Guest notmyname Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Only if you put it in the boxCheap ass box that. You more than likely leave with a slow puncture.
raptor-22 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 If I donate R100 into the honesty box can I come ride next time without depositing into the honesty box ? ....... Does this honesty thing work two ways ?
MTBeer Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 If I donate R100 into the honesty box can I come ride next time without depositing into the honesty box ? ....... Does this honesty thing work two ways ?no, the box is by definition a box, but more like a hooker box. you need to pay to get some fun in return..
Skubarra Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 If I donate R100 into the honesty box can I come ride next time without depositing into the honesty box ? ....... Does this honesty thing work two ways ? Sure! Just tell the friendly prefect / marshall you paid more than double the last time you were here, that is why you are not paying now - of course he would belief your story!
Halfdoesyn Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 If I donate R100 into the honesty box can I come ride next time without depositing into the honesty box ? ....... Does this honesty thing work two ways ? Or you can have double the fun on 1 day
MarcL Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 HiSorry you had a bad MTB experience. I found it quiet ironic because we always consider the roadies the "rude" ones. Anyhow, as a TMBC member I can only comment on the following.Meerendal or Bloemendal would be a much better choice for a "newbie" and would offer a nicer first time experience with the coffee shop restaurant offerings.Obvious honesty box too... Now I often take new comers to ride with me when I go and often, even as a member I forget to remind them to pay at the honesty box... with the excitement of the day ahead. Rest assured payment gets made on our return. My point is, it is easily overlooked and I'm sure an honest mistake.Yes rogue riding is an issue, but I must appolgise for those thugs, as we are all generally good guys and welcome new comers. As a side note, the TMBC membership is well worth the annual fee if you do any frequent riding.So please forgive the thugs, join our great club and go riding.... I've been a roadie for more than 40 years, and have grown to love the camaraderie, goodwill, and generally sporting nature of fellow cyclists. We support each other, assist newbies and are active in the community. Some friends of mine convinced me to try mountain biking, especially now that the road season is over. My wife and I decided to give it a go. I asked around for a beginners route, suitable for novices. it was suggested that we try Hoogekraal. We were told that most, though not all, routes have an "honesty box", or some other informal method of compensating the farmer for use of the land. No problem with that. So off we went this morning to Hoogekraal. Absolutely stunning morning, lots of other riders about. I didn't see the honesty box immediately, and assumed it was on the side of the Blacksmith shed, or perhaps it was at the bike shop off to the side. If we didn't see it later, we could ask around. We were really quite excited at this new adventure. We set off up the gravel road, but when we got to just past the wooden bridge I realised our bike setup was all wrong, and my wife's tubeless tires weren't doing too well. so we turned back. Just as we arrived back at the entrance to the parking, a group of about 4 or 5 MTB'ers blocked the path, and demanded to know if I'd paid. No, I said, not yet. Is there a box? Where is it? At which point they got really rude and aggressive, and the incident got very ugly. I got my bike back to the car, put money in the box, which I had now seen, and we left. But the incident totally ruined any joy we had got out of our short foray into the world of mountain biking.Perhaps the MTB'ers feel their sport is too crowded and are trying to scare newbies away?Perhaps they are club members and feel that their routes are being abused, and there are too many freeloaders not paying at all? Whatever the case, I would like to suggest that you will achieve more by trying a decent approach first, then resort to bullying if that doesn't work. It would have been a better conversation if you had said something like "Hey guys - nice ride? Are you new here? Please don't forget to pay the fee if you haven't already. Come back soon and let us know if you need any info" Whoever you and your buddies are, all I ask is that you find it somewhere in yourselves to be better people, be kind, be supportive. Not only on your bike, but off it as well.
milky4130 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Surely tools like Strava can be used to identify rogue riders - if the Cape Epic admin can find who posted records of their rides, then it should be easy enough to find.yes & it has been used in the past, to identify rogue riders riding on new trails which were unofficially opened up to the public or members. But there are the sneaky few who will make their rides private on Strava, etc. My question was possed to Boereklong who actually chatted to a rogue rider who was trespassing his land, not sure which farm that is though or whether it's part of a trail network.
V12man Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 If I donate R100 into the honesty box can I come ride next time without depositing into the honesty box ? ....... Does this honesty thing work two ways ?I think you are supposed to take change..... :ph34r:
Headshot Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 I think you are supposed to take change..... :ph34r:"Who carries cash these days" - coupled with " I could not snapscan because my phone was mugged off me" could be an excuse for not paying?
Patchelicious Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Sure! Just tell the friendly prefect / marshall you paid more than double the last time you were here, that is why you are not paying now - of course he would belief your story!That's what the selfie is for....
edgarblount Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 That's what the selfie is for....What if you just wear the same kit and keep the moosetash in check. Do you think a person will be able to use a previous photo and keep on showing it as proof or just take a selfie while gooing in some loose change? There is 'n oom selling wood in Hartenbos using this eerlikheidsdosie concept and I've always wondered, is he sitting behind some bush or on a koppie with his twalfboorhaelgeweer ready to shoot any not so honest okes?
BDF Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 That's what the selfie is for....Unless your phone was taken by that knife and stick wielding lunatic on the other thread.
Patchelicious Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 Unless your phone was taken by that knife and stick wielding lunatic on the other thread.Print the pic, cut it out, laminate it and stick it to the front of your handle bar like a members board!
raptor-22 Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 What about I owe u'sJust somma scribble R40 on a pice of paper and sign your name and phone number. Then they can bill me end if the month for an EFT
Hairy Posted March 30, 2016 Posted March 30, 2016 What about I owe u'sJust somma scribble R40 on a pice of paper and sign your name and phone number. Then they can bill me end if the month for an EFTthen they can also add a R90 admin fee?
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