Mopkop Posted October 31, 2019 Share Just checked the route.................... HOLY5H1t! Anyone want an entry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 31, 2019 Share I have been bashing the organisers a lot in previous threads but well done to them on the 2020 route https://tourofgoodhope.co.za/race-route/ Du Toitskloof, Franschoek & Bainskloof all included & a new TT route around Slanghoek If the new route is anything to go by this event may yet be saved...Thats a great route, now I am keen! DieselnDust and babse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted October 31, 2019 Share Just checked the route.................... HOLY5H1t! Anyone want an entry?Whats wrong with the route, looks decent. Mopkop and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopkop Posted October 31, 2019 Share Whats wrong with the route, looks decent.Nothing wrong with the route. My fitness is the issue Underachiever, Pure Savage and thisismyotherbike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted October 31, 2019 Share I have been bashing the organisers a lot in previous threads but well done to them on the 2020 route https://tourofgoodhope.co.za/race-route/ Du Toitskloof, Franschoek & Bainskloof all included & a new TT route around Slanghoek If the new route is anything to go by this event may yet be saved...wow thats a proper route!!! kudos to organisers, might just consider this for 2020. Pure Savage and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted October 31, 2019 Share Oh my I've just had an organism... If Only I can squeeze some leave Pure Savage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted October 31, 2019 Share I have been bashing the organisers a lot in previous threads but well done to them on the 2020 route https://tourofgoodhope.co.za/race-route/ Du Toitskloof, Franschoek & Bainskloof all included & a new TT route around Slanghoek If the new route is anything to go by this event may yet be saved...After reading all that, I have decided to stop eating for a couple of weeks. Pure Savage, thisismyotherbike, Skubarra and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted October 31, 2019 Share Smiling and turning my entry over in my hands.... Now I need transport for the point to point stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twaatie Posted October 31, 2019 Share Smiling and turning my entry over in my hands.... Now I need transport for the point to point stages.Uber XL [emoji23] Mamil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted October 31, 2019 Share Smiling and turning my entry over in my hands.... Now I need transport for the point to point stages.Same issue here.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopkop Posted October 31, 2019 Share Currently on about 6-10 hours per week, including weekend long rides. Should I increase this or just the quality of the sessions. Just finished the 4day Heritage tour in Cat2, with racing for a team captain so I sacrificed myself for him and the team. TOGH i'll be racing for myself tho so things will be very very different. I also only did 2.5 stages of the 2018 TOGH so theres unfinished business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMCfan Posted October 31, 2019 Share Ok - Bashing no one.But also playing a little bit of devil's advocate ... ... wasn't this year or last year's route also advertised and then changed on short notice just before the event AFTER entries closed?? (i have not yet looked at any info wrt TOGH, so i am totally shooting out of the hip here) DieselnDust and Underachiever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted October 31, 2019 Share Ok - Bashing no one.But also playing a little bit of devil's advocate ... ... wasn't this year or last year's route also advertised and then changed on short notice just before the event AFTER entries closed?? (i have not yet looked at any info wrt TOGH, so i am totally shooting out of the hip here) Can't exactly remember the sequence of events but as I recall they were quiet on the routes (everybody assumed it would be the same as the last 3 years) and then at a late stage announced new routes because they didn't have permissions in place. I think the slip-up was partly due to personnel changes in the lead-up to the event - let's hope they learned from their 2019 slip-ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted October 31, 2019 Share Apparently transition packages will be announced in December as per answer to an email question I sent. Replied within the hour which bodes well. Might end up splashing out on one of these price dependent. Same issue here.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted November 1, 2019 Share Can't exactly remember the sequence of events but as I recall they were quiet on the routes (everybody assumed it would be the same as the last 3 years) and then at a late stage announced new routes because they didn't have permissions in place. I think the slip-up was partly due to personnel changes in the lead-up to the event - let's hope they learned from their 2019 slip-ups Far as I remember there were roadworks, they were busy on Bainskloof and Franschoek pass, Traffic Department did not want to sign off on usage with those in place. Edit: Sorry Du Toits Kloof and Franshoek, the race went over Bainskloof Edited November 1, 2019 by Tankman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted November 1, 2019 Share Far as I remember there were roadworks, they were busy on Bainskloof and Franschoek pass, Traffic Department did not want to sign off on usage with those in place. Edit: Sorry Du Toits Kloof and Franshoek, the race went over Bainskloof There were full roadworks on Du Toitskloof in 2018 as well, it's possible to get the sign off despite that if you do your application in time.. For Franschoek the excuse that was given was that the new venue was too far away to make it practical (but yes, I do recall something about roadworks there). Seems that this is one lesson that was learned, cyclists don't enter for the "awesome" venue (this amazing feature the marketing team tried to punt before casually mentioning the watered down route at the bottom of the press release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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