ASG Trans Baviaans 24hr MTB Marathon 2012

[sias]

Ons kon nie vir 'n beter dag gevra het nie! Perfekte weer en ry toestande! Die water was nie te sleg nie en dit was glad nie koud nie.

Klaargemaak in 13:48...

[sampie]

Ek dink die water van die rivier het die bene goed gedoen

[jiggs]

Ek dink ook so, ons was gelukkig om al die riviere in daglig deur te gaan. Ek haal my hoed af vir die manne wat 23h30 gery het.

[majestic]

What were your high lights and low lights of this years transbaviaans?

 

High light --- great organisation.

 

low light ---- the mud after check point 6.

Edited August 20, 2012 by majestic

[Azonic]

Low light: Finding out that the reason for my smashed legs at the top of Bergplaas was due to a miss aligned back wheel causing the rotors to rub on the brake pads. Nothing quite like riding 148km with the handbrake up...

 

High light: Fixing it.

[b-unit]

Well done to everyone!

[Jakkals.]

i would like to know what my time was going up MAC. its long and steep = killer.

[Selous Scout (aka LegTrap)]

My wife and her team completed the race which is a FANTASTIC achievement.They took about 2 hours longer than they had hoped for but so what,they completed it.

 

I think their highlight would simply be completing it and ensuring they helped each other to do so.

 

The lowlight could be that they didn't quite do the time they expected.

 

I was their support driver and whilst I got no sleep for the entire race,I enjoyed being there to help and cheer them on.

 

I was amazed at how many actually had to withdraw,it will be interesting to see just how many did.

 

Heartiest congrats to everyone who completed it,you have my respect.

 

I was rather surprised to see the ambulance leaving the school in JBay at 0500 on Sunday morning.I hope there were other medical personnel there to assist with any possible issues.

 

I must now get ready for the Sani2C with my wife in 2013.

[Devon Melville]

Highlight - finishing 1:30min quicker than planned

Low Light - 2 x Quad bikes on never ender riding at 20km/h in front of us and making a m03rse dust cloud to ride in, not cool

[taito]

highlight getting to Pakhuis just on darkness

lowlight-mud after checkpiont 6 and partner crashing coming down bergplaas luckily not injured gravelrash only.

[jiggs]

Highlight- Finishing 2

Lowlight - got lost in J-Bay loosing 5min

[majestic]

Highlight- Finishing 2

Lowlight - got lost in J-Bay loosing 5min

Need a bit of map reading lessons?

Did you also miss check point 3?

Well done on a 2nd place. Respect :clap:

[Trackside]

Highlight - hot chocolate at checkpoint 7

Lowlight - handlebar broke after checkpoint 7

[Azonic]

Lowlight - handlebar broke after checkpoint 7

 

Might have seen you sitting outside the guest house we were staying at. Wife invited you in for coffee, if that was you.

[Azonic]

Lowlight - got lost in J-Bay loosing 5min

 

Same. At the video preview / rider briefing I asked Wikus where the finish was in respect to the finish last year. He said it was 4-5km "further down into Jbay". So that's what we did. We klapped it into JBay........... straight through town to where the road ended. Had to turn right, and right again and see a few teams in the dark pull into the school ahead of us. Probably lost about 5 places.

[Trackside]

Yes that was me, at that point our driver was also lost in JBay. Thanks for the friendly offer.