Suikerbosrand circuit records...

[davetapson]

Hi all - we've been using Suikerbos as LSD training with hills for the epic. 

 

As I grind my way around, I wonder:

 

What are the records for:

1. Road bike?

2. MTB?

 

And the next thing I wonder is, what would a really good time be for a full circuit (i.e. something that the average joe / joette could feel chuffed about achieving?), also on road/mtb....

 

Who's gonna 'fess up to their times

 

Me, for LSD, on a MTB, with knobbies, it's about 3h30 - won't be trying to smash out a quick one until after the epic...

[Jules]

I usually lap between 2:05 and 2:30, depending on how tired i'm feeling and whether it's my first or second lap.

 

 

 

I've only broken 2 hours once.

 

 

 

My goal is to do three laps though. I don't know what it is about the reserve, but it manages to make 110km feel like 200km. Did two laps on Monday in the rain and I haven't felt that exhausted in a long time!

[Zaskar]

Yeah my time is usually just over two hours on a road bike, normally like 2h10 / 2h20 for the 58km loop.

 

Never broken 2 hours, my fastest lap ever being 2h04!

[Wonder Woman]

I do a lap in about 3 hours at LSD pace on road bike. Never raced through there yet.

 

Jules, you make me sick. My aim is to survive two laps!!

Wonder Woman2007-12-19 03:02:18

[Jules]

Wonder woman, was that you we passed in the rain on Monday?

[IanJ]

My best is 2:13, 1st lap of two, also never managed more than two laps.

[E1A104]

I've managed 2 laps but felt like forever .... No idea how long it took.

[cyclenut]

For those that are yet to to train at "The Bos" perhaps one of the regulars can publish a profile

(make sure you have distance as the x-axis and not time)

 

 

[Wonder Woman]

Wonder woman' date=' was that you we passed in the rain on Monday? [/quote']

 

Yip, I was there

 

[djvr]

My record is that I finished

[Jules]

Gaaaaaahhhhreeeeee and I passed you on the long hill. We were both in Standard Bank kit.

 

 

 

We were amused that you were brave enough to ride in the rain and your supposedly hardcore clubmate, Epoh, didn't come because he didn't "want to ride with wet shoes".

[IanJ]

For those that are yet to to train at "The Bos" perhaps one of the regulars can publish a profile

(make sure you have distance as the x-axis and not time)

 

 

 

This is the profile for two laps:

 

[Wonder Woman]

Gaaaaaahhhhreeeeee and I passed you on the long hill. We were both in Standard Bank kit.

We were amused that you were brave enough to ride in the rain and your supposedly hardcore clubmate' date=' Epoh, didn't come because he didn't "want to ride with wet shoes". [/quote']

 

Hey, I now have a face to another name. Sounds like Epoh is getting soft these days.

 

Then again he can be a bit....ummm never mind

 

[epoh]

 

Gaaaaaahhhhreeeeee and I passed you on the long hill. We were both in Standard Bank kit.

 

We were amused that you were brave enough to ride in the rain and your supposedly hardcore clubmate' date=' Epoh, didn't come because he didn't "want to ride with wet shoes". [/quote']

 

Hey, I now have a face to another name. Sounds like Epoh is getting soft these days.

 

Then again he can be a bit....ummm never mind

 

 

Two laps in soaked wet shoes, no thanks For me riding should be fun and riding with water soaked shoes I do not consider fun . Getting soooooooooooft!!??? Never! I have got a few hardcore rides lined up

 

 

 

[davetapson]

Wuss. 

 

For some not completely clear reason we decided to ride out to Suikerbos on Sunday alongside the rail tracks and then via the dirt roads into SB - got stuck ON the road - wheels completely clogged.  Stopped to push out some git who was driving past laughing at us and then promptly got stuck himself. 

 

Wet shoes?  Up to the knees in sludge was more like it...