Guest Michelle Posted September 26, 2006 Share It definitely seems like they put in alot more effort than last year. I found the route quite tough (at least the wind stayed away this year) Two gripes: The venue held a kwela/kwaito music concert on the same day! Had they started it a little later (maybe from 12 instead of 9) it may have been a bit better. Fighting with traffic to the finish was not fun (especially considering how I was feeling). I politely asked the lady who almost hit me not to ride so close to the cyclists.. she just stuck her nose up & accelerated... hmmm oops... looks like I got it wrong... lady cowI felt really sorry for the riders doing the shorter distance. The road back to the Cradle had no shoulder & the traffic was TERRIBLE. On the way home I saw a couple of people walking on the dirt/gravel with their roadbikes... I'm guessing they were too scared to stay on the road!! So much for a "fun ride".Other than that... much much better!! Anybody know why it's no longer an Argus seeding event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRIVETRAIN Posted September 26, 2006 Share Actually I could not agree more Michelle---I did a loop of 130k's and came up from Magaliesburg..did Hekpoort to Ontdekkers as my last stretch...I rode into this race and with a few cyclists...I saw the congestion/aggravation of some motorists and the cyclists walking on gravel....In that heat all you want to do is be finished with your race & not getting bumped.... "DT" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruxpearl Posted September 26, 2006 Share Maybe because ChampionChip is the Timing Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapkas Posted September 26, 2006 Share Who won the girls race? Who was all there? All i could do after saturday was lie on the couch and feel sorry for myself!!! I gues that is what happens when you've been sick hey!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruxpearl Posted September 26, 2006 Share https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=7118&PN=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michelle Posted September 26, 2006 Share Grapkas: Cherise Taylor won... against lots of Cbist girls(including Elsa Karstens) It was quite a small group. They werepretty aggressive.. attacking from 10km's in. There was lots ofshouting going on. I got dropped early (really bad day on the bike...nose & throat are stuffed today ) so Amoryn might be able to fill you in on what happened later on in the race... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumpole Posted September 26, 2006 Share Hey Michelle, were you doing the race for seeding purposes? If so wouldn't it have been faster to ride in the open sections (where everybody is trying to ride a consistant but fast race) rather than racing ladies where everybody is racing to win and doesn't care about time?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Michelle Posted September 26, 2006 Share I was hoping for a bit of race experience as well... definitely got that. Ah well... live & learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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