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After I decided to cut the course and go back to the venue at Wp champs I ended up catching the women’s bunch, I stayed 30m behind them the whole way (despite the headwind 😅), they seemed to have managed to have a clean race, I only saw one junior in their group that was quickly dropped. So it is possible to let them have their own race it seems

did you just call me little people ? 😅

Not sure if it's you, but just in case

Other than the price, any comments on the route ? How rough/rocky/techy is it ? How much tar along the way ? Need to start thinking tyre strategy here 🤣

to ride a course you can 100% ride any other day in exactly the same conditions, and, the one time I rode it getting to a water point that barely had enough water for the first 5 riders leading the race (not to mention the fact that there was only beer at the finish, for one of the hottest race I've ever raced). In comparison, R500 for a gravel race, regardless if the roads are open all year long or not is a bargain. If people want to spend 0 then they can just go ride on their own. People take their time organising events, promoting them, getting ambulances there on the day, markings/marshals, etc etc and factoring the risk that the even might be cancelled last minute... that has to be worth something...

Have you head of the Ceder ? 🤣🤣

to me it's just a normal tyre. I've been racing 30/32 for 3 years now 😅 32 gravel tyres sounds like the worst idea ever, the smallest tyre I've used the last 2 years is a 48

those who listen to bonk bros knew a few weeks ago already

Unfortunately last time we checked they didn’t let us through in the harbour, I personally risk it on the N1 but only as a last resort (meaning when I have 10 or 20 mins intervals) otherwise I just ride this side or head towards durbanville

This is so incredibly sad

yeah idk... these days with the constant wind I spend a hell of a lot of time in the drops or in aero position, both on the road and gravel bike..

Yup, I'm using it on my Crux with a tracer 50 rear. Great set up, will definitely make you faster than your mates on the descents, without making you slower elsewhere

is exactly how we blew up a few okes last year trying to get rid of the milion people who latched on as we came past. The amount of watts you must increase from just passing to dropping okes drafting you is insane and not sustainable. Last year we did sub 5 and still pulled hundreds of people, it's so easy to go fast in the draft, I actually could witness it myself this year where I blew up completely 150km to go but was still able to finish with our strong guys just by sitting their wheels for 150km doing less than 200w the whole way, to a race time just a handfull of mins slower than last year.

even when you race by the rules they will be clowns accusing you of drafting anyways. one thing for sure, we're definitly kings of the first losers

quite a few from somerset west, but also a couple riders from table view and another two from paarl, even one from tulbagh 😅that's pretty north but surely RH is more north than us being from austria

Kieran Gorge, riding in the devo team and helping us with ASAP. Finished looking fresh when all of us were covered in salt and some of us cramping for the last couple of hours

not sure how many will get the ref

I heard activebodies have a solid team too. seems it's who's going to be 3rd

So you are basically saying ride the IDT since I specifically said I'm pretty much only riding the melkbos cycle paths or gravel road these days, and even then, I almost get rolled over or hit head on. So that's it we just give up ?

Hi everyone. lately there hasn't been one morning without a close call. Even when riding the safest route possible my side (consisting of the melkboss cycle path / duynefontein loop...), I still get passed very very close nearly every morning, motorists can't wait to make a clean pass and will squeeze between us and oncoming trafic at any cost, and when you confront them about it they'll say "I couldn't give you space there was a car coming"... like slowing down and wait wasn't even a possibility. Anyways, I feel at this point it's either I just ride on the trainer, or I fight back. So I'm considering buying this : https://www.cyclelab.com/product/4004270-light-garmin-varia-rct-715 (I already have the normal varia without the camera) I've seen that in the UK the police is taking things seriously and you can bring video evidence taken from a gopro or a varia and get them to go after the drivers. I was wondering if saps would do the same ? Since they seem to like fining people from speeding as it's easy targets, why wouldn't they also be interested in fining people for making close passes ? I think at this point I'd be willing to go to the police station on weekly bases just to get the small satisfaction of knowing that the idiots that put my life in danger to gain 2 secs on their morning routine pay some school fees every now and then. Also I'm thinking if anything happens to me, at least there is proof and someone to go after... Is it worth the pricetag ?

kudos for trying 🙌 ! it's a better story to tell than waiting at the back of the bunch to sprint for top 20

haha all good man this clown was all bark. He ended up feeling a bit of head and came to deliver my stuff that I had installed by someone I trust. Cased closed for myself, I blocked him right after as I never want to hear from him again. Hope the other people involved in police cases against him found closure as well

lol, I think even if I had an entry I'd skip that one 😂

Every year I try not to pay for strava then eventually I want to see some info on some segment and end up subscribing again. But I think they’re being such dicks and are doing such a **** job at bringing cool features (especially compared to intervals.icu) that they don’t deserve the support. Even worse imo is training peaks, yet I just pay for it just so that I can update my plan when I want to 😅

I think we all questionned life choices at this stage 😂