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  1. Hi ... Does anyone know how to get the pdf of the results ? I logged into sas and it gives me my overall position but not in relation to anyone else ?
  2. Mountain bikers in a road races ? Come on guys... A friend and I (both Mtb ladies) did 94.7, starting in around k batch. I was on my road bike and my friend on her mountain bike. Half way down the m1 with the two of us having a big chat, setting a great pace and working together as we would on any Mtb race. We heard a noise and both of us looked around and realised that we were towing around 20 cyclists. No notice, no signal and not a word from any of them to warn us they were there! This happened multiple times in the race until we realised that we should consider this a compliment. These guys really had no issues being on our wheels. On every hill we overtook loads of people especially in the last half of the race, even pulled more up the hills. So the question is why all the moaning if you are happy to sit behind us and not work as hard ? I certainly would stick on any mountain bikers wheel knowing they have conquered some of south Africa's most awesome and tricky descents and rough terrain. Would I voluntary ride in the middle of a bunch as a mountain biker - no ways, but that is my personal preference. But the opposite seems to apply as with our experience on 94.7 this year !
  3. Whoop whoop ! My cradle loop has been way to short of late !! Well done !!
  4. I stopped together with 2 other people on Saturday to assist a cyclist who had fallen off his bike on Bryanston Drive. I didn't catch ur name in the chaos but would love to know if ur okay? Does anyone know of a Spanish mountain biker living in Morningside, married to Marina? Would love an update on how you are doing and hope your recovery is going well.
  5. There was a guy in one of the later batches looking for a garmin, near the satelite descent Here is hoping he is a hubber !!
  6. Fab race ! My first full one certainly lives up to its name. Well trust specialised to adopt the elitist approach and not draw from list of entrants !! Half the real Mtb warriers were still out on course of the full one . Apparently the announcer said at one stage over 400 riders still on course ! That's a lot of people who were excluded from the draw-poor form! Have also posted on their FB page. So did Thule, extreme lights and e bucks draw in similar ways to Specialised ??
  7. Been through this myself and like every mountain biker here, there is no easy start! She needs a decent bike so it's not a mission to even climb the first three hills at northern farms. She needs a great support network of other riders and even coaches. Try cadence being going for 2 years and haven't looked back. She needs to enter every race she can and who cares if they are too technical the only way u learn is by doing them. My first stage race was sabi experience, followed by sani and then wines 2 whales. I am hooked! She needs to find a group of riders who ride her pace and train like she does. I like riding with the girls from gym sometimes as it makes it easier to judge where one stacks up instead of chasing the guys at max to just keep up. And on the technical stuff I used to and still do hit the bike park ! Anyone can do a stage race u just need to train right and wrap ur mind round it !
  8. Andy, couple of my friends wanna come watch, will there be spectator points on the bridge ?? Is it visible from dabs club house ?
  9. Hey guys...not cool that no one was doing medals for later finishers...had to go ask for one from the announcer whilst the prize giving was going on for a couple of us that had some mechanicals...
  10. Try dedicate an area in ur home to cycling...my entire spare room is for the bikes and gear...
  11. Lets hope they fix this as I really enjoy it there
  12. I see the mtb bug has bitten, see u on the marathon next year !!!
  13. Hey guys...rode there today for the first time, we did the blue and joined up with red which was really cool and definitely the red is a toughie...quick question tho we wanted to do the yellow as well where does that start??
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