[EVENT] Dischem Ride for Sight 2018

[ScottCM]

That’s exactly what I did, sit up and get to run/ride another day.

 

I took the inside line going into the left hand corner know that at high speed, on patchy rods there are bound to be guys that overcook the corner - and that’s exactly what happened... guys hammered the brakes, some even went off the road whereas I was able to cruise over the line safely, with the bonus of being inside the top 10 of the group.

 

 

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Glad to see you got the order right 

[ivr32]

So that's probably why CL managed to catch BL? Which turn did you misjudge exactly?

The 1st 1 going left on the double road

[Frosty]

Glad to see you got the order right 

I knew that my next activity would be a run... 

[Frosty]

So that's probably why CL managed to catch BL? Which turn did you misjudge exactly?

The 1st 1 going left on the double road

this route hasn't changed in years, and the guys don't know where to turn... *smh*

 

Based on this, wrong turn or not, CL would've caught BL eventually. It was minimal.

[Underachiever]

How about not worrying about a finish that has been the same for 30 years. 

 

You know the route beforehand, unless you are sprinting to win something, ease of and go safely, you are not losing more than 30 seconds. (sounds about the same as cyclists requesting cars to be patient behind them.)

 

I have seen more crashes in straight line sprints than in corner sprints.

Snap!! 

 

95% of the guys back off before the 1st 90 deg turn anyway, so relative easy to get a good position in the bunch to attempt a lekker sprint.

 

If I don't have the legs, I pull a "Frosty" and back off with 300m to go.

 

Not trying to offend anyone, but I'll rather attempt a sprint in the Vets bunches than in the open groups.  More skill...

[Alastair_S1D]

I would like to know how good racetec is at filtering out genuinely fake results.

 

Because if yoh look at the results for the 116km there is a rider from IL or something like that coming in at 2:53 or so beating out ALL the A's and a fair number of Elites and Veterans. If you go and view the guys historical results he is consistently doing 23-27 averages and now suddenly hammers out a 40.06 average. Surely the racetec guys will see that? And don't you think there should be a flag function? Kinda like strava's flag function to filter out definitely not genuine rides?

[Alastair_S1D]

I would like to know how good racetec is at filtering out genuinely fake results.

 

Because if yoh look at the results for the 116km there is a rider from IL or something like that coming in at 2:53 or so beating out ALL the A's and a fair number of Elites and Veterans. If you go and view the guys historical results he is consistently doing 23-27 averages and now suddenly hammers out a 40.06 average. Surely the racetec guys will see that? And don't you think there should be a flag function? Kinda like strava's flag function to filter out definitely not genuine rides?

[s14phoenix]

I would like to know how good racetec is at filtering out genuinely fake results.

 

Because if yoh look at the results for the 116km there is a rider from IL or something like that coming in at 2:53 or so beating out ALL the A's and a fair number of Elites and Veterans. If you go and view the guys historical results he is consistently doing 23-27 averages and now suddenly hammers out a 40.06 average. Surely the racetec guys will see that? And don't you think there should be a flag function? Kinda like strava's flag function to filter out definitely not genuine rides?

 

 

about as good as this forum software is at preventing double posts...

[Alastair_S1D]

I see so! Apologies for that. I think it's because my mobile briefly lost its connection and I reloaded the page again!

[Stupak]

I would like to know how good racetec is at filtering out genuinely fake results.

 

Because if yoh look at the results for the 116km there is a rider from IL or something like that coming in at 2:53 or so beating out ALL the A's and a fair number of Elites and Veterans. If you go and view the guys historical results he is consistently doing 23-27 averages and now suddenly hammers out a 40.06 average. Surely the racetec guys will see that? And don't you think there should be a flag function? Kinda like strava's flag function to filter out definitely not genuine rides?

Agreed - I also see an issue with the result of the guy RaceTec shows as having the fastest time for the 62km.

 

I pumped hard going solo out front in AS getting a time of 1:32:37 (what should be the fastest time). Yet RaceTec shows a 50-60 age rider in group FS as coming faster (impossible as his average speeds for previous races was max ~20kph - so either it's an error, or someone else has ridden with his chip which would be very odd?)

[Alastair_S1D]

Agreed - I also see an issue with the result of the guy RaceTec shows as having the fastest time for the 62km.

I pumped hard going solo out front in AS getting a time of 1:32:37 (what should be the fastest time). Yet RaceTec shows a 50-60 age rider in group FS as coming faster (impossible as his average speeds for previous races was max ~20kph - so either it's an error, or someone else has ridden with his chip which would be very odd?)

Agreed - I also see an issue with the result of the guy RaceTec shows as having the fastest time for the 62km.

I pumped hard going solo out front in AS getting a time of 1:32:37 (what should be the fastest time). Yet RaceTec shows a 50-60 age rider in group FS as coming faster (impossible as his average speeds for previous races was max ~20kph - so either it's an error, or someone else has ridden with his chip which would be very odd?)

I think I'm going to pop them an email. Cause these are glaringly obvious errors that people seem to be missing.

[Ibie]

Agreed - I also see an issue with the result of the guy RaceTec shows as having the fastest time for the 62km.

 

I pumped hard going solo out front in AS getting a time of 1:32:37 (what should be the fastest time). Yet RaceTec shows a 50-60 age rider in group FS as coming faster (impossible as his average speeds for previous races was max ~20kph - so either it's an error, or someone else has ridden with his chip which would be very odd?)

That guy has contacted racetec to remove his result.

[Long Wheel Base]

I suppose I have to share

 

I really love this race and it's the first time since I started cycling that I didn't do it. I was seriously miffed for missing out. The reason being my wife started to cycle and she really enjoys the road riding. I've had to resort to MTB   as we don't always have baby sitters for our kids.

 

I really wanted her to experience the 116 km race, she's done the 62 a few times.  It was awesome for her managed to keep up with her group of riders and came in strong. She said she never once felt like she couldn't manage (unlike the 947) They're not horribly fast, came in in 4:20 with 2 group punctures. But nontheless an awesome day out for her.

 

To top things off, she got a call from the organisers on Sat that she was selected for the R30k lucky draw and had to be there at 12:30. She got called up on stage, put her hand in a box and pulled out a piece of paper that said 'Winner"

 

She was absolutely delighted. Good bike ride and a lekker bonus

Well that's pretty cool. Are you both going down to Argus? I have booked a spot for my bike with K 

[Harryn]

That guy has contacted racetec to remove his result.

Are you the guy?

Do you know him?

How did the “erroneous” result occur?

 

No absolution without confession.

[Opc_danny]

Agreed - I also see an issue with the result of the guy RaceTec shows as having the fastest time for the 62km.

 

I pumped hard going solo out front in AS getting a time of 1:32:37 (what should be the fastest time). Yet RaceTec shows a 50-60 age rider in group FS as coming faster (impossible as his average speeds for previous races was max ~20kph - so either it's an error, or someone else has ridden with his chip which would be very odd?)

Im so glad you pin pointed this out - it was my first event ever and i spotted this as this guy started in our FS group and landed up pulling 18 minutes ahead of us whereas the top 4 in our fs group were separated by 40 seconds bar him being 18 minutes ahead lol. Im glad thats sorted.

[Opc_danny]

That guy has contacted racetec to remove his result.

 

That was nice of him to do that, would be interesting to know how that was possible tho, I see that Racetec have not updated it tho as of yet.