish within the next few minutes. Great rides from both of them! My neighbor, Johan Fourie, had a bit of a detour before Sutherland, now on his way to the Tankwa Padstal..

Well done Benky!!

Where can I find a map of the stages? I'm only seeing profiles for each stage on their website..

https://www.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/videos/2252846464868732/

The rules say you should rejoin where you leave the track, otherwise you can get DQ'd.. I might be wrong, but I think this is one of the rules that is subject to the Race Directors final decision.. He'll probably look at the incident and see if you gained a lasting advantage or are actually competing for a podium or Top 10 place and be a bit more lenient if not.

Aaiiii Johan van der Walt missed the turn off after Britstown and it doesn't look like he has realized it yet! 5km off course and counting...

Just saw the ots in front.. I was just about to ask why that three guys got a head start..thanks!

I think Tuxstir already removed it..

Have you considered upgrading the SSD in your NUC? Relatively cheap upgrade that increases performance quite a bit!

Haha, he is closing in on 1000 hours on the bike for the year, that's how..

Any idea or rumors yet of what the 2022 route will look like? I just accepted an entry from a client/friend.. guess I'll have to start training now!

Leaders just met a big troop of baboons head on in the single tracks! Barely slowed them down though..

I'm just glad Bart is riding and not commentating

Looks like WP1 is at the Imbuko packhouse.. quite easily accessible. Other point I was thinking of going: park at the top of Du Toitskloof and walk the little dirt road down. That is where they will summit Hawaqua before descending down towards Scouts Trail.

Haha saw @babse and Etnard(popping the wheelie) go over the line few minutes back..

It helps if you have a few good mates doing the event with you.. sharing warstories from the race over a few beers afterwards will get your spirit back up quickly! At the previous Karoo2Coast we spent just over 4 hours on the bike, and close to 6 hours in the beer tent afterwards..but there a bottle of tequila got involved at some point.

Very sad news.. RIP Raasbekkie JOU LEKKER DING!!

Probably the worst day I've ever had on the bike in any race.. the views, scenery and spectators were still awesome though! Got seeded in 1C, but decided to do a relaxed tandem ride with my wife from 4F. She got a positive test(Not covid!) on Thursday, and the doc told her to rather not ride, so I decided to join some mates in 1E in the end. Still struggling with on/off long covid symtoms since 5 Aug, and this my first real ride since then, I was quite shocked what damage it did to my body! In hindsight I shouldn't have ridden today. Ended up doing 3h49min, a solid hour longer than last year, but I suffered twice as much as then. Legs still felt allright, but my lungs and heart obviously not. My average HR was 176bpm over the almost 4hours even with just granny gearing at 5-6kmh up every climb today, started coughing badly around 50km mark, and still coughing now.

Yeah I also started in 1E. Got to the chute in time with a large group..decided to take a pee while we still had a bit of time, and I saw through the porty potty vents off they go! Had to rush to join them..

We doing the Bikehub names again? Please push when passing!!

Haha, yeah doing it rustig on a tandem with my wife this year, so dropping back from my 1C seeding. Here it is for 06:30 start and based on the average speed we did in 1C last year...

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Aren't they supposed to seed tandems according to the weaker rider? My wife's seeding index is 122.77 but we start in 1C haha.. I'm not really feeling confident that we should start there..do I have to arrange anything with the organizers to drop back to a later group, or do we just pitch to whatever later group we feel like starting? PS. Initially planned to race for a sub 3 tandem when we entered, but what a sh*t year it has been.. still sitting with long covid symptoms and two/three months with not a single ride from both of us, so now we are just going to ride from waterpoint to waterpoint enjoying the closed Cape Town roads and the vibe. Probably gonna end up riding like 6-7 hours, so don't want to get in the way of people in the earlier batches actually trying to race for time.