LongDonkey

Looked at the layout for the start groups on the web site. A, B, C, D and E are small. F and G are like twice the size of A to E together. Not keen on that congestion and argy bargy, Scroll down a bit to see the pics. http://www.cycletour...start-line-101/

10 flyers for products with tenuous links to the Argus race or cycling in general. (Estate Agents etc)

Nah, just some pepper spray. I can refer you to a video if you like...... Also need a new smiley of someone holding their halo behind their back....

What has been posted on Facebook, stays on Facebook (somewhere in a little corner of their data servers). Its like VD in Vegas, that sh#t stays with you.....

Cyclists are chops. Had a pack of 5 or 6 overtake me (Pink club jerseys) on the climb from the chicken farm up to the bridge over the N14 on the road between Fourways to the Cradle. Elandsdrift Rd i think. The leader was fast and i have no problem being overtaken. My problem is they did it 3 abreast, incl one guy pushing his chick on her Tri bike cos she could not keep up with the pace. Then there were the bigger chop clingons at the back from Cycle lab looking for the free pull. They took up the whole road on a blind corner where ALL cars and bikes gun it, huge shouts from someone behind me shouting CARS. She was a bit "concerned" as a car was coming. Do it single file and dont be a dumb ass when you do it. Rant off.

A Beast is "Reborn". Nice one. Welcome to the club. Waiting for Cliff to let me know what is happening to my replacement frame. Minor issue which they are assisting in fixing. Still think the brushed Alu frame looks the best.

Wanna drop to F batch and tow a few pathetic wannabe's along?

Aaaah, gotcha. Get some scissors .......

Us poor suckers in Joburg cant see the billboard. Maybe it needs to be bigger.

Yup, kinda my feeling as well. I found that their times are based on a zero wind situation performed by someone a Suzuki 500, not an actual cyclist. But this being my second Argus i should be able to do a couple of checks on the calculator

like me on my 26erNo photos available any more on Jetline

There is no wind in sun valley...... apparently!Hmmmmm Perhaps that downhill section at the left turn towards Chappies is faster than we think.

The only editable cells are highlighted in yellow. Change those two numbers

Split time calculator is on the pull down menu on web

Only reason i would dislike this is because they are a pair of steeyupids, just like the off camera person. I will just keep on trying my best to obey the road rules and also not get dead on the roads.

Entries re opened and Team Dusty Bottoms have signed up.......

Watch out for thorns and punctures. Two smallish hills on the track. They are cutting more single track through the bush which is a really good move by them. Nice track on the whole.

From my seeding, they used both the road and mountain interchangeably and treated them both as one list in the Road and MTB seedings..... go figure.

Far Canal... Now that is a bike i can fall off in real style. Not just legs anymore, now its legs and my neck getting stuck in the spokes...

I am a billionaire.... I am 204 cm When are the 36er's coming out???

Bigger legs helps with climbing power.Mine are long and skinny so climbing sux. Currently I am on a 2x10. If you go to a second ring you will need a front derailleur which is a different setup.

Gotcha But seems they did it the other way round. Winner was actually 2:29. RI calculator used 2:36. So basically the winners get a RI of -0.4..... I get a better race index and the rest of the world is totally confused. Think i hear a beer calling. Will race my little heart out and try not to get flamed for wheel sucking.......

This is my whole point. So i am up in F Batch and the guys all drop me up hospital hill and i feel like a tit. Seems odd that the seeding is based on skewed results and not on actual performance. I get the beta thing but why not use the winners time. Just hope i can keep up with the bulk of the group. PS you better update your PPA seeding on your Argus spreadsheet, cos after your result in the Berg n Dale you will have dropped to 16 or something......

Can i bring a slush puppie as well?

Just another note on PPA having interesting race indexes. Berg and Dale is a seeding event for next years race. .. right.. So why did they not take the winning time in their seeding calculator, but rather the 7th place rider who was 7 or 8 minutes back..... Perhaps that is how they offset the fact that there will be a 6 pt penalty for using results that are a year old. So everyone who is bitching about getting nailed for old results and penalties.... it seems you are wrong. Oh and they put a 0.93 beta on the Berg n Dale race as well, so Hillsnacks must have been a very short hill according to them. I disagree.