Meezo Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Dagga cookies. Seriously dude. How can you endorse people littering. In the beautifull Boland countryside. There is no cure for TROLL T-Bob and Johny Bravo 2
Pure Savage Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 most of us got up. one guy didn't move till the medics took him to hospital, 3 badly broken bikes and lots of skin left on the tar.going down at 50km/h is not fun Did your bike survive?
mafutha Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 and a few more yours truly in the first one grimacing up Vissers ???? Meezo and Sportsworld.co.za 2
DJTerblanche Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 I was in Group E and there were some strong riders working in fornt (Someone helping us?). We caught group D after 70km and then we were also quite a big bunch. I only saw one guy going down on the gravel. Very happy with the results. We had 40 sub 3hour results from E. Good job.
T-Bob Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 So P***ed I mised this. That kind of curve ball would have been awesome. Love mixing something different in and seeing how the pack handle it. Enjoyed a lot of flandrian and nth france racing so properly like the chance to mix in something different and see what people do in that environment. Love the stories of people down the ranks today. Real fighting spirit with cut up tracks, final approaches and all that stuff. `Respect. Patchelicious, lucmccann and 'Dale 3
jkoorts Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Your GPS should also help here.Did you have a Garmin or something?That data can be submitted. Yeah now a GPS sounds like the tool to have! Comes Monday starts the admin to get some time registered. I do have a polar watch heart rate monitor hope that will help. I cam down the downhill hearing everyone scream "whow howoooooh" could not see what the fuss is all about through the dust cloud until it I saw the bodies lying all over he place. I could only manage to move to the left and thats when somebody hit me from the side. I was clipped out with my left leg, he fell, I managed to stay upright. Untangled myself and went all for it while hearing the grunts and moans of the bodies I was negotiating through. When I hit tar, I shifted to my smaller chain ring and the chain went off inside, obviously my FR was off from the impact. Lost a few seconds, lost the group, and thats when I started hauling some of the guys in - %306. Some A % and B guys came past up vissershok, but could not remember their numbers. Then caught up with the heavy guy in black which I past up the final hill to the finish line as well as the guy in yellow shirt blue pants with strong legs (very like the photos posted in this tread)..I was %316, Focus black bike, 65kg, 40 years old, white UV sleaves. Edited February 8, 2014 by jkoorts
PhilipV Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 That gravel road is used by the trucks from the dairy daily. Hence the sandy bits, they just chow the road when going up it slowly. by the time we got there (ee) the marshals had more control and less to deal with, so they warned us and everyone slowed down. We blitzed it on the MTBs, on the descent the far left was still pretty firm then, that would have been the line to take on a road bike. For some reason a lot of the people gravitated towards the middle? Even on the real road there was this couple who rode on the right the whole time, we yo-yod with them a lot on the climbs, always passing on the left, it made no sense on the narrow roads without road-closure. 99er was a tester for my wife's legs to se if she will be fine for Argus. we di it in 4:43 with knobblies, so she'll be fine for Argus. looks like MTB only training will still pay off. She just needs to learn to ride a paceline better in the meantime.
JannievanZyl Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Feeling vindicated in deciding to ride it on my MTB, happy with my 3:10 from K. The loose sand section caught many who've not ridden sand before. Braking with your weight over the front wheel equals disaster. Getting your bum over the back wheel and letting the front drift over the sand would've saved lots of skin. Sitting over the back wheel, I was comfortably 'drifting' over the downhill sandy section at 50Km/h. Edited February 9, 2014 by JannievanZyl
G Man Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Great event, organisation and marshalling. However I do agree with previous post with regards to gravel section being a dangerous inclusion in a road race. By the time we came through in H it was all soft sand, decided to hang back and slowly negotiate the left side. I have done this section a number of times previously and never seen it this bad, I was scared and the number of fallen cyclist on the road and verge justified it. I managed to get through ok, just couldn't comprehend why some cyclist would still try to race through, put themselves and others in danger to gain a minute or two and still be no where close to a podium position. Another gripe I have is the amount of cyclist littering along the way. Once you done with your Gu/energy bar, please put the wrapper back in ur pocket, an extra gram or two will not make a difference. Empty the sachet and there will be no mess. I took a recovery ride this morning and it was disgusting the amount of Gu and energy bar wrappers along the Philadelphia and Adderley Roads. Enough to fill a black bag or two on a section less than 10km.
DJR Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 ...............Another gripe I have is the amount of cyclist littering along the way.......................... It's one of my pet hates too. I rode with my youngster, so it was easy to stop and pick up stuff, then race like mad to catch him again. Very good training that!I picked up 2 toad tubes that are perfectly patchable (I'll keep those thanks) and a 29er mtb tube that I have no use for (I'll pass it on to a friend, thank you).
DJR Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 ..........................Even on the real road there was this couple who rode on the right the whole time, we yo-yod with them a lot on the climbs, always passing on the left, it made no sense on the narrow roads without road-closure...................... I find that weird too, many people ride like that, as if they don't realize that the far left is far safer than anywhere else, especially in the narrows. Also, I get pissed at people walking up steep climbs and blocking the whole road and preventing those who can ride up from overtaking them. Yesterday we had people walking 3 abreast on Vissershok, leaving no way to get around them without crossing the middle barrier line. Needless to say, I firmly but politely asked them to move over.
JannievanZyl Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 It's one of my pet hates too.The audacity of some of those that litter is breathtaking. In K, one of the front riders (tall guy in black) was digging around for something in his pockets. He took out a bunch of papers and calmly threw them away, right into the faces of us following riders. Another guy that threw a GU packet away told me, after I asked him why he litters, it dirties his pockets if he puts them back.
Mylolylo Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Does anyone know the condition of the cyclist that was hit from behind by a Bakker at about 20km into the race. Bakker obviously saw the bunch too late in the mist and hit him pretty hard. I sat with him while the driver called emergency number, he seemed pretty bad but no apparent external injuries. I left when another guy from his club stopped so just want to check how he is doing. He was probably in like L batch. Had black kit on with some colorful strips on it.
DJTerblanche Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) I actually dont even take any gu/energy bars. I just put enough glucose/maltodextrin in my rehidrate mix. The littering also grieves me. Edited February 9, 2014 by DJTerblanche
mikkelz Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 A few gems from this post on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/99erCycleTourAndMtbChallenge/posts/631380486909817 "I did not sign up for a 2km gravel road on my Cervelo road bike" "If I had to have fallen off my bike my training would have suffered intensely" "After endangering cyclists lives over a 2km gravel road you give a key ring as a medal - PATHETIC!" "My bike has been chipped due to the gravel road"
Pure Savage Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 A few gems from this post on Facebook: https://www.facebook...631380486909817 "I did not sign up for a 2km gravel road on my Cervelo road bike" "If I had to have fallen off my bike my training would have suffered intensely" "After endangering cyclists lives over a 2km gravel road you give a key ring as a medal - PATHETIC!" "My bike has been chipped due to the gravel road" Went and checked his time on racetec, he was not even going that fast over the gravel! Bloukrans and mikkelz 2
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