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I will be contributing to your worthy cause. Good luck and enjoy every minute! And thank you for what you are doing for the animals!

Sounds about right, it’s the 10 year anniversary edition, bummed to be missing out if I’m honest.

Start list attached. FINAL MUNGA 2024 RIDER RECKON.pdf

You might see me on the route somewhere between Tankwa Padstal and Da Doer Padstal - on my 2-wheeled beast with an internal combustion engine. This year has been a lazy year for me, I’ll get back into the swing of things next year, Munga 2025 is penned in! Good luck and enjoy!

Recap of day 1 on Youtubes…

Watch out for the Puffy Adders bringing up the rear of the field! Team SPCA will be there providing some off the cuff post stage entertainment. Details to follow! @christovdw

That might be it I reckon. They’ve caught me out once, ever since then I know to pay attention. Its on a roadsection that is a darker shade of asphalt, so for me, I always know its coming. But ja, if you dont ride there often, those bumps will easily catch you off guard. Its quite terrifying to think what happened. I ride that road so often, its my go-to for base miles. Really nice wide shoulder. But you still have to be waky. And with summer fast approaching, those bloody slithery things will be just another obstacle to avoid.

Those 2 bumps are circled with yellow road paint and there is a marking on the road indicating said bumps. Cycled there 3hrs ago. It is right opposite the brewery entrance, Saggy Stone, I think. Edit: now that I think about it, the yellow markings weren't there on Monday evening. So maybe it was done after the fact. Sad to hear of a death in the cycling community, irrespective.

Indeed! Let’s make this a good one! In case anyone wondered, we are no racing snakes, hence the name #puffyadders 🫣. Would be good to get similar awesome support as in the past.

That looks like a lekker setup. Ja I’m 1 from 2, last year still bugs me, but don’t worry, I’ll be back, I need another stripe on my shirt!

Enjoy it! I cannot make it this year, but I will definitely suffer from FOMO come the end of November.

I’d forgotten to report back: I’ll rather drive the extra 5km to Alchemy in future, their single origin is still unbeaten in my books. (I tried Boston’s single origin and their morning blend, sorry, but Alchemy is better IMO) Disclaimer: for consistency, all brews were prepared using my bean2crap Siemens.

Bought some yesterday for my bean to k@k machine… report to follow 🫣

Lance and George’s synchronised ad-talk has put me off the show. LA also had a moan 2/3 days ago when he commented in people who commented that the ads suck and they skip over it. I’m a fan, but I rather watch JB2 now.

https://live.sport365.stream/02-jul-2024/cycling/tour-de-france

I’ve seen many a podcast where ex professional sportspeople discuss their struggles with normal life once they retire. Think Dorian Yates, Joe van Niekerk, etc. It’s really sad to see.

That poor individual appeared to be someone with a very basic bicycle, there was a post on Titanium Security’s socials with a photo showing the front end of the bike. I walk my rotties along that shoulder by Haasendal on most nights, and last night I spoke with the security regarding the incident. They have extensive cameras along the fence on Bottelary but that incident was further along opposite Koopmanskloof entrance. Most probably a poor soul on his way home after work. But nonetheless, I see many cyclists on Bottelary rd in the early evening so its not as quiet as might be perceived. I too ride this road almost daily. A couple of weeks ago there was an attempted robbery on the shoulder by Haasendal’s solar plant, they saw it on their cameras and dispatched their security who took no time to dish out some kangaroo justice to the 6 youngsters who were caught on camera. I stood there thinking: do I set the dogs free or just leave it alone. I chose the latter. I watched a healthy dose of PK’s being dished out, then carried on my merry way. Later the security guy who recognised me stopped and gave me the rundown.

Ja I have done a couple of laps. Others I know have also done multiple laps.

I get slightly annoyed when I have questions and there’s no phone number available and also no reply on socials. On the plus side, roads seem to have been graded according to the most recent posts on Insta. Might just pull out my roadbike and ditch the DS 😝

That time has been changed several times, first it was from 14:00, now the website says 16:00. A fellow rider went there about 30mins ago and they (SW) didn’t know anything about RVR.

I also see that prizegiving is scheduled for 13:00, which means the front runners are expected to finish the course in under/around 5hrs, ie 30kmh average. Thats pretty haastig… or is it just me? Not that I consider myself to be in contention, just hypothesising on my anticipated riding time on my trusty DS.

does anyone have a phone number for the event organisers? Sportsmans Warehouse seem oblivous regarding the number collection today.

Looks like rain on Thursday and Friday as you said, Saturday looks like no rain but cold. I’ve never done the event before but if its gravel roads I don’t think it should be a problem if its a wet surface. Naturally it won’t roll as easy but that’s ok, nothing will be as bad as 36One from last year. Dealing with that peanut-butter 💩 for that many kms was pure evil.

I’ll be there, doing the 100miler 😀