carbon29er

Living on the sea in a windy area of Cape Town I've come to know that there are only 2 weather forecasts that are valid. And windguru certainly isn't one of them. Accuweather only includes accu to be an illusion of accuracy. YR.no tends to be accurate about 3 days out but even this week that accuracy has dropped to 2 days. The inaccuracy tends towards predicting wind that doesn't eventuate on the day. Like today. The other is waking up, opening the curtains and looking at the palm trees. If they aren't moving there is no wind for the next 4-6 hours. Like today. If they are moving Chappies is howling and Cape Point is not good for deep section wheels.

Quickly taken up the stereotypical east european wide boy profile.

You're not really serious are you? I'll wager no calls. As long as you disconnect before they take the money out of your account it is a done deal. So you still have 4 weeks to watch and change your mind. I find since I've found kodi and mobdro that my Hulu subscription is also a waste of money and I'm not even sure I need Getflix any more either. What I cannot work out though is how all these fabulous services are provided and not one person has asked me for money. Do these guys not eat or pay for their servers?

Last time was 1987. So you're not in a club of 1 there.

With the state of road racing in the Western Cape that happens to be quite a few of us now.

Apart from the fact he got caught doped but his friends all jumped to his defence and said it's not in his nature to dope?

Definitely doable on the hills going up but I wouldn't want to be you on some of the faster sections downhill, that will be crazy leg speed.

And you needed a physio to post that on the road thread? Find that non event thread here: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/166468-event-cape-town-cycle-tour-mtb-challenge/

Doubt it. If you just eat what you normally eat your body is more likely to know what to do. If there was a magic potion that gives a rocket boost when consumed we'd all be living in ancient Gaul and use Getafix's potion before all sport. Oh wait, the pros do this already will blood bags....

What is wrong with just eating as you normally would before a little exercise? Whatever you eat on the day before or at breakfast will have no effect on your performance or enjoyment of the ride. It's not a multi stage multi day race, it's 109km around the Peninsula with 21 water points along the way. This means if the proverbial hits the fan you are never more than a few kilometres away from a coke and a bar one. No wonder the supplement and energy drink market is booming. Just crazy.

I'd love to know their logarithms for calculating as 2 of my efforts were 12 seconds different, HR 2 beats apart but watts 135w v 544w. Interestingly the faster was the year B batch split about halfway through the segment and I was around 5th wheel in the dropped bunch. My nephew made the split and put 5 minutes into me from there to the finish. Splits happen for a reason. It's not luck. Personally I think they just make up numbers. GPS tracking on some of the devices is not accurate enough for the some of the small segments that get reported.

Check out the variations on power for my 5 best times, same bike, same weight. Compact crank 50-11 which I binned straight after 2014 when I got dropped by B in this section. Happily sacrificed slightly bigger jumps on a 11-28 over a 11-25 with 50/34 up front for the extra 6% speed. Also shows it's impossible to train at real race pace.

Thanks. I should be finished lap 2 around 13:50

The customisation of my first white bike is now completed and road tested at the delightfully aromatic and named Tour de PPA. Now ready for the The Argus. Start weight: 18.2kg End weight: 15.9kg Major weight savings: 55mm carbon wheels with Sapim CX-Ray bladed spokes Schwalbe tubeless Pro One tyres Fizik Arione saddles to match the frame colour scheme on carbon posts Carbon aero bars for pilot SRAM Red22 Hydro groupset Same side drive train Other changes: 2x11 gearing 52/36 rather than 3x10 52/36/30 Hydraulic brakes instead of mechanical 10-25 cassette using a OneUp Components Shark tooth 10 tooth cog on DT Swiss star ratchet freehub From my research I believe this to be the SRAM Red22 Hydro tandem drive train and certainly the only 11 speed 10-25 out there. I'm very happy with the finished product. Shifting and braking not very different to a road bike, the acceleration is good while the comfort and stability is very good at high speed. And that high speed is high.

You didn't tell them? Shame on you. I think it's got to do with the max speed and where you applied speed compared to jcza. That extra 9kph max takes some watts due to the effects of aero drag. Maybe strava is quite clever after all.

Imagine dragging a 16kg bike up Suikerbossie in 6:50 pushing a 44-28. I feel the pain in the quads already.

Divide by 2 as a tandem.

Read that and weep all guys running compact cranks with 50x11. Unless you can pedal at 150rpm.

Billy Stelling has done a few. If you have the inclination to go through old threads you might a few more braggards really decent mountain bike riders telling us how tough nice they are as they rode on knobblies. Ideally on a MTB you want a fast split to Smits and a little slower after that. Which goes against the recent trend of slower to Smits and flat out after that. The fast descent from Smits does huge damage as if the rider a few places in front of loses the wheel it's all over. Pace is too high to make up the difference once the elastic snaps. On the tandem I reckon we'll be pushing 70kph down there and probably 80kph just after the Red Hill left to Scarborough. No way a 1x system can keep up with our 52x10.

Suikerbossie is made up of 3 parts, maybe 4 if you include the very fast climb from the second traffic circle after the Engen to the bus stop before it levels out with a flat section to the lights. Then, after the lights there is a white line painted across the yellow shoulder area. That is Suikerbossie, 1.8km to the white line painted at the exact top. From the first line to the pedestrian crossing is 1.1km at an average of 7%. The pedestrian crossing signals an easier gradient of 5% for the next 600m to the next pedestrian crossing when it levels off again to about 3% for the final drag of 100m to the top and the white line. Most of us back off 100m from the top and then spend 5 minutes chasing like a frenzied tik addict to get back on to the bikes we let go before they reach the 12 Apostles Hotel.

Sorry. Genuinely am. But look on the bright side. The work for next year's sub 3 has already started with that 1M seeding this year.

We're talking 2:59:59 here, Not 2:49:59.

Basically everyone who lines up in the 1st 2 rows at the start. Go hard from the gun and you'll soon find a few riders who will work with you.

As long as you come back with the mandatory "I did a sub 3 on my 29er WITH knoblies" thread after the event. We LOVE those threads. It fills us with such admiration and a sense of awe. Only thing that beats that is starting in 2 something and doing it. But as it is a road race I suggest you go ride this weekend and leave next weekend to the guys who have the decency common sense to turn up on the right bike.

About 200 other riders. You won't be alone.