Karman de Lange

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Wheels gonna be your issue, most rated up to 120kg .. So just do research otherwise you gonna be popping spokes all the time.

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?

For 360 it is, think 180 not

Ouch .. 3 weeks should be fine....

Just get team mate to carry you to the loo, Mine just borderline blood pressure, like 4 over (144/80) . So might just be stress (and no sleep) of the last week. Now for 24 hr test to check if stress or actually issue .. At least got extension till Tuesday (thanks organizers) .. pheww

So still not passed my medical , need more checks... la la la #%@$%!@# now to beg for extension.. sigh ..

Its just 36 x 30km rides