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Sounds like me, Doing my first half, Ive only done short stuff..10k 15km trailruns etc. aiming for 2hrs but I think its going to be hard with 15minutes of walking in the beginning.

IMO Base training is Prepairing yourself for more strenious "Build" phases that come therafter. It gets your body use to being on a bike before you go rip your thigh muscle doing sprints up kloofnek. So For us mortals, Just go ride your bike, I'd say dont go to hard, but FFS turn of the HR monitor- Cadence sensor etc etc.. Enjoy the riding, If you take BASE so serious youll be burnt out by the BUILD 2 phase which is way more intense and there missing a session could throw out a weeks training. So yes, Just pic up your riding, go ride 2hrs after work insted of one, join a group sat and sunday for a 3-4 hr ride..

I was doing Kloof to cable car repeats when I rode through a piece of metal like a spike.... got a papwiel So I stopped to change my tube. I was busy consentrating on the job at hand when a guy in a taxi stopped to see If he could help me, It was getting dark and I was aware that Its not very safe up there on my ace, so I admit I was a little Jumpy... As he stopped I thought It was an attack so I jumped down the side of the road with my half a bike in one hand and a wheel in the other, ready to "maak spore".. the guy offered me a lift home.. I felt a bit doff..

You guys should wait for the winter.. whatever you do now will be disposed as dust.. Thank you for what you do, I would come help oneday, but Im just saying, Ive spent Years of my life building.. wait for the rains..

ya cause tht "FRAME" of his must have snapped in half on impact.

No no, point is he's actually a mtbiker! did a 3:51 K2C last year, its his 4th epic.. no pro but he can ride. a roady will really *** off, Point Im trying to make is how tough and technical these epic days actually are.. I meen can you imagine riding 7hours at 105km!!

Friend of mine who rode a 2:48 argus (109km) this year finished yesterdays 107km stage in 7 hours 28 minutes I think they are riding more technical terain as a pose to going further. The first day was 89km and He rode 6hrs thats a long time for 89km!

Im still pissed

It was simply a problem with the disc pads that we changed the night before the stage. On the steep descends, the aluminium rotors were overheating and causing the brakes to ‘fade’ and loose power. Ai ai ai...aluminium rotors.. DUDE... as much as I am a fan, friend and biggest supporter.. Kevy... ALU ROTORS ???? Why buddy? Theres no need for this !! Alu heats up way way WAY more than steel.. It wil melt into pads Im not pretending to be the smartest oke out there, and who knows maybe in 3 years time were all running them, but ALU is weight weeny stuff, not epic material.. CARBON rotors, maybe.. but ALU. I cant get over it..

Thanks gents. @ Dangle, This "afbliksem" just had more significance. but He's a balanced person, skeem He will enjoy the time at home with Ruby and Karin and when Its time to get back he wil come back with more hunger. I"m more worried about how Dave will motivate himself again..

We are all scratching our heads about this, but Poor Kev will be having nightmares about this for a long time. Someone, Could be Garry fisher, said these profound words, I think he said it was revealed to him in a dream "Light, cheap, strong... pick any two"

Unless the rotors Failed - snapped or something, Its the brake system... no reason why rotors would suddenly cause No brakes what so ever.. same thing happened to him in the Grape escape I recon he probably blamed it on air in the system and had it bled, meanwhile it was a faulty brake system..which popped its head out at the wrong time in the epic.

I would think carefully....

Oh By the way, My Bottle holder broke after 40 km on day 2 of the race. I was riding down a downhill when I herd a noise and felt something hit my calve from the side, first thought stick in my spokes, but my bottle had broken off< landed on my backwheel which flung it into my leg, Ouch! So Had to ride back up, get the bottle stick it in my jersy pocket cause I needed the liquid badly. still 70km of big mountains to go. Those topeaks are a Effup. Our Topeak workstand also broke the other day. I dont trust things they make anymore. I since bought a specialized one at the argus expo. Was R156 bucks I think. Havnt fitted it since. And have to admit Ive hardly beel on my bike since.

I have seen that ! He should join a circus! People always ooh and aah hinking he is out of controle.. legend. @ polo- Ons moet vir n ride gaan!

Dont worry I seem to have found the answer to my question.. Seems the Pro's start just before 12, So I'll go around 10, get up to the spots in about a hour, then the buildup..Cool thing is one should see them come up and down, not just pass once.

I cant seem to see the Start times.. Can someone tell me what time the top guys will be starting?

fokkit

Stand going downhill or on very technical flat stuff, all other stuff sit down. Climbing rough terain standing up will have you on your face before you know it, if not that spinning out. Smooth climbs with Plenty of traction, stand up & sit down in intervalls to releave the bum and work some other muscles, but keep that extra reserve for the last 20 km of the race when you need it.

Its not permitted at the trails If you bail on a dirt jump you land on your feet 9/10, theres not much headcracking boulders on trails and remember time slows down when youre up there, so you just bail your bike and land like a cat. On fast singletrack He always wears a helmet. Im not expecting to win this argument, Just telling you why we do it.

Haha, Get into the Chopper.. Ya this hummer was a mistake, haha beeg mistake!

Not quite comparing apples with apples though.. If it was as simple as making a carbonfibre mould and slapping in the carbon It would. The Honda wasnt made mass production, Everyone was handbuilt, CNC'd manhours....is $$

Can see its friday huh.. Have you gents heard this news....? http://images.capetownmagazine.com/events/Red-Bull-F1-Show-in-Table-View/2011-03-27/11_37_53103 redbull are bringing a car to Blouberg next sunday. Burning it up four our pleasure. Pitty its the same day as the epic prologue If im not mistaken.

I was about to post this.. Mamparra beat me to it...

they should do that on cignal hill side.. theres no trees nor much natural variation in the terrain on devils peek, and the southeaster will blow you off your bike half of summer..but just an opinion