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Weet nie wat is die regte Afrikaanse woord nie, maar ek maak sommer by spaar binneband aan die raam vas - ek ry met alles in saalsak rond omdat ek gewoonlik aan agterkant is en as iets fout gaan is daar nie veel ryers wat nog kan uithelp nie. Aan die anderkant het ek al klomp mense kon uithelp.

Kan jy stoot as jy moeg is?

Trompie, Jasper en Uile boeke is almal nou weer op die rakke, maar ongelukkig byt my seun nie om dit te lees nie. Ek het almal verslind. Wat van foto boeke wat ons verbied was om te lees - nou die dag R 50 betaal vir 1e Ruiter in Swart. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Orkney Snork nie / Ballade vir 'n Enkeling Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Hi, not sure about M200, but I use the M400 with HR monitor and works well with Vitality and also linked to Strava if you want to go that route. Easy to do daily update with Polar app on Samsung. Cost about R3K at Due South.

Thanks TrailWarrior Well done on persevering and finishing,. My story pretty much the same, did 1st one last year in 27+ hours, so came back this year with intention to finish in daylight, although realistically my planning was more in the 25.5 hours region. PS: We may have crossed paths on Rooiberg and at Calitzdorp last year.... Since we both have similar goals for next year, maybe we should touch sides closer to the time? Cheers

Awesome! How can you say "never again" if you look so happy in the video?

Eisch..... A Real sucker for punishment..... Entry Type: Solo Men Entry Status: Paid Thank you for your payment. Your entry for The 36ONE MTB Challenge 2018 has been CONFIRMED.

Going over Rooiberg at midday (topped at 12:20) just sucked the energy out of me and unfortunately had to abandon effort shortly after Calitzdorp. However, looking at the sms about the 150 early bird entries and am seriously considering comeback for this unfinished business. Well done to all that finished, it remains an awesome experience and also to Velouria and Captain on the three-peat.

Where's Carel? Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Smooth registration - bring copy of CSA lisence to make waiting even shorter. (Or screenshot) Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Oudtshoorn is nice and warm - great riding weather. All enjoy and travel safe. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Just watch out for the interim cut-off times, but even if you go slow they should not be a problem..

Thx for the reminder - phoned for extension and doing mine tomorrow.

Let common sense and sanity prevail.....it's flippen far to do it on a low base

He He - I'm probably the last one to give advise, but before last year's one my longest ride was 134 km in 6:36 two weeks before the 36One. I did what Velouria suggested and made it a bunch of short sections and managed to finish reasonably ok, albeit in the dark of Saturday night. Where I "lost" a lot of time was fifing and faffing at the water - and checkpoints, but then my first priority was to finish. This year I plan to manage my time better and hope to finish before sunset, so if you see some old and somewhat larger cyclist , just drag me along.

It's a cool ride and go to enjoy it as well . Have a look at the old thread that was used last year - I got a lot of useful information on that. Used Extreme Endurance light, alternating between low and high. Also used a head lamp with a set of spare batteries in Camelback (spent loooong time on road). Only went with HR which lasted, did not really bother with GPS or charging along the way. I applied bum cream at every checkpoint - had it in those small plastic pill containers in my boxes at the checkpoints. Definitely worth it in my opinion. Check the weather closer to the day (it will hopefully not be windy ) - last year it was warm enough to go through the night without anything extra, but it turned chilly at sunrise to at least use a windbreaker. You can always leave or get warm clothing from your boxes, especially at CP 1 and 2 which are accessed in the night. If you're underdone in training, go slower and treat it as a bunch of Saturday morning rides of some 30k's - after halfway it's all in the mind anyway. Just keep something in the tank for those last 60 k's. Enjoy!

Me and the wife were on different flights from ORT this morning - on her 7:10 flight there were 22 passengers not on the flight. My 6:25 was full. Was at airport just after 5. Rubbish traffic from Cape Town airport to town though. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

I put them on for the holidays for the slipslop rides with the kids. Kept them on and also did some longish rides which went OK and gives me some alternative foot positions, especially when standing on uphill. The 36One is not technical, so there is probably no need for flats, but just playing with the idea (would make an easier walk up Rooiberg though)

Has anybody done this with flat pedals? I am considering it, but not sure given the distance as my longest ride with flats is only 100 k's and had different aches than "normal" after that. Will make sure that I stand during Rooiberg descent , although my hands took a while to recover after last years ride.

So looking forward to this race, but will probably be seriously underprepared compared to what I planned.

I only have Endomondo from last year which had total distance of 107.5 and ascent of 1204m. The 2016 route was slightly different from 2015 as there is a right turn just after Heia onto R374 and then left onto R114 before joining N14 at Muldersdrift.

Excellent! The photos are great as well.