[Event] The Munga MTB 2017

[fanievb]

https://m.facebook.com/TheMungaMTB/?__tn__=CH-R

Lekker vid showing a bit of what it was like. 28min long so watch it at work.

 

youtube version

 

[Vetseun]

youtube version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6vqaEFRk5Y

 

Thanks Bra

[Vetseun]

Check that light breeze at 5:18

[Andrew Steer]

youtube version

 

Nathrix? Your work?

[Sepia]

Jip ordered. Should recieve this week. I will post a pic

Very good service.  Look forward to receiving it.

Thanks for the help.

[EmptyB]

Jip ordered. Should recieve this week. I will post a pic

Will you use it regularly or just on mega long rides?

 

Ps. Have you ridden since Munga?

[Monark]

Wow that backing track is annoying

[Vetseun]

Will you use it regularly or just on mega long rides?0

Ps. Have you ridden since Munga?

Jip . Rode Saturday and Sunday. And back in the gym this evening.

I really dont want to throw it all away over the festive season.

[Rata-tat-tat]

Jip . Rode Saturday and Sunday. And back in the gym this evening.

I really dont want to throw it all away over the festive season.

Superb achiement. F.C.?

[Slowbee]

Vettie has now finished his base training for The Epic.

[nathrix]

Nathrix? Your work?

No not me, wasn’t there this year.

[Andrew Steer]

No not me, wasn’t there this year.

Reckon we missed your coverage quite a bit this year 

[Lurch]

Reckon we missed your coverage quite a bit this year 

nathrix ® ©™ for Hub roaming reporter next year..?

[Shebeen]

My strategy for saddle sores if I did the munga.

 

Actual brand of bib not that important. It working for you very very important. This can only be done with testing. I ride with first ascent mainly, but that's just me.

 

Way way more important than bib make is bib cleanliness. I would have two pairs, and one gets rinsed at end of each day. It will dry on your backpack/saddle bag in no time.

 

Way way way way way way more important than bib is saddle. It needs to work for you, can also only be done with testing. You don't necesarily use what nino uses for 2 hr xc race, or even what lakata uses for marathon. You need to see what the RAAM and TD okes are on and start from there. For me this is the Murray orthopaedic saddle. It is the ugliest piece of carbon you can have on a bike, but damn does it work for me.

 

Get a bum lubing process- less can be more. due to my saddle working so well I've stopped using bum lube most of the time. I don't think I would get away with that in munga.

 

This strategy might not work for everyone, but would be my starting point.

Edited December 12, 2017 by rider#35

[Shebeen]

Reckon we missed your coverage quite a bit this year

I think Alex riding meant Erik was busy with all the logistics. So he wasn't with his camera.

 

Well that was the difference I saw

[Andrew Steer]

I think Alex riding meant Erik was busy with all the logistics. So he wasn't with his camera.

 

Well that was the difference I saw

Yip, that's pretty much spot on...

 

Media coverage is everything if you want to grow an event - no matter how good something is, if you don't create the necessary interest through visuals and other means, the growth will remain slow. Like I said somewhere earlier in the thread, this event, and these guys deserve better. The Cape Epic from the start was a master of getting their event out there... 4/5 photographers full time for the 8 days. High quality images available to all the media daily. Now days we have live visuals from on the route.

 

They are different animals for sure (Epic & Munga) but if you want to ever get that million dollar carrot on the finish line, people need to be asking you at braais if you've ever done the Munga.