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Finished my 33rd “Argus” in one piece. 35th for my dad. Realised after just a few km the wind would play a serious role in the dynamics of the race. After the top of Edinburg hill as usual we formed a biggish group that was the 2nd group of 1D. No one wanted to help at all when it flattened out towards the end. I actually got a bit frustrated and my dad had to calm me down. At one stage I moved all the way over to the right and slowed down to like 25 but still everyone just sucked out wheel. Eventually after fish hoek the entire group decided to come passed.
had 2 near misses with dogs. First was near camels rock somewhere, a couple with a big greyhound looking dog crossed the road in front of the group. Had to slam on brakes. Then down towards the township, there was a brak that wondered into the road but it dived back as soon as it got a fright.
finished in 3h30m. All things considered, I’m happy.
Well played @Pure Savage Just drove passed the 98km to go sign up Edinburgh drive and in the “o” of “go” there is a pure savage sticker.
3 hours ago, BuffsVintageBikes said:Doing my 21st CTCT as pilot on a tandem this year as well with a good mate (doing his 36th) stoking the blue train. Bit disappointed we didn't make the Racing Tandem bunch. He got the seeding but I'm 1B so I guess we'll have to drop back to my group?
Pity because being among the solo's is a PITA when you're guiding that tandem at speed. Rim brakes on a tandem and disk brakes on solo bikes = disaster waiting to happen ☠️ Guess we'll be on the front as much as possible.
Strange they stuck you both in different groups. Did you enter as a tandem?
either way, that’s cool and yes, you need to have your finger pulled when riding a tandem with singles. But I must say, majority of the singles that are well seeded have some good knowledge in terms of riding with a tandem so they do give some space. Well that’s what I have found but I do try my best to stay at the front where the stronger riders are as they generally are more on the ball. We were in 1B last year and there was a crash coming down hospital hill. We slowed down with the bunch and some poepol from the rear didn’t and came racing passed everyone on the right because he thought he was just so much faster than everyone and he promptly rode into the back of us. His managed to bend our rear hanger and search the bike badly. We lost a few gears and had to do some babying of the hanger to get going.
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21 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:Did anyone say @Long Wheel Base ?
Copy paste from my last couple years.
We bleed up edinburg cresting towards the back but having passed dropped riders from earlier groups. Then put it in our 56-11, using my long 180mm cranks and the 66/88 deep sections to help us reach in excess of 70kph and by the time we hit the flatter sections we have towed everyone back and its one nice big happy family again. We will then do what we can till just before the end on the blue route and then kinda just recover along main road because it's actually a tough ride for a tandem all the way to the top of smits. Section through fish hoek is probably the easiest to be honest.
So by all means, hook in and have a free ride. You will know when I want help, don't bother trying until then.
19 hours ago, Jewbacca said:All this talk of how dodgy it is.
To the guys who have ridden many sub 3s, no longer race to win but still get stressed over their start group, how many sub3s is enough?
I'm really interested in the Psyche behind the stress, the risk and the perceived reward, especially if you're that uncertain and unhappy with the start/group conditions.
This isn't a dig at anyone before people start getting defensive and attack me. I am genuinely interested in the motive because my brain isn't wired like that
For me its the fact that my almost 68 year old Dad is still strong for someone his age, still motivated to train, still healthy and still wants to RACE. I don't know how many more years I got with him where he is still this competitive. We don't make racing tandems anymore but mostly down to the fact that I have chosen to be a decent parent to my 3 boys instead of riding for hours on end every weekend and leaving them with my wife or someone else to raise so we only do 3/4 races a year now and that is no good for our seeding. We still have an ok seeding at 1D this year and we will do well in that group if there are now outside issues but until the day my Dad says it's now just a chilled ride around the peninsula, I will want to be as high up as possible. Also won't be that many years and my oldest will be eligible to race and then I will still want a good start time ;).
11 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:Cars are closer. Going to be an excellent season but 33 looks to remain numba 1.
some early predictions. Sargeant, magnussen, Perez gonna lost their drives. Ferrari are going to win a few races. Russel will outscore 44 again this year. ( like 2022)
alpine are terrible. Damn.
Agree on your predictions and can also add Oscar will be right up there and probably challenge Lando for that McLaren #1 title. I somehow think that despite the brilliant move he made to McLaren, if Lando doesn’t move aside, he will possibly replace LH or SP?
cars are closer but it seems like it will still be pretty much a copy paste. Max out front all boring and the rest of the guys make it exciting for the rest of the positions.
o and I love the new green and black alfa stake or whatever it’s called now. Almost looks like they doing aero testing with that wet paint stuff.
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4 minutes ago, MongooseMan said:
Perfect, thanks.
How do we get into the expo? Previously we used our chips, this year we (well I am) getting the chip with our race pack. I saw in the booklet that non entrants pay R50 and kids free but nothing about us royalty.
2 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:Horner a free man. Case dismissed.
Would love to know what has happened to the lady that made the claims? Is it a case of money can make a problem (or person) disappear?
Is there a spreadsheet this year with everyone’s start groups?
8 hours ago, throttles said:
I didn’t have a seeding for Argus since I did the 99er and the PPA yesterday. I’ve received nothing other than the email I got last week saying that my seeding will come out after the 99er or PPA respectively.
But today I went onto the PPA Results page and I have a Start time Woohoo..last yet 1H this year 1D with an increase in seeding index of 10points 🤨
gna query it at the expo.
If they don’t move you, see you in the start pen. Racetec also has me in 1D. Down from last years 1B with what I believe to be better results but o well, it’s still ok I guess. # would have been better but I think my days of racing tandems are gone until I start racing every weekend again.
10 hours ago, dsw said:Yes, they have adjusted the seeding on racetec but not (yet) on the Cycle tour website.
Is the racetec seeding the same as the cycle tour seeding? I have yet to receive my official seeding email because I raced last weekend but on racetec I see a start group.
My Mom has downloaded the app and loaded us as tracked riders. Let’s see how it works. I very rarely race with my phone on me, last year she wanted to track us so I took my phone with and we used either WhatsApp or garmin but I just hated carrying my phone and it kills the battery. I’m guessing it will work similar to racetec and update at each mat and then use an algorithm of sorts to kinda predict our location. Or they might have a lot more pick up points to make it a bit more accurate.
20 hours ago, The Ouzo said:many years ago when we first started doing "the august" , 2 or 3 pink buses would pull into Fish Hoek over the same weekend. These buses were full of Swedish (at least I seem to recall them being swedish) students on some sort of back packing holiday.
It sure was a sight to behold
Ah man I remember those busses. It was like clockwork, we would arrive in fish hoek for our stay and a day or so later they would arrive. I remember when they stopped coming, the beach was not really an attraction anymore and I just walked on the road to the restaurant.
5 hours ago, K20Champ said:When will the next lot of seedings be sent out?
According to the mail I got, a week after the event you did, if that is the reason why you didn’t get seeded already. 
Ah man I’m racing ride for sight this weekend, so will only get my seeding next week. Shame my poor f5 button is going to k@k off.
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They came over my house last Saturday morning. My folks were at my place and my mom was talking to me. I heard them coming and told her to keep quiet. She carried on talking so I ran outside to my front garden. My wife, boys and folks went to the back and they had a perfect view, I saw bugger all. But the noise was amazing. My dogs disappeared, shame they weren’t happy.
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On 2/6/2024 at 12:56 PM, HOEKVLAG said:Best app for tracking is Life360. Our whole family has it installed on various Samsung and Apple phones.
On 2/6/2024 at 1:12 PM, Skubarra said:Man I hated that app, found it to be very intrusive. Don't want to know every time one of my family members strays a few meters from the house. Maybe there are some settings I misssed to make it less annoying but was just easier to delete it.
Ah man that app lasted not even a week on our phones. It chowed my battery very quickly and made my phone really hot.
22 hours ago, 'Dale said:No tandem outing for me and Jonah this year.
He is navigating a new school environment, going for hip-hop classes on Saturdays and my workflow is quite high. I didn't roll the Argus in 2023 as I was in SwissLand and Germany with work. So, I will be in the chute doing my thing.
The race isn’t going anywhere. The seed is planted, it will happen when the stars and moon align.
I see Christian Horner is in hot water. Seems he has been asked to voluntarily step down and red bull have opened an investigation into inappropriate behaviour.
16 hours ago, cadenceblur said:So i just stay as is?
Locked into Pvt club - which I assume is a good thing.
was called by them but when I told the guy I was already a premier member he said there is nothing further to be done.
I am getting health returns as a top up for my medical aid savings as I am on different med aid - need to keep getting that
Different medical aid? Not momentum? Where do you health returns go? Do they go into momentum money? If so, that is going to change. Momentum money is now also going to be a completely different product. I need to confirm, but I think only your cash backs will go into the money card.
2 hours ago, ChrisF said:Who else are planning their trips to get here ?
And planning the activities for the days leading up to the World Champs of fun rides ?
Flights and accommodation booked and paid for. Arrive on the 8th and leave the 17th. Taking my wife and 3 boys down for the first time. When we looked at car hire prices for something that can take 7 of us (my folks as well) we very quickly decided that my folks will drive down a few days before in my dad's caravelle. They will also take the tandem with them.
PLENTY planned for the week after the race with my boys, can't wait.
Will be my 33rd and my dad's 35th.
1 hour ago, The Ouzo said:Warning, dont go into the app and look at the upgrade options but then opt not to take them, someone from multiply will phone you very soon after and try and sell you into upgrading.
How many family members on mulitply? IICR, 4 or less is cheaper on Inspire than premier. I am 5 members and it's going to be a little bit more. Inspire you now pay per member.
31 minutes ago, FondTF2 said:Off topic 🤣 He is riding quite a bit with Mr Beers.
Matt is doing Attakwas. Wonder if Sagan will do it for fun?
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