Events you are missing because they are no more...

[Skubarra]

Just now, Jbr said:

or maybe by Karens not happy because they didn't have coke and medals at the end ?

Someone told me they lost their sponsor and the local Lions club felt it wasn't financially worth the effort to host the race without one

[Bub Marley]

9 minutes ago, Skubarra said:

The road race through West Coast national park was also an underappreciated event. Mostly full road closures through a nature reserve next to the sea during spring. 

Another event killed off by covid 🙁

This was a pretty cool event as well. Would be great if they revived it.

[Bub Marley]

22 minutes ago, bleedToWin said:

Cape Cobra - A race with so much climbing the winning time is below 34km/h avg speed... I miss this one the most!

Is this the one that went over Boyd’s drive, Black Hill, Red Hill & the longer side of Ou Kaapse?

 

There was another race that also went over the steeper side of Ou Kaapse Weg right at the start. Pity all these races have just fallen away and everything moved to Durbanville, wellington side.

[bleedToWin]

2 minutes ago, Bub Marley said:

Is this the one that went over Boyd’s drive, Black Hill, Red Hill & the longer side of Ou Kaapse?

Yip. Ending on top of Ou Kaaps. 👌

[babse]

40 minutes ago, Skubarra said:

The road race through West Coast national park was also an underappreciated event. Mostly full road closures through a nature reserve next to the sea during spring. 

Another event killed off by covid 🙁

Last time I did that ride a few of us got taken out by a Ostrich... man that was bizarre. Fortunately I ended in the bos and not on the black stuff.

Nope dont miss that one.

[soslow]

jeep hill to hill in KZN. The race started in Hilton and finished in Hillcrest.

[babse]

The races in the south were all pretty sick with decent climbs... 

 

Cobra, rollercoaster and baycity. 

 

[Meezo]

7 minutes ago, babse said:

The races in the south were all pretty sick with decent climbs... 

 

Cobra, rollercoaster and baycity. 

 

just like you my last one ended me and another rider getting taken out by a motorbike... i still miss that one though...

 

[Shebeen]

5 hours ago, babse said:

The races in the south were all pretty sick with decent climbs... 

 

Cobra, rollercoaster and baycity. 

 

the Four passes also on that list.

 

that was my introduction, either:

start at Falsebay rugby club with an immediate burn up constantia nek and finish at constantia village

   or

start at that maths school and klap main road knowing you had oukaaps to finish.

 

[babse]

2 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

the Four passes also on that list.

 

that was my introduction, either:

start at Falsebay rugby club with an immediate burn up constantia nek and finish at constantia village

   or

start at that maths school and klap main road knowing you had oukaaps to finish.

 

Probably before my time...

 

The Mast Challenge is another unique event that happened in Tokai.

[Rouxenator]

Rise from the dead STBB4GOOD! 

https://www.facebook.com/events/100626233006512

[WesleyR]

Dusi2C was a great event 

[Zebra]

Audi Claremont Club 100 Time Trial, back in 2007…

I was involved in the organisation, so never go to ride it, (real pity), but the route was a cool route: 40km, starting inside the controlled environs of Soetwater (Kommetjie) for a km or 2, out of the gate, right turn on to the coastal road, right turn at bottom of Red Hill , staying on coast road, around Cape Point Nature Reserve Circle, and a hammer-fest back to Soetwater. 

 We got 114-odd entrants, for the first- and only - AUDI Time Trial, and I was proud of my slogan contribution on the posters;

You KNOW your Argus time…

Do you know your Audi time…! (meaning; how many riders know their actual 40km TT time!)
 

Would like to have participated, alas I was organising, I think we should plan another one, MINIMAL Traffic Police involvement, since just a SINGLE road crossing on the way out, and a SINGLE road crossing at turnaround point…

Chris

Edited May 13, 2023 by Zebra
Clarity

[Rouxenator]

On 5/13/2023 at 4:41 PM, Rouxenator said:

Rise from the dead STBB4GOOD! 

https://www.facebook.com/events/100626233006512

STBB ....and its gone....

Fedhealth also ded. 

[Me rida my bicycle]

Fedhealth en die Burger mtb was altyd fun. Piket-bo-berg was ook great gewees. Ek ry nou bietjie langer as 10 jaar weer en daar was soveel events wil amper sê ons het elke maand iets gery, nou deesdae is die events so min en so duur.

Events deesdae het ook f all gees. As jy dit nie geniet nie hoekom doen jy dit? 

[tinmug]

The Argus.

When there were only a 2-to3-thousand entries and many of us rode on plain shorts, old tekkies (and the sophisticated serious types strapped into pedals with leather straps). Helmets, if worn at all, looked like a bunch of bananas and many water bottles were metal. Speaking of metal: so were the bikes. Rain? Downhills were more fun because the brakes made a noise but did nothing to arrest inertia.

And then you waited a week or two to buy a newspaper to figure out how fast your lap was.

No e-bikes. Yay. 😛