Amashova 2013

[fabs]

There was a pool of blood in the city centre about 5km from the end. Anyone know what it was about?

 

Yip, I was in E group, and must have happened just before we got there.

 

Its the local passers by, who think they can try and beat the cyclists coming through at probably 50km/hr.

 

A rider was injured and lying on the floor, together with a pedestrian lying on her back, and bleeding profusely from a head wound.

[Andrew_ew]

I think I was one of the three... on the red SWorks... we flipping pedalled forever on our own until the rest of A group caught us coming into Durbs. What was quite disturbing was the accident the 2 ladies had trying to tail us at 60km/h - hope they're not seriously injured. Looking at the results only 15 of them broke away. I had a bit left for the sprint which is always fun, managed 3rd in that... all that after riding 450km to Pietermaritzburg from Kroonstad.

 

I was in the 2nd A batch group - dropped my chain at Richmond Road (just after Fox Hill) and had some work to do to get back onto the group - caught them by Cato Ridge. I think I was right behind you in the final sprint - in the red and white Mr Price kit.

 

I saw the riders down on Fields Hill - it looked pretty nasty - hope they are ok - there are some nasty potholes there - cost me a rim and a saddle earlier this year.

 

There was almost a big pile up at the corner into the finishing straight when that pedestrian crossed right in front of the bunch.

 

Marshals were napping a bit there.

[Kallie.]

I was in the 2nd A batch group - dropped my chain at Richmond Road (just after Fox Hill) and had some work to do to get back onto the group - caught them by Cato Ridge. I think I was right behind you in the final sprint - in the red and white Mr Price kit.

 

I saw the riders down on Fields Hill - it looked pretty nasty - hope they are ok - there are some nasty potholes there - cost me a rim and a saddle earlier this year.

 

There was almost a big pile up at the corner into the finishing straight when that pedestrian crossed right in front of the bunch.

 

Marshals were napping a bit there.

 

The front B bunch also had to dodge a pedestrian (and a TAXI) coming through town before turning left to the finish straight.

 

We also had to go around a few of the shorter distance riders who were in the middle of the road. I am sure they must've got a bit of fright when the bunch passed them at 50kmh+.

[Lone Rider]

Are the hills really that bad ?

I dont do many road races - actually it's my first road race in over 6 years, but there didnt seem to be much climbing /

Sani day 2 has 1600m odd of ascent, with some brutal climbs, so maybe by basis for comparrison is a bit off.

 

This is a genuine question by the way. I was just wondering how the Shova rates against other races.

Garmin registered 1460m of ascending for the Shova.

[LongDonkey]

Saw this on Racetec this morning. Guess someone was editing the data base directly. Check average speed of "winner"

 

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Edited October 15, 2013 by TooTall?

[Rob K]

Garmin registered 1460m of ascending for the Shova.

 

That's interesting - My Garmin reports 1293m gain and 103.26km

[Garfield2010]

Elevation Gain: 1,271 m Elevation Loss: 1,913 m

[Motard660]

Bryton Ryder 50 - Distance 103.39; Elevation Gain 1120 m; Elevation Loss 1767 m

[Speedster Scott]

My Garmin Got Elevation Gain of 1386 and loss of 2031 and distance of 103.03KM

[andydude]

That's interesting - My Garmin reports 1293m gain and 103.26km

Elevation Gain: 1,271 m Elevation Loss: 1,913 m

 

Did you correct/update the elevation on the website?

[Ecko_1]

Strava via Samsung Galaxy S2: 103.9km and 1,571m elevation gain.

[Blackadder]

With elevation correction on, I got 1,427m elevation and 2,017m descent on my Garmin Edge. Distance 103km.

 

The same gpx. file on Strava, with its elevation correction, gives an elevation of 1,538m.

 

I suspect 1,100-1,200 is closer to the truth.

Edited October 15, 2013 by Blackadder

[Garfield2010]

Did you correct/update the elevation on the website?

 

How?

[Blackadder]

Did you correct/update the elevation on the website?

 

In my case, yes. There is a setting on Garmin Connect and on Strava that allows you to choose elevation correction on or off. Usually I find this gives results that correlate closely with those other people publish. In this case, my figures are a bit higher.

[Lone Rider]

Slightly off topic - I've seen that GPS devices are not 100% accurate. The other day I went for a ride with a 310XT on my wrist, and a Edge705 on my bike. At the end of the 90km ride the two devices differed by 800m. I had disable auto-stop/start on both. Maybe that's why most pro's still rely on wheel magnet sensors for their speed/distance stats.

[GaryvdM]

Elevation gain/descent measurements differ due to 2 reasons:

 

Calculating elevation utilizing gps is very inaccurate. This is normally overcome by using a existing elevation database such as NASA's STRM database. This is what the Garman elevation correction feature does.

 

The other issue is that gain/descent measurements suffer from the coastline paradox, that when you try measure it more accurately, you don't get a more accurate answer, just a bigger answer.

Edited October 15, 2013 by garyvdm