Karoo to Coast

[peetwindhoek]

3h22

 

https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/news/mtb/sa-mtb/boyes-and-tunstead-victorious-at-the-2018-buco-karoo-to-coast-r7544

Nice Pauline Tunstead! #BringBackBarEnds ????

[Me rida my bicycle]

Had an awesome day out,started C,finished in 4:55:00,after a snapped chain,taking pics and just chilling/having fun. Hands-down one of the best races I have done, no incidents I heard of,lots of route assistance. Well done to all the finishers

There was a couple of nasty crashes and a heart attack but yes plenty of assistance and was sorted quickly.

I had a comfy ride no problems everything went smoothly and nothing was even remotely as bad as people made it out to be before the race, as this was my first I was expecting the worst and really enjoyed it. It was a bucket list tick as well.

[EvanB]

I did it on my CX bike with 32mm slick Conti tyres with no mechanicals, the lack of suspension did leave me a bit shaken up though????

[Me rida my bicycle]

I did it on my CX bike with 32mm slick Conti tyres with no mechanicals, the lack of suspension did leave me a bit shaken up though

I saw a couple of guys like you on CX bikes much respect must have a stone rear.????????????

Edited September 24, 2018 by Me rida my bicycle

[Wayne pudding Mol]

I did it on my CX bike with 32mm slick Conti tyres with no mechanicals, the lack of suspension did leave me a bit shaken up though????

[Wayne pudding Mol]

I decided dual sus over hardtail - respect to those tough/insane enough to do it on a gravel/cx bike - clearly I’m soft but my spleen is intact today

[eddy]

I did it on my CX bike with 32mm slick Conti tyres with no mechanicals, the lack of suspension did leave me a bit shaken up though

 

 

Been there, done that. Wont ever  be tempted to get that particular tee-shirt again...  

 

Edit: It was by my standards quite fast though....

Edited September 24, 2018 by eddy

[EvanB]

Yip have that t-shirt and definitely won’t do it that way again, those descents were hell I have to admit

Been there, done that. Wont ever be tempted to get that particular tee-shirt again...

[matthieup]

First one done. Just wanted to finish and did just that with 25mn to spare. Definitely need to train if I try and do it again

[dbotha]

Was great! First one done and dusted!! 

[Boerklong]

Well done to all finishers

[RocknRolla]

Yep, kinda bummed I missed this year

[thisismyotherbike]

Well done to all finishers

Just wondering, are there many that start and not finish? Racetec has 3152 finishers, the announcer claimed 3500 entries. Do we have a way to know how many didn't start or were not wearing chip boards? Is there a cut-off?

[Skubarra]

Just wondering, are there many that start and not finish? Racetec has 3152 finishers, the announcer claimed 3500 entries. Do we have a way to know how many didn't start or were not wearing chip boards? Is there a cut-off?

There are certainly people that start that are not able to finish or miss the cut-off, but I would say most are people who didn't start. Afaik Racetec and the organisers don't share that details.

[Rouxenator]

Good question. I wonder how many were DNS vs DNF.

 

I can't imagine spending more than 5 hours on this, it will feel like forever. Then again less than that always feels like it's over in a flash.

 

Theoretically I can do sub 4 (if you copy and paste together all PR segments) but wether I will be able to pull that off in real life over the remaining 2 atempts I have is another question.

 

Some people claim there is also a medal for finishing your tenth? Is that true, if so I'll have to stick around on the last one.

 

Anyway, I'm already excited about 2019.

[Me rida my bicycle]

We stayed in De Vlugt and on our way back we passed so many sweeper trucks with loads of bikes and people who did not make it.