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  1. Same way I remember it, but wondering if there's any insight into why the first celebration was 21? Linked to the custom of celebrating 21st birthdays perhaps?
  2. I feel like I remember this. Did you guys do lap up the old pass and down the new one, or am I remembering a different tour around the same time period?
  3. Even with the best view and plenty of time to analyse Gerald still makes up his own stories. "This break of 5 is working so well together." Uhm, what race are you watching? First off, there's six in the break. Second, Geldenhuys is staying at the back and the others are having words and trying to force him through / attacking him. I was tempted to mute them, but it's like watching a car crash and I wanted to know if they will ever figure out what's happening right in front of their screens. They did not, and they were so confused when Dan "broke the cohesion" of the break.
  4. Who wrote this? Spelling and language errors aside, some facts are just plain wrong and in places contradicting. Terlouw unable to follow, resulting in a lead group containing Terlouw? For real. This after saying that Terlouw was in the early break and was the last survivor with Loubser. No he wasn't, that was Geldenhuys. At this point we're just drawing names out of a hat...
  5. Hey, I made the Mamil highlight reel! Was very disappointing to see my vets title defence go up in smoke with 30min spent next to the road with a sidewall cut. Luckily a kind rider saved my ride with some extensive tools from his saddle bag (I believe that's what it's called... 🤔) and I didn't have to DNF. I chased onto Mamil's group (HR ramp early in the below chart) then sat in a bit contemplating my options (and feeling sorry for myself). I decided to pay back the kindness of the stranger that saved me towards the larger cycling community by pulling the group I now found myself in and waiting whenever they dropped the wheel. At Bain's one gent was climbing well and we could see the open cat front riders so I gave him the help he needed to bridge. Nice zone 2 ride to prep for my TT the next day... 😉
  6. Shocking reporting in that segment. No mention of the crashes. Called the weather perfect, while we had rain and wind in the latter half. Stops reporting on the elite race halfway through. Reports the wrong person as winning the race... At least it had plenty of slow motion shots of people eating potatoes / getting medals...
  7. Especially with @BuffsVintageBikes added perspective of the confusion. I was near the front of A for both crashes so knew what was going on, but riders should not be treated what he's reporting, especially with the safety consequences of it all.
  8. > because no one in a bunch will stop unless you are specifically told to stop by an official, with both crashes we only had a few seconds to process what happened in front of us. I'll accept that and withdraw the "rider" part of my comment and leave all post crash poor decisions on the comms. > But that B bunch was still faster than A on the section after Vierlanden and catching up with A, no sympathy from me. Closing a 30s gap down to 20s in 11km with a singular focus of catching the rabbit, while the rabbit is oblivious to your presence is maybe worth a pat on the back, nothing more. I don't blame the riders in B for chasing, but you also can't expect the A-group to ride as if they are being chased. They are there to race (or at least half of them are) and should not have their race started with 100 riders 30s behind them. That's all on the organisers.
  9. The biggest frustration, eclipsing all others, is that organisers are not improving. On the contrary, we're heading in the wrong direction...
  10. We might not be Alex Miller level strong, but riding in D is a very expensive, very early ride that we could just do from home for free...
  11. At the end of the Neutral zone, B group was 30s behind us according to GPS data. Why did B not have a car enforced Neutral, it's the elite ladies group. Why is there not a bigger gap in front of whatever bunch is considered to be the first funride bunch and the last bunch to have a true neutral start? Why did the Comms and riders of B group think it appropriate to speed past 15 stationary cars and motorobikes and 107 stopped A groupers at the fruit sellers 4-way. Why did A-group have 107 starters when realistically only 50 max are there to race? In 2020 A-group had 58 starters, historically as low as 33. Has PPA lost their own playbook wrt keeping racing safe on open roads post Covid? Why was B-group allowed to restart 40s behind A-group after their eventual stoppage? Why do I feel like selling my road bike after so many road races these days? 😢
  12. Well, the tandems that started 3min after A-group caught us in 2min30s, so wrap your head around that math... /s We can do high speed corners single file, we can't dodge motorbikes pulling up stumps at 60kph...
  13. They do them every Saturday and Sunday, and have two follow cars to cater for different abilities. Visitors are welcomed, but if you become a "regular visitor" you'll eventually be asked to officially join the club.
  14. Yeah, that's not how statistics work though. That's called the gambler's fallacy.
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