They're both chops for not sorting it out between them I'm afraid. A chat over a couple of beers and maybe an arm wrestle would have solved the problem me thinks. Now everybody loses, smaller number of entries, less vibe, less racing. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think I am.
I entered in the first 5 seconds on the day, 2 friends at work did the same thing. I got #36, another person got #545 and another went onto the waiting list. That doesn't help you though I'm afraid.
So, there are seriously 2 24 hour races on the same weekend? There only 4 in the whole country and 2 Chop organisers put their's on the same weekend in the same area? Why not just measure your winky's and be done with it?
Indeed, Stallions, our gayer rivals, had a very brief race series against them, it was one-sided! The actually rode around in cycling kit! Do you have any idea how much people don't want to be handed things by people wearing cycle kit? The used to be based in Bree street, last I checked Micha just kind of drifted off. Peddlers was sold to City Sprint who just hired very (very!) slow people.
Had very serious invovlement in Peddlers in the late '90's. It wasn't hugely economically viable but we had all the best clients and for a while we had great riders, it then became harder and harder to find quality riders with integrity and the service levels slid a bit. It was an awesome time and an awesome job, it just didn't pay very well, if you can work out a way to get the competitive spirit going in the riders, pay them decent amounts and get clients to pay you real money you'll be doing well. Bloody hard though.
I was afraid you would say that, the 21st Mixed team is in about F or G group, there would be a fair few riders in higher groups bleak about that, not shutting you down just saying that it does make it pretty awkward to determine what is meant by "top guys".
I think the problem with that comes in how do you determine who a top guys is and who is a pleb? What's the cut off? Either way you make people unhappy.
I'm so bleak to missing this year, last year in NZ was awesome! Sweet continous single track and 900 riders that just wanted to ride it fast and hard and drink beer, I was in heaven!
I have been amazed reading some of the responses here. There seem to be a few posts of people just feeling like ranting at someone for no real valid reasons.
SirK, I will gladly loan you a fixie if you actually intend to ride it up or down Contermanskloof, just give me some warning so I can organise a few cameras!
You got it pretty much spot on, there is nothing wrong with a 3X9 setup, with an 11-32 cassette it gives you a reasonably close ratio cassette as well, so the changes are less abrasive to the legs. 3X10 smacks of alot of complication, I can't think that much when I'm riding.
I've been stuffing around with my gearing for so long now I can barely remember whick is best and for which situations. I do like the 2X10 with a 26-40 upfront and the 11-36 out back, I also spend a fair amount of time riding SS or riding a 1X10 and sometimes a 1X9, raced a 3X9 last year for 24 worlds. Sani was pretty easy for the 2X10, nothing too excesive there and also no long steep climbs. Van it really sounds like your riding has a bit too much variety to run this setup with much joy I'm afraid.
One handed wheelie, what do you mean you don't think so, a mate does that all the bloody time! It gets annoying he's so good at it! Best line of the movie though is definitely - "Just look at you, you have a moustache, how can anything be wrong with you" awesome!
One of the World Cup mtb teams fines their riders for being seen in compression gear, they're fined becasue they look stupid and by extension make the rest of their team look dumb, good rule I say.
Don't forget, about 4 (or 5) years ago, there was a waist deep river crossing right after the unmanned checkpoint, didn't matter much becasue we were totally soaked at that point anyway.
