Shebeen Posted May 21, 2015 Share so this guy is going to finish today. insane - 43 days! http://www.markbeaumontonline.com/ expected mouille point at 5pmtrack him here - http://www.trident-tracking.com/page_136347.asp?view=G&id=14131C0463504A5C475A5D5640504653465F4851465B464455F18323CD5C71844C36F76E338D0D3C4563F29F23CB7E66B8A5EEDE0216405C808AC0131D4152FC922EC65E cat-i, gummibear and suzieQ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J∆kk∆ls Posted May 21, 2015 Share Awesome in my hood. Hope I can catch a glimps of Mark and maybe buy that man a bells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Steer Posted May 21, 2015 Share Yeah, been following it... totally nuts. Huge huge daily mileage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted May 21, 2015 Share a back up team photo ? and is he on the n1 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPSLICK Posted May 21, 2015 Share hard man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzieQ Posted May 21, 2015 Share Amazing effort, crazy daily mileage...just nuts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 21, 2015 Share just to put it in perspective - 2011- record 'set at 71 days - http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/cycling-from-cairo-to-cape-in-71-days-1.1052309#.VV2qnPmqqko March 2015 - Keegan Longuira does it in 59days http://www.doitnow.co.za/content/cairo-cape-town-making-it-happen http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-bicycle-journey-cairo-to-cape so that record is getting smashed by 16 days, only two months later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 21, 2015 Share yoh! carbon fibre bike with Di2...balllsy! http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/preview_500/images/Mark%20Beaumont's%20Koga%20Solacio/KOGA-Mark-Beaumont-Cairo-Cape-bike-2.jpg video talking through it here - http://road.cc/content/news/144912-mark-beaumont%E2%80%99s-koga-solacio-ready-cairo-cape-town-record-attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloukrans Posted May 21, 2015 Share Eish, this guy is a YSTER!! :clap: Heard him on Cape Talk this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMartin Posted May 21, 2015 Share Jeez!! Took me 6 months. J∆kk∆ls and nonky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted May 21, 2015 Share He used to hold the round the world record, but lost it to someone else a year or 2 back, if my old memory serves me right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi-h Posted May 21, 2015 Share Jeez!! Took me 6 months.lucky you for having done it. i'm sure you had far more fun and sweeter memories from your 170 days than this oke managed to squeeze into his 45 days. doesn't take away anything from the his guy's achievement though, really impressive ride Edited May 21, 2015 by rudi-h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 21, 2015 Share so he's taken bainskloof - according to the tracker(on GMT just +2hrs) http://www.trident-tracking.com/page_136347.asp?view=G&id=14131C0463504A5C475A5D5640504653465F4851465B464455F18323CD5C71844C36F76E338D0D3C4563F29F23CB7E66B8A5EEDE0216405C808AC0131D4152FC922EC65E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tieffels Posted May 21, 2015 Share Paarden Eiland.. Sure he can taste the Champagne by now.. Would have loved to ride in with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted May 21, 2015 Share Incredulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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