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ahaha let's see ! I expected Matt and Keegan to roll over the competition, looks like the Cape Epic Diarhea is striking from day 1 😜 That's a big gap to bring back after just 2 days hey...

got a feeling my KOM on anah beuulah won't be mine anymore soon

Ooof I feel for the riders having to race up that concrete mast climb 😅

all I saw was him 2 bikelengths behind in the last kilometers

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…

thanks, as long as he's alright

what happened to beers ? he was right behind colombo at the top of the climb and disappeared?

There was good cooperation between us (2 Asap, both in VB) and Rdx (2 VA) as well as one other team that I think was a mix of VA and VB, they actually won the VA by the way, not sure where they were from, I think garden route. But none of the teams were going to sacrifice themselves so that a guy from the other team wins, just to bring back the title in CT 😅. I was disappointed in the end that we didn’t get any title for sure, but provincial tactics, meh I don’t believe that’s a thing 😅

What do you mean by provincial tactics ? Joburg guys letting Joburg guys win against CT guys ? Tbh I doubt that's what happened, but maybe. I just think everyone thought there's one team with 6 strong guys, nothing can be done against them. Let's just be passengers and maybe get lucky. What is for sure is that the team that won played it perfectly sending a guy up the road in the first minutes of the race, then another joining him quickly, and then sitting in the bunch with their 4 other guys, ready to jump the minute we close the first gap. They had numbers so they could afford to take those risks. Everyonelse racing for themselves had no interest in burning matches so early. That's road racing. Hopefully next year a course more like last year, where team numbers and tactics play less of a role, and pedaling hard decides the race.

I started road with oval chainrings, because that's what was on the bike when I bought it, had tons of chaindrops and issues with shifting between big and small blades. I also ran ovals on my MTB for years, because I don't know, guess I was told it was better. Eventually went to round chainring because it was more convenient, felt ******* difference, except for less chaindrops while backpedaling (not that I had many either on ovals to be honest). I'm personnally rather convinced it's a gimmick, haven't had ovals on any of my bikes for years and always am surprised when I seen someone still using them. I think some youtubers proved more or less convincingly that they could go over technical climbs better with round that oval chainrings 😜. Can't say I've had the same experience.

That was actually pretty pro hey, except I didn't like it when they showed the bunch 3VB-1VA, because then everyone was looking at us even more to bring it back 🤣