jecg97 Posted November 1, 2015 Posted November 1, 2015 So no GPS recording allowed in my Garmin during the race?...why is this?...do they really check everyone before the start of each stage?
Matchstix Posted November 1, 2015 Posted November 1, 2015 I might stand corrected, but as far as I know it is because some of the route is usually on private property and in the past riders with recorded gps devices trespassed after the event. this made for some very unhappy land owners
Jocklaw Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 I posted the stages onto Strava, but a month or two later, I got a polite e mail asking me to make them private, or I would be banned from doing the race again. I did not have to delete them.
scotty Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 As recall its been like this for a while, a lot of the route is through private property which the owners only allow to be used for the duration of the race. Cant be easy to enforce unless you strip search each rider but they rely on riders adhering to this rule.
Marius Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 If it's not on Stava for all to see, it did not happen.
Stretch Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 I might stand corrected, but as far as I know it is because some of the route is usually on private property and in the past riders with recorded gps devices trespassed after the event. this made for some very unhappy land owners blah blah blah...joberg2c ...sani2c....berg and bush.....etc etc ALL on private land..I dont condone post race trespassing but really
Mike Bike Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 blah blah blah...joberg2c ...sani2c....berg and bush.....etc etc ALL on private land..I dont condone post race trespassing but really yip all races do cross private land, however due to epidemic of entitlement in sa it is a big problem. As stated above the epic actively investigate all the segments on private land in their route and you will be asked to remove them from the public domain or you will not ride the race again
Rudi Pollard Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 blah blah blah...joberg2c ...sani2c....berg and bush.....etc etc ALL on private land..I dont condone post race trespassing but reallyI did Jhb2C this year and at the final evening dinner they did ask us very nicely to please not distribute the route on strava, garmin etc. They also specifically stated that even though we did the route we are not allowed to ride it in our private time again... They are happy for you to record your ride, it is the sharing thereof that is the problem. Imagine a farmer busy doing his business and all of a sudden spotting a group of cyclists on his private land. Now the farmer might do something to chase them of his land and the cyclist would be like: "But I found the route on Strava, whats the problem..." The Epic have taken it to the next level by asking you to mark the rides as private on your profile, which I see no problem with really...
Stretch Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 I did Jhb2C this year and at the final evening dinner they did ask us very nicely to please not distribute the route on strava, garmin etc. They also specifically stated that even though we did the route we are not allowed to ride it in our private time again... They are happy for you to record your ride, it is the sharing thereof that is the problem. Imagine a farmer busy doing his business and all of a sudden spotting a group of cyclists on his private land. Now the farmer might do something to chase them of his land and the cyclist would be like: "But I found the route on Strava, whats the problem..." The Epic have taken it to the next level by asking you to mark the rides as private on your profile, which I see no problem with really... just seems like absolute overkill to me...I like to ride with my GPS to fet a sense of how I am doing - pacing wise and distance wise...I dont see the problem with uploading it to strava and making it private..and then include clear instructions that if its public you're fired forever
Rudi Pollard Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 just seems like absolute overkill to me...I like to ride with my GPS to fet a sense of how I am doing - pacing wise and distance wise...I dont see the problem with uploading it to strava and making it private..and then include clear instructions that if its public you're fired forever That is exactly what they are doing as I understand it. The rule might not read like that but imagine them telling Jaro that he cant use his edge to see distance and power stats. Just wont work... A few of my mates did the epic this year with Edge 810's and marked their rides as private afterwards. No issue whatsoever from the Epic race office...
V12man Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 So no GPS recording allowed in my Garmin during the race?...why is this?...do they really check everyone before the start of each stage?No - but they do check strava, Garmin etc - so as long as those rides are private, and not shared. I got asked to make mine private a couple of years ago - rule has not changed, and it was just an error on my part with the privacy settings.
Jewbacca Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 Just don't upload it. Keep it private. The rules are the rules regardless of how you 'feel' about them.If they say don't, then don't. All of this, 'I'm sure I can get away with it and will feign ignorance if I get caught' attitude is a shocking reflection of the entitlement which seems to infect so many people across the board in this country.
WIPEOUT 1000 Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 Same experience as mentioned above, when you upload, set the routes to private on Garmin Connect and no problems
Baaisikilist Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 You'll still have the sticker on your bike that you can leave there so people believe that you really did the Epic. No need for it to be on Strava.
SwissVan Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 You'll still have the sticker on your bike that you can leave there so people believe that you really did the Epic. No need for it to be on Strava. Those damn stickers sure stick well...after 4 years i had to force mine to leave the frame
Shebeen Posted November 2, 2015 Posted November 2, 2015 I might stand corrected, but as far as I know it is because some of the route is usually on private property and in the past riders with recorded gps devices trespassed after the event. this made for some very unhappy land owners They also ban you for life if you ever trespass on any part of the route or any part of any previous route. unless unless unless.
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