That was a fun morning out on the bike 🤙 It's been a very long time since I turned up at a funride and I was pleasantly surprised at how well organized this race was. Kudo's to the race organizers, marshals and helpers who braved that heat and still had smiles on their faces, even at midday in that heat.
I decided to dust off the classic Bridgestone Radac for the event. For those old enough to remember, these are the bikes that the Southern Sun Mnet Team used to race in the 90's, with their star riders being the legendary Willie Engelbrecht & Andrew McLean. Needless to say, the bike was perfect for the rolling route, even with 13-25 ratio at the back and 39-52 up front I had no hassles... except up Odendals of course. I'm very grateful the finish was only halfway up that drag 😄
I started in Q because I no longer have a seeding worth mentioning and very quickly realized that there's no such thing as bunches back there and the riders do the craziest of things at random times... like sprinting off the front and trying to catch a Triathlete out on his TT bike who blew past us at 1000 miles per hour 😄 Then look around and ask who's going to help chase... wtf 🙃
So for most of the ride myself and a friend were sitting on the front (more him than me) and bunch hopping. At the last water my legs finally cried enough and last 20km's were pretty much done in survival mode.
Great day out though, I might even do another one soon 😊
