RastaMan Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 i see D2D is now 27th of SeptemberJust wish they would publish the route
Jay_B Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 It is indeed Hekpoort, didn't see that at first... that is now a proper route
ScottCM Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 For those of us who have never been to the cradle, please enlighten us about Hekpoort.
David Marshall Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 Starts easy, increases a bit, just to fool you it then drops before going up and up. When you are totally blown the gradient decreases fractionally and it then laughs at you trying to keep some momentum going. A short sharp downhill - not long enough to drop your heart rate and then another kick guaranteed to give you cramps. Otherwise fine!
Jay_B Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 For those of us who have never been to the cradle, please enlighten us about Hekpoort. I stand to be corrected but total about 4km long at average around 5% but the backbone of the climb is about 3km at 7% September / October turning into quite a nice time this year with some real good and tough races
RastaMan Posted May 19, 2015 Posted May 19, 2015 OOH I like Thanks for posting @Scott hekpoort is the same climb as featured in the satellite classicand trust me only hitting it at 110km is going to hurt If you want to compare it, it is in the same category as hillsnacks (berge & dale) but feels alot tougher, I would say it compares to scorpion climb in SBR, but its still easier than spitzkop and longtom
HBO Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Glad that this is now 2 weeks apart. Will definitely do both.
Fat Boab Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I see from cycleevents.co.za that the venue has changed to the Krugersdorp Game Reserve with a change in route distance. However they haven't updated the event website yet. Wonder why use of Heia Safari fell through? The residue of the recent Trirock problems?
Fat Boab Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I've emailed asking for clarification on routes, but it looks like the elite route drops from 146 to 130km and the 'other' route increases from 104 to 111km, so it doesn't look as simple as the extra bit from the Game Reserve to the original provisional routes?
Fat Boab Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 The Dome 2 Dome website has been updated (www.dome2dome.co.za). Down not up the Hekpoort pass - looks a bit like the Wilro Lions route.......
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