timhoek Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 belief it or not you are going to have to refresh my memory, as everything was a blur.Were you running a 1x10 setup, 32T chainring Or did you have a black specialized jersey on? I was the guy with the black specialized jersey on. milky4130 1
nathrix Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I see the fastest SS time was 6h40. Think the fastest time is held by Grant Usher 6h07 or something and Dangle (WE) 6h20 back in 2012. A rumor doing the rounds is that they wanna go back and smash 6 hours
Brian Fantana Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I see the fastest SS time was 6h40. Think the fastest time is held by Grant Usher 6h07 or something and Dangle (WE) 6h20 back in 2012. A rumor doing the rounds is that they wanna go back and smash 6 hours  It was in 2011. CrUsher did a 6:09.  Here is the result sheet of that year: MTN_Attakwas_20110115.pdf nathrix 1
nathrix Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 It was in 2011. CrUsher did a 6:09. Here is the result sheet of that year: MTN_Attakwas_20110115.pdf Thanks, see I was way out with Anton's time, think he lost all his sealant with a puncture/hole on the front tire going down the section before the Spur and lost +/- 30 minutes there Would love to see them back to see what they can do. Grant 6h09Anton 6h51
LuckyLuke Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 So what was the tyre choice for this years attakwas?
Thug Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Â Â Grant 6h09Anton 6h51Â Those are unbelievably good times.
nathrix Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 http://vimeo.com/84592407 narra and Gandalf 2
jcza Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 So what was the tyre choice for this years attakwas? Racing Ralph SnakeSkin front & rear. Same as last year & same result - flawless white tiger and LuckyLuke 2
BlinkFan Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) Made my target with 25 seconds to spare. Came in at 8:59:35. My toughest day on a bike ever. I had brake rub from km1 to km121 which was annoying (and to everyone around me). My riding partner had a puncture at 30kms which took us 10mins to fix. The first 70 kms are super hard. WP2 to WP3 was the hardest by far. Took me two hours for those 20kms. Had terrible chainsuck at the techzone at WP3, and was so happy for the spraydown. The beast of a climb coming out of WP3 took it's toll on the legs and my sense of humour. Lucky my legs recovered quite a bit by the time we reached waterpoint 4 and I was able to punch it from there. Will aim for sub 8 next year. One of the best events I have ever done. Highlights:1. Ostrich kebabs at WP5. How do they get it so soft??2. Reaching the top of "King of the Attakwas" oom Katot was standing there next to his Landrover. The guy in front of me chirped "Oom dis mos jy wat hierdie k@k uitdink?". Without skipping a beat oom Katot chirps back "Ek staan nou hier en voel die aand briesie wat inkom, en ek weti of jy dit gaan maak nie". Lessons learned:1. Train more. Did about 8hours a week for this one...2. Train on hills.3. Train on more technical hills.4. Get a saddlebad and leave the camelbak at home.5. Chammycream works wonders.6. Ikon(back) and Racing Ralph(front) is a good combo.7. Elite bottlecages DO NOT WORK at Attakwas.8. (edit) Lose 5-10kg Edited January 21, 2014 by BlinkFan Rapunzel, Marge, LuckyLuke and 5 others 8
milky4130 Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 I was the guy with the black specialized jersey on.oh ja now I remember you, it was lekker to ride with you. Thanks for the company in that last 20kms, always nice so you don't loose sanity. Although for me sanity was gone long ago before the race even started since I did it on a rigid.
stringbean Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Anyone got links to some pics beside those on the FB page?
Gerhardc Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 Racing Ralph SnakeSkin front & rear. Same as last year & same result - flawless Ditto!!!
Thug Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 (edited) On going through the SS results, it appears that someone might have been a naughty boy. It looks like there was a timing checkpoint at waterpoint 4 (not waterpoint 1 as per the SS results). The SS winner, Nico Van Zyl rode the last +-36k's in a time of +- 1hr 52m. However, there appears to have been a rider that rode the last 36km's in a time of 47 minutes which meant he went from 12th position at waterpoint 4 to 6th position at the finish. By comparison, Urs Huber was a pedestrian 1hr 17minutes.  edit: took out riders number Edited January 22, 2014 by Thug
leona Posted January 21, 2014 Posted January 21, 2014 same tyres as for epic. continental protection x king front and race king rear.
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