Wannabe Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Saw this morning a few ride wider of the rider boards against lapposts in durbanville(near The Rosegarden) Could not take photos as I was driving Missed them...
LeoKnight Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Missed them... Could be that they shared the lamp pole with some other boards too, but after all the talk about increasing awareness it was good to see it, was sad that it was only on that stretch, but maybe they are going to start putting up more of these across the city / country
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 This is good, let's see how it pans out.
Pure Savage Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 The next installment from PPA... Ummm... if road rides are being cancelled for being less than 600, should we not cancel all MTB events then? Also that all seeding events are used for Argus seeding. Dear MembersCongratulations to all the newly crowned SA Road Cycling and Time Trial champions and all the podium finishers. We also wish Paul Meinking a speedy and full recovery after his unfortunate accident at SA Champs.As we turn our attention back to our regular road funrides, we unfortunately see some of them struggling to fill entries. It looks like there is either a lack of interest in these events, or the demand for (more) road cycling events has been overstated.All the PPA-supported events raise funds for charity, which makes it critical that these events do make a profit. In the run-up to the event, PPA and the organiser watches the online entries daily to gauge interest and estimate how many riders may line up at the start on the day. Somewhere along the line, the point is reached when - if pre-entries remain low - the decision needs to be made to either pull the plug on the event, or simply trust that late entries will flood in on the day to carry the event. Not all can afford to do the latter.Some road funrides attract thousands of entries. Why? In most cases, the fact that they are premier seeding events for the Cape Town Cycle Tour seem to be the incentive to enter.However, all events timed by Racetec are actually considered for Cycle Tour seeding. So all fun rides on the PPA calendar are used to determine your seeding for the Big One.Entry fees remain competitive. We don’t overcharge for events and when it comes to PPA-own events, we even subsidise the cost to make it as affordable as possible for our members. We ask all PPA-supported events to fall in line with our entry fee recommendations, but for many, if they did this, they’d make little to no money for their chosen charities.We support events with a “Marketing” package that covers everything from calendar listing, emails to database, event crew, route equipment, event permissions, numbers and timing. They do pay us a fee, but in general we highly subsidise the package, especially the cost of timing. And if the event battles to survive, we look at how else PPA can assist.If we are to grow – or even maintain - the portfolio of road cycling events, we need your support. There is no point in spending a lot of money, time and effort for a handful of riders.We need your support for the existing events on the calendar. We also need your support for the new events on the calendar. Let’s keep road cycling alive and well.Please support these upcoming road events and enter now:Journey4 SightTour de PPA‘Cyclosportif’ #1Maluti Double90 team challenge
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 The next installment from PPA... Ummm... if road rides are being cancelled for being less than 600, should we not cancel all MTB events then? Also that all seeding events are used for Argus seeding. Dear Members Congratulations to all the newly crowned SA Road Cycling and Time Trial champions and all the podium finishers. We also wish Paul Meinking a speedy and full recovery after his unfortunate accident at SA Champs. As we turn our attention back to our regular road funrides, we unfortunately see some of them struggling to fill entries. It looks like there is either a lack of interest in these events, or the demand for (more) road cycling events has been overstated. All the PPA-supported events raise funds for charity, which makes it critical that these events do make a profit. In the run-up to the event, PPA and the organiser watches the online entries daily to gauge interest and estimate how many riders may line up at the start on the day. Somewhere along the line, the point is reached when - if pre-entries remain low - the decision needs to be made to either pull the plug on the event, or simply trust that late entries will flood in on the day to carry the event. Not all can afford to do the latter. Some road funrides attract thousands of entries. Why? In most cases, the fact that they are premier seeding events for the Cape Town Cycle Tour seem to be the incentive to enter. However, all events timed by Racetec are actually considered for Cycle Tour seeding. So all fun rides on the PPA calendar are used to determine your seeding for the Big One. Entry fees remain competitive. We don’t overcharge for events and when it comes to PPA-own events, we even subsidise the cost to make it as affordable as possible for our members. We ask all PPA-supported events to fall in line with our entry fee recommendations, but for many, if they did this, they’d make little to no money for their chosen charities. We support events with a “Marketing” package that covers everything from calendar listing, emails to database, event crew, route equipment, event permissions, numbers and timing. They do pay us a fee, but in general we highly subsidise the package, especially the cost of timing. And if the event battles to survive, we look at how else PPA can assist. If we are to grow – or even maintain - the portfolio of road cycling events, we need your support. There is no point in spending a lot of money, time and effort for a handful of riders. We need your support for the existing events on the calendar. We also need your support for the new events on the calendar. Let’s keep road cycling alive and well. Please support these upcoming road events and enter now:Journey4 SightTour de PPA‘Cyclosportif’ #1Maluti Double90 team challenge Were they at all involved with this event?
Pure Savage Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Were they at all involved with this event?They were there, tweeting.
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 They were there, tweeting.As was I..... The question still stands.
Pure Savage Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 As was I..... The question still stands. I am not sure if they were. All I know is they were tweeting and in the Commissionaire car, I am not sure what capacity.
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 I am not sure if they were. All I know is they were tweeting and in the Commissionaire car, I am not sure what capacity. I would love to see these two collaborating, making cycling better for us all, them fighting doesn't help. So I was asking more from an optimistic and hopeful stand point.
Pure Savage Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 I would love to see these two collaborating, making cycling better for us all, them fighting doesn't help. So I was asking more from an optimistic and hopeful stand point. Well, threatening to cancel fun rides does not sound very optimistic. A funride is a lot safer training than on random roads. (Normally) So cancelling them does not really help the whole safe cycling vibe.
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 Well, threatening to cancel fun rides does not sound very optimistic. A funride is a lot safer training than on random roads. (Normally) So cancelling them does not really help the whole safe cycling vibe.What does that have to do with my post?
Pure Savage Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 What does that have to do with my post?Not much. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
carbon29er Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Were they at all involved with this event?No. Someone was tweeting but all that showed was their total lack of knowledge about road racing. Oh, and they included Savage in almost every tweet. No idea why. Hendrik eventually told them off: In response to the letter sent out:Maybe riders are gatvol of driving out to the same area to ride virtually the same route again and again and again? With the total absence of rides in the southern suburbs this is the case for a huge chunk of funriders. Get up at 4am, drive 70+km, ride past the same pig farm, drive 70+km home. Turn a 3 hour ride into an 8 hour adventure.
'Dale Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Saw this morning a few ride wider of the rider boards against lapposts in durbanville(near The Rosegarden) Could not take photos as I was drivingAwesomeness ????????????????????????
allez Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 The next installment from PPA... Ummm... if road rides are being cancelled for being less than 600, should we not cancel all MTB events then? Also that all seeding events are used for Argus seeding. Dear Members Congratulations to all the newly crowned SA Road Cycling and Time Trial champions and all the podium finishers. We also wish Paul Meinking a speedy and full recovery after his unfortunate accident at SA Champs. As we turn our attention back to our regular road funrides, we unfortunately see some of them struggling to fill entries. It looks like there is either a lack of interest in these events, or the demand for (more) road cycling events has been overstated. All the PPA-supported events raise funds for charity, which makes it critical that these events do make a profit. In the run-up to the event, PPA and the organiser watches the online entries daily to gauge interest and estimate how many riders may line up at the start on the day. Somewhere along the line, the point is reached when - if pre-entries remain low - the decision needs to be made to either pull the plug on the event, or simply trust that late entries will flood in on the day to carry the event. Not all can afford to do the latter. Some road funrides attract thousands of entries. Why? In most cases, the fact that they are premier seeding events for the Cape Town Cycle Tour seem to be the incentive to enter. However, all events timed by Racetec are actually considered for Cycle Tour seeding. So all fun rides on the PPA calendar are used to determine your seeding for the Big One. Entry fees remain competitive. We don’t overcharge for events and when it comes to PPA-own events, we even subsidise the cost to make it as affordable as possible for our members. We ask all PPA-supported events to fall in line with our entry fee recommendations, but for many, if they did this, they’d make little to no money for their chosen charities. We support events with a “Marketing” package that covers everything from calendar listing, emails to database, event crew, route equipment, event permissions, numbers and timing. They do pay us a fee, but in general we highly subsidise the package, especially the cost of timing. And if the event battles to survive, we look at how else PPA can assist. If we are to grow – or even maintain - the portfolio of road cycling events, we need your support. There is no point in spending a lot of money, time and effort for a handful of riders. We need your support for the existing events on the calendar. We also need your support for the new events on the calendar. Let’s keep road cycling alive and well. Please support these upcoming road events and enter now:Journey4 SightTour de PPA‘Cyclosportif’ #1Maluti Double90 team challenge I doubt the next few events will see lots of riders, mainly due to the Argus seeding already out at the end of January. Also, some of the events are planned when other big events are also on (sa champs, tankwa, etc).
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 Not much. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLOL you guys
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