CleatsnCleavage Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Agree on the MTB distance - rather doing the 53km Porcupine Ridge race in Franschhoek on Sunday, which also has some mean climbs (and cant actually get the gradient/ascent from organisers either).
Skubarra Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Agree on the MTB distance - rather doing the 53km Porcupine Ridge race in Franschhoek on Sunday, which also has some mean climbs (and cant actually get the gradient/ascent from organisers either). Porcupine would be mostly district roads & jeep tracks vs the dedicated TMBC mtb trails of the 99er. If you want distance I suggest do the 99er road race
Bloukrans Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Seeding is sent out, seeded $ Cool!! Will be my first 99er, other than Vissershok, what can I expect?
Pure Savage Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Cool!! Will be my first 99er, other than Vissershok, what can I expect? It really depends on what group you start in and what the group menatality is like on the day. The higher the seeding group, the faster pace they will go off at. So even though its "Flat" one can find oneself working really hard to keep with the group. The wind compounds this issue further making it harder. The climbs at the end are not the end of the world if you have managed to save yourself and keep in a group all the way round.
milky4130 Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 Cool!! Will be my first 99er, other than Vissershok, what can I expect? literally before vissershok you'll have malanshoogte, after vissershok you'll have oodendal climb to the finish (i think thats what its called)
Bloukrans Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 literally before vissershok you'll have malanshoogte, after vissershok you'll have oodendal climb to the finish (i think thats what its called) Thanks Milky - a bit nervous though. Have done the Hok two weeks ago.
babse Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 When will be know our seeding? i received a mail @ 4pm RE seeding and start times
Johny Bravo Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 W seeding for me. Gonna be a long day. Really dont know how they came up with that.
WaldoZ Posted February 5, 2014 Posted February 5, 2014 % Oh dear... mmm, well here goes nothing I guess. Bring on the pain
Jaco-fiets Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 % for me too - hope to stick till Malans I'm in % too. Don't how that happened because I don't belong there. Thinking of rather starting with the A or B group
'Dale Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 I'm in % too. Don't how that happened because I don't belong there... Must be the Foo-Jee... Have a good one, Jaco'!
AuctionLamb Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 i can already see the crashes in bunch %!!! Sidekick Racer 1
Sidekick Racer Posted February 6, 2014 Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Last year was also a mess with putting to many people in $ who didn't belong there.... Seems this year they have made the % the big one? Edited February 6, 2014 by Sidekick Racer
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