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Thank you very much to all involved, it was a very nice race!

Lekker, sien julle daar!

Ai, not nice!

Very nice!

Did the 45 and enjoyed it very much. Well done to all involved. I must say that events by Stillwater are my favorite. Me lots of great people, saw beautiful spaces! + 1 on the seeding and batched starts. Yes, I know it is more work/costs but I don't think you can grow the event if you don't do it. And if SASeeding costs to much (or is to much trouble), sommer use the results from last year. If you haven't done the event, you start later. Yes its nice to go past lots of people, but you will never get to ride the climbs since there will be somebody pushing in front of you to throw of your balance and momentum. Yes, I know you may be walking almost as fast as I am riding, but I love the feeling of knowing I rode the whole route, I conquered it! For me its not about time or final position, its about showing the mountain whos boss.

My mavic crossride het 3 circlips in. Ek hoop nie iemand het jou R3k rims (crossride) vir R10k (crossmax) verkoop nie!

+1 for extreme light, best imo

Can I get some suggestion from guys that completed the monster or live in the area in terms of keeping the cold out. Will you suggest only arm warmers or a windproof as well? I recon it will be cold only till you hit the first climb?

Very nice photos!

Good luck with the recovery!

nice

+1

That or latex gloves I have read about. I think it makes sense since it will help keep the wind out and the heat in.

I think the honesty system can never really work. Even if everyone was very realistic regarding their capabilities, in MTB everything is relative. For example: I managed to ride the Xterra 28 km in magalies in 1:45, but I can do double that on a district road. And a route profile helps but can only show you so much. You have no idea how the terrain will look before you have done it. So if I have never done a race, and was asked what speed I plan on averaging, I will not be able to give a good answer. Is it the 16 km/h of magalies of the 30 km/h of the district road? I actually like bottlenecks, give me time to catch a breath. And it gives me time to eat my snacks. Ok, no, I am just joking! I try to find the "smaller" races, organized by the local guys. I have done races in Bothaville and Hartebeesfontein (granted these are close to me) and both was superb. Well organized, marked, no bottlenecks. And the "make a weekend of it" is working well for us; then the "quickly drive and race" crowd is not there to cause bottlenecks :-) I saw someone mentioned the Royal MTB challenge and must concur: that is mountain biking! Scary, technical but not dangerious if you know your capabilities (aka go slow on the downhill). But very, very nice race and so rewarding! Will try the Marico one as well.

As ek te erg suffer kyk ek net bietjie vir die berge, haal diep asem en wees bly ek kan so lekker in die natuur wees! Of kyk agter toe en sien hoever jy al gekom het.