Jase619

To be fair, it's not as if the CTCT is an outlier in terms of pricing. The Amashova is R750 this year as well, so more expensive then the CTCT was for this year. Hate to think what it will be next year. And remember that they have some goodwill to fix, after changing the route after the entries closed last year to a Durban out and back instead of PMB to Durbs. So basically another Tour Durban. Most other races that aren't road closure are touching the R500, although keeping it at R490 for the psychological affects of breaching the R500 barrier. With the exception of your church bazaar races. I realise it's not the same, but has anyone seen the pricing for a Comrades entry for this year? For new entrants I believe it was R1500? Freaking crazy to pay that much to suffer for 12 hours.

Going for my 5th finish next year, after I had stomach issues on race day this year. Was tough to watch my father-in-law and pregnant wife ride off in the morning, but wasn't too sad when it started pouring. Everything is more expensive currently, so expecting the cycle tour entries to stay the same is delusional at best. The early bird entries vs later vs late entries is interesting though, I see a lot of races doing this nowadays, so it is interesting to see CTCT following suit

After 7 long months finally got my bike, wife has had her's for 3 months already. Let the riding begin!

Agreed, great trails with great views plus you finish off at a fantastic coffee farm.

That would be Shelly Beach, KZN South Coast, right around the corner from where his shop was, literally.

Showing your age with all the original names of the events haha.

That’s strange, I dropped back to my wife in 5E and they gave me no issues. Granted when I went though the first gate they were trying to stop some guy from 9F entering so presume they may have been distracted!

If you have good climbing ability, people tend to forget what damage the few climbs on Argus can take on your average speed. Doesn't help you can keep an average of 35 everywhere else, but on the climbs it tanks. Those couple of Kms of climbing destroy whatever average you had before that.

Opening your parachute. . . .

every few seconds for me. . . .

after 4 months of waiting. . . My wife finally has her bike! Mine incoming in the next two weeks hopefully! Such a shame that this one will have to gather dust until then hahahaha

Hey, there is already a thread discussing this. Have given a lot of suggestions for Bike Transport https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/190001-cape-town-cycle-tour-2022/page/27

So, often see fellow hubbers posting about accommodation that they rent out in Cape Town, so anybody who still has availability, please PM me details, I would like to support fellow hubbers if possible.

Having a facebook livestream today at 1pm. May shed more light on any questions. Ever since i have done the race in 2016, each even numbered year has had fantastic weather in March, so here's hoping that tradition continues.

Or the Board that is zip tied to your handlebars.

Haha, usually the bottle says Cape Town Cycle Tour on it, and is usually brandished heavily in the Free State in the months after the race as a mark of honour. Think any sort of Cape Epic swag.

Yeah, but it wasn't an "Argus" bottle. How will people know i did the race if i don't have a bottle to show off?

yeah, for about 18 months or so

Just glad there is no more curfew, makes driving through the night to Cape Town easier

Ja neh, usually we have a year to refinance the cycle tour budget, 5 months makes things painful

2 months to go today. Time to warm the thread back up. Are we getting goodie bags this year? Is the tour going to sell out?

Awesome, my wife's Top Fuel 7 is lying at the shop and waiting for my Large in Black to arrive! Can't wait!

On a side note, what colour and size did you get?

No worries, i was aware that the green came into stock awhile back, but since i had already been waiting so long, I might as well wait for the ones that we ordered.

Been waiting 3 months for my Top Fuel 7, so yes stock is a problem. My wife's arrived in SA last week, just waiting for mine to come now, Might arrive end of January, but who knows. Sprocket and Jack in Joburg have been fantastic with their communication during this whole process i must admit, try to keep me happy for over 3 months now has definitely been a challenge.