[Event] Karoo To Coast

[lerouc]

Mr Roberts, the people heard (saw) you the first time. What you do now is go post an add in classifieds and wait. 

Sorry i didn't catch that, what is it he wants?

[ebenroberts]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

[Dexter-morgan]

Mr Roberts, the people heard (saw) you the first time. What you do now is go post an add in classifieds and wait. 

and the second and third !

 

OK you can have mine are you going to stop :clap:

[Cadre]

I still get nightmares about my 2014 sufferfest of nearly 8 hours.

I also suffered like hell. NOT A DOWNHILL RACE in the least. Got in around 5:10. last year. At the top of Simola I realized everyone else is going to get a medal, whilst I will have to settle for a Drip. (I.V).

My training on the MTB starts after Tour Durban this weekend. Hills and more hills for 4 months. I also need to shake a few kilometers around the waist.

[ebenroberts]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

[lerouc]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

NOPE! Sorry.

[eddy]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

 

 

I suppose that's one way to get your post count up.

 

 

Someone should let him know that Rouxjie's Rule does not apply if you post the same thing 1000 times.

[Dubbin]

I also suffered like hell. NOT A DOWNHILL RACE in the least. Got in around 5:10. last year. At the top of Simola I realized everyone else is going to get a medal, whilst I will have to settle for a Drip. (I.V).

My training on the MTB starts after Tour Durban this weekend. Hills and more hills for 4 months. I also need to shake a few kilometers around the waist.

Constant climbing got me in the end also. After 70 km legs started cramping at the slightest incline. Could only ride the flat and downhill sections for the last bit. Had walk the rest. At least I was not dead last. 3057/3084

[GLuvsMtb]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

K2C entry for sale... Oops I lied!

[KarlvN]

NOPE! Sorry.

 

You riding?

 

Doing my second. I will duly train more on hills this time around, seeing as now i KNOW what to expect.

 

#SimolaMustFall...

[lerouc]

You riding?

 

Doing my second. I will duly train more on hills this time around, seeing as now i KNOW what to expect.

 

#SimolaMustFall...

Yeah have done 3 now, and i swear they just get harder. (and its not that i get faster, i think they make the hills bigger somehow)

 

But this year doing W2W so i have to be fit and skinnier.

 

I will be riding with the wife so i will only see it as miles rather than a race. This will be her 2nd as well.

[cpelser]

Does anybody know of a K2C spot for sale?

Everything has their price! PM me a 6 figure number and I may just sell you my pregnant wife's entry

[Dexter-morgan]

You guys are really scaring me, this will be my first - some advice on training would be appreciated, If I could do Suikerbos rand comfortably, would it be good enough?

[kjind]

You guys are really scaring me, this will be my first - some advice on training would be appreciated, If I could do Suikerbos rand comfortably, would it be good enough?

Lots of hill training and long rides will help a lot. You will spend a lot of time climbing on the day. 

[Cadre]

You guys are really scaring me, this will be my first - some advice on training would be appreciated, If I could do Suikerbos rand comfortably, would it be good enough?

Either you are hanging on for dear life down the hills or you are climbing for looooong spells. Nowhere to hide in this race. Was my first last year and on a Hardtail. DS will save your backside and lower back on the long climbs, but a hardtail is just fine. The worse part is Die Ou Wapad which is around 3km after the start. Jeeptrack with nowhere to go but UP, which means when someone gets off their bike to push, everyone behind also pushes. No courtesy exists where slowerer riders keep left. Frikkin forget it. The best piece of advise I can give you, get  decent holders for your bottles. Once over the top of the Wapad (10km mark) you desent like hell over big stones and bottles fly off all over the show. Very scenic, ample waterpoints, cold at the start. Have some JABULIES (beer) in the coolerbox at the finish if you drink more than six, like I do, because at R25 a plastic cup it soon adds up. It is a race worth coming back for. You will enjoy it. Do some training on hills and you will be good to go.

[Rouxenator]

Quite concerned about those saying this is hard. You do realise that you will need to put in some sort of training before the time?

 

Maybe do a couple of long routes on fun rides? My first time was in 2011 and my only training was PPA funrides on weekends. K2C was a walk in the park.