ENX Spring Classic @ Avianto / Biogen Sports Park

[trevez]

1st time doing the enX for me, thought it was a great day out, some tricky decents as some have mentioned already, some tough climbs helped the Castle Lite go down easier at the end, see you all next year

[karma]

Selective reading much? x3

Guess it suits your profile picture.

 

I'm speaking for myself with personal pronouns and when not, it is open ended with no specifics, so where do you twist this into spokesperson for every other person?

 

Probably only R150 fuel (which is irrelevant, as I did mention both events being roughly the same distance apart) but good thing I already mentioned that I visited family afterwards (and excluded mentioning errands I had in PTA).

 

This is also derailing entirely from the topic and not contributing anymore, so let us refrain from continuing this 1 on 1 discussion.

 

pay no attention to him, he is a Crypto-Mogul with a MAGA hat, no time for snowflakes. 

[jcza]

I agree

 

That oom drops R250 on Beer after every race

 

Maybe he is a small hangover today

or

Did Chukky ride away from him at the race

Chucks pulled my pants down and didn’t even buy me a beer afterwards. But I rode there and back, didn’t have money for petrol [emoji23]

[jcza]

Selective reading much? x3

Guess it suits your profile picture.

 

I'm speaking for myself with personal pronouns and when not, it is open ended with no specifics, so where do you twist this into spokesperson for every other person?

 

Probably only R150 fuel (which is irrelevant, as I did mention both events being roughly the same distance apart) but good thing I already mentioned that I visited family afterwards (and excluded mentioning errands I had in PTA).

 

This is also derailing entirely from the topic and not contributing anymore, so let us refrain from continuing this 1 on 1 discussion.

Dry your eyes, hope the family was happy to see you.

[Tothehills]

Great race, lekker vibe.

 

Pros

45km XC race

Single track

Technical and flowing

Easy parking

Beer tent prices!!!!! It felt awesome not getting rogered without Vaseline buying beers

 

Cons

Overtaking in the beginning for the first few km’s. But nothing serious

Ending up at the start after a technical descent missing the right turn arrow in the beginning.

Bike park area after the race. To many bikes in the entertainment area. Maybe because of the beer prices?

 

Will I be back. Yes

Did I get value for money. Yes

[ChUkKy]

Great event, Ill be back for sure!!

[arendoog]

I have only red wine to blame for missing this year .Great event and venue .

[MudLark]

Good ride. About 300 riders participated. That means about R75k collected in ticket fees. If you look at the totality of things, there's probably really not much profit left once everything is paid for from medical services through to pointsmen, tents and whatnot. Its really not an unreasonable entry fee.

[JK7]

I think 300 in the 45km race.

Then still the other distances, and trial running the next day. And there is sponsorship.

 

So you right, unlikely to be a big money generator but hopefully still worth their while to continue with the event.

[ilubinsky]

Great event thanks first MTB race in about 4 years.

 

I really enjoyed it good climbs and some good singletrack.

[MudLark]

 

 

I think 300 in the 45km race.

You're quite right. Suspect that's probably the vast majority though (?).

[JK7]

125 riders in the 25km race. So majority as you say are in the 45km range. 

[Chris NewbyFraser]

This might ruin a few bargain hunters day! The event was sponsored by CST tyres, a division of Maxxis. I bought an excellent CST tubeless tyre for R250 off their stand. Crossmark 2.40 Lust tyres were only R400. DEAL!

[MudLark]

125 riders in the 25km race. So majority as you say are in the 45km range.

Interesting. Still more than I would have thought.