LouisS Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Hydration Pack or multitool & spares, etc stowed into jersey pocket? If going for the 2nd option will you get USN epic pro (official nutrition partner) at each WP to refill your bottles?
GLuvsMtb Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Hydration Pack or multitool & spares, etc stowed into jersey pocket? If going for the 2nd option will you get USN epic pro (official nutrition partner) at each WP to refill your bottles?Don't bank on it. They are already paying a [emoji90]load just to display a few banners and hand out product at the finish line that is about to expire. Have a small ziplock bag in your back pocket with 2 bottles supply of your own muti and a rehidrat as well.
raptor-22 Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 R5K to R8K, depending on the level of service you require. What do you base that price range on?
GLuvsMtb Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 What do you base that price range on?experience, friends in the trade and sone elementary maths. Here is that calc again:https://www.bikehub.co.za/index.php?/topic/155118-Are-we-paying-to-much-for-Maintenance-Packages-at-Stage-Races/page__view__findpost__p__2741462
Matchstix Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 We are charging R4500 per bike excluding parts including complete service before epic.
Newboy Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 The 32 x 10/42 is the best set up in my opinion. I'm in the Grandmaster category, 82 kgs ( could lose about 6), did a 7 hour Atta before Epic 2014 and was a mid pack Epic finisher, to give some context to my opinion. The problem with asking opinions from the general body of Hubbers is they are all different weights and levels of fitness, so without some background, it's difficult to know what to make of the differing opinions. I will be doing Epic with that combo next year. If I don't do my usual overtraining trick.... I have ridden the last 2 Epics on the same 32x10/42 setup. It worked perfectly for me. Only slight difference is that I ride Rotor rings. I am in the first half of the field (only just) to give some context. I prefer climbing and when I ran out of gearing everyone else was walking anyway. There comes a point where it is pointless to kill your legs just for the sake of riding, people come walking past you. This year I will be on a XTR double 38/28 and 11/40 on the back. Honestly it doesn't give me much more than I had before. It is just a new bike with a different group.
Newboy Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Hydration Pack or multitool & spares, etc stowed into jersey pocket? If going for the 2nd option will you get USN epic pro (official nutrition partner) at each WP to refill your bottles?I use a hydration pack only if it is extremely hot (40+). Otherwise 2 bottles are fine. The waterpoints are very well stocked so no need to carry too much food with you.Also when it is very hot there will be water only waterpoints between the other waterpoints. The race doctors are quite paraat on that.
raptor-22 Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 We are charging R4500 per bike excluding parts including complete service before epic.Who is behind the "we"?
Matchstix Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Who is behind the "we"?https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/161818-absa-cape-epic-2016-service-support/
Lukep Posted January 9, 2016 Posted January 9, 2016 9 weeks until we roll down the start. Not much time left to put the finishing touches on the training and if at all possible drop a kg or two.
janbiker Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Can I shamelessly plug a brilliant device? I'm quite impressed with the Sahmurai sword that I got this week with the Cape Epic in mind. If you don't know it, here's more: http://www.ride.co.za/news/new-tech-tubeless-tools/ . I was afraid it would influence the steering but you just don't notice it is there and it is very easy to get out en put in again. The guy at the LBS that installed it, who himself finished top 50 in the 2014 Epic, said he would have killed for to have the Sahmurai sword in the Epic, it would have made repairing his 6 (!) punctures way easier and would have resulted in a much higher finish. Are there any other riders that think this is something that is a need to have for the Epic? Or even more interesting: riders that have a negative experience with the tool?
SimpleDom Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 Can I shamelessly plug a brilliant device? I'm quite impressed with the Sahmurai sword that I got this week with the Cape Epic in mind. If you don't know it, here's more: http://www.ride.co.za/news/new-tech-tubeless-tools/ . I was afraid it would influence the steering but you just don't notice it is there and it is very easy to get out en put in again. The guy at the LBS that installed it, who himself finished top 50 in the 2014 Epic, said he would have killed for to have the Sahmurai sword in the Epic, it would have made repairing his 6 (!) punctures way easier and would have resulted in a much higher finish. Are there any other riders that think this is something that is a need to have for the Epic? Or even more interesting: riders that have a negative experience with the tool?Many complaints that they fall out, but otherwise, what a brilliant idea.
cadenceblur Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 9 weeks until we roll down the start. Not much time left to put the finishing touches on the training and if at all possible drop a kg or two.I would think that's there's plenty of time to still drop some weight?
BrandonF_ Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 A couple of ready set plugs + a driver,(securely set in your back pocket) vs a 'plug n play' setup,(potentially lost) in the first couple of k's...?,...bit of a no brainer, BUT then, I'm no Epic Master at all... ????
janbiker Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 A couple of ready set plugs + a driver,(securely set in your back pocket) vs a 'plug n play' setup,(potentially lost) in the first couple of k's...?,...bit of a no brainer, BUT then, I'm no Epic Master at all... How do you lose this thing? I assume that happens when you don't install it properly. Riding with a driver in my back pocket is not my idea of a safe thing to do. Wouldn't like to fall on my back and find the driver sticking somewhere. And being the elderly Epic Grand Master that I am ( ), I know I will fall a few times a year.
Matchstix Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 If you fall a few times a year, I have seen the sahmurai plugs break in a crash
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