Bub Marley

Start was very disorganised but there was a person on a megaphone calling out the groups so if you tried to skip the line then you deserve the dq. I started in C group and there were literally people riding into the start area from the oncoming side. And the marshals/security were just allowing them into the area. Was crazy.

You’d think by now they’d figure out how to design smaller race number. This thing is taller than my jersey pockets 🤦🏻‍♂️

So basically I bought a permanent board 2 months back which is so big only for them to introduce a much more compact one a month later. And on the road side, you pay for a new board with the Argus entry, and then essentially pay for a second one if you add up all the temp chips for all the pre races we do. These okes ripping us off and just smiling🤣

Who is actually inspecting the cranks in South Africa? And how are these people even qualified? Surely CH don’t employ engineers. This is just so bad from Shimano. Laughable!

Not a major thing here but they put the sticker on the wrong side of the tag as well. We ride on the left side of the road so from on aesthetics point, the numbers wont be visible. Also just looks better on the drive side of the bike.

This is actually mental. Visually testing whether the crank is affected. Complete shiteshow from Shimano this.

You can keep it in your back pocket and it will still read. I dunno why they come with all this nonsense. Must be at certain angles etc. It will read over timing may no matter what angle and height it is.

This is a fair point and actually makes a lot of sense as there will probably be some overlap of the Mtb & Gravel. But if we just stick to Road and Off Road then, the point i was trying to make was to have them on a separate day so we can actually do both. Again I understand that there will obviously be additional costs, but how do we actually gauge the interest of having them on separate days to see if it’s actually feasible?

As long as we have around 60% gravel, I’m cool with that. People tend to complain too much about this but a lot of gravel races actually have a decent amount of tar. The only way to connect A to B is mostly via tar. Durbanville have so much gravel options its more about getting permission from the farms that will be the biggest hurdle. The Swartberg race which is supposed to be our premier gravel event in this country has about 40% tar. But yeah, for me personally i would love to do both options if I had a choice.

That seems to be what lots of people are implying 🤣.

It says no late entries on race day. Seems pretty clear to me.

OP bought a bike. Not an electronic device. Tbh, I would rather ask my LBS to charge it for me than spend 3k on a charger. Seems like we all just brushed over this. 3K for a freaking charger. In terms of ripoffs, that is right up there!

How are they doing seeding now that racetec is gone? Seems like seeding hasn’t been updated for a while now. Can I also just say that FinishTime website is so poor and not intuitive at all. My word. I hope it gets revamped for the Argus or something. Also hope that our historic results gets somehow transferred over.

I responded to this point earlier and I’ll do it again. If I sell a phone and it came with a charger, then you need to sell the phone with a charger unless you specifically state in the ad, the charger is excluded. If i sell you a phone which do not come with a charger, then i do not need to put a charger in as the phone never came with it. The bike came with a charger, hence the charger has to be included.

I feel like they missed a trick here. I think many of us would actually like to do both Road and mtb. It’s one of the reasons I loved the knysna race until they changed that also now. Why not have Mtb Saturday and then Road on Sunday? I think there would lots of interest in something like this. Would actually be a great idea for any event organizer as I don’t recall anything like this in the western cape at least. Road, mtb and gravel all over a long weekend. Would be great.

And it’s always specified that pedals are not included. Same should have been done here. The Di2 does come with a cable so your comparison makes no sense.

This woman is crazy man. Charger should be supplied. Next time I sell my phone, I’ll exclude the charger as well. You can pay extra for it. Honestly the stupidest thing I’ve come across today.

Nice spot. Wonder what’s the plan here now? If they take a left after Hells, that road was in poor condition before the recent rains as well so can’t imagine how shite it is now. Perhaps they will have to cut Helschoogte out here as well. Which pretty much means a complete new route.

I mean the road surface on Bains is amazing. So so smooth so in that sense I agree. However I have never been up Du Toits whereas I have been up Bains multiple times from both sides in the past couple of months. So not gonna pay again to do the same thing again.

Change of route: BOLAND 100 MILER ROUTE AND VENUE AMENDMENT Please note that the organisation has had to amend the route for the upcoming Boland 100 Miler due to road works on the Wemmershoek Road between Paarl and Franschhoek. The road works were present last year, but the contractor afforded the event passage. This the contactor believes the road will not constitute a safe riding environment. The event used this section in the final 25km before turning right towards Du Toits Kloof Pass. The change makes a finish on top of Du Toits Kloof impossible, hence we have introduced a new route which will finish at the top of Bainskloof Pass. The venue changes to Café La Vita just outside Wellington on the Bainskloof Pass Road. It’s a beautiful venue perfectly suited to the hosting with ample ablutions and delightful culinary treats available. From the finish on top of the pass it’s a freewheel back to the venue. The change brings the distance to 150km and the ascent to 1831m. For the amended event info , CLICK HERE Date: 22 October 2023 Start: Café La Vita (below Bainskloof Pass), Wellington. Finish: Top of Bainskloof Pass (Wellington) Distance: 150km Route touchpoints: Wellington | Paardeberg | Malmesbury | Riebeck Kasteel | Hermon | Gouda | Tulbagh | Finish Top of Bainskloof Vertical ascent: 1831m Start time: 06h00 This is a bit disappointing as I really wanted to go up Du Toits. Obviously it’s completely out of the organisers hands. I’m probably going to skip this now as I’ve been up Bains so many times now.

Entered for this one. First official road event of the season. Should be a good one. Hopefully weather is good as well.

Yeah. We know.

As for title challengers. Yes, I do think Liverpool will be the only challengers to City because they are the only ones who have done it before. Arsenal might challenge but I still think they lack the mentality when things get tough. We’ll see if they are better this season. I think Spurs are nailed on to get 4th. Ange is doing great things but still way too early for me. We need to see how you react to adversity and pressure. So far so good though and I hope you do well. The league needs more challengers. But yeah, Liverpool have shown in the past they can stick with City and push them so that’s why I would have them as closest challengers. I still think City will probably win it again though.

I get all that and I understand that these things happen to all clubs. However you have to admit that this particular incident is a bit different. Here the officials actually got the decision right. I mean you can hear it in the audio. The communication was just terrible and the arrogance of the refs to not fix the mistake is the problem for me. Common sense needed to be applied here and the game should’ve been stopped. They realised the mistake like 3 secs later. I’m still in disbelief how they opted not to stop the game. This is where stuff like match fixing comes into the discussion. And again this has nothing to do with spurs as they are completely innocent here but the fact that the same official is now banned from all Liverpool games. I mean what the hell man? This just makes the integrity of the game even more compromised. So I understand your frustration but I honestly feel that Liverpool actually doing something is good int the sense that maybe just maybe these officials will be better next time.

Why are you referring to me as you lot? I am neutral in this discussion. You started off your response very maturely. You ended it off like a child. Not even sure it warrants a response but I’ll give you one anyway. You are bringing up loads of previous incidents. I’m not sure what any of them have to do with Liverpool taking this further. If Wolves had a legitimate goal disallowed but chose to not take it further, what has that got to do with Liverpool? Why should Liverpool scream injustice on behalf of Spurs fans? You are being a bit ridiculous mate. Spurs fans are well within there right to scream injustice themselves and Spurs as a club are also well within their right to complain and take it further. Instead Spurs did nothing. That’s not Liverpools problems. Every fan of every club screamed outrage after that decision. Now that Liverpool decided to take it further those same fans are crying and saying they should just accept it😂. Enjoy your three points. I do feel sorry for spurs a bit as they clearly did nothing wrong. However the result is null and void in my eyes. It’s not gonna make much difference to spurs season as I don’t really see you challenging for the title. But for Liverpool, it could be catastrophic. Let’s see how the season plays out.