Bub Marley

Epic ride weather says 28km/h winds. That’s pretty breezy but not unbearable.

Looks like a wet week. Early forecasts saying rain on Saturday but nothing on Sunday.

I use those Johnson and Johnson baby wipes. The unscented 100% water one. Works like a charm for most rides when bike is not too dirty. Obviously if your bike is caked it’ll need to hose down first.

Moving on from the seeding topic, does anyone know who to chat to wrt perhaps moving the race a week earlier next year with Ramadan looking like it will begin on that Sunday. I know many probably dont care but there is quite a large percentage of muslims who will all miss out if the race cant be moved.

Thanks for this. Clearly says on this link that they used 2022 99er for seeding.

So I got a response back from the PPA saying the 2023 99er was used for my seeding. I personally think they’re bullshitting because last year i had an index of 40 and i was 1C. This year my index is still 40 and I’ve been pushed down to 1F. Also have a buddy of mine that has also has an index of 40 after the 99er but hes placed in 2D which clearly means the race wasn’t used. Anyways, probably best to just query it at the expo.

According to the email, you can only do queries at registration now.

Okay so im in 1F but this excludes the 99er. My index is 40 so Im hoping after a reseed I’ll get to jump up 1 group. But yeah, looks like sub 3 not gonna happen.

So guys, for a Sub 3 which is the last group you need to be in to stand a chance?

Okay can confirm its not a trick. Now just to determine if this seeding includes the 99er.

Why do i get the feeling this is a trick?

So has anyone ordered from CRC recently and not a bike and can confirm the free shipping option is with DHL? Don’t want to spend an extra 40quid if I dont need to.

I do get that it’s annoying when people don’t take turns up front but people are allowed to ride how they want. If they wanna drop to the back of the group then they’re entitled to do that. As long as they’re not endangering anyone I don’t really see an issue. You can’t exactly call him out on something like that. I had a similar in issue in G group. Four guys got away and unfortunately I didn’t realise as the group was too large. When I did finally spot them in the distance, I immediately tried to close them down. After a few km’s of trying and no one offering any help i gave up the chase. For the next 60km’s, it was just me and this other guy pulling the whole group. A couple of guys took a few turns here and there but it was so frustrating given the size of the group and everyone just wanting a free ride. Regardless, you just have to accept it and move on. Can’t call anyone out on it.

In terms of the Argus? This would be my seeding.

Are they not the same seeding?

Hi mate. Was definitely one of the safest events I’ve done in recent times. We had a motorbike following us probably for 80% of the route which i thought was really well done. I can also confirm that there was definitely no coke at the finish. And I definitely looked at every table so there was definitely no coke at the finish.

My advice to you is try and stay as far to the front of the bunch as you can. For the cycletour you can expect even bigger bunches so higher chance of accident. In saying that though, depending on where you seed plays a huge part. The better your seeding, the more skilled cyclist you’ll have around you so even though the speeds are higher, generally you’ll feel safer because everyone knows what they doing. If you’re towards the back, then obviously you’ll be with cyclists will less skills but at the same times the bunches will be smaller or even none. The guys at the back dont tend to really form bunches for some reason as they ride they own pace. The main issue for me is the guys in the middle as you have a mixture of every one and every skill set. For every great bike handler, you have a poor one next to you. It scares the crap outta me tbh. Nothing worse than crashing when you’ve done nothing wrong.

Don’t forget City Cycling Club. We’re on the roads almost every single day.

Surely if what Diesel is saying is accurate and the Tour de PPA is included then the 99er will automatically form part of the seeding as well. I doubt they’ll wait till march though but let’s see. My guess is we’ll get it this week and then we’ll have to maually request a reseeding.

Doubt it’ll be that late. We normally get it immediately after 99er.

Speedy recovery, mate. I saw the ambulance there as I came past in G group. I seem to have missed a couple of close scares myself in that first 30km. People have no bunch riding skills the lower down the groups you go which irritates the hell outta me. Just ended up right in the front of the bunch for the rest of the race. Much safe towards the front.

So when do seedings get released?

Apparently, the road is being fixed but not in time for the race. Hopefully next year its back to normal with the 99er again.

They’ve just released a presser now saying they’ve taken Vissershok out of the race.

They say this every year. Its mainly because they’ve already printed the numbers for the goodie bags. But ya, if you want a better seeding just submit a reseeding request and they normally just switch it out for you.