Quincy Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Van Galens and Hakahana were the 2 best trailseekers last year, leave it as is! I agree.
Quincy Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Quincy, could you be my fearless riding partner?I think so
WesselvdWalt Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 ....day dreaming of "Saartjies Nek" HAKAHANA TRAILS 1
HAKAHANA TRAILS Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 entered for the half. anyone know the elevation gain on the half? 650-700m, at this stage nonky 1
HAKAHANA TRAILS Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Magalies Monster's half. The riding at Hakahana can be tough because of the technical / rocky ascents and descents. The climbing there makes your heart race... it's not long steady climbs.. it's steep, nasty climbs (assuming they take the half up the black route & red route climbs - which I don't know if they'll do that). Half-marathon: Not red, but black, plus a new black....Sublime Trail...need to be strong. Ripper of a down.. What I can say is most of the effort is the first 15km, after that its a great, flowy ride almost entirely on singletrack, with a few tweaks. ..
RockCoach Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Half-marathon: Not red, but black, plus a new black....Sublime Trail...need to be strong. Ripper of a down.. What I can say is most of the effort is the first 15km, after that its a great, flowy ride almost entirely on singletrack, with a few tweaks. .. Johan, does the race come down any of our new sections?  Â
HAKAHANA TRAILS Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 (edited) Johan, does the race come down any of our new sections? Hey sliiick. yes for sure. The marathon uses Rinkhals drop-off (which is mostly Line A), but bails before DVD. And Kennel switchback is mostly Line B. So yes again.. Edited June 12, 2014 by HAKAHANA TRAILS RockCoach 1
HAKAHANA TRAILS Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 ....day dreaming of "Saartjies Nek" two-nek Saarkie? WesselvdWalt 1
Reden Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Is the route elevation for the marathon available yet and how would the terain be?Rocky, hard dirt road or sand? Say compared to van Gaalen recently.
Pants Boy Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 More ascent than Cullinan, less than Van GaalensBit of rock, lots of hardpack, not much sand. Some loose gravel. Personally I don;t think it's anywhere near as technical as Van G's.
Traverse Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 900m Ascent, they took the cement climb out of race when coming back over the ridge, a bargain. The terain is similar to van Gaalen but much better. Definately a race to do.
WesselvdWalt Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 Routes are finalised.Booklet design commences.Profiles to be added online this week. Got some interesting surprises for you fro 2014.... HAKAHANA TRAILS, Spinnekop and Pants Boy 3
Muggins Posted June 18, 2014 Author Posted June 18, 2014 Surprises and Hakahana, that's a little like running into your mother in law in the dark in the bathroom. HAKAHANA TRAILS and Pants Boy 2
Guest notmyname Posted June 18, 2014 Posted June 18, 2014 This event is going to test us. I rode there again on Saturday and it was tough. The climb out of the kloof(red b) is lekker.
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