Bub Marley

So 11km at around 9% on gravel. Sounds fun.

Does anyone have the stats for the last climb?

I’d stick with the 42T and 10-50T. That lighter gear will be more beneficial i think than spinning out in small parts of the race.

The website is down at the moment so i assume they busy updating. Lots of organisers dont post the route file till a few days before the event as a lot of the roads go through private farms and they obviously don’t want people riding them until the event.

Both were low in elevation gain. The 50 miler was around 700m gain and the 100 miler i think around 1200. Both are very low in comparison to other gravel events.

Those numbers dont seem correct. I did the route last year and there were no climbs, just small rollers. Compared to other races, RVR was by far the flattest in profile.

If you’re gonna be doing any off road riding, then I wouldn’t use a bike with Shimano 105. Your chain will be bouncing all over the place.

Low ballers are annoying but they’re allowed to offer what they want. Just reject the offer or ignore them. Pretty simple really.

The climb was actually great. It was long but wasn’t steep at all and it spread the field out completely before the singletrack. Honestly was so awesome to ride singletrack without holding up someone or getting held up by someone. And I also liked the fact that all the singletrack was broken up nicely so if you did have someone behind you, there was more than enough chances to pull over and let them pass.

What an amazing race! Probably the best race I’ve ever done. Absolutely breathtaking scenery, fantastic climbs and really great single track as well. I’m back for next years event most definitely.

Any one know who are the Basso dealers or shops in South Africa?

I can agree with this. I have the trail lens and I don’t think the lens was made for South African trails. In the US, they have loads of forest trails and I can definitely see this lens shining in that terrain but on our farms, we have too much open areas which means too much light is let in. Even the trail torch is slightly darker, but I’m not sure it’s quite dark enough for trails.

Top of Hoogies and Conties.

In Think it looks better the way it was intended to look. And so far, this is applicable to everyone’s bike. I think keeping the flat bars and just changing the fork gives the bike a sleeker look.

I thought of doing this as well. But everytime someone posts a pic of there conversion I get put off more and more.