[Event] Mica 2 Provinces MTB Race

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Event Name: Mica 2 Provinces MTB Race
When: 17 April 2016
Where: StoneHaven on Vaal, Gauteng
Category: MTB

MICA two provinces MTB race

17th April 2016

 

Please see attached pamphlet

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[Kyle Petersen]

Anyone done this one!! Keen to give her a go!!  

[Pieterlab1]

Anyone done this one!! Keen to give her a go!!  

Did it last year, and will do it again this year.

Nice and fast!

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some pics from the route recce today

 

[Cas_1]

some pics from the route recce today

 

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Looks great, can't wait. Race registration only the morning of the race?

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HI Cas_1 registration on the morning... see you there!

[Kyle Petersen]

Amped too.. Lets smash it!!  

[Kyle Petersen]

Super fast ride out there yesterday! Smashed the course and managed a solid 7th place overall.

I'm pretty stoked and next year I'm taking the win!!

Rad ride- for sure!

 

Any idea where we get our pics?

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HI Kyle

 

Glad you enjoyed the race! there wasn't official photographers for the race, however we will try to get some race pics and post them on our website.

[Kyle Petersen]

HI Kyle

 

Glad you enjoyed the race! there wasn't official photographers for the race, however we will try to get some race pics and post them on our website.

Great thanks, that would be awesome if we got some. What is your website? 

[Neverfit]

Good day guys,

 

I am glad to hear some people enjoyed it - I did not...at all...

 

We anticipated a 70km ride as advertised and ended up doing 57km, pretty sure we followed all the signs and other riders so where did the other 15km go?

On the upcoming events brochure at reception we saw some other events, all advertised as 60/40 distance..Are these events not required to fall within a 5% tolerance of advertised distance? For someone who had to get up at 4 am to get to the event i more than disappointed in the route which was BORING as hell....whoever thought having us doing criss-cross loops in the veld qualified as an mtb event should please do some USN/Subaru events. I was bored out of my mind sitting like a duck peddling along what looked like a bakkies tracks trying to make up some k's in the veld.

Sure I like the more technical challenges, and some of our friends hate technical riding, and even they complained about the boring route...so I am pretty sure it wasn't just me.

I was one happy camper to see the finish line as it meant I could go home and try and forget about this waste of a day. Sure its fun being on the bike with friends and turning the pedals, but much less so when i feel let down by what seems to be over optimistic advertising.

Apart from the sand which made for some interesting times on the bike, and the river section, it felt more like a dirt roadie ride next to the tarmac.

 

As for the water points - water point 1/2 (same stop) had some real nice refreshing water and energy drinks, even for us slower riders. The poor people at water point 3 didn't have any shade, some of the water sachets were still cold but I feel sorry for the people having to stand in the sun the whole time. All the people were very friendly and helpful, thanks to all you guys and girls for taking the time and energy to help us "enjoy" a mtb'ing day.

 

I loved the venue though... will be back for some fun in the sun with the family.

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Hi Neverfit

 

sorry to hear that you were disappointed with the route, we received a lot of compliments about the route and i must be honest with you that this is the first complaint we have received about it. We appreciate your comments and will certainly take them into consideration. With regards to the distance, the GPS distance was measured as 61km so i am not too sure if you may have missed a section but non the less, you are correct that the distance was originally advertised as 70km, there was a change to the route that was communicated and also mentioned at race briefing but this however does not excuse not meeting your expectations, The irony is that we cut the long boring train track section out of the route to keep it more exciting. That is the reason for shortening the distance. we appreciate feedback good or bad and will certainly try to improve on any shortcomings for the next race.

[Kyle Petersen]

Any word on some pics??