Brendan Vogt Posted June 18, 2014 Share Hi all (women as well), I am embarking on a personal website called Race Calendar. I will be targeting multiple types of events like MTB, road cycling, trail running, road running, swimming etc. I want to start with MTB. There are so many MTB events across South Africa and they each have their own website. The reason why I started this website is because I want to have a centralised website/database where you can view all of these events across the country. I want to display event information in a neat and readable way instead of having race details all over the place that are not consistent. I also want to display accommodation in and around the event. I always struggle to find accommodation when travelling to far away races and it would be easier if I could find accommodation close the event instead of having to go and view multiple accommodation websites.. I also want to display things to do in and around the venue for those that are going to sleep over and don't want to sit and watch TV. I want to have detailed route information and profiles. User comments after the race which can be forwarded to the event organisers. Pics of the race, Youtube videos of the routes, directions to the race, weather etc etc. The site has been optimised to use the latest internet technologies. It is also optimsed for mobile devices because most people are all day on their phones. It's just a personal project and website. There might be similar sites but like I said it's a personal project that I am doing in my spare time and for my own enjoyment. If you have any ideas it would be appreciated. What would you like to see about an event before entering? Do you guys think something like this will work? The site is very bare at the moment, I put on content as soon as when I have time. Go to www.race-calendar.co.za to see what I am trying to do and achieve. I have a Facebook page and Twitter account registered. If you want to please follow me on Facebook or/and Twitter. I will starting posting as soon as when I have some more content. Maybe share the site with your other MTB buddies and adventure seeking buddies. Help spread the word. I would appreciate your feedback. I am getting a lot of hits coming from The Hub SA but no one is liking. I can understand it is probably because there isn't much information on yet. Please follow and I will notify you guys on changes. The website is dedicated to all mountain bikers, INCLUDING women. ThanksBrendan Edited July 23, 2014 by bioluminescence Fabian46, Catatonic_Joe, gwhite and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1979 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Cool I will give it a look. Nice idea! Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantRH Posted June 18, 2014 Share Great idea. So irritating having to jump to 10 different sites trying to plan a race diary. ChUkKy and Brendan Vogt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellies_gaz Posted June 18, 2014 Share Great idea! Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanJan Posted June 18, 2014 Share How about taking it one step further: The Hubsa is as central as it will ever get, so maybe talk to Matt (Admin Guy) to take charge of the Events section. You can run it as your own site and it will include the hub's allready brilliant infrastructure, just giving some royalties to the main site's owners when you make big bucks. Include a standard set of maps. profiles, facilities and accommodation venues. My 2c My 2c. Waxhead Menzies, Capricorn and Gary57 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDL Posted June 19, 2014 Share Hi Great idea. Would be really good to have decent info about each event as well as current event websites are really lacking in many cases, especially if you are not familiar with the location. Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdeJongh Posted June 19, 2014 Share I like the clean look and feel, slap in a few profiles, maps, maybe a bit about the host town and it'll be world class. Brendan Vogt and Raydek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevief Posted June 19, 2014 Share Amen to you mate. Brilliant idea good luck. Route profiles and a rating system of "tough,technical" eg 1 star for beginners to 5 stars experienced only etc etc Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabian46 Posted June 19, 2014 Share Amen to you mate. Brilliant idea good luck. Route profiles and a rating system of "tough,technical" eg 1 star for beginners to 5 stars experienced only etc etc Agree with this. Also, what would help is previous finishing times...with maybe an average estimated finishing time over the various distances. For me, this helps with planning nutrition for a race. Great idea! Oufy MTB (Roadie) and Brendan Vogt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxter Posted June 19, 2014 Share Asweosme Awesome idea dude... :clap: Edited June 19, 2014 by Oxter Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boristheblade Posted June 19, 2014 Share i also like the idea.but the proof will be in the pudding.you will just need to make 100% sure you have correct info regarding the event, and to keep your info up to date when the organisers make changes to the event.it will beat the objective if we are using your site, but then need to double check the info on another site. (for starting times etc). i like the previous year's winning times idea mentioned above.you could also take it one step further and link one or two persons strava/endomondo/sportstracker tracking of the race to the event page - this might give riders additional info regarding the routes the following year.but dont know if anyone will want to see this - but i would find it very interesting. Edited June 19, 2014 by boristheblade Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAAD4 Posted June 19, 2014 Share MTBApp seems OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boristheblade Posted June 19, 2014 Share see thats what annoying - the MTBapp's site doenst have all the races on.Die Burger Mtb on the 2nd of aug in stellenbosch is not on the list of races.thats quite a big event not to have on the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igknot Posted June 19, 2014 Share Wishlist item. Search by distance from event. eg. I am in ( neighbourhood, town/ google maps click here ) all races within 100km. The Reason: If you stay in Gauteng you have 4 provinces within 100km from you, 5 if you include Gauteng. Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted June 19, 2014 Share how different is it going to be to alltheevents webpage? http://www.alltheevents.co.za/#action=ai1ec_month&ai1ec_month_offset=1&ai1ec_post_ids= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oufy MTB (Roadie) Posted June 19, 2014 Share i will surely use, provided it is kept simple, no chats (we got the hub for that). Brendan Vogt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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