[Event] 2016 Cape Town Cycle Tour

[Nick]

MTB entries open. I'm in for the 30 and 50.

 

Thanks for the heads up, Rouxenator.

 

To avoid mixing dirt with tar, I've started an event page for the MTB event here: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/155492-event-cape-town-cycle-tour-mtb-challenge-2016

[urbanroyal]

So there was a fire in Simonstown yesterday. ....a bad one ..properties destroyed. .????...as for the race ..I wonder what the alternative route is ...should it be necessary. .????????

[Thomo]

 

So there was a fire in Simonstown yesterday. ....a bad one ..properties destroyed. ....as for the race ..I wonder what the alternative route is ...should it be necessary. .

That fire sounded bad, and the fire season has only just started.

 

Not too sure if there is much/any consideration for an alternate route other than the Ou Kaaps detour and the 50km M3 Dash.

[leaboy]

Is there a period where substitutions can be made, if so if anyone has 1 or 2 tickets available please hola at me.

[Eon du Plessis]

As this will be my first CTCT, I was wondering wether you old hands can recommend a method of getting my bike down to Cape Town from Pretoria/Jhb?

I saw some shipping options on the CTCT website but prefer recommendations.

[The_black_stig]

As this will be my first CTCT, I was wondering wether you old hands can recommend a method of getting my bike down to Cape Town from Pretoria/Jhb?

I saw some shipping options on the CTCT website but prefer recommendations.

 

different means of bike-transport has its own pros & cons

 

the most hassle-free method to bring a bike to the race is using those listed transport-companies; The only cons for this method is that, you'll need to collect the bike the day before the race (& one will missed those breakfast pre-race ride up Suikerbossie)

 

Flying down with the bike is another option (which many uses). It's a cheaper option than the "transport-company" option, but one will carry the bike throughout the trip, packaging the bike between the trips can be a time-consuming exercise & there's always a risk of the airport porters "accidentally damage" the bike & even lost the luggage itself...

 

Then there's the last option is to drive yourself to CPT, no need to explain on this one...

[Blue Monster]

As this will be my first CTCT, I was wondering wether you old hands can recommend a method of getting my bike down to Cape Town from Pretoria/Jhb?

I saw some shipping options on the CTCT website but prefer recommendations.

I flew with Kulula last year. Dropped bike off @ Lanseria on the Monday/Tuesday before the race.  Collected in CT on the Wednesday afternoon,  Was still able to ride in CT for the few days before the race.

A mate of mine was traveling down to CT the weekend before the race, and he was allowed to take it on the plane with him.

Same system on the way back.

No issues at all, and the bike was OK when it got back to JHB.

Also the cheapest of the options.

[mulmi]

Its here already. Fastest ever!!!!

 

 

2 months to go.....

[Long Wheel Base]

Its here already. Fastest ever!!!!

 

 

2 months to go.....

Whaaaat that's cool. Lucky you. The goosebumps are starting early.

[DJR]

I spent the whole of the school holidays commuting to and from work on the bike. High intensity intervals from traffic light to traffic light. Strength training into the teeth of the Southeaster. Recovery rides downwind after work. Even some serious heat training.

 

All this while the 2 teenagers that form half of Team DJR slept late and played couch potato. Come Argus day I plan to kick their skinny buts properly.....well, I recon I have a better than fair chance of doing it one more time.

[Long Wheel Base]

I spent the whole of the school holidays commuting to and from work on the bike. High intensity intervals from traffic light to traffic light. Strength training into the teeth of the Southeaster. Recovery rides downwind after work. Even some serious heat training.

 

All this while the 2 teenagers that form half of Team DJR slept late and played couch potato. Come Argus day I plan to kick their skinny buts properly.....well, I recon I have a better than fair chance of doing it one more time.

That's good to hear, For me it was the other way around, wife had our baby late November and despite my best efforts at base miles in December it was pretty much non existent. So when I did get back into it my toppie who is now almost 60 and had been training his backside off was putting me in the hurt. Luckily for CTCT we on the tandem so he will be my turbo.

[DJR]

That's good to hear, For me it was the other way around, wife had our baby late November and despite my best efforts at base miles in December it was pretty much non existent. So when I did get back into it my toppie who is now almost 60 and had been training his backside off was putting me in the hurt. Luckily for CTCT we on the tandem so he will be my turbo.

The 4th member of Team DJR is my dad, and he turns 78 this year. Every time I managed to get a 60km ride in between all the work, he phones me and tells me what a lovely 70km ride he just did. He's slow, but strong as a bulldozer!

[Pure Savage]

I am kakking myself for the 6 days before the Cycle Tour this year. 

 

TOGH looks like its going to be a blast though

[BenReaper]

Can any give me some info around the cost of a substitution entry.

If I buy/get the entry from someone what will the substitution fee from the CTCT be?

[Berry]

How do they do the seeding for tandems?

[DJR]

How do they do the seeding for tandems?

Seeding of the weakest individual rider determines starting time. Unless you qualify for racing tandems group, then you start with them. Social tandem groups were abolished, so most tandems ride with single bikes. Lots of unhappiness about that from the regular tandem slowcoaches.