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There were not that many vehicles on route, most of them you only see them parked on the side of the road or at water points. Hardly any vehicles following you on the route.

I did the Grind this year and last year. The organisers do allow private vehicles on route. There were only two places on the routes where vehicles were not allowed and that was basically about 15km into the race (this years reverse route) and the previous year the last water point before the end. Overall a good event for the price, basically 1/3 of the price compared to Race to the Sun.

Thanks for the effort, will send you a message now.

It is the Flightdeck shifters. Thanks for the reply and will wait for your feedback.

Looking for hoods for my old 9 Spd Tiagra STI's. This is a while since I noticed that the rubber is sticky and after the weekends wash the rubber is starting to disintegrate. The only place that stock STI hoods is Evobikes but the closest version is out of stock. Willing to pay for the items.

@Skubarra I did some research on the event and have noticed that there are a few climbs such as FANGS, MAC, Never Ender and also the flat fast sections. If needed then I will need to change the ratio to maybe at least to a 50 at the rear. @DieselnDust I'm relatively strong but I will not going for any Strava KOM's. I just want to get to the top and also have enough in the tank to get to the end as the Never Ender also lies ahead with that long drag that is relatively steep.

Also my first time doing this event. Just a question for the guys who did this event before in terms of gearing. Currently running 11spd with 11- 46 with 36 Chainring. I'm not a specialist climber and will drop the front to a 34 and the question now is will this 34 - 46 ratio be sufficient for the "MAC"?

What is the best way to get a stuck seat post out? Wanted to do a setup and while in the setup it was found that my seat height was a bit to low. Wanted to adjust it and found it will not move stuck inside the frame. Bike is with LBS for two days now and when I asked this afternoon, I was informed that there was not any progress to get it out. Normal Aluminum Frame bike with Aluminum seat post. So and I want to take my bike and with advise from this forum I might just get the seat post out myself. Any tips and tricks for getting the seat post out of the frame.

From a South African perspective Alan deserves a gold, although the results indicates third but he showed determination. I think this race although 3rd surpasses his most recent win as he had to be in the red for most of the race, try to close the gap, staying on the wheel of the flying Brit and got dropped twice but still managed to get back on the wheels of the two front runners. Just as he was in a shot to win this race, I believe he does have the ability to win the worlds as he will win this years world cup series.

Insane racing...Alan made us proud

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Koretzsky is matching Pidcock at the moment...Alan looking fine at 3 at the moment...

This was the last proper monster...

Just to add what has already been mentioned, ride one or two other events prior to your "main" race just to get the feeling of what to expect one race day. It is one thing just to ride the local trails as opposed to be in a race. You need to be somewhat prepared on what race day will happen, bottlenecks, someone making a mistake and fall in front of you(will you be able to stop in time or swerve to avoid falling yourself), extreme heat(you will most likely start in the last batch at a very late time and depending on your speed it maybe a very long day). Enjoy the MTB journey...

Agreed on this one. The T Shirt from last year was OK, but agree that the 2022 version was better.