Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Share Any cycle club rides on Friday or Saturday that us out-of-towners could join? East Coast Cycling Club will be doing a gentle ride from the carpark at Suncoast Casino to Breakers Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks and back on Saturday morning. We leave at 5.30am. s14phoenix and hilton_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzardd Posted October 16, 2017 Share Hi all, I still have my entry up for grabs hilton_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclewizz Posted October 16, 2017 Share Can the locals please arrange for good weather for the Shova weekend.Us Vaalies would really appreciate the sunshine and we can even go for a dip in the sea. Dexter-morgan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Share East Coast Cycling Club will be doing a gentle ride from the carpark at Suncoast Casino to Breakers Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks and back on Saturday morning. We leave at 5.30am. What would the route be? How safe is it to ride the M4? So if I would want to ride up to Ballito typically? (Some really nice rollers on that road...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Share What would the route be? How safe is it to ride the M4? So if I would want to ride up to Ballito typically? (Some really nice rollers on that road...) I can't tell you, at this stage, exactly what the route will be, but it won't be along the M4 at all. It will follow the suburban roads. When we do our regular club rides, we join the M4 at Umhlanga and ride towards Ballito and back, getting off the M4 at Umhlanga again. The M4 is never 100% safe, so caution needs to be taken, and I would not ride alone if possible. We always leave very early in the morning before the traffic picks up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricochet_rabbit Posted October 16, 2017 Share What would the route be? How safe is it to ride the M4? So if I would want to ride up to Ballito typically? (Some really nice rollers on that road...)There are road works on the M4 just South (I think) of Sibaya Casino (they are underpinning the road) - not a lot of room for cyclists at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Share This past Saturday we went for a 54km ride which included a portion of the M4 from Umhlanga to the Umdloti offramp and back, so you can see the current state of the road works. Watch the video from about 48 minutes where we join the M4. The road works start at about 54 minutes. Excuse the poor quality of the video at this point, but we were riding into the sun! You can see the road works in better light on our way back, at about 1 hr 12 minutes. Edited October 16, 2017 by Neville Bailey s14phoenix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Share This past Saturday we went for a 54km ride which included a portion of the M4 from Umhlanga to the Umdloti offramp and back, so you can see the current state of the road works. Watch the video from about 48 minutes where we join the M4. The road works start at about 54 minutes. Excuse the poor quality of the video at this point, but we were riding into the sun! You can see the road works in better light on our way back, at about 1 hr 12 minutes. Looks like a nice chilled ride ride - think I will try drive down from Ballito on Saturday morning and join you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazshell Posted October 16, 2017 Share East Coast Cycling Club will be doing a gentle ride from the carpark at Suncoast Casino to Breakers Hotel in Umhlanga Rocks and back on Saturday morning. We leave at 5.30am.Hi. Justa heads-up. The Saturday ride is a real light, 35km leg-spinner and will start at 6:00am this Saturday - NOT 5:30am (so will give you more time to get through from Ballito). Cheers.DarylECCC - Chairman s14phoenix and hilton_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazshell Posted October 16, 2017 Share What would the route be? How safe is it to ride the M4? So if I would want to ride up to Ballito typically? (Some really nice rollers on that road...)The route takes us from Suncoast Casino alomg all the subburban roads to Umhlanga. You are NIOT allowed to riode on the M4 between Durban and Umhlanga but you can go on from Umhlanag northwards. The road is pretty good and if you stick to the left you will be fine. Not too sure I would ride it (or any other road) alone though. CheersDarylECCC - Chairman Edited October 16, 2017 by Dazshell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Share Hi. Justa heads-up. The Saturday ride is a real light, 35km leg-spinner and will start at 6:00am this Saturday - NOT 5:30am (so will give you more time to get through from Ballito). Cheers.DarylECCC - Chairman Awesome thanks ECCC. yes exactly what is needed just to loosen up before Sunday's race day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samson99 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Hey hubbers, I have two entries for sale. PM me if you keen. Ciao S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Phil Posted October 17, 2017 Share Is there an Expo this year? Last year was a couple of random stalls squeezed in the smallest available space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleTrackMinded Posted October 18, 2017 Share Hi, Does anyone have the batch starting times for the 106km with all the batchs? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted October 18, 2017 Share Hi, Does anyone have the batch starting times for the 106km with all the batchs? ThanksNo, but I know EL is 7:36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted October 18, 2017 Share No, but I know EL is 7:36And CL is 7:30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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