[Event] Namaqua Quest Mountain Bike

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Event Name: Namaqua Quest Mountain Bike
When: 1 September 2016 - 3 September 2016
Where: Jakkalswater Guest Farm, Northern Cape
Category: MTB

Namaqua Quest Mountain Bike

 

Date: 1 – 3 September 2016

Venue: Jakkalswater Guest Farm, Springbok, Namaqualand

Event Format: Solo’s

 

Distance:

Day 1: 68km

Day 2: 50km

Day 3: 52km

 

CSA will be present to check licenses – please bring your CSA license with you or you will be liable to pay the +/- R35 for a day license. For the 3 day MTB it is R35 per person per day so a total of R105.

 

International guests can join for a fully catered tour by going to our travel page

 

Entry Fees:

3 Day Stage Race R2 950 per person (3 Day Cycling excluding accommodation, lunch and dinner but including the Passion4Wellness Breakfast Zone & Saturday prize giving lunch)

Single Day Race: 50km (Saturday) R250 per person including prize giving braai

Single Day Race : 23km (Saturday) R100 per person

 

Additional (optional) packages:

Meals Package (8 meals) – R800 per person

Extra prize giving braai for family and friends – R100 per person

Camping at race village for 4 nights with your own tent – R340 per person

Tented camping at race village for 4 nights (we supply a tent with a single mattress) – 800

Bike Service Plan – R1250 (see details below)

 

Bike service and support:

Bike Service Plan – Three days @ R 1200 for all 3 days

If your bike is part of the maintenance plan, you just bring it in after your ride and fetch it later, serviced and cleaned. If in the process of looking your bike over and we detect a problem, you will be notified with a quote.

 

Your bike will be seen to on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday after the race and the service includes the following:

Setting of Gears & Breaks

Checking of Bottom Bracket, Headset & Wheels

Checking and tightening of all bolts.

Includes the labour to replace any small parts such as gear cables and brake pads.

10% discount on all parts

All parts and other expenses will be charged at normal workshop prices and labour rates

* Ad Hoc Service and repairs Participants handling their own basic maintenance and cleaning, we will still gladly look after the more serious issues. You can bring your bike to the service area, and let us know what you want fixed. In all cases, parts are not included. Parts will be available but it advisable to supply your own parts as we cannot cater for all different brands and models. We strongly recommend that you please bring along spare parts for your bike’s specific components. All maintenance work is to be paid for by either cash or EFT before the bike is released.

 

Workshop labour prices:

Gear adjust: R 25

Brake adjust: R 25

Brake bleed: R 150

Replace damaged brake line: R 150

Replace broken spoke(s) and true wheel: R 100

Wheel build: R 150

Tube/Tire change: R 75

Tubeless tire install: R 75 (new tire) R 100 (old tire)

Suspension service: From R 150 (fork) From R150 (rear shock)

Overhaul front hub: R 75

Overhaul rear hub: R 90

Overhaul headset: R 90

 

Compulsory gear

 

Waterproof jacket

“Wind proof” shell

Space blanket

Cell phone with 083 2945 260 saved on it [Debbie’s number]

2 litres of water

Mini first aid kit – Strap, elastic bandage, anti cramp tablets, anti histamine, wound dressing, disinfectant.

Snacks

Whistle

 

You must carry a card with all your medical details on it such a Doctor’s telephone number, Medical insurance number, emergency telephone number and contact name, blood group, any allergies etc. This must be inside a sealed ziplock bag and on your person.

 

Rain/cold weather – You will NOT be allowed to go out onto the trails without any of this if the weather is foul. We will make that decision on the morning of the run – ensure you have it available!

 

“Water proof” rain jacket [Please note that a “wind proof” shell is NOT necessarily a “Rain proof” jacket, although a rain jacket is wind proof…] PLEASE make sure you understand the difference between the 2 garments – test it! We will have no hesitation turning you away if you have the incorrect foul weather gear.

 

Other useful items (not compulsory): Sunblock, sun glasses, small camera, positive attitude and a sense of humor.

 

For all information on this fantastic event please go to its dedicated website at www.namaquaquest.co.za

Go to Event Page

[Meentb]

Howzit Hubbers.

 

Im flying people to springbok for the race. I thought it will be a good idea to do it myself.

 

I managed to secure a very late entry for this event. However i will not have any transport in springbok.

 

I need a lift between springbok and Jakkalswater.

 

Is anyone commuting between town and jakkalswater daily.

 

Ill be more than happy to pay for my lifts.

 

Regards

Meent

 

 

[Eveza]

Meent, also post this on the Namaqua Quest facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/namaquaqueststagerace/). I am sure that you will come right because their are quite a few riders staying in Springbok. 

Debbie

[Rene du Preez]

Hi. If anyone wants to share fuel costs to Springbok from anywhere in Cape Town and back. I am travelling for the race in a double cab Hilux with a three place Thule. Contact me on 082 634 1525 or email renedupreez@telkomsa.net

 

Regards, Rene

[Skubarra]

Any other hubbers going through for this one? Looking forward to the weekend!

[Piston ZA]

I'll be there. Will by first multi day event, looking forward to it. 

[Ispeed_V]

Did it last year. Awesome event. 

 

I see that they have shortened day 2 by quite a bit.

[Skubarra]

 

I'll be there. Will by first multi day event, looking forward to it. 

 

Haven't done it before but it looks like a nice event for a first one 

 

Distances and climbing look very reasonable

 

Looking forward to the scenery, have never been in the area during flower season

[leeubok]

They are quite serious about the safety gear every rider has to have on them. With such short distances and the race happening in spring I just wonder why? If it was a long endurance race at night time then yes by all means

[Piston ZA]

 

 

 

Haven't done it before but it looks like a nice event for a first one 

 

Distances and climbing look very reasonable

 

Looking forward to the scenery, have never been in the area during flower season

 

Have only heard good things about it, and apparently a very nice one to do for a first one.

 

The only relatively tough day is the first one. Weather looks good for the first 2 days at least.

 

The area is incredible in the flower season, and I've heard it is particularly good this season

[Meentb]

This event has proven to be quite tough. Aome of the descents are seriously insane. Climbing is do able. Just flippen long and tedious.

 

Then the sand is another story.

[bobby]

Yes i must say iets was not a easy race at all. Some proper riding

[Skubarra]

Something I noticed about the bikehub, with events we are very good at discussing the "usual suspects" (like Sani2C, Karoo2Coast & Trans Baviaans) to death with almost identical threads being regurgitated year-after-year. Yet there are a number of interesting events out there that are well attended (this one sold out 2 years in a row now) with barely a mention on the bikehub.

 

Would be awesome if one can "discover" events like this from feedback from the bikehub!

 

xx bikehub rant off xx

 

My feedback on this race,

 

Beautiful area, some of the scenery is surreal. Vibe was awesome, went on my own and met a lot of friendly people. Loved the food, on the same standard you would get at the bigger races. Some of the organising & logistics were a bit "rough around the edges" but nothing that detracted from the overall experience for me. 

 

The lot of sand was interesting, for the most part compact enough to be easy rideable (except that dry river bed on the end of day 2..  ) , certainly improved my sand riding skills over the 3 days!

 

Loved that fast rocky downhills, tested the technical skills a bit. Got a big surprise on day 1, so used to technical sections in races having loads of big arrows and warning signs, bombed down a downhill jeeptrack only to be surprised by dongas & big rocks and washed away sections (no warning signs), nearly had an OTB because my speed far exceeded my limited skills.

 

As I mentioned, the organisers managed to sell out the race 2 years in a row now, so the interest is there and the race has potential to grow even bigger, just my opinion but it would be great if they can build some singletrack as the event grow (as what happened with Sani2C & W2W), the area certainly has some untapped mtb'ing potential.

[Piston ZA]

Had an absolute blast. It was a lot tougher than I expected, especially the 2nd day (65km long and not 50km, 1200m climbing, and that last 6 odd kms of sand were a killer).

 

Although most of the route is on jeeptrack, some of those descents were rocky and loose and very technical in places, not to be taken lightly and giving you very little opportunity to recover. Also lots of hard, technical climbing.

 

The scenery was spectacular. Here are some of the pics on the FB page. The third pic is of me 

[Skubarra]

Probably my favourite photo from me at a mtb race (guess it helps that you can't see my ugly mug  )

 

[Piston ZA]

Probably my favourite photo from me at a mtb race (guess it helps that you can't see my ugly mug  )

 

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That is an awesome photo. Although there are many really good pics, I was expecting more. I remember there being a drone and cameraman at that knarly rocky descent on day 1, but haven't seen the pics. Maybe it was just them filming for the video.