hyltonenglish Posted June 9, 2017 Posted June 9, 2017 It seems like we are really getting spoilt for choice with events jam packed until the end of the year. Mankele Avalanche 3-4th June ( Already been but always fun) - Mankele Nelspruit PMB Festival Enduro & SA Cup DH 16-18th June - Cascades Bike Park Dustin Rudman Invitational - 5th - 6th August - Helderkruin JHB - A very cool DH event for all! Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #2 20th August - Hakahana Trails Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #3 17th September - Hakahana Trails Lesotho Mega Enduro 22nd-25th September - Gravity Assisted Big Mountain Radness! - Lesotho Rockslide Trans Valley 30th September -1st October - Heli Drops and Shuttles! - The Northern Berg Ezelenduro 2017 13th-15th October - Ceres SA Enduro Champs 21st October - Hakahana Trails Those are the ones I know of. Still haven't seen a date for Crank Chaos yet. If there are others please add them! Best we get saving!
Orbit Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 It seems like we are really getting spoilt for choice with events jam packed until the end of the year. Mankele Avalanche 3-4th June ( Already been but always fun) - Mankele Nelspruit PMB Festival Enduro & SA Cup DH 16-18th June - Cascades Bike Park Dustin Rudman Invitational - 5th - 6th August - Helderkruin JHB - A very cool DH event for all! Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #2 20th August - Hakahana Trails Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #3 17th September - Hakahana Trails Lesotho Mega Enduro 22nd-25th September - Gravity Assisted Big Mountain Radness! - Lesotho Howick Enduro and skills clinic 22-23 September - Howick, KZN Rockslide Trans Valley 30th September -1st October - Heli Drops and Shuttles! - The Northern Berg Ezelenduro 2017 13th-15th October - Ceres SA Enduro Champs 21st October - Hakahana Trails Those are the ones I know of. Still haven't seen a date for Crank Chaos yet. If there are others please add them! Best we get saving!Added: Howick Enduro and skills clinic 22-23 September - Howick, KZN
Griffin Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 Added: Howick Enduro and skills clinic 22-23 September - Howick, KZNDate correction : Howick Enduro and skills clinic 23-24 September - Howick, KZN
The Flying German Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 There's also Wolwespruit Pump for Peace on the 12 August
T-Bob Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 Isn't out a WP Gravity series at Conties this weekend as well? Anyone know how many stages etc? I'll answer my own question... Yes it is! https://www.facebook.com/WPGravityEnduro/
Headshot Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 Isn't out a WP Gravity series at Conties this weekend as well? Anyone know how many stages etc? I'll answer my own question... Yes it is! https://www.facebook.com/WPGravityEnduro/ I have entered! Should be fun albeit a bit nerve wracking - I don't ride these trails very often but i see they seem to be repeating some of the stages we raced on last time.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 I have entered! Should be fun albeit a bit nerve wracking - I don't ride these trails very often but i see they seem to be repeating some of the stages we raced on last time.The trails are running SUPER nice on Conters at the moment. You'll have fun, dude. If it rains a bit, the new cut stage (brand new trail running on the other side of the fence next to "die kloof") will be very slippery. But if it's tacky - OMG it looks fun. Old "Enduro line" (one that was cut into the grass on the climb side) has a few more berms in it now instead of just flat / off camber corners, so it should be a bit easier.
Capricorn Posted July 28, 2017 Posted July 28, 2017 It seems like we are really getting spoilt for choice with events jam packed until the end of the year. Mankele Avalanche 3-4th June ( Already been but always fun) - Mankele Nelspruit PMB Festival Enduro & SA Cup DH 16-18th June - Cascades Bike Park Dustin Rudman Invitational - 5th - 6th August - Helderkruin JHB - A very cool DH event for all! Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #2 20th August - Hakahana Trails Bike Market Gauteng Enduro #3 17th September - Hakahana Trails Lesotho Mega Enduro 22nd-25th September - Gravity Assisted Big Mountain Radness! - Lesotho Rockslide Trans Valley 30th September -1st October - Heli Drops and Shuttles! - The Northern Berg Ezelenduro 2017 13th-15th October - Ceres SA Enduro Champs 21st October - Hakahana Trails Those are the ones I know of. Still haven't seen a date for Crank Chaos yet. If there are others please add them! Best we get saving! i wonder when we'll have a national enduro championship.
Reden Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 i wonder when we'll have a national enduro championship.22 October at Hakahana.
Headshot Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 WP GE no 2 report back: Contermans was indeed a great event. Its close to the southern burbs and manages to be gnarly and hard even though the mountain isn't that tall. They cut some fresh off camber trail to link some existing bits to create some new stages too. I arrived late and although the start was delayed I still missed the gun and after having to inflate a mysteriously deflated rear tyre, headed up to be almost stone last in line for stage 1. This is one for the flat corner specialists. Turn after turn with the odd yump or gap if you had the speed. Good fun. Result - 0 - no time Stage 2 was most of super tubes I think. A complete contrast with 1. Massive long perfectly shaped berms along with some rocky gnar and a small "road gap" . More enjoyable than 1 but working up to the steepness that we were about to find in 3 and 4. Again zero results for me. On the way back up encountered a casualty - collar bone broken and having to walk out to access the ambulance with medics in tow. Stage 3 headed over towards the main DH line and after some easy berms dropped steeply down on fresh cut off camber trail that already had ruts in it. After a minor route miss I hit the tree charge section and a small drop and jumps. Fun end to a steep tricky stage. Again no results for me. The trek back up to no 4 was a complete ascent of the hill to the mast and rather painful. This was the longest stage with the upper DH switchbacks and rocks with the very tricky traverse and descent back to the end of the DH line. There is endless scope for a wheel destroying rock hit or a broken body here. The rocks exit the earth like sharks teeth. Strangely I chose the upper smooth section at the start to miss a corner and crash rather than the punishing lower bits. I was up swiftly and aside from a bit of crash induced trepidation on the worst of the rocks, managed to keep it together to the end. All in a great venue and race but as you have seen above, i have absolutely no times to show for it. There were other timing issues caused by a system that didn't cater for riders electing to do stages out of their proper order, but my issue seems to relate to a dud transponder so I doubt their behind the scenes code analysis is going to help. There has to be a better system.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted July 31, 2017 Posted July 31, 2017 I can honestly say that apart from a top to bottom descent of Canaries (which I haven't done in race conditions) this stage 4 must be my total and complete favorite enduro stage to date. I. Freaking. LOVED it. 2.3km of rocky, rooty, loose, jumpy and sketchy AF. My arms were a bit kaput at the end!
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