Karooryder

Suikerbossie is comparable to Hekpoort but I think Hekpoort is longer (I might be wrong). Suikerbossie is a totally different animal from Klapperkop - can't really compare. For me there is one true comparison to Suikerbossie and that is that leg-wrenching last climb at Suikerbosrand. Not so much in terms of incline and distance but because both are hard climbs on tired legs...

I've seen many a 4 year old hike Lion's Head but fair enough.

Hey, I don't want to start something here (and it's not nearly Friday) but the last time I looked SA's crime capital was right by the Plat Berg. #gautengforever

Do what every single Vaalie (and other out of towners) do in the Mother City...hike Lions Head (but do it at sunrise or sunset, weather permitting - it's amazing)! And Kirstenbosch!

Ya a lekke price on Kulula - I should add that I scoured their website for 2 day and might just have caught the algorithms right . Vitality discount applied.

Difference in interest in the event and the event itself (I was referring to the former). I somehow doubt the CTCT is waning as business.

Interest in the event is definitely waning. Not only ito entries but also all the additional stuff for us out of towners. I remember when I entered my first ARGUS in 2012 you had to book accommodation, car rental, flights and bike transfer first thing when entries opened in September to avoid paying an arm and a leg, and also to secure all the necessities because of high demand. For the event this year, I booked all the additionals last week - really cheap accommodation in Sea Point (and lots left for those who haven't booked), reasonable flights (R1500 return - in the past they would go for R3000 plus 6 weeks before the event) and all the rest. I have said before that I prefer the more chilled ARGUS - it makes for a safer ride and you can actually get a coffee on the customary Saturday morning warm up ride to Houtbay without having to wait until the start on Sunday .

Almost as hidden as a sense of humor it seems.

I see your geography is failing you...let me help: But we are digressing...

Yes, a tar road loop can indeed be a nasty, ugly thing.

Good old Rehidrate, cheap but effecticve. I always ride with a bottle of water and a bottle of Rehidrate and no other fancy race drink or energy mixture. Works wonders.

Not sure, someone here talked about a crash that took the rider down. Anyone have more info? It was a very sobering moment to see this rider who - like the rest of us - left home in the morning to enjoy an day on the bike, never to return. An emotional ride for me; my best friend and cycling buddy for the past 10 years unexpectedly passed earlier this year and for the first time in 8 years I rode the 94.7 on my own. A tough ride - literally a trip down memory lane...afterwards I joked with friends and said that at some stage during the race I wasn't sure if tears were for my late buddy or for the wind ! On a sentimental note, I rode with his Garmin watch which, incidentally still had his 2018 94.7 logged in the history. This was also the last race we did together:

Passed the site at Woodmead where the cyclist went down and he /she was covered with a moon blanket...shocked to my core. Ride in peace, dear friend.

Wow, thanks for the photos! Is it just me or does it look smaller on photos than in real life? Wait...there are multiple things wrong with that statement!

Nah man it is easy: 1. start at the parking 2. turn left after the "cattle guard" 3. after the moer-of-a-climb-on-cold-legs, turn left at the T-junction (the road up the mountain to the T is the one-way we are referring to, and the "cheat shorter route" when you come back after to loop). 4. take another left at the next T... 5. keep straight...all the way for about 55km to the T-junction with the main access road into SBR (not the route up the mountain you started off with, unless you have an emergency ) - take a right at the T and go right back to the parking area.

I almost klapped a BIG baboon on that exact downhill, building up momentum for that gradual climb a few weeks ago. Ek weet nie wie groter geskrik het nie...

Hehehe no I know I'm just being dramatic. I see the short-cut more as an "emergency escape route" but its always damn tempting to take that sho't right and end the pain after bone breaker. And if taken, not at speed and with the required situational awareness obviously.

It is all a matter of perspective. And opinion. And fitness ...

Apparently the ETA is 16:20... if you are on site would you be able to take a few photos pleaseeeeee

All the talk of Suikerbos made me think now...seems like an awful lot of Hubbers ride there on their own (I, for one always head out alone cause my riding buddies are too scared to join ). It is such an amazing place and such a lekker ride to do with a group. How's about we arrange a few BHG (Bike Hub Gauteng) rides and a quick skottelbraai afterwards and sommer do something that has never been done: get Hubbers together to kuier.

And she's on her way...I am very tempted to drive out to ORT to watch the arrival...

It also depends on whether you head home straight after the Bone Breaker Climb ( a 50km ride) or do the additional 10km after the right turn back to the parking - totaling 60km. If you do the 60km ride 3 hours will be more than enough imo. Pity the gates only open at 7am as I always wish I could be out riding in Suikerbos really early morning.

Trust me you will get an entry. The days of ARGHUS entry cyber queuing and last-minute late-entry acquisition at double the price are long gone. And that's the way we like it!

They should get you into the Press Room LWB! Makes 100% sense and if Joe Public understands the leasing game the A350 acquisition (which is apparently a done deal) might even add to positive public sentiment...

Anyone know if late entries will be available at the start on Sunday?