Azonic

Front = Left Back = Right I don't want my strongest hand grabbing a brake that could send me over the bars.

If you want to attend and make use of the free accomodation, please PM me, I have contacts with the organisers. First come, first served.

UPDATE: The organisers have just told me that they are offering free accomodation on the Friday night for out of town guys that want to make a weekend out of it. And no, not in tents, the local farmers are the folks living in town are opening their homes to the cyclists. And get this... on Friday night they're throwing a FREE braai for all the cyclists, chops, meat, free. Picture this, a whole bunch of MTBers chilling around a campfire in a small "plattelandse" dorpie, having a lekker kuier. Seriously guys, if you are anywhere in the Eastern Cape, come through on Friday after work and have a jol, and go to bed on a farm, well fed! Remember to bring some cash though, on the day of the race the farmers will be selling meat, etc at the show grounds - at ridiculous prices. So leave enough space in the boot! If you are in the Eastern Cape on Saturday 8th September and you own a MTB, come do this ride! Saturday, 8 September 2012. Jansenvill​e Show Grounds, 6265 Jansenvill​e, Eastern Cape Registration: 6:30am - 8:45am Race Start: 9:00am ENTRY FEE: R100 (No pre-entries, no late entry fee bull) Lucky draws include healthy packs of sosaties and other treats I believe that the winner of the race will walk away with a sheep, no Bruce, not alive and sexy. "Worked and packaged". There will be two distances, roughly 60km and a short race of around 15km. The local farmers are trying to get their event off the ground and are throwing prizes at this. And these farmers don't mess around, if you win the race you go back home with an entire sheep's worth of meat. There are road races that don't even give prizes like that! That's how these guys roll ! The local community are really going out of their way to raise interest for this event, even offering free accomodation and food for the Friday night before the race to the first guys that confirm that they'll attend. The event falls on the same day as their yearly event at the show-grounds, so there will be stacks of food and drinks available. And trust me, your haven't had a boerie roll untill you've had a Jansenville boerie roll! More info here: http://www.facebook....iverMTBMarathon and here: http://www.facebook....21252011331615/ Route profile: Please guys, make an effort and join!

Actionphoto have put some pics up. http://www.actionphoto.net/raceimages/Trans_Baviaans_2012-/Large/Trans_Baviaans_2012-4125828/DSC_1694.JPG

Unofficial results are out.

Any of team 266?

Didn't read the race booklet. Consider myself a Trans vet, we mos know where the finish is. Right. Paid the price for that one.

Same. At the video preview / rider briefing I asked Wikus where the finish was in respect to the finish last year. He said it was 4-5km "further down into Jbay". So that's what we did. We klapped it into JBay........... straight through town to where the road ended. Had to turn right, and right again and see a few teams in the dark pull into the school ahead of us. Probably lost about 5 places.

Might have seen you sitting outside the guest house we were staying at. Wife invited you in for coffee, if that was you.

Low light: Finding out that the reason for my smashed legs at the top of Bergplaas was due to a miss aligned back wheel causing the rotors to rub on the brake pads. Nothing quite like riding 148km with the handbrake up... High light: Fixing it.

Should have quit with the Olympic race. Now he'll roll in in 9th place. Rather should have gone out on top. IMHO.

http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=27ae93a5d251

As jy dom is moet jy bloei. Wie de hel koop sulke equipment van 'n SOMALIER en probeer dit dan weer verkoop? Flip, you MUST have known something was fishy.

Been saying that for a long time. Would be nice to get rid of the lot selling herbal p3n1s enlargement creams, etc. But maybe just 20 posts, not 200. That takes quite some time for the average non-addicted Hubber.

That was awesome.

Or R40, if you are one of the faster teams and finish before midnight.

We'll walk through and just do the climb. If you really HAVE to, you can change socks at the checkpoint at the top of never ender. I rather want to finish faster than have dry feet. I won't be bombing through water crossings though, that's stupid. Screws up your bike. Rather coast through and close the 5 seconds you lost back up to the group you were with. I won't have a change of socks every time my footsies get wet.

NEWSLETTER #5-12 team@ecobound.co.za Tel: 044 8714455 Fax: 044 8712274 ________________________________________________________________________ Dear All One week before the 2012 ASG Trans Baviaans and we’re experiencing exciting times!! At the moment we are monitoring the situation in Baviaanskloof closely and, despite high water levels, went through the Baviaanskloof this past weekend. The decision everybody is waiting for have to be made, and looking at the weather forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend, it has been decided that we will stay on the original Baviaanskloof route. Here is some information that will be helpful to assist in your planning. NO ROUTE CHANGE FOR 2012 ASG TRANS BAVIAANS The decision everybody is waiting for have to be made, and looking at the weather forecast for the rest of the week and the weekend, it has been decided that we will stay on the original Baviaanskloof route. The rivers are flowing and levels are fairly high, but it is dropping rapidly and with no major rainfalls predicted for that area, is it expected to continue dropping. Riders can therefore expect to get their feet wet (more than a couple of times) but the road conditions are good and surfaces are dry. The finish venue in Jeffreys Bay has also changed to the Jeffreys Bay primary school sports grounds. WHAT TO EXPEXT WHERE: To help you plan your race you can expect the following (for free) at the various checkpoints: · Hammer Refreshment Point #1 – 52.6km: Rooster Brood, Hammer Energy bars, Hammer Heed Energy Drinks, Hammer Gel, Coffee, Tea, Coke. · Checkpoint #2 – 104.8km: Banana, Marshmallows, Powerade, Coffee, Tea. · Checkpoint #3 – 122.9km: Sosatie, Sausage, Potato dish, Coke, coffee, tea. · Checkpoint #4 – 142.2km: Soup, bread, Coffee, Tea, Coke. · Checkpoint #5 – 176.2km: Potato chips (chip roll), Powerade Energy drink, Coffee, Tea. MagicLight recharge station – arrangements for battery swops must be made at registration. · Checkpoint # 6: (Unmanned): Nothing. · Checkpoint #7 - 203km: Jaffels, Coke, Coffee, Tea. · FINISH – 229.5km: FREE Spur Burger & Chips, Fuel Zone with beer !! ORANGE & BLACK CONTAINERS: Each team will receive 3 x Plastic Containers (26 l) in which you can send own racing goodies (clothes, supplements, lights, etc.) to Checkpoints #2, #3 and #4. From Checkpoint #5 onwards can own support vehicle provide assistance and no containers are provided for these. Contents of the Containers must be collected at the finish and the containers must be returned. Please note that this will be controlled to prevent wrong containers being taken or theft. REGISTRATION: Registration will take place at the Town Hall in Knysna Road (Main) in Willowmore from Friday (17 August) 14:00 till 21:00 and on Saturday morning from 7:00 till 8:30. Support vehicle drivers must also register separately during these times. Teams must know their team number when they arrive for registration – available on the website www.transbaviaans.co.za PLEASE – we will be busy with final arrangements for the event the rest of the week. It will be appreciated if enquiries can be limited to the absolute necessary. Presenting Sponsor: See you in Willowmore!! Wikus van der Walt (Race Director) Should you wish to be removed from the mailing list please reply with "remove" in the subject box.

How would people follow you? Website set up, etc? What is the cost to buy and rent?

...and that weighs how much?

They must be able to do something to be able to cut and join the belt...? Flexible kevlar "plasters" ? Hmmm

...needs a split frame. Well that kills just about 98% of the target market.

I have to have one!

This will be my 6th Trans. I missed a few in the middle. My 1st one was an epic fail, we all need to have one to figure out what to do. And don't just search for the word "tip", allot has been said that did not include that word.