Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
Cyclewizz Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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...)
Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
ricochet_rabbit Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
Neville Bailey Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
Dazshell Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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
Dazshell Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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
s14phoenix Posted October 16, 2017 Posted October 16, 2017 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.
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Big Phil Posted October 17, 2017 Posted October 17, 2017 Is there an Expo this year? Last year was a couple of random stalls squeezed in the smallest available space.
SingleTrackMinded Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Hi, Does anyone have the batch starting times for the 106km with all the batchs? Thanks
Dexter-morgan Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Hi, Does anyone have the batch starting times for the 106km with all the batchs? ThanksNo, but I know EL is 7:36
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