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Where's Gravel SA's happening @Jbr

Okay, I'll take the bait... Come now fellas, this race hasn't even started yet, things only get really greasy from Day 4, let's not start making ridiculous assumptions just yet. There's still plenty pawpaw left to hit the fan before Sunday... and some rain on the way from Friday as well. Ohhhh... I can't wait 😄

Ouch, you did very well to keep it upright 😲

It'll just means that he'll push me even faster up the hills now 😉😄

There's no nice way of saying this... hulle gaan klippe k@k en bloed p!s. After today that realization will have hit them squarely between the eyes. This race is brutal in every way.

He did tell me but I can't remember. I do know he hasn't ridden it since he fitted it because it's still covered in the dust of the Canola Roller that we did year 😄

This is nothing new, like some of the female age groupers winning their age categories and claiming the glory but their strong husband is pushing them up Chappies & Suikerbossie. Some people have zero shame or ethics.

I saw this on IG, hope it helps: Important Weekend Details Registration: - Friday 15h00 - 17h00 Kloovenburg 18h00 - 20h00 The Jolly Olive 🍷 🫒 🍕 Lunch and Dinner Available - Saturday 07h00 - 08h00 Kloovenburg ☕️ Coffee on sale from 7am Breakfast available for supporters from a bit later. - Race Start: 08h00 (all categories) - Prizegiving: 13h00 - Afterparty: Enjoy some great food and wine offerings into late afternoon! 🍷 🍔 🍕 🍻 #ilclassico

I would also suggest you post a link to some of your previous content and an indication of the kind and amount of coverage it has received in the past. This allows potential sponsors to see if their target market is getting reached. If you haven't yet done this, then I'd suggest you plan a shorter 3 or 4 day trip first and get creative as possible. Then use this video as a promo. Creating crap content is easy. Creating engaging and creative content is however both challenging and time consuming and most of the hard work happens behind a laptop doing editing. Good luck with your endeavors, it sounds exciting.

Agreed, if there was a "Most aggressive rider of the day" award it would have gone to Luke, he was ripping it up 👍

Every year I read @Mamils race report and every year I promise myself I'll do it the following year. Then along comes December and all my ideas of a solid month of base train and weight loss goes out the window in favour of a good holiday, great food and copious amounts of cold beers... because I deserve it, it's been a long year right? When I look again, it's mid Januworry and I suddenly realize that I'm nowhere near prepared enough for a week of climbing Bainskloof Pass for 4 days and chicken out 😖 I'm my own worst enemy I guess 😊

After doing my 21st tour last year, I made the commitment to my wife to drop my competitive nature and enjoy my 22nd tour riding around the Peninsula with her. It was her 6th tour but she hadn't done it in many years. I'm super glad I agreed to that idea because we had a lovely time out there. Taking time to smell the roses makes one acutely aware of just how privileged we are to still have this event on our year cycling calendar and the way the majority of the greater CT community embraces it, is truly special. When starting early (pre-7am), you don't really get any idea of how many spectators still take the time to come out and cheer the riders on. The first 70km's just flash by and the only support you get are from the early risers and the cheerleaders at the water stations. Starting later opens up a whole new world of support, with people all along the route cheering you on, braaiing, having a dop, DJ stations galore etc. It's a totally different vibe and a whole lot of fun. We stopped at many water tables, interacted with the locals and even stopped at the famous Noordhoek Cafe for a cappuccino (sadly the croissants were already sold out) and took the time to cheer on the riders as well. Cathy rode her ebike with a single battery, so battery management was crucial. Her bike is limited to 28km/h, so on the downhills and flat flowing parts of the course I added a helping hand just to keep the speed consistent with the little bunches we were in and on the lumpy stuff she made me work at bit keeping up. In the end her conservative use of her trail or boost mode was unnecessary because she still had plenty of battery life left. That little Orbea Rise really impresses me with its battery management. All in, it was a superb day out there and we had an immense amount of fun. I think I'll do it again next year, the same way... God willing 🙏

In 2022 I went down there on a gravel bike with 40C Rambler tires. It wasn't fun but it was doable.

I raced the 180 Half last year on a set of 47C Vittoria Terreno dry's on my Hartail. They performed beautifully, even down Rooiberg at speed 🤙

Clem is just trolling for new victims 😉😄 That Brackenfell group ride is a bit of a hammer fest this time of the year so come well prepared. They do however regroup at a few points on the ride if you get dropped but you still need to maintain at least a 30km/h avs speed so you don't get left behind completely.

DID, you are aware that Keegan is a multiple USA XCO Champ right? The oke can MTB and he can do it very well. I think this is a match made in heaven as long as they don't rip each others legs off.

Hoe dan nou so? Didn't Keegan ride the whole Epic with his brakes on when he partnered with Lacky?

Sorry, it wasn't meant to be mean although it does happen, often to people who take on these challenges around a braai with mates and then don't prepare themselves properly for the effort. All the best with your ride.

Don't die and if you do, warn the riders behind you that you're stopping to die so that they don't ride into you and cause a pile up. Oh... and have lots of fun, that's what it's all about 🤙

That was rather an interesting finish to stage 1 of the tour of Algarve yesterday. I see they now cancelled the stage altogether rather than give Ganna then win. What a cluster F$#@. I spent an hour watching the last 40km's on Live stream only for it to end in that chaos.

Yup, most of the k@kpraat has now moved onto whatsapp groups instead of the forum. Rather sad actually. I find myself enjoying the Wilddog Adventure biking forum a lot more as the topics are more varied and engaging. The target market there also appears to be a lot more mature (read old toppies) and experienced.

And this is where Ethics come into play... he blatantly lied to you to gain benefit. I had the same thing happen to me with vintage motorcycle that I bought on Gumtree for a bargain. I got contacted a day later by the owner of the motorcycle museum (or rather motorcycle hoarder) in Nieuwoudtville. I was spun this long story about it being the only bike he's missing in a collection of Yamaha 2 strokes and the bike will be preserved for eternity and on display for everyone to enjoy for generations to come etc. etc. etc. I fell for his story and felt good about preserving the history of the bike. I ended up selling it to him for what I paid plus the petrol to collect it. A week later I got a call from someone asking if I had the papers for the bike. When inquiring why he would need the papers after I sold the bike to the museum owner, he informed me that he bought the bike from him and wants to register it. Needless to say, he paid substantially more for the bike... as in SUBSTANTIALLY more. I'm still pissed off about it, not because I sold it but because I allowed myself to be bullshitted by a old con artist. But karma will deal with him in the future.

It was a sting operation, he had backup waiting.

Sadly for every 1 arrested there's another 10 ready to take his place, especially if they're getting rewarded for their efforts. The only solutions is to get them out of that area and hopefully not somewhere close to another cycling route because they now know how lucrative the cycling muggings can be.

Yeah, I really don't see the issue here. This is how fair trade works. If you did your due diligence and were happy with the price you got at the time then it sounds like you're just sour that you didn't sell them for more. Bear in mind that he might be smoking his socks and he won't get the price he's now asking for now anyway.