wazi Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 If anyone hasn't seen the new route at the end of the race (from Malibongwe) I took my camera along this past weekend and filmed it for you. I wanted to check out the road we'd be riding on. " "
kosmonooit Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Nice work! I think its a nicer wind up (or wind down) to the finish past the lion park, the big climbs on the highway and those undulations towards Kyalami on previous editions were painful to say the least. How did you overlay the map and tracking dot?
Imploder Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Yeugh! That is a horrible pull to end with! I preferred the short sharp hill in kyalami.Rather the bullet to the chest than the slow poison..... Nice job on the vid! Thanks.....
wazi Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 Nice work! I think its a nicer wind up (or wind down) to the finish past the lion park, the big climbs on the highway and those undulations towards Kyalami on previous editions were painful to say the least. How did you overlay the map and tracking dot?I think this year is going to be a much nicer ride. You get to tackle those hills towards Kyalami while still fresh and at the end there's only 1 big hill at the end rather than the N14 hills+Bluehills. The map overlay was easy. The original map from the site was on a white background which disappears when the right layer blending mode is selected. I chose "Overlay" for this one. The tracking dot is just a very slow layer animation.
wazi Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 Yeugh! That is a horrible pull to end with! I preferred the short sharp hill in kyalami.Rather the bullet to the chest than the slow poison..... Nice job on the vid! Thanks.....thanks. yeah as mentioned above I def prefer this year's route. That N14 was soul destroying. Not so much the hills but the absolute nothingness the whole way
Dazshell Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 What do you reckon the gradient is on that last 2km climb?
wazi Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 What do you reckon the gradient is on that last 2km climb? about 1:2 ? based on 100m ascent over 2.4km
Imploder Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 about 1:2 ? based on 100m ascent over 2.4km Nope, 1:2 would be 50%?!?!?!more like 1:20 or 5%
wazi Posted November 5, 2014 Author Posted November 5, 2014 Nope, 1:2 would be 50%?!?!?!more like 1:20 or 5% yes I meant 1:20
Dazshell Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Nope, 1:2 would be 50%?!?!?!more like 1:20 or 5%5%. Piece of cake!
jcza Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 I drove and recorded the section from just before the William Nicol underpass to the end of the tar road which must be very close to the finish. Distance 2.48kmElevation gain 61m Link - http://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/624402409
Frosty Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 5%. Piece of cake! Big blade climb... 53/19 if I remember my (Sunday) morning ride going up Cedar. Or was it 53/21?
Wez-O Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Nice work! I think its a nicer wind up (or wind down) to the finish past the lion park, the big climbs on the highway and those undulations towards Kyalami on previous editions were painful to say the least. How did you overlay the map and tracking dot?Sorry to burst the bubble but this years finish (and start) are more difficult than previous years. After the Cedar climb, there are two further climbs inside Steyn city.
Wez-O Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Sorry to burst the bubble but this years finish (and start) are more difficult than previous years. After the Cedar climb, there are two further climbs inside Steyn city.That said, I personally prefer this route as the N14 section was dull to say the very least.
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