splat Posted August 14, 2017 Share I see a lot of people are saying that the corrugation on the roads was really bad, taking that into consideration what would be the best front shock setup to handle that? would it be running lower pressure on shock and tires and a slow rebound or would a fast rebound be better? There was a very high water bottle casualty rate (I went back 3 times to collect mine).There was a lot of swerving from the left to the right and back to the middle again.Lots of parallel freight trains (like the last 10km in a TdF stage).There was quite a bit of swearing, Not so much of grinning, but lots of bearing it.Some times there was no option, except to ride hard and skip over the top, while other times the frequency and amplitude of the bumps just about brought you to a stop.And then there were patches where it was all Ok, and you thought that you could get through this and everything would be fine (and it was). I ran 2.35" tyres on 30mm wide rims with slightly lower than usual pressure. I ride a Spez Camber, but i pumped the shocks up slightly harder than usual. I don't know if that improved or made things worse, but there were times where I thought that the combo worked well, and other times where there was nothing one could do to improve the situation. Face Plant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GemmerKat Posted August 14, 2017 Share Need some advice. We paid a deposit to hertz car hire in PE for car rental with the idea of using the vehicle transfer service.Hertz wants to see the driver of the vehicle transfer service in person once we collect the car. First time we are using this service. I will try to get the guys from the vehicle transfer to confirm with hertz but I doubt they will accept it. Worst case we try a different car rental agency. Anyone experienced the same problem before ? Edited August 14, 2017 by GemmerK@t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJ Posted August 14, 2017 Share Need some advice. We paid a deposit to hertz car hire in PE for car rental with the idea of using the vehicle transfer service.Hertz wants to see the driver of the vehicle transfer service in person once we collect the car. First time we are using this service. I will try to get the guys from the vehicle transfer to confirm with hertz but I doubt they will accept it. Worst case we try a different car rental agency. Anyone experienced the same problem before ? Do they want to see the driver's ID / Drivers license? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GemmerKat Posted August 14, 2017 Share Do they want to see the driver's ID / Drivers license? Well they physically want the driver there with the ID / Driver license. Not sure if they are just being difficult. The vehicle transfer service can provide us the ID and Drivers license which to my knowledge should be sufficient ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wessie12 Posted August 14, 2017 Share There was a very high water bottle casualty rate (I went back 3 times to collect mine).There was a lot of swerving from the left to the right and back to the middle again.Lots of parallel freight trains (like the last 10km in a TdF stage).There was quite a bit of swearing, Not so much of grinning, but lots of bearing it.Some times there was no option, except to ride hard and skip over the top, while other times the frequency and amplitude of the bumps just about brought you to a stop.And then there were patches where it was all Ok, and you thought that you could get through this and everything would be fine (and it was). I ran 2.35" tyres on 30mm wide rims with slightly lower than usual pressure. I ride a Spez Camber, but i pumped the shocks up slightly harder than usual. I don't know if that improved or made things worse, but there were times where I thought that the combo worked well, and other times where there was nothing one could do to improve the situation.Spot on. Looking back and dont think anything would help. Mens moet maar net jou kop sak , vas byt en die 1ste 100km agter die rug kry. Face Plant and splat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacey Posted August 14, 2017 Share There was a very high water bottle casualty rate (I went back 3 times to collect mine).There was a lot of swerving from the left to the right and back to the middle again.Lots of parallel freight trains (like the last 10km in a TdF stage).There was quite a bit of swearing, Not so much of grinning, but lots of bearing it.Some times there was no option, except to ride hard and skip over the top, while other times the frequency and amplitude of the bumps just about brought you to a stop.And then there were patches where it was all Ok, and you thought that you could get through this and everything would be fine (and it was). I ran 2.35" tyres on 30mm wide rims with slightly lower than usual pressure. I ride a Spez Camber, but i pumped the shocks up slightly harder than usual. I don't know if that improved or made things worse, but there were times where I thought that the combo worked well, and other times where there was nothing one could do to improve the situation.We found the best place to ride was in the "gutter", just had to keep an open eye for branches but it worked well splat, Face Plant, georgemc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theobotha Posted August 14, 2017 Share Well they physically want the driver there with the ID / Driver license. Not sure if they are just being difficult. The vehicle transfer service can provide us the ID and Drivers license which to my knowledge should be sufficient ? We used Avis and they only required a copy of the persons drivers license.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted August 15, 2017 Share We found the best place to ride was in the "gutter", just had to keep an open eye for branches but it worked wellYep, got whipped by thorny branches a few times #Rule5 #HTFU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prozac Posted August 16, 2017 Share And so my adventure begins for this year's TB . . . From what I read . . . #Rule5 #HTFU ALL THE WAY !!!! Cheers vir eers ! splat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted August 17, 2017 Share 20kms outside Willowmore! JanJan, TIB, BigDL and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetseun Posted August 17, 2017 Share WillowmoreSnow.jpeg 20kms outside Willowmore!Bliksem!When are we getting your race report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon-goose Posted August 17, 2017 Share ouch, take loads of warm layers for the week end coming otherwise night time will be way way way tooo cold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted August 17, 2017 Share Bliksem!When are we getting your race report?Patience... it's busy happening. Side story: I'm busy writing my blog, and I was looking for "exploded like a ..." on google. I got this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1zVcI6brU Vetseun and TIB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIB Posted August 17, 2017 Share Patience... it's busy happening. Side story: I'm busy writing my blog, and I was looking for "exploded like a ..." on google. I got this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1zVcI6brU Maybe a Freudian typo and you Googled Vetseun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIB Posted August 17, 2017 Share WillowmoreSnow.jpeg 20kms outside Willowmore! Luckily we had a balmy 13 degree ride.... And Saturday promises a nice 18km/h easterly breeze! Edited August 17, 2017 by TIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted August 17, 2017 Share The Cowardly Penguins take on Ecobound's Trans Baviaans MTB event. This is our r̶a̶c̶e̶ ride report. http://www.velotales.com/2017/08/trans-baviaans-2017.html Edited August 17, 2017 by Velouria Red Robin, generaal, Skubarra and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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