Hennie VR

He trains and race hard enough to have a sponsor who gives him the real deal! No need for fakes.

So it's true that there is no such thing as bad publicity!

Remember to pack your climbing legs! The roads go up and does not stop. The downhills are awesome as well!

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Real funny. They say they are in North West (South Africa) but if you look at the map it shows San Francisco FAIL!!!

Cool It's been a while since I last used that road. Damm I miss the Cape!

If I was on my road bike I would not want to ride on the curb as that is where all the k@k lies that gives me punctures. The cars are more in the wrong if they ride on the inside where there is yellow dots marked out on the road and pass on the inside. As far as I can remember the speed limit on that road is 80km/h thus if the cars drive at 120km/h they are breaking the law more than these two chaps. Look it's great that you are concerned about the safety of the two riders, and it's never nice to read about a rider being hit/killed but in the end everyone is responsible for their own life. They must make the decision where they want to ride.

Perhaps change the topic line to: Mentality of some cyclists towards cyclists. I see nothing wrong. They were both in the yellow lane and was in nobodies way. You however stopped in the emergency lane (whilst not having an emergency) to tell cyclists that they give us a bad name. To pass you they probably had to cycle into the road and put their lives at "risk".

Went to George over the December holidays and had done some proper road and mtb training there.

Cape Epic already have those. They even have their own special jersey.

True. But can you or I also lodge a complaint within 30min of seeing it on TV? Most probably not. If it's only competitors that can lodge a complaint then they can ride as they please as long as nobody sees them.

Technically nobody was behind them to see it happen thus no one can report it . They were the last team to start and I can't remember if they have passed someone at that stage. Guess luck was on their side.

I also can't see why they will do this to just gain a bit of time. Surely the chances of him getting a puncture or hitting his derailleur on a rock (and losing much more time than he could possibly gain) does not make it worth it to take sort-cuts thus there must have been a reason for it.

I'm not photogenic................not even with a helmet and glasses on my head, and have never seen a picture taken of me that I really like thus I save lots of money. I must admit that I would like a nice pic taken once in a while and for that I'm willing to pay R45.

Photo Marx did Dullstroom. Not sure if they took the pictures at Sabie as well. Nothing on their web page yet. http://www.photomarx.co.za/page/home

I saw a guy on a Cyclocross bike !!! HUGE RESPECT. Made me look like a real amateur.

Thanks Bud. Needed you out there for the moral support on Saturday but I think you had a lucky miss. Damaged list thus far: Chain, Cassette, Rear Shifter, Brake pads, might as well change wheel bearings as well as all cables. The mud got in everywhere and washing the bike at every stream didn't help. I can see a complete bike strip and clean coming up. Rode in my Hub kit and I can't even get that clean. Seems Omo has met it's match. Went for revenge after last year and Sabie made me it's B**ch again.............but I will be back in 2015!

Think it's time to go ask the boss if I can leave early. Need to go and prepare myself mentally for the challenge ahead.

C batch this year. Nervously excited about Saturday.

I have seen a path close to the quarry. You can access it from Poortsig ave. The path is heavily overgrown and loose stones and a steepish slope make it virtually impossible to ride though. I don't know how far it goes in or how safe it is. Will go check out the trail soon

He even went forward and warned other slower riders that we were approaching.

Did to much work in the first 60km. Worked my g@t off on the climbs to keep the pace steady and on the first big climb almost the entire BL bunch passed me near the top. Don't know were all their energy suddenly came from. I sat up and let the others do some pulling. 16km to go there was almost a big crash and the bunch thinned out. I put in a big effort to close the gap and did catch up again but that was me done. Got dropped about 6km to go and the bunch pulled about a 400m gap. I put in another big effort and closed the gap a bit but lost momentum when we joined the short distance again. Would have liked to stay with the bunch but I'm fairly happy with my 3h06min. Lost about 3min I hate riding middle to back of the bunch. People don't keep their heads up and don't look forward. I cant count how many times there was almost a crash with people suddenly braking and pushing in because the road narrows or there is oncoming traffic. Come on people. CONCENTRATE! Also a special thanks to the bike marshals. The guy that rode with the BL bunch was great. He went out of his way to make traffic aware of us. A big to you Sir!

I agree , and that reminds me that I forgot to bring the cookies I got to work to make tea time more exciting

There will always be sprints out of corners if you sit too far back in the bunch because you have to brake more than the guys in the front that have less traffic and can carry more speed into the corners. So don't sit too far back. Same goes for climbs. You are going to need to sprint over the top to catch the bunch already half way down the hill and you won't have the energy to do that so try and move forward on the climbs.

Thanks for this. Never knew where to look it up. I see I have some SLOW mtb rides in Cape Town pulling my seeding down (man did I suffer on those ). Two more races and that should be sorted.