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I see 40+ top 3 is in the 12 hours and top3 Open 1 hour behind, so not too sure if they would've really belonged in age cat, also their TT times were 3 mins down on what was done by podium guys in age cats. Also 30-39 was together with the elites, so if you're not comfident you can ride in that bunch, rather go open, otherwise you're going to have a long week of racing alone after getting dropped in the first couple km of each stage that started full gas, and that's best case scenario, if you can handle yourself in such a fast paced/tight bunch and keep it upright.

Edit: sorry stupid question

The racing is hard, got diarrhea.

Not to brag, but we went up smits at 32.6 kph, without motors 😜 I sat up bottom of chappies after doing a big final turn to try to bring the breakaway as close as possible before the climb, and still went over chappies 31.5kph. I regret to say that even with a ebike, you probably can't get the experience that we experience, and even if you did, you'd be a massive danger to everyone around you, as most of the race we are bar to bar at high speeds, using the entire road. I used to like motorbike racing as well, and was pretty decent at it, but I accepted there that I would never experience what racing a motoGP bike feels like, same as I've accepted that doing 7w/kg for 30 mins up a mountain is not something I'll ever experience. Just enjoy what you can do, respect the rules and others.

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yeah, and single track can be fun, like at Gallows, but also, depending how you manage your positionning they can be the end of your race Anyways, I entered, got a jersey to defend, looking forward to it although the distance and elevation doesn't really work in my favour.

Thanks for this feedback, did you have a look at the long route ? You reckon this will be quite rocky and hectic ? I was thinking of downgrading from 47 path finders to sworks 42 for a lighter setup, but now I'm worried of slashing tyres.

Possible to have the GPX files available without having to share personnal details with another platform ? Already had to create an account on easyreg to enter... EDIT : That's a lot of trust put in the community... Usually we do quite the opposite, follow the route on the GPS rather than the marking, as there's always a group of kids that changes the arrows and send people of route at some point..

Agreed, the racing was great, but the communication was ***, before and during, we got the results every day for the day before, after the next stage had already happened. Also a bit *** finishing the race so early on duToitskloof, I paced for a 20 to 30mins effort, and it ended up being a 15 mins climb.

Hey, I'm here Smashing all but 1, I'm second, 21 secs down ! But same as @bleedToWin, mostly there to help our boys in the elite bunch, so far two wins in 3 stages. Not too bad

I actually feel sorry for the competition 😜

It's crazy, so many people who travel all the time live there, 3hr drive before and after flights sounds like a massive drawback ! I guess not paying taxes on a massive income makes up for it.

Frowned upon ? I've been doing it since I started cycling, never had one car hooting at me there

Let me know when you plan a 3x Tokai Mast then Well done man, looked like a proper sufferfest !

About time. We’ve been calling for officers to ride bikes there with a backup team for months ! the fact that it happened this morning means the arrests that happened a month ago didn’t solve the issue then…