Pulse Posted December 6, 2016 Share http://mikewoolnough.blogspot.co.za/2016/12/racing-munga-2016-inauspicious-start.html?m=1I love your writing!Now I have even more respect for all who have attempted this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat-i Posted December 6, 2016 Share Since finishing the race on Saturday ... Dude! Thank you for the inspiration on your blog, through your posts, through your blue dot moving across the screen - for making us all dream and believe that an ordinary person can achieve extra-ordinary things. AND CONGRATS!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted December 6, 2016 Share A few extra shots of Ouberg Pass for those interested. Only had one chance to shoot there as we returned to Joburg the next day. Conditions were not so great as it was windy, dusty, no clouds and looking straight into the setting sun down the pass attempting to spot the riders (look closely and you will spot them - Heinrich Visser + Jeannie Dreyer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pulse Posted December 6, 2016 Share A view extra shots of Ouberg Pass for those interested. Only had one chance to shoot there as we returned to Joburg the next day. Conditions were not so great as it was windy, dusty, no clouds and looking straight into the setting sun down the pass attempting to spot the riders (look closely and you will spot them - Heinrich Visser + Jeannie Dreyer). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA2aNKpquIENice!What is the radio range on the drone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted December 6, 2016 Share http://mikewoolnough.blogspot.co.za/2016/12/racing-munga-2016-inauspicious-start.html?m=1Saw this little paragraph at the bottom. Have noted some points.Cant help but think, Mike, You should have started earlier Just an ordinary guy who started riding in 2005 at the age of 45. I started with the ambition of completing the local 94.7 Cycle Challenge (94.7km). This is an annual road cycle race in and around Johanesburg. Some where along the way it become a race and not merely a completion excercise. I clocked a 2h54 in my first attempt only 6 months from my first trundle down the road and back. I was hooked and then discovered the magic of MTB. While my efforts on the road were credible, MTBing humbled me. Having said that, over the last 24 months I have competed in 9 multi-day events. I'm a very middle of the field rider, but I enjoy every minute of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted December 6, 2016 Share While waiting for the leaders in Sutherland, some extra footage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathrix Posted December 6, 2016 Share Nice!What is the radio range on the drone? About 3500m distance and 500m straight up +/- 20 minutes battery life depending on wind conditions or how hard you work the motors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted December 6, 2016 Share Saw this little paragraph at the bottom. Have noted some points.Cant help but think, Mike, You should have started earlier Just an ordinary guy who started riding in 2005 at the age of 45. I started with the ambition of completing the local 94.7 Cycle Challenge (94.7km). This is an annual road cycle race in and around Johanesburg. Some where along the way it become a race and not merely a completion excercise. I clocked a 2h54 in my first attempt only 6 months from my first trundle down the road and back. I was hooked and then discovered the magic of MTB. While my efforts on the road were credible, MTBing humbled me. Having said that, over the last 24 months I have competed in 9 multi-day events. I'm a very middle of the field rider, but I enjoy every minute of it. Perhaps Mr Woolnough underestimates himself. "middle of the field rider"? I think not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancy Drew Posted December 6, 2016 Share Dude! Thank you for the inspiration on your blog, through your posts, through your blue dot moving across the screen - for making us all dream and believe that an ordinary person can achieve extra-ordinary things. AND CONGRATS!!!! What cat-i said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 6, 2016 Share A view extra shots of Ouberg Pass for those interested. Shoe, that brings back memories of climbing the pass at sunset during the Trans Karoo. So beautiful. ps. I have been thinking of that ride often over the last few days as the 240km was but a drop into the Munga ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 6, 2016 Share NoSnigger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 6, 2016 Share He was finished tho....Double and triple snigger for this and Andrews commentIt's hard to multi quote from da phone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crazy German Posted December 6, 2016 Share Ok so you would not suggest I attempt this on my rigid SS , keeping in mind that I got a Brookes saddle on . Its like Freedom challenge you need to be stupid enough to enter and Stubborn enough to finish. I watched you and the beard drink before the start and visited your campsite the day after. You qualify easily just do as Mike says wide tyres low pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted December 7, 2016 Share from the awesome thread WHAT HEINRICH VISSER HAD TO ENDURE TO WIN THE MUNGAhttp://www.treadmtb.co.za/what-heinrich-visser-had-to-endure-to-win-the-munga/http://www.treadmtb.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Heinrich-Visser-Munga-MTB-Tread-Magazine-EV_06.jpg this is just inspiring....... so whats your excuse ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch the stalker Posted December 7, 2016 Share from the awesome thread this is just inspiring....... so whats your excuse ?If somebody pays the entry and everything I need then I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted December 8, 2016 Share http://bradleyhemphill.blogspot.co.za/2016/12/a-brutal-karoo-affair.html?m=1 sounds like a textbook case of Shermer's (what?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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