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The LOCR is the laanis man way to do stage racing. Stay in Hotel ,(please if I want to stay in a tent I go camping). All food included 3 great stages Great vibe at event. Social get together every night This year was a bit wet but still great racing,just remember its mountaingoat country.

Friday looks really wet

I do think in SA there is a market for well planned 3-4 day rides in Areas that are not always available to ride. If you take the fees for s2c and wtw you should be able to easily ride a trail and sleep in BnB` s for a tour lasting 4 days. We are blessed in Sa with a wealth of mounty routes. I feel the ...Next big thing..will be guided tours in remote areas. S2c is nice ,day 2 is the best ,but many of the areas are badly rutted from braking and sort of spoils the ride.

So if I read correctly does the W2W run out of one basecamp for 3 days? What is the entry I might give it a go next year.

Atta again eeishhh Yes last year was tough,I battled compared to 2011. I also ride with one bottle ,never had issues the only thing is i cannot stand the stuff they gave us last year,so this year wil take my own pre-mix. I do ride with a small bottle in my back pocker for water to hose down the body now and again.

It seems like many riders suffer from the effects of the sweet overload in the Tummy. Next year will really try something new not all the usual crap like energellys,litres of energy drinks and the od GU. And Bergplaas seems to be the piont in the race where all suffer from tummy pain

why why why after suffering do we say to ourselfs the next day -willi do it again? hell Yes baby

I was so moer toe there I went the speed thats one step up from falling over. No wonder my partner towed me in

What was the fastest speeds clocked by riders on some downhills I checked 70kph on one downhill with tailwind and Im light some off the bigger riders must have flown.

One thing Azonic has mentioned before is that your Tummy gets really unhappy with all the junk food. Energade,goo,wine gums,energelly`s,sosatie made my gut very sore,at Kondoma I switched to water only --and felt better right away. 2 Waffels at Zuurbron sorted me out. If...........................................................I ride again next year its water for me. PS nearly rode past Kondoma expecting the checkpiont at Pakhuis well if you dont go to the riders briefing thats what happens,but the Battery charging sign there confused us. One thing that really saves you is making fast stops we passed many teams in checkpionts wasting time and never saw them again.

That tailwind really helped up neverender by that time I was running on empty and that hill at the end against the wind killed me luckily my partner could tow me a bit.

looks like a spot of rain---30% --well thats 70% chance of no rain with nice west wind--lets do this thing.

If you want to die in a blaze of glory flying down suikerbossie..use tape...nice knowing you

carbooooo loaaaaaaading this week

As jy Dom is moet jy seker voel.shame as jy nou nog nie weet dat Ghetto baie cheaper is sal jy seker nooit.

I wonder if the route will still come out at Kabeljous and then its all uphill to fountains. Hopefully the route will split before the downhill to the sea and then onto fountains

nee wat moenie te veel stress nie dink nie ons sal soveel reen kry wat al die riviere sal hoog loop nie. Die weer lyk ok vir die 17de

Do it solo

You can race without a driver ..no problem many teams do.She can go straight to jbay

Ek gaan seker Sondag in Ry van Kondoma af oor die berg af en Dan Bergplaas opklim sal Laat weet hoe die water levels is

That's a experienced rider talking ....well put together summary of the route...long range weather still looking good

Search Trans Baviaans theres tons of advise

use duct tape also called Gorilla tape for the rim strips one roll is R30 ,roll 3 times around cut valve hole and whalla

Don't stress,Fangs are nasty but short,Bergplaas is much easier with the concrete strips and ...the next stop is on top of the hill. NEverender you ride at night so you cannot see the complete climb just vasbyt you nearly home.keep training ....rather plan the whole 230k and start slow so you have something left in the legs for the climbs

I dont think you need to worry about high water levels.We have not had nearly the amount of rain as last year. The long term forecast on Accuweather also suggests no serious weather it predicts a sunny week for the Trans--hold thumbs