Conrad Hughes

Hi guys, one of these people is me. I rent in Zwaanswyk and assumed that once it was all open here (given that the fire came right up to my house, once we were open for business again, I considered it all done with) everything was open again. Seeing bikes going into Tokai all week when I drive past, etc. My wife sent me the post about Tokai being closed a couple of days after I rode in there, haven’t been in since! I don’t regularly visit Facebook or here and there’s no signs at the entrance point or anywhere else to indicate it’s closed. Additionally, there were fire service workers in there patrolling, I stopped and talked to them for a while. There were other tire tracks. Nothing to indicate it was closed still! I apologise for any harm caused and have donated to the repair fund, and have already offered my time to help. For what it’s worth, I did clear some areas on the trails, too.

My first CTCT, about 45 seconds off 3h out of 1D group. I was in pink/yellow/black Knights Racing kit on a SuperSix Evo 4, I'm very large like 197cm/98kg. Tried to jump onto Dean's wheel at the start but failed. Hanging on for dear life at the top of Edinburg. Smits felt great, 370-380w for the climb. Felt great and getting better throughout the day. My average was 243, normalized 289. Worked a decent amount after that, found myself off the front on the descent by Ocean View. Saw a 1B group up ahead. I towed a chap 'Larry' in Pure Savage kit who stubbornly refused to work and bridged the 45-60s gap... only for the main 1D bunch to show up a few KM after just before chappies. Should have just rolled turns instead! Was totally spent for Chappies, tried to catch on to the front guys from 1D there in the descent, fail. Suikerbosse, took it easy-ish, then rode hard to the finish. There was a guy from 1E who was working too who caught us after Chappies, happy he dropped under 3h. https://www.strava.com/activities/13829580660 if anyone is interested!

Thanks guys! Weirdly when I was searching, Google had cached some text in the vitality faq about Wahoo - let me see if I can find it (got it!). But when loading the page live as is now, it’s gone.

Out of interest, how long in the past will vitality reward an activity with points? Does the rigmarole of the wahoo > fft > connect > vitality steps need to be done straight after every workout, or can you do it at the end of each week and still have it work? thanks!

I'm really annoyed that (having just moved from the UK), the new Apple Watch/iPhone satellite feature just flat out doesn't work here, a country where it would be incredibly useful. As it stands, you're up **** creek if something happens on Silvermine. (Although is there decent signal up at the mast? You'd think so, what with it being a mast and all.)

That’s brilliant news then! I was under the impression nothing had changed. Thanks very much!

I saw today tokaimtb on Instagram and Matt Beers riding the mast climb and thanking Tokai mtb association for keeping the climb safe. Has something new come in?