GaryvdM

Yip. That was me. Lekker to see you again.

I really enjoyed my ride yesterday. I think I missed the thrill of sitting in a big group of compliant riders doing 60km/h and not having to pedal hard. Also I underestimated my fitness, so taking it easy in the fist half, meant I had lots in the tank the second half. Well done to the organizers, very well run event.

Also given the downhills are in the first half, I find it easier to get a good bunch to draft with.

I hate the fact that I care so much about it 😭😆

Found it! I can email them with this 😁

Ok, thanks, that is useful info.

It was on Racetec till about 2016/2017 at which point they seem to have removed old races. http://results.racetec.co.za/results_by_person.aspx?PID=87039 Did you ride 1997 or 1998, and if so, is your result there?

Unfortunately all I have is a medal. No photos.

Here is a bit of a rant for me: This is my 11th 947, so I was looking forward to wearing a yellow number with pride. But alas, I was only listed as having 9 finishes, so white number for me. Looking at the portal, I can see they are missing my 1998 finish. This result was listed on racetec for a while, but it disappeared from there around 2017. Oh well, will just have to wait for next year for my yellow number.

Thanks for the info. So it sounds like the private support vehicles were not supper annoying. I think I'm going to enter.

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Anyone done the The Grind, or any other races in the Glorious Gravel Series in previous years? How was it? I'm considering it, but I'm worried about the allowing of private support vehicles on the route. The fact that there are so many rules regarding support vehicles tells me they've had issue in the past. All previous Gravel races I've done have not allowed private support vehicles, so this concept is a bit foreign to me.

Been out of cycling for a while, but riding this year. Question: has the route changed at all since 2021? If so, please can someone share a link to a accurate Strava/RideWithGPS route.

There is defiantly some blame to be put on the lead vehicle driver. If that's your job, then you should be sufficiently familiar with the route that if you encounter a situation like a cone blown by the wind into the incorrect location, that you should know it's wrong.