I hope some senior people at Momentum / Mutiplier are reading this track. In the mean time I think its time to start looking at new service provider. Liberty made a similar mistake 2 years back when they drop your "own your life rewards program" - I dropped them the within the same month. I speak with my cash. Now Momentum / Mutiplier are making similar mistakes. Possible time to speak with my cash again and move on.
My comment on entry in reference to Pure Savage comment on trying to organize in Southern Suburbs: "I tried organizing an event in the SS last year, the cost would have been more than double a CTCT entry if they even allowed you on the roads. So many road works at the moment." I would be quite happy if at least 2 events did take place in Jan or Feb before the cycle tour, even if 50% of the entry came from the "PPA / Cape Town cycle tour" coffers. Even if it was red hill laps 3 or 4 time or route of what was last the Cycle lab event / Roller coaster (maybe red hill instead of the Military road). Many years ago we even had an event the sent all the way though the nature reserve to the point and back think started basically where the Noordhoek shopping center is.
Nope - but given the track it has followed over the past 3 years - it would not surprise me in the least if it should stop completely in the next 10 years - to me that is "much longer."
What is wrong with some proceed from the Cape Town cycle tour, should it exist much longer, directly going into financially assisting other road cycling events in the area - keeping the sport alive on a whole number of levels? Thus allowing the entry to be more realistic for smaller events? But in tun these smaller events aid in keeping the Cape Town cycle tour alive!
Just had my medical assessment done this morning and I been penalized for my cholesterol been below 4.11 - when was having a low cholesterol bad? Also got emailed the new brochure - after asking for points for an AIDs test like last year - sorry not this year. Had to send this to my broker: "As a single member am I even able to get enough point for private club this year -750? New brochure attached. On time in July I qualify but they made the point system very different and weight more towards how many products you have with them and how long you have had them and not your own wellness. Seems a bit unreasonable."
Not sure if the bigger / biggest race (Cape Town Cycle tour) is surviving. I personnel feel a big part of the problem is the lack of supporting events to this event on roads this event uses. Instead of cycle tour fund be reinvested into Road funride in the Southern subs they have been used elsewhere. I suspect if there were cycling event, like in the past, going past informal settlement it would to the residence seem like the Norm and not the exception - no big deal / protest. Killing the goose that lays the golden egg! Expense as you have listed could well be funded by cycle tour profits! PPA is (meant to be) a non profit organization.
Maybe they contact me - lets wait and see: Desmolene Welcome to Momentum chat support, how can we help. peter Hi I downloaded the momentum app - and have trued to activate safe days - but I dont think it is working? tried I use an Iphone 6 Desmolene Good day Peter. You may try to delete the app and down load it again as the safe days app will only be available on the latest version. peter I only downloaded the app 2 days ago Desmolene Ensure the field says “Uninstall” and not “Update”, if it states “Update” please update the App peter It does not come up on the Privacy and the Location services under with all the app that are allowed to share My locaton. Desmolene Kindly contact our technical support on 0861 110 220 for assistance. peter I have a very small cell ph contract and don't have much data and phoning these number are not free. This is your app and now I must spend my time money / minutes etc to make the thing work. Is this really fair? I gave my number when I started this chat - please get them to contact me. Desmolene I will send an email request and an agent should contact you within 24 hours. peter thank you. have a good dayDelivered Desmolene You are welcome. Enjoy your day further.
Is anyone else have trouble getting the safe days to activate on the new Momentum app? I downloaded it about 2 days ago but on my Iphone 6 under Privacy then Location Services and share my Location a number of apps are listed but Momentum is not one. Anyone know how to fix this?
Having done many funrides and National championships over the past 35 years. Currently I tend to only do funride where I know there will be good traffic control - 99er in Cape Town in the past has had good traffic control (often same weekend as National champs). National Champs has been a bit f a hit and miss over the past number of years - Durban was great. Thus I tend to ride Killarny (motor race circuit) and track - but a 1 hour event require not nearly as many miles of training compared to a 110km close road lap round the Peninsula.
Out of a 100 (100%), what are the chances we get to ride the route we entered on the day? I personally think its less than 50% - if I am wrong I should start training a bit more! But unfortunately like most thing we will only know the actual answer when its too late (to train).
Nope they have changed this in the past 24 hours - too: Cycling Interests:MTB, Road, BMX, Commuting But they possible should ticking all the boxes - maybe not Triathlon, they have in recent years made contributions to track cycling!
Did my comment get PPA to change their cycling interests? Maybe they can change the Committee page to reflect the current committee as I believe it is only 11 and 12 still on the page! AGM how many months back? I always wonder if a company cannot get the basic right how the hell will they get the rest correct. Most fearful experiences are on planes and a for example a toilet not working thus as a passenger you have to wonder if the rest of the plane is OK!
Getting the point to get to Private club cost me 3 days after joining (2 weeks for them to load it all) in the middle of last year (they took all my Gamin files from the beginning of the year - which helped). Its the easiest reward program - just takes 2 years of been on it to get the Private club discounts!
Given all the comment on this event. Is it still worth training harder to try and achieve a certain time? If one isn't training to win / line honors / the Nolan Hoffman's of the world, is it best to just go into the event with ones general (cycling) fitness? By putting more training hours in, training to say go 20 min faster on the enter course are you not setting yourself up for further disappointment should the event have last minute change. If the course gets shortened you will most likely make you target time anyway (bit of a hollow victory). There are certain cyclist out there that have a goal of say going sub 3h30 or sub 3 and end up making quite few sacrifices to make the training time for that. Is it still worth it? Now is the time to start think about this if you are one of those who have goals on time for this event, as training probably has already stated or will be starting shortly.
Thanks for this. It is exactly what I remembered it too look like. If an accident should happen near the front of any bunch where the contestion get tight near the top of the on ramp (hate to say kind of likely at some point in the day) all riders will be delayed by quite some time. Possibly even start of groups to follow. Lanes become quite a narrow single lane with groups of 200 to 1000 going flat box not so great.
The number of accidents in years gone bye at the bottle neck when the previous on ramp became 1 lane wide is till in my memory that was probably in my 1st 10 Cape Town cycle tours - then Argus tour. The last about 24 cycle tours since did not have the problem.
This ramp is it 1 or 2 lanes wide (not in CT at moment)? At the top of the on ramp onto the free way what barriers is on the right side - a raised section or level with rest of freeway? On the left side what do the gutters look like? If my memory is correct this on ramp is 1 lane wide (pervious on ramp became 2 lanes wade many years back) with obstacles at the top.
That was the 2nd bunch 6:20 start on the right. But yes into a gale force SE they were moving it - I suspect the Elite a bit faster. I had an avg of over 30Km/H from the 3rd group off to the 20km mark - about what I do in training (a bit faster) - but on a circular route. As for the Tim Brink comment I sent a PM. I await for a PM reply. Tim is I believe a journalist so don’t expect a reply and don’t have much faith in the honesty of journalist.
carbon29er, on 15 Mar 2017 - 2:57 PM, said: Thanks for sharing this for me - yes at about 4:39 sec he refers to rioting - not even a protest. So what the difference between protest (not peacefully - when bricks are in the road and destruction has taken place), Rioting and an act of terror - from an insurance definition?
Thanks for sharing this for me - yes at about 4:39 sec he refers to rioting - not even a protest. So what the difference between protest (not peacefully - when bricks are in the road and destruction has taken place), Rioting and an act of terror - from an insurance definition?
Did anybody what the Super cycling last night? The telephone interview with D Ballairs - was rather …. - I wonder what his body language was like. He started with really down playing the protest and the shortened route in rather babbling and a soft tone of voice. By the end of the interview I recall him referring to it as a Riot in rather a firm tone of voice. If anybody has the interview on PVR please confirm that what I recall is correct.
