Final verdict on Dome 2 Dome for next year

[dirtrider]

Ek wil race reel net vir jou boer . ons gaan laat jy op die highway race in spit verkeer . Ek meen jy sal mos veilig voel om dit te doen ? As almal hulle bekke hou dan dink die organiseerders hulle doen 'n moerse job !

[boer]

Hi Grond Grouer

 

Al wat ek s? is dat jy kyk na die roete en alles en weeg die goeie teen die slegte op en gaan ry die race. As daar baie faktore soos baie kruisings en stopstrate en robots en motors is en en en dan besluit jy jy doen dit en oorleef dit sonder om te kla. Jy moet voor die tyd risikos identifiseer en besluit wat jy verwag.

 

As jy vir my 'n race op die Highway in spits verkeer re?l gaan ek dit nie ry nie want dit is 'n risiko. So is enige van die tipe wedrenne in dig bevolkte gebiede 'n risiko. Some fool kan jou nog gedurende race highjack.

 

Re?l my 'n race op jou highway en sluit die pad vir verkeer en ek is daar want dit is minder riskant. Of re?l 'n nice mtb race en ek is daar. Sorg net dat daar nie 4 x 4 's op die roetes is nie.

 

Die organiseerder kan dit so veilig moontlik vir jou maak op die Dome to Dome maar hy kan nie al die risiko's waaraan jy blootgestel is uit die weg uit ruim nie.

 

Dit is amper soos 'n huwelik. Jy het jou bed gemaak slaap daarin.

[IanJ]

Hi Boer

 

Sorry but my Afrikaans is not great so I am replying in English. You say that we should have driven the route and familiarised ourselves with it.

 

Ok so on the map below would you have chosen the green, yellow or red route for the left hand turn off?

 

If I was driving the route the day before I would have gone green. As it happens on the day there was no marshall stopping me going down the yellow route so that is the way I went (we drive on the left in this country).

 

The correct route should have been the red one (on the wrong side of the dual carriageway. How was I supposed to know, that is what marshalls are there for, they should have properly closed off the first two lanes.

 

 

[scotty]

 IanJ from what i read the marshals did not even know which route

[ewep]

OK, my 10 cents worth.  One, boer, you can't always drive the route, and as IanJ said, the route you take is not always the one the organizers wants you to take.

 

The marshalling (although I did a DNF) was SHOCKING.  The cyclists were stopped at 4 intersections after Slowpoke and amateur picked me up.  I DON'T CARE about the cars, I PAID to do this race and have the cops stop the traffic.  One oke had about 1km between him and the other cyclists, but he was stopped, why couldn't the cop let the cars go while he was still getting to the intersection.

 

I saw 3 intersections with no cops.  As boer said, marshalls MAY NOT STOP TRAFFIC?  Now why the hell are the cops (1) not there or (2) standing at a small crossing, chatting away, instead of at the big INTERSECTION 50m down the road (don't ask me road names, I are from ve SOUF!)

 

Enter again, maybe, but the organiser(s) will really have to pull up their socks.  Otherwise I'll do the Monte next year.

 

O ja, die weer was ***!!!

 

[Bateleur1]

Nee, Nee, Nee ou Boer.  Kan nie met jou saam stem nie.  Daar is twee groepe mense in hierdie wereld as dit kom by die aanvaarding van diens lewering.  Kom ons vat die restaurant voorbeeld.  Jy het n medium rare steak bestel met knoffel sous, die kelner bring vir jou n gebrande stuk steak met mushroom sous.  Groep een sal daar sit met n dik bek, uitloop en nooit weer terug kom, groep twee sal die bestuurder laat roep, die situasie onder sy aandag bring en afhangende hoe die bestuurder die saak hanteer, besluit of hulle weer daar sal eet.  Ek sien myself as deel van groep twee.

 

As ek na jou "posting" kyk, is my opinie soos volg:

 

1.  "Verder mag 'n marshall onder geen omstandighede verkeer stop nie."

     Marshalls mag nie,  maar verkeers beamptes mag en dit is hoekom organiseerders betaal vir hulle teenwoordigheid

 

2.  "Jy moet ook voor die tyd gaan kyk hoe lyk die roete"

     Ja, dit sal goed wees om dit te doen.  Wonder net of jy op die M1 gaan loop het voor die 94.7.  Buitendien jy kan nie jou self altyd voorbery op wat die verkeers situasie gaan wees en of jy dalk in n baan geplaas kan word wat teen die verkeersvloei kan wees nie.

 

3.  "Dit is jou eie skuld as jy verkeerd draai."

     Nie noodwendig nie.

 

4.  "Wedrenne raak al hoe minder omdat mense wat dit re?l nie meer met julle klagtes opgeskeep wil sit nie"

     In my opinie word wedrenne minder omdat jy meer betaal maar standaarde word minder.

 

5.  "Buitendien as jy so hot is kom re?l dit"

     Dit sit nie enige ou om n wedren te kan reel nie.  Maar meeste van ons kan wel identifiseer as n wedren goed beplan en uitgevoer is of nie.

[TitusTi]

Your steak analogy has made me hungry! Sounds like you boys had a rough weekend indeed, glad I was asleep.

[Guest Michelle]

According to Owen on Supercycling last night the "riders didn't know which lane to take"... do race organisers really expect us to ride/drive every route beforehand?

 

[ewep]

 

According to Owen on Supercycling last night the "riders didn't know which lane to take"... do race organisers really expect us to ride/drive every route beforehand?

 

 

And what of the poor oke from Slaapstad that flies in the night before a race?

 

[slowpoke]

still doesn't solve the issue of which of 3 options is the correct one to turn into??? driving the route the day before or even every day for a week before would've had the slip-road as the chosen route. the marshalling indicated the middle option and the correct option for the route was down the "opposing traffic" lane.....

[NotSoBigBen]

Ewep - let that be a lesson for you roadies/MTB'ers that are confused about which discipline you belong in. Not many MTB'ers are complaining. Next year you know what race to ride! It wasn't perfect but it seems it was better than the road!

 

Michelle - I must agree with you that even if you did drive the route (never done that myself to be honest) as per the normal 'maps' provided it doesn't show you the little but important details like which lane to turn into depending if the next turn you take is left or right or exactly what the finish 'area' will be like. In this case it wasn't even clear for the MTB guys after their finish where to go to get their medal / juice etc it was hidden behind that white house/tent thing. Also saw a few roadies finishing in the MTB area. 

 

I do pay  for the marshalling to be safe and correct!

[ewep]

BB, I don't even know if I'll do the MTB race.  As I heard, very easy - no technical sections and, even though technically challenged, I would still like some "hair raisers".  So most probably not, will rather do the Bundu thing the day before.

[Man with no name]

Nee' date=' Nee, Nee ou Boer.  Kan nie met jou saam stem nie.  Daar is twee groepe mense in hierdie wereld as dit kom by die aanvaarding van diens lewering.  [/quote']

 

Bateleur1 

 

Boer dink seker Telkom gee goeie diens.....

[ewep]

 

 

Boer dink seker Telkom gee goeie diens.....

 

ROFLOL!!!!  Just ask Dirt Rider about that!

[steve]

Ewep - ................. Not many MTB'ers are complaining. Next year you know what race to ride! It wasn't perfect but it seems it was better than the road!

 

I did last years mtb race and thought it was boring and the distance was also short. I wasn't going to do this one, but couldn't make Bekkers School on Sat as I was in CT so decided the D2D would do as a substitute.

 

I entered late, paid the appropriate fee and got ready for a30km race. I was told it was more technical than last year. I WAS WRONG!

 

I also figured they wouldn't make the same mistake with the distance two years in a row. I WAS WRONG!!

 

I was also under the impression we would race up the spiral and finish on the bridge so saved my legs so I could impress everyone with my uphill sprinting strength. We finished in the car park and silly me thought the medals etc would be inside. I WAS WRONG!!! 

 

The route was a bore., short distance, no goodie bag, no medal ..........forget it, I wont do it again.