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Done it many times. Pros are a different story, but your average weekend rider - just no.

Rather go with flats. Last year I had to get off the bike more than twice because people in front had to clip out and push their bikes over perfectly rideable terrain.

All of it is rideable if you use the right pedals.

meh, for me it's a batch start at 6am for the toughest ride Durbie Dash to offer. The 60km MTB.

Pffft. For me it was harder than last years beta of 2.0 and in the light of the recent K2C beta I call BS.

Not a big fan either, but the little one likes it - I just hope she does not end up breaking anything. While I'm a but bummed out about missing two days of perfect riding weather and having to deal with traffic, especially around the schools - my legs welcome the rest. Until Monday I was on the bike every day for 20 days consecutively including One Tonner that had a recovery period of 120h according to Sports-Tracker.

if only.... https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/die-afrikaanse-garing-merk-2.1013576/post-24262308

Been off the bike the last two days, school run. The wife broke her coccyx and can't drive... but tomorrow I'm back on the bike.

Looks a lot better from that side than the view I had last week :

I had the same lady pass me on the last climb before Asara, she was very slow on the descent and I got whacked by those olive trees trying to pass her. They should start - and preferably stay - at the back. Then again had I upped the pace in the first part of the race I would have had less 30/45 traffic to deal with.

Saw a couple of e-bikes. Did they have their own category ?

Oh - wow, ok so my last post seems a bit more pointless now

Probably. Stellenbosch rid itself of many sports events. Stellebosch Cycle Tour and MTB, One Tonner, Medalion even running events such as Gino's night race, Jonkershoek half marathon, Total Sports Ladies race. I think the only event still taking place in Stellenbosch is the Winelands marathon - not sure for how long that will be the case.

Excellent event, as always. One of the few I can ride to from home. Very happy for the registration Friday afternoon. Bottelary trail fairies worked hard and the trails were in perfect condition. 10/10

I think they should let the 110km also go over Bains next year. The distance checks out and they can share waterpoints all the way to Hermon. Should make things a lot simpler and attract more riders.

Now I'm even more tempted to take my MTB. You put the wheel through, rotate 90 degree, put handle bar through....

I'm never crossing those in the middle of road again. Was actually thinking about that lekker dive on One Tonner this Sunday...

No, STBB.

Oh, now I get it - slow day for me. Yeah it has the potential to skew things for the roadies I guess. I'm all for the suggestion of just applying the start group time for those who are missing a start time. The few seconds it takes to cross the timing mats should not make much of a difference. On the topic of roadie vibes, my 2019 road number will have double the amount of race stickers than my 2018 one cause I plan to do the Langebaan one again this year. 2018's road number was used once

They are doing the timing for STBB this weekend and I doubt it will be fixed before then. On Sunday I sent an email to queries@racetec Yesterday I logged a query on the racetec site.

The email I got back from Dirtopia was the usual cannot deny nor confirm. "The event calendar will be released soon with the 2020 race schedule as well as confirmation re the CTCT MTB Challenge; I'd treat it as a rumour for now until a formal message is sent out."

I have now.

I emailed Dirtopia, let's see if they can confirm. I'm pretty sure there will be an MTB event.

I wonder how long it will take them to mop up this timing mess? On Sunday I sent a mail to their queries email with a picture of my start sticker (D-E) asking them to please correct my start time. Heard bugger all back. Still sitting pretty with a time of 12:52:13