Shebeen Posted June 29, 2015 Share so let me get this clear, the entered the kloof last night ?YUP. Tim left trouthaven at 2pm, so could be expected anytime from midnightAndrew was there at 7pm. I don't know if he went straight away or waited for today both of them are still in the DARK. it rained last night too in CT. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzieQ Posted June 29, 2015 Share so let me get this clear, the entered the kloof last night ? Yip, Tim left Trouthaven at 2pm yesterday and last I saw at around 6.30pm Andrew was at Trouthaven - it seems no one know when he left there. Interesting race to the finish. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 29, 2015 Share So whilst we wait for some news to creep out, here's a quick recollection of riding with our two protagonists in 2008. 2008 was the first year of batching, the race had got too big for one start alone(accommodation capacity being the main constraint really). Andrew was in batch A, Tim was in C - i was sandwiched between them in B. The batch A guys (Barnes, Danie Nel, Allen Sharpe and Stu Brew) rode together all the way to the finish at Ashanti/Paarl. Interestingly Stu the kiwi did most of the navigating for them! they had this funny code language by the end too. I rode with Tim till rhodes, then let him go on and do his thing.I had by then properly caught up with the batch A guys and pulled in with them on the road the next day. Tim had a rof night, falling into a stream near chesney wold and holed up there till morning recuperating. Not wanting to take on the three portages with a late start he slow pedalled to Rust de Winter(nowadays Slaapkranz). We all arrived a bit later surprised to see him still there, and he had a big story. Lucky for us he would take us through the loutebron and bonthoek portages the next day, which we did as a group of six. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h-Tx835tV_g/SIchYCxo_pI/AAAAAAAABAA/M31xZvwfKoA/s1600/IMG_1726.JPGgoing up bonthoek http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h-Tx835tV_g/SIciUy0q4eI/AAAAAAAABAY/3JQw3LHFVOU/s1600/IMG_1733.JPGthe miles get easier from here! me, tim, danie, stu and allen http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h-Tx835tV_g/SIciUjMLmQI/AAAAAAAABAQ/tKAn3EgltAM/s1600/IMG_1732.JPGthat's Andrew taking the picture Anyway, that's the set up for the actual point of the story. at the end of this day we were approaching the dordrechtSS(near the now kranzkop SS) Tim was planning his next move. He asked me if i wanted to keep riding with him, but i was a)buggered b)riding a singlespeed after breaking a shifter. He then cosied over to Allen, who was looking very comfortable with the pace. Allen wasn't keen to go balls to the wall racing, he wanted to enjoy it. So who else? Allen said that Andrew could probably go long and hard into the night. Tim said he wasn't so sure, when pushed by Allen the response was - "he talks too much!!" true story! both wonderful guys, Tim rode on alone from there and didn't see another rider till the finish, where he smashed the record by 2 days or something. We tried chasing, but all in vain. maybe tomorrow we can continue the story with the 2009 race Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted June 29, 2015 Share Ok Glenn... enough is enough. Reveal their trackers once more please... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653335 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantc Posted June 29, 2015 Share Ok Glenn... enough is enough. Reveal their trackers once more please... Tim is now tracking Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted June 29, 2015 Share They're both tracking!!!!!! Looks like Tim is very slightly ahead Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 29, 2015 Share holey moley. it's on! tim james is in the lead by maybe 30mins-hour very insane route he took last night. crazy steep Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubed Posted June 29, 2015 Share Hard to comprehend that it has come to this, I thought no way Tim would wander last night, boy did he wander..... Who knows what Andrew got up to. Absolutely amazing stuff. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted June 29, 2015 Share This is close. Du toits kiloof is the last hill and will decide it. Does Tim still have it in his legs after last night? Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted June 29, 2015 Share I keep refreshing the screen, but the trackers are both stuck at 20 minutes plus 500 metres apart. F5, F5, F5. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted June 29, 2015 Share It would ruin it if someone gets lost in the forest into Dimersfontein. Perish the thought. So close after 2350km! Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted June 29, 2015 Share Tim is now trackingBecause I asked to nicely... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 29, 2015 Share tim is near the summit. he took 40-50 minutes on the climb. but a 30min lead was a lot. i think he's got it. both will probably think they have blown it last night. Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted June 29, 2015 Share Surely both know the finish very well and it would take a mechanical or similar to change things now?... 30-60min is a loooong time to catch up if both keep moving forward... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanpmb Posted June 29, 2015 Share Andrew is going to rue the extra sleep and Tim is going to thank his lucky stars Vuvu (and Stettyns) didn't go anymore pear shaped... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted June 29, 2015 Share Surely both know the finish very well and it would take a mechanical or similar to change things now?... 30-60min is a loooong time to catch up if both keep moving forward... Not so sure of that. On my screen trackers now show around 7 kms apart ... but Andrew's tracker reported in half an hour before Tim's - so they may well be together right now... Link to comment https://forum.bikehub.co.za/topic/141001-prep-for-2015-freedom-challenge-race-to-rhodes/page/71/#findComment-2653423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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