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And no-one wants to admit to riding in 4 and lower.

Sarcasm not your strong point

On e-bikes, it was the first time i'd ever ridden in a race like this with guys (and gals) on e-bikes. It was interesting (more like disconcerting) to have them pass you up the hills, only to catch them again on the flats and downhills.

But those okes have another 80km to catch up again. Is Visser’s such a breaker? What would the gap be once they go over the top?

Wow, I improved my seeding quite a lot. By 17 points. But why is the Beta so high? I didn't think it all that difficult (even if I was a backmarker)

It was getting very warm for us slow-pokes

This will be my first one on anything BUT a mountain bike (except for my very first in 1989)

The website has dates a month earlier

They can’t. The group was across the entire road. I suppose a 4x4 can take a chance in the verge.

Not on Instagram.. cant view

I did note on this that there was a large group of about 50-70 riders that were taking up the entire road such that no traffic could get past. When there are no road closures one still needs to respect the traffic, because one day that really close truck will get too close. There's absolutely no reason for a group that size to take up the entire road.

Actually it’s only the climb that is tarred. There’s 80-odd km of gravel, horrendously badly corrugated

Snap

According to the rules only members may use the orange traverses. That is one of them so no day riders are not allowed on that section.

So those using this wax formula, what do you use to prevent surface oxidation on cassettes (on cheaper bikes)

^^^ This It's now a real pain, and the likelihood of missing out on that bargain you are specifically waiting for is much greater.

Perhaps, but as it is, girls cannot compete on an equal footing to boys when it comes to their contribution to the overall school result. Note emphasis on contribution.

It’s totally nonsense. If for example Springfield (girls) has 10 entrants and all finish in the top 10 of a respective race, and SACS (boys) enters 10 in their race and all finish in the top 10, the overall result will show (at a school) level SACS is producing better cyclists than Springfield. At school athletics (and indeed) any athletics it’s about the number of medal finishes. It seems to my uneducated mind that there’s something wrong.

That makes absolutely no sense. All other things being equal, there is no possible way a girls school can beat a boys school

I’m assuming the race numbers are “for life”

Is she Nippers? Kenridge? My daughter finished 12/14/12 in the last 3 races. She said she chatted to some girls who finished about the same place before and after the rides and said they were all very nice. If it's the one from Kenridge they rode together quite a bit (need to check the GoPro). I think there will be some lekker rivalry next year.

Putting my daughter to bed tonight she's decided she wants to ride harder and faster next year. She wants a top 10 finish. Big ask going into sprogs. I told her to just enjoy it. My son, he just wants to ride. Doesn't care about position.

Yup

The morning was somewhat dampened by us arriving on the scene of a horrific accident a couple of minutes after it happened today. I still feel ill thinking about it. But that being said it was a great ride today to end their first year of “competitive” riding. My kids loved it again. 39 / 142 in the subnipper boys and 12 / 41 in the nipper girls. What I really enjoy is the NG, being a relatively small field, is developing a friendly rivalry as they grow to know each other, even their names. I hope they keep that, going into Sprogs. Bring on 2020 Ps Chris. I saw Maritsa a few times. He’s riding nicely.

Where exactly is tomorrows leg? I know it says Paul Roos HS, but I heard its at the trail near Coetzenberg