lerouc

Its going to be a while until I'm that size again, but I have a cupboard full of those size just waiting for me.

awesome idea thanks!

Cool, anatomic shirt ordered. Only had the beer shirt in 5xl, but i guess its "fitting". <- see what I did there! Thanks for the advice! Hope to see some of you on the trails soon!

I carry most of my spares in my back pocket but maybe (seeing that it will be a while before I can ride long enough to use 2 bottles) I should go that route and get a tool bottle for the spares.

I stopped cycling give or take 2/3years ago and since then I have put on quite a lot of weight. I was a big guy even when I was cycling fit. Did w2w weighing just shy of 130kg. I want to get back into the swing of things, watching the epic just awakens something in loins. Where can I find cycling clothes for the bigger guy with the afrikaner boep, until its under control again?

Yeah me too, weight is not where it supposed to be and since may i have not a 50+ km ride...i am seriously contemplating not pitching up anymore.

I've only made it once, but i was just in time to see them call the winner

Exactly this. And what sours my moer is some D**S coming from behind shouting at us fat folk or a poor child confused with the 3000 cyclist. I've seen it every year that i have done this event. Going on 5/6 this year where these idiots coming from behind shouting about making way between 200 cyclists walking ruining someones day by causing them to fall. If you want to race get a seeding and start in A. If you are not in A expect to walk and as one of the previous posts, make the best of it and enjoy it.

Daar is gewoonlik, dink hul rotary club reel dit.

I'll try and do this next year. Doing K2C this year.

Do you guys have accurate profiles for the longer distances?

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155543642363963.1073742270.690453962&type=3

I had the feeling the turnout for the 50 was bad. 2 years ago there were 4 shuttle buses if i remember correctly, this year there were only 3 and only half the people pitched up for the shuttles. they made one full half the bikes on the other and the third never even left Malmesbury. For my race, never again at this weight class. This was the worst ride of my life, was okay until the 2nd water point and then there was nothing left in the tank. Go check out the pics on FB, i'm the fat guy pushing his bike...

So the training never happened. Gonna still give it a go and see if i can carry my 140kilo ass over the 80 odd km.

Depends on what you want to do? Race, survive, or just enjoy it without dying. I have done 5 of these and my lightest weight was 120 kilos without kit. My training normally is 2 mid week spin session in the gym and enjoying myself on trails on a saturday and maybe a sunday. The month before i usually try to do a longer sessions on weekends just so that the legs are getting used to be longer on the bike. I hardly ever train for longer than 3hrs. I am no racing snake (if the weight wasn't a hint) but yes train a few longer hills especially toward the end of a ride. Only the first hill is steap-ish and if you don't start in A you will walk it anyways.