Blokman Posted March 30, 2016 Share Some of those MTB'ers sukkel in SBR. Others can ride. A while ago ,on the roadbike I passed two mountainbikes . Guys were ambling along, talking. (One I recall in Dunkeld Cycles kit.) This was just as you crested the small uphill, before the long fast stretch to the Sedaven dam.I passed them at speed doing the usual "morning morning" thing. I hit almost eighty on that stretch, giving all I had.When I slowed for the turn at the dam they were both on my wheel.Had to eat humble pie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn_skollie Posted March 30, 2016 Share Stop stereotyping Myles, not all knobheads are dicks... jeeeeeeezI laughed way too loud for this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popcorn_skollie Posted March 30, 2016 Share I don't think the issue here is 26er vs 29er, the question is, who the hell still uses tubes???careful now, the tubies might get offended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_B Posted March 30, 2016 Share I saw something amusing my last ride in SBR, coming up behind a guy going up the last climb before the kareekloof gate and he was zig-zaging up the climb. Couldn't work out what the heck he was up to until i noticed he would make a sharp right and freewheel slightly then make a sharp left and pedal... reckon by the time he got to the top he would have climbed double than needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The expat cyclist Posted March 30, 2016 Share "So what you are saying" Why do people do that, why do people take what other people say and then put their own slant on it and then pretend thats what the original person meant. No, that is NOT "what I was saying" I think I was pretty clear on what I was saying. I did NOT say be a better version of yourself. I said, and here it is again in pretty clear writing: dont be a knobhead, be nice to your fellow cyclist!Nee maar dan is dit reg so korporaal.Tien-vier, oor en uit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted March 30, 2016 Share I saw something amusing my last ride in SBR, coming up behind a guy going up the last climb before the kareekloof gate and he was zig-zaging up the climb. Couldn't work out what the heck he was up to until i noticed he would make a sharp right and freewheel slightly then make a sharp left and pedal... reckon by the time he got to the top he would have climbed double than needed. Its called paper boying up the climb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worriesnot Posted March 30, 2016 Share Its called paper boying up the climb ja, I was gooi-ing up Northcliff koppie Saturday morning nursing a slight knee injury. Tracked nicely on Strava to look and laugh at after the ride. Did a few meters more than the boys going up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted March 30, 2016 Share ja, I was gooi-ing up Northcliff koppie Saturday morning nursing a slight knee injury. Tracked nicely on Strava to look and laugh at after the ride. Did a few meters more than the boys going up... Don't stress, even the pros do it - https://www.strava.com/activities/4263183 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Hubs Posted March 30, 2016 Share Sometimes this happens to you at SBR and you forget about the A-holes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 30, 2016 Share I love the reserve. My favorite place to ride In Gauteng. Now I'm not exactly the hardest bloke on a bike and I am getting on a bit at 55 but I like to try. That lead me to do lots of riding at the reserve over the last two weekends with all the holidays. Long queues to get in but I'm OK with that. The staff were friendly and we all waited patiently. I did double loops on Friday Saturday and Sunday. Did double loops on the Saturday and Sunday the week before as well. I saw hundreds of cyclists Loads of People on mountain bikes. I would say 90% of the cyclists are on mountain bikes. Friday as I'm setting out on the first climb from the parking lot I come up behind what looks like two couples. Well two men and two woman. All about 20 years younger than me. I don't say anything but come up behind thinking they will spot me or hear me. No need to shout or anything, and the one bloke does see me after a moment. He he immediately shouts out the way everyone, a roadie is trying to come past. I just look at him thinking he must be joking. He then stands and does a big accelaeration and gets over to the left. Looks back at me and says. Oh look, I think it's a girl. And come on lady. Come past then. Everyone laughs and I go past. He continues to make comments about roadies. The week before also on a double loop I crest one of the big hills to see the road is totally blocked by about 20 people on mountain bikes. I say good morning and the one guy says oh look a roadie. There is no space to get past. I come to a complete standstill and say excuse me please. No one moves. They are all stopped in the road having a chat and I rest I suppose. I unclip and push my bike around them on the gravel. They all just watch me. Men and woman. Now I don't hold with the roadie vs mtb thing. I started cycling in 1992 when I bought a mtb and switched to road in about 2005. All just cyclists and cycling to me. I ride with a friend who did the Epic when it was still a new thing and he has now also switched to road. So it goes. Perhaps we will switch back one day. Perhaps not. But what the hell is this rubbish. If I ride off road I have some plonker who just moved out of a shopping mall telling me I'm a dirt roadie and when I'm on the road I have to suffer insults from some git doing 4km an hour on a 6% gradient in a such an easy gear that he looks like my granny trying to shake doggy pooh off her bed socks. Fortunately most people on bikes are real friendly and encouraging. To the rest. Please go back to golf.Are you on Strava?If yes, then look at the Flybys to see the other riders in the reserve at the same time as you. You can stop it at the point where they were all standing around and will quickly be able to pick up a name (or two). I usually use it identify someone going in the opposite direction, or even better - during a race to see how the group is splintered on certain sections of the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Hubs Posted March 30, 2016 Share Respect to the chaps doing double laps!! one day when I'm strong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 30, 2016 Share Respect to the chaps doing double laps!! one day when I'm strong... +1 reminds me of a quote from an ex hubber and no he doesn't carry a badge nor is he a builder .... "These people that do 2x suikerbosrand loops should be institutionalised" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nerd Posted March 30, 2016 Share Was the group of MTB wearing a specific color kit, maybe a few of them on some sort of group ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Posted March 30, 2016 Share Off-topic, quick question to the people who know SBR. How long is a loop and what is the ascent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted March 30, 2016 Share Respect to the chaps doing double laps!! one day when I'm strong...big respect,2 laps is unthinkable. Ask patch he rides there then does sbr then rides home...wtf. I'll never be in that league???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 30, 2016 Share Off-topic, quick question to the people who know SBR. How long is a loop and what is the ascent? As per my Garmin this passed Saturday 57ks 1140m's of ascent .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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