Warthog Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Phrase of the day 'Optional boep' Mine isn't optional...
FCH Posted April 4, 2017 Posted April 4, 2017 Definitely not stating it as fact, but wasnt to far removed from the source; agree, probably tranches and either shareholding or performance bonus incentives connected. All just guesses, good for him is what I say. Less than $10m, not that much really considering.That wouldn't be a once off payment, there would be tranches based on profits and targets, hence him still being involved.
Vikes Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 Wow.... Yes the Epic is expensive and I did the tent thing in 2015 and swore up and down I would never do the tent thing again and in 2017 did the RV thing with the Pros. It was pricey but worth every penny. Yes the EPIC makes a lot of money but they also spend a lot to pull this race off. I'm still impressed by the entire event and would pay to come back a third time. Re Elitism: So every day at the dining hall we were permitted to have as many bottles of water, grape juice or apple juice as we wanted. I was never stopped or told that I was only permitted to have one water bottle. So not sure where this rumor is coming from. As far as the Pros table being nicely setup...Who gives a crap. They are at the top of their game and deserve a little recognition. If you want the same treatment get off your ass and work for it. Stop your bitchin'. Now there were a few very unhappy employees that worked the Cape Epic and some did get a big head when given a little bit of power but mostly everyone was very helpful. So maybe one catering guy told a few racers they can only have one water bottle on one of the eight days... That may have happened. In particular one staff member at the bike garage lockup area, he was an absolute ass to my sponsored helper. The only thing that needs attention at the EPIC is Dimension Data Tracker piece of crap. I had to carry that thing up 15400 m of climbing and it never worked and on the last day the staff made me late for my group start. I had had to redline just to catch my start group. So I'm not happy with those folks. But all said an done I think the 2017 was a success. Look there are things that need fixing but I still take my hat off to these harding working staff and volunteers.
jcza Posted April 12, 2017 Posted April 12, 2017 Wow.... Yes the Epic is expensive and I did the tent thing in 2015 and swore up and down I would never do the tent thing again and in 2017 did the RV thing with the Pros. It was pricey but worth every penny. Yes the EPIC makes a lot of money but they also spend a lot to pull this race off. I'm still impressed by the entire event and would pay to come back a third time. Re Elitism: So every day at the dining hall we were permitted to have as many bottles of water, grape juice or apple juice as we wanted. I was never stopped or told that I was only permitted to have one water bottle. So not sure where this rumor is coming from. As far as the Pros table being nicely setup...Who gives a crap. They are at the top of their game and deserve a little recognition. If you want the same treatment get off your ass and work for it. Stop your bitchin'. Now there were a few very unhappy employees that worked the Cape Epic and some did get a big head when given a little bit of power but mostly everyone was very helpful. So maybe one catering guy told a few racers they can only have one water bottle on one of the eight days... That may have happened. In particular one staff member at the bike garage lockup area, he was an absolute ass to my sponsored helper. The only thing that needs attention at the EPIC is Dimension Data Tracker piece of crap. I had to carry that thing up 15400 m of climbing and it never worked and on the last day the staff made me late for my group start. I had had to redline just to catch my start group. So I'm not happy with those folks. But all said an done I think the 2017 was a success. Look there are things that need fixing but I still take my hat off to these harding working staff and volunteers. Did you end up on the podium champ?
eddy Posted April 12, 2017 Posted April 12, 2017 Did you end up on the podium champ? I'd settle for "did you at least beat the 'bitchin' poster of the video?"
Meezo Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 dunno if was posted beforehttp://www.treadmtb.co.za/capeepic-2017-hard-race-or-soft-riders/
BigDL Posted April 13, 2017 Posted April 13, 2017 dunno if was posted before http://www.treadmtb.co.za/capeepic-2017-hard-race-or-soft-riders/Really interesting, but perhaps a question? after finishing day one in the extreme heat, if the second stage had been the original distance, what would the dropout rate have looked like. In other words, did the second shorter stage allow some guys to recover who would otherwise not have been able to do so? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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