bmw1za Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 The weather looks great for Saturday, near perfect actually. Morning temp 12 with a with NE wind of 12km/h slowing to 7km/h during the day. You just made my day
Jay_B Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 This only having two designated days and areas to collect numbers irritates me... I stay over 40 minutes away from Fourways and a good hour + from Pretoria so for me to go and collect my number today I put in half a days leave and left and lunch time to go through to cycle lab only to get my number within a minute, surely there is no logistical problem if they run the same process at the venue on race day... There is so many races I haven't entered simply because I have to take leave to go collect my number. Anyway rant over... looking forward to Saturday and hoping the wind drops off nicely. Even bought a new jersey for the race
GaryvdM Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 This only having two designated days and areas to collect numbers irritates me... I stay over 40 minutes away from Fourways and a good hour + from Pretoria so for me to go and collect my number today I put in half a days leave and left and lunch time to go through to cycle lab only to get my number within a minute, surely there is no logistical problem if they run the same process at the venue on race day... There is so many races I haven't entered simply because I have to take leave to go collect my number. Wordprocessor + printer = win
Jay_B Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 Wordprocessor + printer = win I have thought about that... have you never been stopped or anything like that?I don't see why the organisers cant even send us a PDF version of the numbers they print with logos etc on and we can have the option to print it ourselves
bmw1za Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 I have thought about that... have you never been stopped or anything like that?I don't see why the organisers cant even send us a PDF version of the numbers they print with logos etc on and we can have the option to print it ourselvesRide without a number - collection is an age old Issue keep a scanned copy of this one for next year so you have the Font and size close enough to print yourself
Pulse Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 Morning all Anyone doing the Jacaranda Road race and the MTB race the next morning ? plan to do thuis as part of my W2W build up. not sure of the 40km MTB race the next day ?cheersJip... Will be on my MTB
Jaco Steyn Posted October 16, 2014 Posted October 16, 2014 This will be the first time in 5 years that I won't be riding this race. I am 100km away from the nearest number collection point, and numerous toll gates in between! I cannot justify driving to JHB and back one day, and again the next day. This trip alone will most probably be more than the entry fee for the race. I have also mailed the organisers to find out whether I can collect early on race morning, but they did not even bother to reply to my e-mails. So, this race has been permanently scratched off my list, unless they come with an option of collecting on race day. Previous years we could organize the number to be collected with my cycling buddy, but that isn't an option anymore. He has changed jobs since then. That is one of the reasons why I love to support the Carnival City Macsteel race in February. With them I can collect on race morning.
Bonus Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 We arranged for a friend to pick up our numbers from Fourways but forgot to remind her yesterday. She may or may not have remembered and picked them up - if she didn't we'll be riding without numbers. We'll have our racetech chips on our bikes so maybe we'll still get our times. We'll also have our phones on us with our text messages and numbers on them. To be honest its all stress we could do without really. :-(
Sonic81 Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Is there anyone maybe collecting race numbers from pta today...im goung to miss picking up my number and race organisers just said sorry nothing at the event...
TALUS Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Hope this wind dies down for tomorrow!!Only after the race
amosdelange Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Is there anyone maybe collecting race numbers from pta today...im goung to miss picking up my number and race organisers just said sorry nothing at the event... I am going to pick up my number this afternoon from Gift Acres. I can get some more numbers if you guys want. Just note that I am only starting in group D tomorrow for the 80 km (7:45) so I might not be on of the early ones at the venue. Send me a PM if you're interested. Note: I am leaving at 14:00 this afternoon to get my number
Gandalf Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Hope this wind dies down for tomorrow!! a lekker wind from behind after the climb all the way to the finish will also do.
GaryvdM Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 I have thought about that... have you never been stopped or anything like that?I don't see why the organisers cant even send us a PDF version of the numbers they print with logos etc on and we can have the option to print it ourselves I've only done it twice, no problems. Many people fold their numbers so that the logos are not visible, so I do the same. I'm riding in open seeded, so their is probably less scrutiny than the licensed riders.
Karooryder Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 This will be the first time in 5 years that I won't be riding this race. I am 100km away from the nearest number collection point, and numerous toll gates in between! I cannot justify driving to JHB and back one day, and again the next day. This trip alone will most probably be more than the entry fee for the race. I have also mailed the organisers to find out whether I can collect early on race morning, but they did not even bother to reply to my e-mails. So, this race has been permanently scratched off my list, unless they come with an option of collecting on race day. Previous years we could organize the number to be collected with my cycling buddy, but that isn't an option anymore. He has changed jobs since then. That is one of the reasons why I love to support the Carnival City Macsteel race in February. With them I can collect on race morning. Agreed...this will be the first time in 4 years that I won't ride Satellite. But for me it's about safety - traffic along the route was an absolute nightmare the last 2 years, and after almost having been taken out by 2 trucks last year I decided that this one will get a skip in future. My morning will be spent out on Lynnwood, a water stop in Cuillinan ending off with a few intervals on Klappies.
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