'Dale Posted December 2, 2016 Share Used to be such a lekka race until they: Tripled bunch sizesEliminated Old HelzBumped the entry fee ???????????? babse, Mopkop and dev null 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted December 2, 2016 Share Above all else, have a safe and swift one The South Easter will be rustig apparently Duane_Bosch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted December 2, 2016 Share A year ago when my fiancé first started out she couldn't make it to the top of Chappies. Fast forward 1 year. We've done big days out in the Alps and are planning our 2nd trip there together. We regularly do 60+ km and anything over 50 she's definaltey stronger than me. This weekend will be our first race together. Bunch riding and road closure is going to be a whole new thing for us. I think this weekend will be the first of many. Edited December 2, 2016 by Duane_Bosch Capricorn and Irons 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted December 2, 2016 Share Used to be such a lekka race until they: Tripled bunch sizesEliminated Old HelzBumped the entry fee The biggest issues with this race concisely summarised... The race definitely lost a bit of it's soul when the cut out old Helz, although one can understand that Old Helz is maybe not suitable anymore for a mass participation race anymore. And yes, definitely worried about the massive bunches on the Wemmershoek road - going to do my best to be at the front of one and not at the back if at all possible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazmo Posted December 2, 2016 Share no goodie bag, not even a bottle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouxenator Posted December 2, 2016 Share no goodie bag, not even a bottle! Good. They should put the money into things that really matter. carbon29er, Pure Savage and Jase619 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazmo Posted December 2, 2016 Share Good. They should put the money into things that really matter. They not doing that either. its a pricey race with loads of entries. I fail to see where it goes. Besides, i rely on those bottles, I only use bottles from Argus/DC/SCT Rouxenator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted December 2, 2016 Share The biggest issues with this race concisely summarised... The race definitely lost a bit of it's soul when the cut out old Helz, although one can understand that Old Helz is maybe not suitable anymore for a mass participation race anymore. And yes, definitely worried about the massive bunches on the Wemmershoek road - going to do my best to be at the front of one and not at the back if at all possible.... Reason why I'm not doing it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouxenator Posted December 2, 2016 Share Ah yes, lets not forget the superior aquatic holding abilities of bottles with the CTCT/DC/SCT logos printed on them. Far superior to my USN/Spur/TransKaroo/Whatever bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted December 2, 2016 Share Reason why I'm not doing it anymore.Same... want argus seeding? do the One Tonner! thankfully there was a great excuse to give this a miss, POOT tsdutweet and Wannabe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted December 2, 2016 Share Same... want argus seeding? do the One Tonner! thankfully there was a great excuse to give this a miss, POOT And if you bonked at the one tonner and your seeding took a dip??? Can't fault the criticism of this race but still think overall it is a lekker race to do (and I desperately need the seeding... ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouxenator Posted December 2, 2016 Share SCT is not that expensive. However I decided against the 99er, paying that much to ride on tarmac does not make sense to me. One Tonner with it's super low early bird entry fee is great, you get a lot of KM for your ZAR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted December 2, 2016 Share Ja, we should have done the Origin Of Trails also, but my son wanted a good Argus seeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rouxenator Posted December 2, 2016 Share Ja, we should have done the Origin Of Trails also, but my son wanted a good Argus seeding.Come ride with me after work any day of the week, I'll show you all the good bits of Origin for free. dev null 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dev null Posted December 2, 2016 Share Come ride with me after work any day of the week, I'll show you all the good bits of Origin for free. Why do I get the feeling such a ride will have me bleeding from my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon29er Posted December 2, 2016 Share Is this really the profile? I honestly can't remember hills like they are showing here after the 60km mark. I guess memory fades. Same race, same route from 2011 except old v new at start Or have the hills been doping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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