Trans Baviaans 2015

[Dicky DQ]

491, now to find a willing partner.

[Sasquatch]

Entered and paid, 5th one in a row. whoop hooooo

[RockSpider85]

thought there will be only 450 teams....hmmm then they will probably sell out by end of day?

[Skubarra]

How ridiculous is that 6% charge on credit card entries??? 

 

First time in a long while I opted for the schlepp of doing an EFT...

[Carmichael]

mmm we are in first one! not feeling the love yet.

[taito]

Im in-- wow its far away,lets get Atta no 5 done first

[BigBoy10]

how does this compare to the other races out there i.e. sani, three towers, pioneer etc.? have heard varying stores of difficulty  

[Dicky DQ]

There is no 

 

how does this compare to the other races out there i.e. sani, three towers, pioneer etc.? have heard varying stores of difficulty  

There is no difficulty except the distance and climbs.

 

Think Karoo to Coast x 2.5 or 3 and there you have it. OK some of the climbs are Waaaaay longer Never Ender comes to mind and MAC is also a bit of a B1tch.

[hboli4]

You cannot compare them. The others are stage races where Trans is a one day affair, albeit a loooong one.

 

It is not a difficult ride as such (technically) and has about 2600m or so of climbing over the 230km. It does however require a good deal of endurance and mental strength and good team spirit, it can get quite miserable after 18 hours on a bike...

 

Doing my 6th this year. Velouria has done all of them, do yourself a favour and read his blogs (although he ride on the sharp end of the field and doesn't know what it is like to spend more that 9-10 hours on the bike   )

[taito]

Its only a one day event,230k is a long way.It also depends on the weather,but its a blast.

Ground road all the way,great checkpions,great event do it

 

You wont be sorry.

[Skubarra]

how does this compare to the other races out there i.e. sani, three towers, pioneer etc.? have heard varying stores of difficulty  

 

Like hboli4 said, you can't really compare it to a stage race or even the K2C. The long distance endurance stuff requires something completely different.

 

Just like any form of cycling some people just find it easier than others (only way you will know is by doing it!)

 

Personally I suck a little with the long distance stuff even when fit, quite a few people whose arses I'll kick on shorter races come cruising by me once we pass the 150km mark...

[WaldoZ]

Did our first one last year and had a blast... entered again just so we can eat some more of those awesome jaffles at checkpoint 7!

[BigBoy10]

tanks, so its like the old attekwas times 2 on one day, also tanks for the pointer to the blogs will def go and read.

[DirkOdendaal]

Team Full Gas #894

#Wayd Needham

#Dirk Odendaa

[SeaBee]

1st one... Entered, paid (EFT). No confirmation yet, but I trust it'll be a day or two for the EFT refno's to be matched to team entries before we get confirmation from officialdom that we're suckers for punishment.

 

Interesting mix of excitement and that what-thaaa...-did-I-get-myself-into-now in the stomach. Think I'll need a beer for that. 

[TrailWarrior]

Done it twice.....

both in 2 man team.....

both of them finished solo......

NOW - 2 Man team again for 2015...

signed and sealed for no.3!....

hoping third time lucky....and finish as a team!......

(But maybe I am destined to be known as the solo guy!)...

But lets see; it would be good though to finish with brother in arms - ........