Mojoman Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Was this the race that went past Maropeng this morning? If so I was amazed at how many riders cannot keep a straight line and rode all over the lane and also there were no signs when turning off the R24 onto the Maropeng road warning you of cyclists on the road. But the wobbly riders amazed me! They would just wobble and swerve into the middle of the lane and not even glance behind them.
Agteros Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Yip, it would have been the Berge & Dale riders! Scary stuff happen at the back of the races! The leading non $ rider came from FL and did a 2:25... Amazingly this rider could barely manage a sub 4 100km ride in the past....Amazing improvement, or super shortcut? Edited February 18, 2012 by HEman
Audible Anarchy Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 i vote super shortcut - we had 2 guys from FL that magically appeared in our bunch (AL) about 5 kms into the cradle after the intersection where the short route joined us. and the guys were definitely struggling to hold on before they got popped off the back about ten minutes later.
jmaccelari Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 We suddenly had a racing tandem no one knows or saw beating the lead group and doing a 2:18!
scotty Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Yip, it would have been the Berge & Dale riders! Scary stuff happen at the back of the races! The leading non $ rider came from FL and did a 2:25... Amazingly this rider could barely manage a sub 4 100km ride in the past....Amazing improvement, or super shortcut?Any one check his water bottle.,
Agteros Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 We suddenly had a racing tandem no one knows or saw beating the lead group and doing a 2:18!Any one check his water bottle., Same "supplier" perhaps?
Ryan Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 An amazing improvement... http://www.racetec.co.za/ShowResults.aspx?RiderID=460817
GordonD Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 What really amazed me was the number of riders in the Cradle out for the training ride and not participating in the race.The poor racing guys had to dodge these riders.Why not join the race and support the people who put these races on.You are in the area and doing the same route.Come on guys lets support the races.
Joe Low Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 What really amazed me was the number of riders in the Cradle out for the training ride and not participating in the race.The poor racing guys had to dodge these riders.Why not join the race and support the people who put these races on.You are in the area and doing the same route.Come on guys lets support the races. "Poor racing guys"? How about poor guys on their regular training rides being swamped by racing hooligans? I'm sure if they wanted to race they would have done.
TheRob Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 "Poor racing guys"? How about poor guys on their regular training rides being swamped by racing hooligans? I'm sure if they wanted to race they would have done. I train in the cradle quite and if there is a planned event on any of the legs I want to ride, I just make sure I go the opposite direction as the race. Its pretty simple logic, why would I want to get tangled up with a bunch of race groups?
Groggery Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Re the guy who did the 2h25 from FL - I worked out that, based on his pace in other races, he simply skipped the loop past the Rhino & Lion Park and then rejoined the race on Beyers Naude (i.e. instead of going straight at the circle, he swung a right and thereby chopped at least 45 mins off his ride). There were marshalls there - were they blind?
Agteros Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Re the guy who did the 2h25 from FL - I worked out that, based on his pace in other races, he simply skipped the loop past the Rhino & Lion Park and then rejoined the race on Beyers Naude (i.e. instead of going straight at the circle, he swung a right and thereby chopped at least 45 mins off his ride). There were marshalls there - were they blind? I have it on good rumour that he missed the extra loop as he was busy looking for lost goo sachets. I heard you found them on Sunday. Hopefully you can return them to him. Well done!
GordonD Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 "Poor racing guys"? How about poor guys on their regular training rides being swamped by racing hooligans? I'm sure if they wanted to race they would have done.i HOPE YOU DONT RACE CAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU A HOOLIGAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RocknRolla Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 I have seen not chatter regarding this event. Is it non-grata because of ASG? Doing this as a bit of an "ice breaker" for CTCT. Bonus 1
Mountain Bru Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 I'll be doing it as a warm up for the CTCT too. Can't seem to find a GPX file of the route though
Bonus Posted February 18, 2020 Posted February 18, 2020 This thread was started 8 years ago and it's still on Page 1! That's almost slower progress than I'm making with my B&B building work! I did the B&D a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Of course Krugersdorp hill was a bit of a wake-me-upper.
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