MongooseMan

looking fresh

And Hayley in 4th

Not convinced this forecast will stick around, but here we go…

Great report. But how were the tyres? 😉😜

But very hot Friday, so could have some nice hardened ruts by then 🤣

https://www.instagram.com/p/DH_Ur6ZKqKD/?igsh=MXF2dHpmYXNnMGthag==

If only we could find 2.1 Thunder Burts anywhere in SA...

That all "gravel-able"?

Not helpful to you, but it seems most of the jackets were oversized this year. My medium is like a large, and my partner who normally wears a large would prefer a small in this sizing.

@Benky was doing some reels/stories on his instagram About 80% of the way through here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18015278147679928/

Agreed Here's 2024/5:

This is team dropout rate, correct? Ie, if one person from a team drops out, that counts as the whole team dropping out?

Yeah, full thread here: https://chinertown.com/index.php/topic,4724.0.html And a video by Patrick Lino here: And some big boy tyre pics here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHDR2fvKP44/

Jeepers you've sent me down a rabbit hole. Let's just say I may have some cool pics in a month or two....

Edit: sorry, wrong person

If you’re gonna go full Dylan Johnson, why not add “suspension corrected geometry“ (or “suspension fork compatible”) to the wish list 😉

Newly updated front page

The obvious answer would be to look at Cape Epic channels, but they're completely radio-silent. Most of us are relying on second hand info coming from riders on course, or back at race village. It's a very expensive clown-show.

I mean, this came through about 2 hours late. And still nothing on Cape Epic channels.

Pretty sure everyone who is timed at WP3 (66k) and not DNF there will be allowed to start tomorrow.

apparently no riders coming through in the last 30mins, as they were all stopped at 66k. Individual Finisher

Well, not quite (see my backstory, I was probably the least qualified entrant in that I only got on a mountain bike a month ago to help out a mate who had run out of partner options).

As we were saying to riders at WP2 today: If there isn't a South African (or other African) flag on your race number, you don't have enough ice on you right now.

Yeah, been playing support today. Got heatstroke yesterday (headache, dizzy, all the fun things when you're going downhill on singletrack and you're not a "real" mountain biker 😆) Collapsed under a gazebo on top of a hill and medics pulled me and took me to race village. Drew blood for kidney tests and told me I was 1 point below going to hospital. If it was cooler today, maybe, but given the forecast I was strongly advised to not start, which given the outcome, I'm ok with.

Yeah, my partner is now stuck at Krismas camp, apparently waiting for a bus to get people back to the Race Village.