Benjamin Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Almost always race. Even training rides with my racing mates are races cos they faster than me. Occasionally ride with CW, and don't race which is cracker. Even those of us who enter races, then " just ride" mostly race too. It's just how we built. Check all of us checking our times on the results sheet at the end. It's natural to want to do the best you can. Johny Bravo 1
rouxtjie Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Wish they would get some of those Jager shooter girls at the water stops...No problem...SS sa champs. Watertables are more like pubs....beer, kaptein skuim, brannas, jager, sletsappies....choose you poison
Baaisikilist Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013  No problem...SS sa champs. Watertables are more like pubs....beer, kaptein skuim, brannas, jager, sletsappies....choose you poison Hey, that I CAN race...!
Pieter1 Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Â No problem...SS sa champs. Watertables are more like pubs....beer, kaptein skuim, brannas, jager, sletsappies....choose you poisonI'll be at the next one. rouxtjie, shaper and RockCoach 3
rouxtjie Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Hey, that I CAN race...!ja down downs....whipping flies of poo with a sweep, getting hot aunty's upset because you called them aunty, see guys so drunk they struggle to navigate a bridge, tequila shots out of a waterpistol, watching one hot aunty slapping another hot aunty in a kinky kind of way...and that was waterpoint 1
Tumbleweed Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Almost always race. Even training rides with my racing mates are races cos they faster than me. Occasionally ride with CW, and don't race which is cracker. Even those of us who enter races, then " just ride" mostly race too. It's just how we built. Check all of us checking our times on the results sheet at the end. It's natural to want to do the best you can. I think it was MTB legend Charlie Kelly who said: "Put two guys on bikes, and it's a race..." ScottCM and T-Bob 2
NotSoBigBen Posted September 13, 2013 Author Posted September 13, 2013 I think it was MTB legend Charlie Kelly who said: "Put two guys on bikes, and it's a race..."Â My boet always says 'more than one of you and it's a race'! T-Bob, Bobbo_SA and ScottCM 3
Benjamin Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 I think it was MTB legend Charlie Kelly who said: "Put two guys on bikes, and it's a race..."True story that. Both will promise that they not racing. ScottCM 1
Tumbleweed Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013  True story that. Both will promise that they not racing. Hahahahaha! I used to ride with mates in the minedumps a lot. It was always a mellow affair...until you got near home (read: pub), and then the jockeying for position for the "final sprint" would start!
RockCoach Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 I'll be at the next one. Farmasutra. Be there!!! Pieter1 1
DR ◣◢ Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Don't race but I do partake in the in some events. VG 24 hour and SA Enduro Series! Bobbo_SA 1
RockCoach Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 (edited) Hi. My name is SLiick and I used to race... ... road.  Yeah, when I was young it used to be weekend after weekend up at 3 or 4am to be at the venue by 5am to be warmed up and racing by 6am. My last two "races" were Mankele Avalanche and SSWC 2012. I will probably do a handful of Enduros and possibly some social DH and throw in a SS and 24 hr event every year. So generally just ride for fun as much as possible. Edited September 13, 2013 by SLiiick Grebel and Pieter1 2
SwissVan Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Only enter a few (very few...) races a yearLove to race but find it's more enjoyable to focus on a few specific events rather than chasing fairies and racing every weekend. Also prone to race while training, you know that moment when the shaved leg species comes cycling past or sit on your wheel without saying helloooo....its always fun to try drop them...
Escapee.. Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 Does Critical Mass count? I have won a couple of them scotty, Grebel and DIPSLICK 3
Gen Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 I ENTER RACES BUT I RIDE THEM Same here. They are races for some, and rides for me. DIPSLICK 1
Cassie Posted September 13, 2013 Posted September 13, 2013 I used to enter races only to be caught in the midpack chaos. Fitness dictated that I ride there. Long story short, It gives me greater pleasure to just ride with mates now. We can ride mostly similar if not more tech single track and trails and we can push back up and ride them again. For me it isn't racing. At my level, it is just an over congested ride. I'm with you on this!!Rather spend those "race fees" on something else... Grebel 1
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