LeoKnight

Will of course be a challenge for those trying to sell their entries now... But for those riding, just have fun and enjoy the challenges that is thrown your way.

Weather predication still looks challenging, but hopefully it will not be as bad on the day (and yes in the cape things can change very quickly)

Agree, very difficult for me to fault the organisers on this one, the clear message in driving the charity side of it, the amazing breakfast buffet, the energy at the start, amazing trails, good signage with marshalls, water points properly stocked (including a foot pump for some extra help), easy parking, lots of prices. And to top it off the floating bridge.. Really feels a shame that they starting to struggle to fill the event up like prior years but really do hope they do continue as this would be the one in the cape that I will be most sad of it had to dissappear.

Hope you miss all the nails this time around

to all riding tomorrow, have fun ;-)

I can also vouch for it, did it the first time last year and was the one I was most looking out for this year

High 5 to the PPA After the route mapping mess on Sunday with the short route, they have acknowledge that there went something wrong on their side, that they will learn from it and assist those that were affected to enjoy another PPA short ride. ;-)

Was wondering the same this weekend, hopefully they learnt a few things from the experience. Parking will always be a challenge.

I did the long route last year which was very similar to the 45, with just some extra bits here and there. It was a PROPER fun day out there, yes there was lots of traffic down the single tracks but it was just an amazing experience. The race / ride starts with a proper slog up the hill which just keeps on climbing to separate the groups. Till the next single track at the top.

Hope that those on the longer routes had an amazing day of racing, me and the wife did the shorter route (50km). It all started not that bad, friendly marshalls at the start, quick registration and really enjoyed the bunch of younger ones on their pedalpower bikes, it felt like there was some real energy in the air.. and then we started.. Going through Wellington most of the front guys missed the left turn after the robot as there was no marshall at the corner with just a single arrow showing the way. But that was not the last challenge.. we get outside of wellington and at the 4 way stop the marshalls / traffic officers wave us to go straight. 100m we stop because we fairly sure it is not correct as at the start they did mention that there is a waterpoint at the perdeberg... having a quick look at the map on my phone it does show that we need to go round paarl mountain.. but we made the decision to rather take the right turn..qe tried to check in with the marshalls on the bicycles, but they are none the wiser about the route . The motor bike marshall is a bit more confident so we continue just to be met with a BUNCH of 50km coming from the front seems they all felt that they are on the wrong route. It was only at the first waterpoint that we finally got the proof that we are in fact on the correct route (which differ from the one on the website). The rest of the ride went smooth and got to see the race leaders on the 160km shoot past us just before windmeul. Generally it is sad to have seen such issues (but being a new venue and location I hope there is a number of learnings that do get incorporated in future events - of course after they convinced a number of riders that might not want to participate again after the mess up that happened. Lessons for me - much more visible signage surrounding short route vs medium vs long route - marshalls at key turning points - race briefing for the marshalls on bicycles on the route (and if there were any changes.. come on you there to provide support too) - ensure that maps are updated or at least inform everyone that the route was changed from the one on the website. - verify the route length, this time it was a 2km difference. This is not a bashing but hoping that there will be proper introspection as I WANT the PPA to succeed and that the numbers at the races will continue to grow

I think I will also be back, ok I did not do the long route, as I hanged back with the family doing the 28km route, so not sure how much fun I would have had on the longer route, but for us we REALLY enjoyed the day out on the route especially the water crossings.

Have anyone checked the 66km beta / seeding? When we checked last week it showed that there is a penalty of 15 points.

I just assumed it made the organisation a bit easier, as you did not have to use up space for the multiple chutes.

was actually impressed that they advertised this years race as a 40 km and my Garmin showed 40.2km, which was a nice surprise

Someone mentioned that the 66km route was a bit different from last year, any additional info on that?

Did the shorter route (40km) today and really enjoyed the trails out there, they were very good. But there seems to have been a few people that had some trouble staying on their bikes, hope you heal up soon.

All seems sorted, signed up, donated, etc ;-) REALLY looking forward to the event

tried, it and it allowed me to signup, but the payment button does not want to appear

Tried to sign up for the race, but seems that there is a problem, or have they already sold out?

We did it last year and I can honestly say it was very enjoyable after we finally got the car parked. Amazing venue, nice food, music, and the atmosphere really added to the experience. As always word of caution, be careful with leaving bikes on racks, as there were rumors of big thefts. It might just be easier to park your bike in the bikepark

there is no new link as far as I could find the trend on bikehub that organisers do not start a thread..

Instead of starting a new one ;-) Pulled the trigger and signed up

We tried the new Klipheuwel trail and really enjoyed it, thanks to all involved and really see it as a great addition to the network.

Does anyone know if this race is happening 2019? I see on Stillwater's website they only have the 2018 one on.

Really enjoyed the race last year, but this time around I will make sure I am there early enough to start in my designated group