The expat cyclist Posted July 31, 2011 Share Yoh, yoh, yoh. I did a 50km ride yesterday (most of it in Groenkloof) and decided to do babbas (70km) today. Man, I took shots. Also had some internal conflict about lap 3.So you rode the crap out if it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-unit Posted July 31, 2011 Share So you rode the crap out if it? Exactly, did you see? But seriously, it felt like I was climbing the whole route. The flats had sand and the downhills were slow (and short). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trubie Posted August 1, 2011 Share eish, how hard was that 74k's..............I was going there hoping for the same route we did in June....... there was quite a bit of wire lying arounda piece got tangled on my bike at the top of that second rocky climb....... fortunately no damage Jules was awesome riding away from all on the SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Mortimer Posted August 1, 2011 Share Saw in the results that the race time was a fair bit longer than normal - was it a different route? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trubie Posted August 1, 2011 Share Saw in the results that the race time was a fair bit longer than normal - was it a different route? jip much different lotsa climbing, lotsa single track, lots more sand than usualwe had to do 3 laps in the reserve...... enough to loose quite a bit of s\yr sense of humour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkie 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Share Alot tougher than before but nicer not just being the normal flat Babbas, 3 loops is mind numbing though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted August 1, 2011 Share I think I was fortunate that I had to call it quits after a single lap as I'm sure I'd have had a sense of humour failure on lap 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underachiever Posted August 1, 2011 Share jip much different lotsa climbing, lotsa single track, lots more sand than usualwe had to do 3 laps in the reserve...... enough to loose quite a bit of s\yr sense of humour Well, I am happy to read all these reports that the race was tough. This was my 1st Babbas ever, and I found the route to be quite tough!!! Power riding all the way. Not a great fan of sand riding!! Got a puncture on lap 2, so I was not looking forward to the 3rd one!! Yep noticed LOTS of wire!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNOSE_E Posted August 1, 2011 Share Missed this babba's but glad they are making it tougher. Not too keen on the 3 laps of same same though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Posted August 1, 2011 Share now that is mighty impressive, i wonder what gears he was using, because this had a little variation today in therms of rock climbs and fast farm roads. i mean after my little incident with the wire, was left with 3 gears at the back, never mind one!!!. well done jules on that result and by 7min nogal Thanks guys. Yes, I was on a 32X14 on a 29er. A good gear for most of the course, but it was quite challenging on the rocky climb. The 35k okes might have been short-changed on distance but the 70k riders were in luck: we got an extra 3 or 4k. The new route is nearly ten kays longer than the old one, and instead of climbing the hill twice, we do it three times. The approach is also harder and more rocky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted August 1, 2011 Share Thanks guys. Yes, I was on a 32X14 on a 29er. A good gear for most of the course, but it was quite challenging on the rocky climb. The 35k okes might have been short-changed on distance but the 70k riders were in luck: we got an extra 3 or 4k. The new route is nearly ten kays longer than the old one, and instead of climbing the hill twice, we do it three times. The approach is also harder and more rocky. Well done Jules! 32*14 one day when I'm big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABUBI Posted August 1, 2011 Share The new route is quite hard, enjoyed it a lot, did the 70km, but it was just over 75k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nettie R Posted August 1, 2011 Share A 35km race??Even is if it was too short,it was too short to begin with Next time enter a 100km race and then if its short by a couple of km's then you wont careAnd you ride all the ultra marathons, right? Middle distances are the most popular. I like my 35kms too. Unless it's an emergency route change on race day, it's not cool to change the distance on the start line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradwentzel Posted August 1, 2011 Share Did anyone have a Garmin for yesterday's race? Chatted to some okes at the finish and the chaps said 71kms and i see here it was 74kms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil6 Posted August 1, 2011 Share And you ride all the ultra marathons, right? Middle distances are the most popular. I like my 35kms too. Unless it's an emergency route change on race day, it's not cool to change the distance on the start line.Doing the Trans Baviaans in two weeks.Still got a spot available in our team if you want to join? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted August 1, 2011 Share Did anyone have a Garmin for yesterday's race? Chatted to some okes at the finish and the chaps said 71kms and i see here it was 74kms? My Garmin had 73.71km so call it 74km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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