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You need to claim for each day individually, so you will get 3* the points
I got my first skinny wheeled bike yesterday...
Finally got some pedals to put on it...
http://www.velo.co.z...tration2014.php
club registration for 2014 is open, see url
Thanks,
Just waiting for payday. Bought a bike earlier in the week
Does anyone know who I can contact at the Velo Club?
Road - Tuesday and Thursday Velo club goes out, Tuesday can be brutal(36-38 ave), Thursdays are easy (32-35 ave) start at 5:30, done by 7:15 latest.
Geez, Im going to have to up my game to keep up with the Tuesday ride. Averaged 32 on the 94.7 all by myself so not sure how big a difference a bunch will make. I am only getting into road cycling now, but I MTB alot...
At least we've got a few interested guys. If all else fails we can start up our own little group
I am just around the corner in Timbavati Street.
The pace will depend on the group I guess.
I have seen quite a lot of guys riding in the mornings, and was hoping to link up with them if possible.
I am looking to join a group for some weekday morning training rides. I am looking to go out on Tuesdays and Thursdays and can do 2-3 hour rides on either my MTB or Road bike.
I would like to go out as early as possible as I work in JHB, so ideally I would like to be done by 7h30.
Is there anyone I can join out there?
I got my first skinny wheeled bike yesterday...
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At the moment all the MTN races should be over 1 day with the exception of Sabie and Crater Cruise...but we will only know for sure closer to the time so keep an eye on the website and calendar when entries open.
Clarens as well? This year it was a 2 day event...
I remember a thread like this last year, so though I would start up one again this year. I matched my MTB 55km time yesterday
MTB 55KM: 2h56h55
Road: 2h56h57
Total: 5h53h52
Very happy with my sub 3 yesterday after a hectic fall at the MTB last weekend
not a bad idea as the roads already exist for the service vehicles. Im just not to sure how safe it will be though. The gautrains cables have been stolen a few times. Just imagine the chaos when all of us ride through there with our expensive bikes as well
I stopped doing it three years ago, the problems are still the same. Cannot believe such bad organisation is associated with the 94.7 Cycle Challenge. The primary school fundraising race is better organised.
I don't think there was anything wrong with the organisation of the event. The route was well marked, hospitality afterwards was great etc.
The problem is that you cannot have a MTB event with 7000 people. They will have to cap the entries going forward in order to prevent topics like this popping up each year. The problem here is greed, not poor organisation.
I did it for the first time this year and it went a lot better than expected regarding the bottlenecks. I started in batch A2 in the 55km and had minimum delays on route.
I did however see a queue of probably 1km on the 30km route as I was finishing.
The simple fact is that wherever you get 7000 MTB'ers out on the same route you are looking for trouble. It takes 1 or two people to dismount for a bottleneck to start.
I entered for the fun of it. I like the vibe at bigger events, and I enjoyed my day out. I expected a lot worse bottlenecks so I was pleasantly surprised.
The only downside of the day is my crash 9km into the race on the cement track. Lost quite a bit of skin...
Nice to read reports like this . But I see you have failed to include the best and cheapest stage race currently . The Three Towers must be one of the most affordable and enjoyable races I have done in years . Every year they listen to whatever complaints etc the riders may have and actually do something about it .
I have to agree with you on this. Three Towers might not be as far as the others in this thread but the non stop climbing in that Lowveld heat is a killer. The single tracks on Three Towers is some of the best I've ever ridden!!!
Jip saw that one as well. I see they have loaded the Mountain King now at an astonishing 3% saving...
WHAHAHA now they only change the RRP to make it look like a special...
Regarding re-seeding, I never actually got a reply, but on the sms they sent I got a new number and start time. Both for MTB and Road.
They do say on the website that the PDF will not be updated, and you will only be able to check it at registration.
NB: Entries received after 10 October or entrants who were re-seeded will not be able to access their information using this link. These Race Numbers can be found on the Look-Up Board at Number Collection.
Does a 42,1 SAS index starting in Group A4 sound about right?
Think so ya. I am a 32.4 index and Im in A2
Ja they never responded to my form... But i took my ipad today and showed them my sas results and they moved me
Haha i stood right next to you then. The poor bloke nearly gave your ipad back to me!
HAHAHA, don't they check these things before posting it on the website?
Well they fixed my seeding there...
I filled out the reseeding form and sent in all my results from SA Seeding. They moved me to the A2 batch.
Having to go twice at 2 different locations for number collection is ridiculous! They should do 1 big Expo where you can get both the MTB and Road race numbers.
I don't think they want to hold an expo for that long though. If they had to do it like this they would've started today and only finish next week Saturday. And I bet booking the entire dome for three days does not come cheap.
I am happy with it like this. Imagine you are only doing the MTB and you have to go and queue with 30,000+ roadies to get a number board and a water bottle. Imagine the frustrations that will bring.
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I've done it several times with stage races...