If i look at this i am wondering how big the event will be this year, how the seeding is going to work, how the starting intervals are going to work since you now droped the duo but incorportated the corporate league into the mix. Posted 20 June 2011 - 12:14 The Start and registration: Too little parking for too many cars, causing havoc later on with riders parking on areas that was designated no parking zones. If you decide to make the late entry price R145, ensure that the attendants at registration have bags full of R5 coins or round the price up to the nearest R10. If 100 of us said keep the R5, the registration staff would have pocketed R500. I would rather have the extra R5 go to a worthy cause Start shute was way too small to accommodate all of us. Seeded start was a joke. Having us start less than 2 minutes apart did nothing to ease congestion. If Sani2C can start 1300 riders a day in batches of 100 with 10 minute intervals, PPA can do the same for 300 odd riders The Route: Great route with the typical Western Cape profile of short steep climbs wiht off camber turns and quite a few 90Deg turns. At 4 or 5 places you were able to see riders looping back past you, creating an opportunity for some to take short cuts. These points needs to be marshalled better to ensure that riders complete the course. The single track should ride very well in dryer conditions Water point 1 had water and energy drinks and the lbs staff drinking beer and making a lot of noise. It was good to see them out and about, but who drinks beer at 10am in the morning (bar single speeders). Water point 2 was stocked with fruit as well, but the water point volunteers were more concerned to get the maximum out of the speakers they brought along than assisting the riders and ensuring that people didn't clutter up the water table with bikes all over the place. The mud was making conditions tougher than what the profile suggests The Finish: It seemed like the orginisers and time keepers were very set on getting everyone to leave ASAP.
