Sondela Bela Bela Challenge 2012

[1hill@aTime]

You can't drop like that !!!

Besides, it's a flat race so you have a chance to win in VA.

Your sponsors are going to be really upset with you!!!

[Cyclewizz]

@Mooky - you just make sure you don't drop 1hill

 

@Robo / HeMan / Ox - you in AL ? Take it this year they aren't doing the age thing ?

 

@1hill - why exactly do you want racing kit ? Ride like you stole it !!!

[Agteros]

I was quite surprised with the options of licensed racing & open bleeding. Maybe I must go do a BL tempo ride

[Peter Parker]

Cyclewizz, on 15 May 2012 - 10:54 , said:

 

You can't drop like that !!!

Besides, it's a flat race so you have a chance to win in VA.

Your sponsors are going to be really upset with you!!!

 

and you will be getting a snotklap from said team if you dont ride VA

[Cyclewizz]

@Robo - you can't ride in BL with a Power Meter, ride AL or VB

[Agteros]

@Robo - you can't ride in BL with a Power Meter, ride AL or VB

 

Too late for VB. Not entered there. That PT sure make the tail end of the bike feel sluggish compared to the Fulcrums

Will have to ride with it though to generate some more mediocre stats :|

[1hill@aTime]

Cyclewizz, on 15 May 2012 - 10:54 , said:

 

You can't drop like that !!!

Besides, it's a flat race so you have a chance to win in VA.

Your sponsors are going to be really upset with you!!!

 

and you will be getting a snotklap from said team if you dont ride VA

 

Lol's @ Peter Parker

[1hill@aTime]

@Mooky - you just make sure you don't drop 1hill

 

@Robo / HeMan / Ox - you in AL ? Take it this year they aren't doing the age thing ?

 

@1hill - why exactly do you want racing kit ? Ride like you stole it !!!

 

@Mooky - you just make sure you don't drop 1hil - that is what is worring me

[Fork-it]

So, how was this race. The new venue? Route? etc.

[sias]

Fork-it, the race is only this coming weekend...

[soutie1]

Any 'real' news instead of panicing where to start a flat race like this??

How are the roads, does the championchip timing still not count for the 94.7 and Argus seeding?

Edited May 17, 2012 by soutie1

[Fork-it]

Fork-it, the race is only this coming weekend...

 

Thanks Sias, good luck to all racing and please provide feedback.

[Agteros]

Any 'real' news instead of panicing where to start a flat race like this?? How are the roads, does the championchip timing still not count for the 94.7 and Argus seeding?

 

Where to start? At the start line, in your seeded batch

 

Seeding:

Superseeding ladder/Cyclelab seeding: Yes

94.7: not sure.

Argus: No.

Pedalpower: No

[Agteros]

Results are out.

[Agteros]

After six failed attempts in various races to finish with the A bunch, I allowed myself to be talked into starting with them again against my apparent better judgement.

 

I've been given the advise to ride closer to the front of the bunch, so decided to give that a go, however I wasn't sure I'd last 5 km. Fortunately the absolutely pancake flat nature of the race (224m ascent according to the GPS), and no wind allowed me to hang in basically to the end.

 

A few apparently random(to me) attacks in the first few kilometers ended in the whole bunch rolling forward as a whole, with ever rider going out front either sitting up, or being pulled back.

 

Around the second last right turn, the nervousness in the group picked up a few notches as riders started coming through from the back on the right hand side of the road. This caused much unhappiness with the marshalls eventually threatening to disqualify the whole group.

 

I'm not aware of any mishaps, although I saw a case, and experienced another, of quads hitting handlebars. Fortunately no wobbles due to that!

 

I hang onto the bunch right up to the finish where the serious okes sprinted of for line honours. Thought of picking up the pace, but my legs were on strike so I just rolled forward to finish with the rest of the bunch, and finished around 30 seconds down the winner.

 

Hopefully this will not give me a false sense of accomplisment for the races post winter! Maybe time to dust off that IDT again...

 

Not sure how the regular A bunchers experienced the race, although I've heard one saying that the dynamics of the group was a lot different from the usual. Different in the case meaning worse, but I guess that can be expected on a flat, fast, windless course?

 

For those interested in how the A bunched 'rolled', here are the accumulated average speeds at 5km splits (as measure by that pesky GPS again:

 

 5.00 : 41.1
10.00 : 41.5
15.00 : 41.6
20.00 : 41.8
25.00 : 41.5
30.00 : 41.0
35.00 : 40.5
40.00 : 40.6
45.00 : 40.5
50.00 : 40.4
55.00 : 40.2
60.00 : 39.9
65.00 : 39.7
70.00 : 39.5
75.00 : 39.7
80.00 : 39.7
85.00 : 39.7
90.00 : 39.6
95.00 : 39.4
100.00 : 39.4
101.62 : 39.4

[scotty]

Where to start? At the start line, in your seeded batch

 

Seeding:

Superseeding ladder/Cyclelab seeding: Yes

94.7: not sure.

Argus: No.

Pedalpower: No

94.7 no