Karman de Lange

If they give more penalty to older events, it should as it will force people to actually do more events to keep "current" . Not sure if they did that though, very little info available.

#%@#@#$%@#!@# I was lekker riding on last years one tonner seeding..... now actually have to keep fit Wait ..... So no more falling back to V and help out buddy as you will end up with @#%#4 seeding as well ? Or is it per normal time penalty seeding thing. link to blog please seeing PPA still have old details on site

Seeding has been calculated 0.86 beta... .. although done my best race in years, I managed to drop a group (previous best seeding now time penalized as well) Anyone know with the new stickers with group number per event if they still use the same start group when you joined PPA throughout the year or do I now start 1 group back?

Wondering if EG not maybe split into 3 .. I never saw a H in the bunch I was in and I was definitely in the 2nd EG bunch and not first. Ok, looking at racetec again , there was 3 EG bunches .. ~2:03 , 2:06, 2:14 . so you guys must have caught the 2:14 guys, but that means about 10 min start gap ?

Was pondering why the normal fast guys on my Strava feed was alot slower ... The EG group really made the "pap dik aan" in beginning and we split up on the first climb. I hung on the second split (just) and got dropped on last hill (n7) again .. that 3 pulls in middle was just to much for unfit legs. Not sure what happened with the rest of the group as I thought I was in back split, but still ended in top half of the EG group, even after getting dropped at end, according to Racetec....

Loved the race, last climb was not in plans so hit me on empty tanks, luckily 3 off us fell off and limped back home.. What happend at front, us slow ballies was only 4-5 min behind the normal fast guys

done_and_paid

working on it. should be sorted by day end/ tommorrow , just cleaning up all the data.

Was my 4th 42km .. First time on new 2x11 hard tail.. missed my granny gear . . Route was 2.5km shorter, but same elevation, middle hill was a killer (well, only hill I had to walk, simply could not peddle slow enough). Overall, I felt better at the end than usual, but granted, I knew route fairly well so knew where to take it easy and recover for next part. O, and improved my time by 15 minutes, so not sure really if was tougher

Actually not .. Problem is, theory and real life don't always work. All I can say, new system has been in testing for almost 2 years, everytime a step forward is made another curveball is thrown ..

The system is designed to update the start groups, but it will only happen today (Its manual process after verifying the actual batch start times (and getting all the people that jumps over rails/push through etc sorted). Regarding the last question: Watch this space .....

Problem with those 3 was, they decided to downgrade to 50km and not tell anyone, systems can only be automated that much.. They busy fixing all the incorrect starters and will be sorted by Tuesday. That's also the reason why its provisional results..

Do solo, for the "fun" of it :-)

My Current project .. just posting here to keep me motivated :-) Before: Current:

Yup, was few emails from PPA about it. (There been at least 3) Cannot say about what time registration opens, but would pitch about 1 hr ahead of time , last sportive queue was about 20 - 30 minutes.

Just asked, can still enter (manually) or do late entry on the day (R100 extra)

Ok, so the tyre blow out on the car on the way to oudthoorn was the last straw .. not doing it this year. So my entry up for grabs (if one can still do subs) (for free) and 3 nights accomodation for 2 at b&b (we just paid deposit, so R1150 outstanding) PM me if interested L:

LOL ... this be my first, by i'm already doing the WTF am I doing thing. And seeing been on bike now total of 6 hrs since "argus" is not helping my confidence (4 rides) Think actually wife is stressing more... think she wondering how she going to drag my dead body back into the house on sunday.

:-) ... make route on strava from activity, then export gpx from route.. nice and small . .. and can be done with any public activity.. no special perms needed

Gpx of above ... (if not ok, let me know so can remove) 36One Velouria .gpx

https://www.strava.com/routes/8341743 copied from someone elses activity, so no idea if 100% edit: added gpx 36ONE.gpx

For the same gear ratio, longer crank will give more power, BUT this will be only if you run out of gears. So if you changing to get more power, cheaper to simply change chain ring or cluster Short cranks do help with higher cadence, but so does lowering your seat. (so no real reason for that either) I have 165, 172.5 and 175 cranks on my bikes .. (i'm 186cm) and one can notice a difference on the 165, but not really the others So basicly Go with the norm, and you can sell it again later for good price and not need to drop price for "special" items

and Karman de Lange wakes up and his coffee is cold

Wish I could get my mind on the "not race" .. I get on bike and there only 1 speed.. anyway .. gonna be a tough 14 hrs

Medical pass .. (phew) Anyone else done less km training in last 3 months than this race is long?