nigelhicks Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Hey Guys After a VERY successful inaugural Enduro Event held as part of the Karkloof Classic this last weekend I must tell you all of another event this weekend happening at Cascades Bike Park in PMB. If you are from KZN or are an out of towner but coming down for the long weekend bring your bike and come give it a bash. The format is awesome! Overall trail length is about 30km, but of this only about 10 to 15km is timed. You ride to the top of the hill at your own pace, and are then timed down a singletrack section that takes you back down the hill. Its not all downhill though with some flats and small ups. You leave the start at 30 sec intervals (or can chase your mate) ... its a very chilled vibe and everyone who raced the event this weekend agreed that its probably the most fun they have had at a race yet. Remember the track caters for everyone (XC, Hardtail, and the DH nutters). So come and have some fun over the long weekend with us. Saturday 28th April ENDURORegistration: 7h00 to 8h00Stage 1: 8h30Stage 2: 10h30Prize giving: 13h00CROSS COUNTRY ELIMINATOR (XCE)Registration: 13h00 to 13h30Seeding heats start at 14h00Prize giving: Immediately after the finalSunday 29th April CLASSIQUE NOUVEAURegistration: 7h00 to 8h3045km Classique Maxi start - 09h0030km Classique Midi start - 09h0515km Classique Mini start - 09h10 Entries are open on www.roag.co.za
nigelhicks Posted April 23, 2012 Author Posted April 23, 2012 Oh and for those of you who are humming and haaring .... remember that the Karkloof event was won by an XC rider ... with the top 3 being XC - DH - XC ... so its not as hairy as everyone may think .... just great fun
Capricorn Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) flip, i'm super tempted! but as has been the case, i'll bet work is gonna ambush that plan. meh.. Please feedback on the event Nige: pics/vids/write up, the whole toot. Would be damn cool if we could emulate your successes and have something similar down here in the cape. Edited April 23, 2012 by Capricorn
RiderX Posted April 23, 2012 Posted April 23, 2012 Sounds like an AM bike would be ideal for this course. Damn if I knew about this earlier I might actually have flown over to PMB for the weekend!
Airborne Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 This looks like its going to be awesome, already registered.See you there!!
geecee Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 so tempting. gf wont like me tho hmmm wonder if i can convince some others to join
(Deon) Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 The format will work very nicely here but won't be a reality until we have revised the layout of the tracks. That said, nothing wrong with a bit of timed climbing links, right? Nigel, well done. Very successful event you are growing there. I'll make a plan to be at the next one!!
nigelhicks Posted April 25, 2012 Author Posted April 25, 2012 dont give me the credit ... im just the loudhailer on here to get everyone amped up ... Nick Floros has built the tracks so they will suit everyone. Its put on by KZN MTB ...
Brian Fantana Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 Sounds like an AM bike would be ideal for this course. Damn if I knew about this earlier I might actually have flown over to PMB for the weekend! Same here, I only heard about this event two weeks ago, if I knew about it a little earlier, I would have entered without hesitation.
jimmy hardtail Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 Cmon guys, we have got to organize something like this in cape town and get all the different riding styles in one event. Would be Awesome! Capricorn 1
Capricorn Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 was thinking abuot that ever since Nige's announcement. We need a track, and a few delightful ones come to mind come to mind: Majik and Contermans.
jimmy hardtail Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 Eden and G spot can be ridden as one track, would be perfect as there are loads of trails to link up.
Capricorn Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 thing is, majik has that brutal climb right up in your face, then it's a decent charge to the bottom. great for an XC eliminator/lapped enduro event.
Capricorn Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) maybe mod's split off this discussion starting with Jimmy Hardtail's suggestion, so we dont pollute the KNZ KZN even[t] with our awesomeness edit: woulda been moar oarsum if i could spell properly Edited April 25, 2012 by Capricorn
wesley_r Posted April 25, 2012 Posted April 25, 2012 lolz Cap Majik is rad-i-cool but rather short. This may sound strange but Tygerberg MTB would be the guys to hit up to organise this. With their green corridors connecting Majik, Nitida, Hillcrest and Contermans it would be a great system for a multi-stage event: transfer stages (climbs) that aren't timed, with timed descents counting for points. Think about it: Transfer 1: Up MajikTimed 1: Down MajikTransfer 2: Up Majik again, across to NitidaTimed 2: A couple of runs on the slalom courseTransfer 3: Nitida up Hillcrest - to the mastsTimed 3: From the masts, blue, green and black routes to the Bike ShedTransfer 4: Up the Bike ShedTimed 4: Bushvine climb, backwards Some of those are shorties, so you could combine the climbs with the timed stages, such as a lap from the Bike Shed, up the Jeep track, then the wrong way across and down bushvines (5km lap, which is what they used for the ride-before-you-buy a couple years back) Kliprug, which is pretty technical and rocky, could be included as well! Yeah, maybe this should be split
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