I also believe that this is long over due. They can just limit it to lets say you need to have taken part, and finished in time in 2 events during the year. This will help to solve skills of group riding, and unfit people getting on their bikes and then not making it. (health and distance wise)
SA is a free country, where people can do what they want. Anybody can enter if they want, why would you want to focus on one specific group? Would it not make more sense to make cycling more affordable for everyone?
My wife and I are considering a tandem next year..... On a tandem she will be with me the whole way, so that we can chat and enjoy the day, without people cutting in between us, struggling to hear, and loosing each other in the bunches.
