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I'm in S, just hoping for a sub4...

Best part is I live under 2km from Zevenwacht...nice trails and nice road cycling roads...

I did the green route Tuesday, it was quite difficult in the sandy dry conditions...I was a bit scared of the longer green loop, will try it next time, I really enjoy this trail...How does this route compare to the others i.t.o difficulty?

I don't hink you'll have a problem 03 March, I know of many that will be doing the route that day... Myself and few will also be tackling the route from 5:30am...We'll only miss de Waal drive and join the route from Wynberg hill...

Wellington Lions Cycle Ride & Aca Joe Pro Classic Series Event Start: 25 February 2012 6:05 am End: 25 February 2012 11:30 pm Category: Road Organizer: Lions Club Wellington Phone: 083 721 2380 Email: drowell@kingsley.co.za Venue: Boland Rugby Stadium Wellington/Laerskool Hugenote Address: Google Map South Africa 94 km cyclists will leave the new venue at Boland Stadium/Laerskool Hugenote into Blouvlei road and turn left into Piet Retief Road. Cyclists will then pedal out to the R44, direction Hermon, to pass Riebeek Kasteel and climb over Bothmaskloof Pass. Turn left onto the R45 to return to Wellington and the new finish near the venue in Piet Retief Road. The 54 km route follows the R45 towards Malmesbury, turns left onto the Voorpaardeberg road past Sonop Winery and the Paardeberg Prison. Turn left into Voorpaardeberg/Windmeul road and left again at the Windmeul Winery onto the R44. Cross the 4-way stop and continue to the finish. DISTANCES 94 km; 54 km STARTING TIME 94 km @ 06h05; 54 km @ 07h15; ORGANISER Lions Club Wellington VENUE Boland Rugby Stadium Wellington/Laerskool Hugenote ENQUIRIES Zanne Parsons PHONE 083 721 2380 EMAIL drowell@kingsley.co.za WEBSITE www.wellingtonlions.co.za PRIZE GIVING 10h30 CUT-OFF 11h30 PRE-ENTRIES CLOSE 22 February 2012 DIRECTIONS TO VENUE From Cape Town, take the N1 towards Paarl. Take the R44 off-ramp to Wellington. Drive through Wellington and turn left at the 3rd robot. After about 2 km, turn right into Blouvlei road where you will find the venue on your left. GPS Coordinates: S: 33°38.40 ; E: 19°00.34. See the PPA website for interactive directions. NOTES Previously called the Wilde Cycle Day. This is the original Cycle ride over Bothmaskloof Pass; an event with a 22 year history! Organized by the Wellington Lions Club, funds are raised for projects like Operation Brightsight and Diabetes treatment. This year we will solely focus on the road event; an ideal final pre-Cycle Tour ride. Medals for the first 1200 finishers. Remember to wear your PPA road funride number. Pre-Entries Late Entries Distance Entry fee Discounted PPA entry fee Entry fee Discounted PPA entry fee 94 km R100 R80 R130 R110 54 km R100 R80 R130 R110 CSA Day License R35 R35 Temp Nr Included in fee Included in fee

I have been training average 8-10 hours per week with a goal of reaching sub4...my best Argus has been 5:01 and the others was over 6 hours... If I cannot reach sub4 this year I will be very dissapointed as many of the other people seem to do it with much less training...The other goal I have set myself is a new bike if I go below 4...if not I don't want to think of the consequences... In addition I am on leave from next week for 3 weeks so great for hill training...lets hope for the best!

Some of the seedings definately changed...My cousins Nedbank start time changed back to the usual 8:30(on Racetec, no email sent yet) instead of the 8:54 as per the emails sent last week...They always use to be NN, but last weeks emails had them starting UU? Guess we'll have to wait and see as other seedings will change back up...

I have found since using a floor pump and pumping to the specified PSI my punctures have significantly reduced... None since the DC and even commuting to work through glass many a time... 2010 Argus I had 3 punctures and a broken front spoke...my race ended on Boyes with puncture number 3...sad day, but luckily it happened on that side of the mountain and my wife could pick me up in Muizenberg...

I don't see the fuss, just have a look at the topic header "Just disappointed Complete Cyclist Hout Bay"... It might be that the OP dissapointed CC here and everyone else reading are mistaken ! I now under CC's response after being dissapointed...

Very nice

I see Helen Zille is starting RR 8:38 (Corporate Bond group)...

LOL !

Tiny K - What do you A group guys do up Chappies/Suikerbossie?

I see alot more charity groups in the mix as well, so that can be a factor as well... I'm not too sure about the super seeding indexes. A friend of mine has a index better than mine(marginally 0....something), but I am starting 1 hour earlier? I have however done 94.7k and Die Burger, whereas his last race was last years 99er...

S for me 7:12...other times has always been in the Nedbank group. Just so many factors to consider with the Argus with so many people...

Still no seedings...

What pedals are those? I saw similar pedals at the 94.7 expo on a demo...it seems you can click in both sides like MTB pedals.

Just hoping to start 7:30am at least...

My index is 40.967, what start time would this be ±?

This morning had to be my easy ride, the legs was even sore after the weekends long ride...After 10 minutes you just feel faster and you can't stop yourself racing against yourself. While standing at a red robot I saw a MTBer going past, I have spoken to this guy previously and he told me he is doing the EPIC...So i thought me riding the road bike will catch him...alas I did not even see him again...

On our last trip to the 94.7 without bike bags/boxes, just plastic wrapped they did quite a bit of damage. I would use Mango if I had a bike box or bag...

Well I guess its a good thing I decided to go to church rather, its seems it was carnage on the road...

I see the short route will now start ahead of the longer route rider...I have to be back home before 10am, thus I will now not be able to do the race now... :-( Useless doing the 30km race...I guess I now have to do a longer ride tomorrow.

@Davetapson, I have to agree it is rather sweet ...

Good day gents, I ran out of my usual Octane Version 4 last week. I wanted to replace it, but the store had no stock. I thus went with the Game packets as I did not want to buy other brands. After I started sipping the game on my Saturday ride my stomach immediately started rumbling and it felt unsettled, but I could still nip it...My eating wasn't to great Saturday after a 3:30 hour ride either. The Sunday afternoon I had diarhea the whole day and took Reuteri and it worked out it seems. I took off yesterday to be safe, but feel a bit weak today. My question could it be the game that caused this?