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  1. thisismyotherbike
    Some colour on this?
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    Only bragging rights!
  3. thisismyotherbike
    My wife counted 4 in her group, a bit of a joke!
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    Also on the XR1 and won't be buying them again once they are done. Very fast but at the cost of grip when things get even slightly tricky. Perhaps I just can't corner.. Probably ideal for this race if you are on a dual-sus 29er! I will be.
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    Usually the best stand at any expo
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    Beats are absolutely rubbish Cheapest set that's still great is AKG NC60 (new Bluetooth version). This is closer to "on-ear" though. Midrange option Sony WH-1000XM3, my wife has these and they are excellent. Premium I would go Bose Quietcomfort 35.
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    Or they were seeded better and dropped back?
  8. thisismyotherbike
    Went to ride there over the weekend, usually paid entry to use the trail at Euodia Cycles but it looks like the shop has closed down. Are they moving or out of business? Is anyone taking over responsibility for the trails?
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    Here you go: https://www.facebook.com/events/253097475377659/
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    There were serious doubts the event would happen at all as they struggled to find a new headline sponsor. Takealot came on board later last year and only then did they open entries. Perhaps they left the actual organization/planning/routing of the race up to that (very late) point. Agree that keeping us informed and communicating the challenges would have been helpful. But as it stands I believe they acted disingenuously, taking entries upfront and not communicating route issues because they didn't want it to affect demand. Then they don't even own up to it, publishing this marketing nonsense yesterday: "time trial switch adds spice to Tour of Good Hope" A more appropriate headline: "customer pays for 3 course meal, gets fish&chips instead." By the by, all this info I've gleaned from cycling media. As an entrant the ONLY communication I've received from ASG was my confirmation of payment. Zero correspondence otherwise.
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    So deflated. I followed a colleague doing the race last year and jumped at the opportunity to ride it myself in 2019. I have done all the PPA rides, so this will barely be a tepid and expensive rehash of all that. Stage 4 will be the only worthwhile ride. Again, entries closed long before the route reveal. I entered based on last year's route, which was awesome. No excuses for CTCT now. Not like I'm doing insane riding in the week leading up to it any longer.
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    Wasn't it LOVELY to ride that bit through Fish Hoek without horrifying roadworks for the first time in 10 years??
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    Just checked the website, Stage 3 was still listed as 116km two days ago but now it looks like they've replaced it with the 26km TT route the pro's were doing on Stage 1? Never mind that loss of some iconic climbs, further reducing the total Tour from 482km to 408.5km seems ludicrous!
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    The 2019 99er gave me & Going for a ride
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    https://www.facebook.com/events/1040202206166237/ 18h30
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    Ai, doing so well then grabs for the ad hominem.
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    A batch was remarkably well-behaved, I suspect this is highly correlated with the fact that we had a strict marshal with an earsplitting voice warning people to keep left of the line. One chump kept crossing right to see the head of the group, then pushed back in disrupting everyone. After a thunderous "THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING" (as he was trying to explain why it wasn't his fault) the behavior magically ceased. I realise A batch isn't quite as competitive as $, but the guys in A seem to take it pretty seriously and cross the line often in other races. I believe enforcement can change the behavior. Despite a large bunch I certainly felt safer in this race than a few before.
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    Shows my seeding group from last year. I've since halved my index so that seems unlikely/disappointing..
  19. thisismyotherbike
    Keep in mind some guys drop back to ride with mates (or the are really really late). Just because somebody rode in 3E doesn't mean they were seeded there.
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    He was allowed to ride it in the appropriate batch
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    Great job CTCT They were a disruption at 947. Don't mind them starting in their own category at the back, but there were a few in earlier batches in violation of the rules. I guess the volunteers at the chutes were not told to keep them out.
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    Can't fault the PPA Marshals. They control both the bunch and motor vehicle traffic like experienced professionals. We should draft a few of them into the Traffic Department
  23. thisismyotherbike
    Wahoo KICKR18/CORE Issues: Discussion with Wahoo CEOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgromwkTOs&t=1s
  24. thisismyotherbike
    Ad hominem (Latin for "to the person"), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a fallacious argumentative strategy whereby genuine discussion of the topic at hand is avoided by instead attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
  25. thisismyotherbike
    https://www.strava.com/segments/17456439 I'm in. Helz at 22km on warm legs sounds perfect.
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