Ride 24hour Edurance...Eish

[slowpoke]

wolfie, the general lack of interest in the cake, which i got up at 4am to bake, is definitely NOT a good motivator for future.

 

I Fly and wildog_a didn't come get and the team i rode with didn't exactly eat it all so can you blame me for wondering if it's worth the effort?

 

[I FLY]

Southern Skies 24-hour							Ride Arena, Parys
Final Results							19th & 20th April 2008
Category	Pos	No	Cat	Name	Laps	Time	Remarks
All Solo Riders	1	915	IM	Julius Cobbett	20	05.51.02
6-hours	2	913	IM	George Oertel	20	05.59.13
	3	914	IM	Stanley-Carl Du-Pont	17	05.55.12
	4	906	IM	Gregg Hopfeldt	17	05.55.19
	5	907	IM	Paul Cooper	16	05.45.46
	6	905	IM	Richard Howard	15	05.52.14
	7	908	IM	Eddie	14	05.36.53
	8	910	IM	Carl Lotter	13	03.29.05
	9	903	IM	Gus Jordaan	13	05.35.21
	10	912	IM	Coen Greyvensteyn	13	05.45.13
	11	902	IM	Robbie Robbeson	12	05.33.27
	12	909	IW	Mariette Gouws	11	05.32.28
	13	901	IM	Henry	9	05.33.10
	14	904	IM	Andre Roets	7	04.39.02
	15	916	IM	James O'Ehley	1	21.31.51
Teams of 2 - 12 hrs	1	T73	TT	Zambia	38	11.49.29
	2	T75	TT	Smyters	32	11.25.13
	3	T78	TT	Quattro	29	11.50.54
	4	T77	TT	Sweet Daddy	26	11.46.56
	5	T76	TT	U I Madhatters	24	11.15.21
	6	T71	TT	Pegasorius	15	09.46.54
	7	T74	TT	Die Hard	14	08.49.06
	8	T70	TT	Grumpys	6.5	- - - - -	Team-mate out
Open Teams 24-hr	1	T10	OT	Specialized GT Tuisnywerheid	96	23.59.11
	2	T2	OT	Team Forever Young	91	23.57.03
	3	T27	OT	Specialized UI	88	23.50.40
	4	T4	OT	Power Force Alarms	79	23.23.57
	5	T29	OT	B.O.H.I.C.A	79	23.45.33
	6	T23	OT	Hatch	77	23.43.46
	7	T7	OT	Bulletjie	76	23.50.45
	8	T17	OT	Klipvreters	75	23.43.31
	9	T11	OT	Jinx	75	23.49.37
	10	T34	OT	Dukes of Hazzard	73	23.48.30
	11	T25	OT	Triple G	73	23.52.27
	12	T1	OT	X2	71	23.45.22
	13	T32	OT	Nancy & Nutcases	71	23.49.00
	14	T33	OT	Beer & Pernod	71	23.51.48
	15	T26	OT	Best Name Ever	61	23.35.01
	16	T31	OT	Lunar Loonies	58	23.50.10
	17	T12	OT	The Circus	57	18.38.31
	18	T14	OT	Yoda & The Jedi's	54	23.54.41
	19	T8	OT	Surgeon Active	53	23.43.43
	20	T5	OT	Nagadders	49	23.31.36
	21	T9	OT	KNOGonauts	48	18.40.06
	22	T16	OT	Blick SA	44	22.23.53
	23	T35	OT	Ride Cheese & Wine	44	23.31.29
	24	T39	OT	Blixem	38	23.56.31
	25	T30	OT	The Clan	37	23.54.17
	26	T37	OT	Cranky Riders	35	23.29.33
	27	T13	OT	Dusties	33	23.47.35
	28	T38	OT	Rotten Riders	32	23.16.33
	29	T20	OT	Team Compact	31	22.16.33
	30	T22	OT	Jonker Civils	30	19.59.26
Mixed Teams 24-hr	1	T24	XT	Forest Flyers	85	23.55.55
	2	T15	XT	Easy Rider	72	23.52.29
	3	T21	XT	Fox Riders	72	23.58.20
	4	T18	XT	Northern Lights A	71	23.54.08
	5	T19	XT	Northern Lights B	58	23.40.07
	6	T3	XT	C Class	21	21.04.57
Biltong Teams 24-hr	1	T36	BT	Ride Biltong	85	23.53.48
	2	T28	BT	Ride Magazine	82	23.52.12
	3	T6	BT	Ou Toppie	44	23.02.13
Allcomers 24-hrs	1	T10	OT	Specialized GT Tuisnywerheid	96	23.59.11
	2	T2	OT	Team Forever Young	91	23.57.03
	3	T27	OT	Specialized UI	88	23.50.40
	4	T36	BT	Ride Biltong	85	23.53.48
	5	T24	XT	Forest Flyers	85	23.55.55
	6	T28	BT	Ride Magazine	82	23.52.12
	7	T4	OT	Power Force Alarms	79	23.23.57
	8	T29	OT	B.O.H.I.C.A	79	23.45.33
	9	T23	OT	Hatch	77	23.43.46
	10	T7	OT	Bulletjie	76	23.50.45
	11	T17	OT	Klipvreters	75	23.43.31
	12	T11	OT	Jinx	75	23.49.37
	13	T34	OT	Dukes of Hazzard	73	23.48.30
	14	T25	OT	Triple G	73	23.52.27
	15	T15	XT	Easy Rider	72	23.52.29
	16	T21	XT	Fox Riders	72	23.58.20
	17	T1	OT	X2	71	23.45.22
	18	T32	OT	Nancy & Nutcases	71	23.49.00
	19	T33	OT	Beer & Pernod	71	23.51.48
	20	T18	XT	Northern Lights A	71	23.54.08
	21	T26	OT	Best Name Ever	61	23.35.01
	22	T19	XT	Northern Lights B	58	23.40.07
	23	T31	OT	Lunar Loonies	58	23.50.10
	24	T12	OT	The Circus	57	18.38.31
	25	T14	OT	Yoda & The Jedi's	54	23.54.41
	26	T8	OT	Surgeon Active	53	23.43.43
	27	T5	OT	Nagadders	49	23.31.36
	28	T9	OT	KNOGonauts	48	18.40.06
	29	T16	OT	Blick SA	44	22.23.53
	30	T6	BT	Ou Toppie	44	23.02.13
	31	T35	OT	Ride Cheese & Wine	44	23.31.29
	32	T39	OT	Blixem	38	23.56.31
	33	T30	OT	The Clan	37	23.54.17
	34	T37	OT	Cranky Riders	35	23.29.33
	35	T13	OT	Dusties	33	23.47.35
	36	T38	OT	Rotten Riders	32	23.16.33
	37	T20	OT	Team Compact	31	22.16.33
	38	T22	OT	Jonker Civils	30	19.59.26
	39	T3	XT	C Class	21	21.04.57

[I FLY]

wolfie' date=' the general lack of interest in the cake, which i got up at 4am to bake, is definitely NOT a good motivator for future.

 

I Fly and wildog_a didn't come get and the team i rode with didn't exactly eat it all so can you blame me for wondering if it's worth the effort?

 

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Our apologies but watching our weight for the Epic is a hard habit to break.

 

We feel as fanatical about grams as ex smokers feel about 2nd hand smoke.

[I FLY]

We had a hard race. It started off as a mission to beat the other Ride team and ended up chasing a team of youngsters. We eventually beat them by 2 minutes. It was quite funny that we raced to the limit to beat another team out of overall 4th place in a small town race for prize money of R150.

As a category winner we also earned about R2000 but that was not nearly as satisfying as our R150 4th place.

 

The timing system was really informative with overall stats -eg total laps completed = 2796.

 

It updated each rider's stats and their team's placing as soon as they crossed the timing point.

 

The results log was projected onto a blank wall so anyone could see the status of the race through the 24 hours.

 

 

 

 

[slowpoke]

yep I Fly, i agree about the timing system. the organisation was excellent overall.

 

huge thumbs up to all the sponsors, organisers and marshals

[Zaskar]

Jeez well done Jules, that was a convincing win in the 6 hour!!

 

(Must be all the morning training rides and the coffee and croissants at Fournos!)

[AndreZA]

I Fly, how can a Ride team win a race/category that Ride sponsers?

 

 

[I FLY]

I Fly' date=' how can a Ride team win a race/category that Ride sponsers?

 

 

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I checked the race rules again. It seems that the team that goes the faster for longest wins.

 

Anatomic had a sale of Ride branded kit during the race. Almost everyone was wearing something with Ride on it so we managed to sneak the win.

[Mr de Beer]

Yes Smyter wat brag jy so baja met ons @de plek

[Gert Janse v Rensburg]

wecame in 13th overall but were only 4 in our team... not to bad i think.... and one was a girl that did only 8 laps....

[Canaris]

we also had a girl that only did (now how many did you do slowpoke?)

 

I had a bit of a problem with the first 2 km of the route, it felt like a parking lot on the hill.

[slowpoke]

i'm not as strong as thier girl - i only did 6 laps... sorry

[Canaris]

sorry for what?

 

putting your foot down in the crud at the rail line?

 

or walking down the hill at night?

 

or not throwing yourself under Rupert Rheeders wheels? (he might of stopped and helped you.......)

 

 

[slowpoke]

the last two... damn why didn't i think of diong that last idea! i coulda done with some help on my night laps!

[Canaris]

and there were some guys that might have helped you too..........

[Jules]

Jeez well done Jules' date=' that was a convincing win in the 6 hour!!

 

?

 

(Must be all?the morning training rides?and the coffee and croissants at Fournos!)

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Thanks Zaskar. I dunno how the hell people ride MTB for longer than that. Four days later and my body is still aching.