deanbean Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Have the 2nd group taken the wrong road ? Looks like they heading in the wrong direction !!Looks like they took a detour
Shebeen Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Allowed ?it depends...... but in general, you are supposed to stay on the route take anything that saves time and you're in ***.
dirtrider Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 it depends...... but in general, you are supposed to stay on the route take anything that saves time and you're in ***. Ok then they should be fine cause it looks a lot further .
tubed Posted June 10, 2014 Author Posted June 10, 2014 Day 1: 2014 Day one saw a touring group headed to Allendale (right near Mackenzie club for Sani2C), they were all in by about dinner time, with some getting in by tea. I say a touring group because we have become so used to at least one or two dark horses shooting on to Centacow and Ntsikeni in recent years.It seems like it was a regulation day out, hell there were even reports of the race director swimming in the Umkomaas and having a braai on the rocky shores as the rider passed (pics to follow).With this sort of behaviour one could be forgiven for thinking this was Sani2C, what with good farming folk offering them soup at Minerva at 11am, after which they would have descended into the Umkomaas Valley.After crossing the Umkomaas it would have been a rude introduction to Hela Hela to get up and out of the valley.Hela Hela is a district road, no problem there – but it would have probably been the first time some of these folk got off and walked and pushed – something they are about to become very very familiar with – soon they will lose all sense of shame in doing so and will find that pushing a bike is almost as nice as riding it, except for riding downhill.The only time you push downhill on a road – yes it happens! – is when it is so cold that riding is too painful and you need the circulation in your feet that walking brings. I think this year these riders will experience that. So after arriving at Allendale and enjoying the race director’s family farm hospitality, it would have been a repacking of their backpack, an adjustment of anything which could have been improved on in terms of packing the kit, perhaps dumping something too heavy and a good night’s sleep. I am seeing on twitter that it was a latish start for them, perhaps the cold has put them off – but I don’t think you want to be out of Allendale late, because the first half of the day is beautiful riding through the Gqumeni indigenous forests and pine plantations, even suing some of the Sani2C manicured tracks. After soup/ early lunch at Centacow they will find that the day has a sting in the tail and the massive climb up to the freezer at Ntsikeni Nature Reserve world heritage site. Getting to Ntsekeni in the dark is not a problem if you are used to riding at night in total darkness with no bearings at all. It may well be a late evening for some and real introduction into navigating at night, trusting their preparation and using their cold weather gear. The sad thing is that they will also miss a spectacularly beautiful place as they leave in the dark the following morning. To follow during the day - the twitter feed is abuzz and it seems like the jumpertrax software is working really well, all the links can be found at www.fredomchallenge.org.za nonky, Andrew Steer, Stewratl and 6 others 9
Warren911 Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 super, the awesome Tubed reports!!! Thanks...keep us updated!! smara and tubed 2
Shebeen Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 great report...looks like Allen liversage batch A has taken some lekker detours on his own already but is back towards the route now tubed 1
Shebeen Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 in batch A, bugs and mike du toit have opened a gap on the pack?...could they be pushing on to SS2.5 banchory/glen edward or just too scared of a ntsikeni night approach?
dirtrider Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 in batch A, bugs and mike du toit have opened a gap on the pack?...could they be pushing on to SS2.5 banchory/glen edward or just too scared of a ntsikeni night approach? I think the gap got a little smaller . Looked like Buks and Kie spend a bit more time at the previous stop over .
Shebeen Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 I think the gap got a little smaller . Looked like Buks and Kie spend a bit more time at the previous stop over .bugs/mike just haven't updated for an hour. sucks BALLS not having time stamps on the history track. if you select, map [] terrain then it gives the best idea of the climbs imho. as you can see the pack have just got to the top of that monster climb after centacow...it goes on and on and on and on and on.
MTBeer Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 bugs/mike just haven't updated for an hour. sucks BALLS not having time stamps on the history track. if you select, map [] terrain then it gives the best idea of the climbs imho. as you can see the pack have just got to the top of that monster climb after centacow...it goes on and on and on and on and on.that climb is a monster especially when you take the wrong left turn and warm up with a mini monster climb......
dirtrider Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 that climb is a monster especially when you take the wrong left turn and warm up with a mini monster climb...... They haven't updated for a while now .
Percyzn Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 Ready to rock n roll... #awesomeness 2nd Pyga of the pair, is packed and ready to go. Lights on tonight and we rock n roll at sunup on Wednesday! rouxtjie, dirtrider, Chro Mo and 6 others 9
MTBeer Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 They haven't updated for a while now . I was talking about myself last week.
Percyzn Posted June 10, 2014 Posted June 10, 2014 2nd Pyga of the pair, is packed and ready to go. Lights on tonight and we rock n roll at sunup on Wednesday! shout out to Greg Minaar Racing of PMB, for getting these beasts in tip top shape for R2R deanbean and Ryanpmb 2
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