Spinnekop

Will it be valuable / fun/ to upload this excel thingy and everyone can add what they think can be added? I just put climbs there that I have done or still want to do in my life. So yes. There should be MASSIVE holes in that list and it would be nice if it could be updated with proposals like some of the above posts. I you want a climb to be added, gooi the Strava link here and I'll add it in.

Rated most difficult in SA (that I know off) Link to the segment: https://www.strava.com/segments/856199

I have had good dealings with them previously. The jump in price is the local VAT that gets added. When shipped international, no VAT is charged and you will only pay local VAT when it clears the borders.

Thanks. But was referring to Revant Optics which provides none-oakley lenses at half the price.

Place where you can buy local?

"Bike is ok, some very minor scratches." Start with that.......ALWAYS start with that. 😆 Glad you are (semi) okay

Not when it gets to the Vets bunches. You BUY your seeding if you are Vets. To stick to that bunch is a whole different story. But in essence, 80% of the vets (that start ahead of 1A) does not have the ability to stick with 1A on a tough coarse.

23 Done and dusted for me. Thinking of doing the short one this year with the Mrs just for fun

Question to people that perhaps did the other Epics abroad. Are they just as hard? Just as grueling?

I did the 2006 Epic. When it was still fun and adventure. 940km with 16605m elevation Winning time of Christoph Sauser and Silvio Bundi was 34:41:41 2025: 37% less distance. 1.5% less elevation. 🤪

Sure. Just like you ride a sub3 August in March on an e-bike. Some bikes are easier. UCI rules are there for a reason. But its SA. Let's ignore them.

https://www.facebook.com/100064300525200/posts/1060128662807141/?rdid=Si33vBLh86ZqcR6p# SA Gravel Championships taking place on 6 April 2025 hosted by @karkloofcountryclub ❗️Important information ❗️ Elite Podium Finishers may only use a bicycle classified as a Gravel Bike. All other age groups may use any bicycle. The use of “aerobar” extension or “Tri-Bars” are not permitted on any bike. Riders may use any type of bike (road bike, mountain bike, city bike, hybrid bike, cross bike, etc.) with the exception of tandem, E-Bikes or recumbent bikes. time trial road bikes are also forbidden. During the UCI Gravel World Championships, all bikes should have dropped handlebars. So this course will be better suited to hardtail MTB? But they carry the "weight" /bragging rights of being SA gravel champ? Bhahhahahahahah.

I don't enter any events except if I can pay and collect my number on the day at the venue. Rooiwal and Spectrum sport have even ditched the whole paper number thing and just use a frame number that doubles up as a timing chip. SUPER. CTCT and 94.7 are the only two exceptions. Gone are the days when one can just take time off work and spend petrol money to go fetch a piece of paper demoer and gone for NO REASON. Never mind the risk of cancelling the week before.

I got 74km/h on my gravel bike at CTCT, running 47mm tyres and a 1x setup shimano 105 Di2. 44 at the front. That is, to me, more than enough on a GB. I suppose it will depend on what type of cadence you can do......... That said, you wont stay long on these types of speeds riding gravel. Maybe club road rides around 40 yes......

Skaapland indeed.

Not sure about the name. Gravel road turning off around 10km before Klaarstroom and spits out out just North of Meiringspoort

Just over a week ago we did this amazing loop around Prins Albert. Totally oppisite of the rat race we do up here.

Random question. If you tase someone, will their ebike battery also go down?

We did the big loop on Thursday last week as a warm up for the August in March. https://www.strava.com/activities/13808129758 What a day out on the bike! We were only two cyclist but nowhere on the route was motor vehicles an issue. Do yourself a BIG favour and try ride this littel part of the route. All gravel and so so stunning piece of earth with dams and mountain and farmland.

He was RIGHT behind me in the "slow motion sprint" for the line. No way in hell a MTB was going to beat me on my gravel bike. 😎😆

You set up your bike as an e-bike. And then you link your "MTB ride" as defined by your garmin as connected to your specific bike, in this case the e-bike. Hope this makes sense.......

https://bikepacking.com/news/2025-cannondale-topstone-carbon/?fbclid=IwY2xjawI9HZFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYmOWB6iY4Z_Lpuh-nBkFqCfAWuMijZr1QwjFLNJhu0DptYPxiGkPqyxtQ_aem_Bb8UZnDiXe2UGSXRiEB6-w

Quick question please: Can the out-of-towners pitch up at the gate and pay for a day entry to cycle inside?

See you there. 😎