Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

[sluiper]

LOL, looks like a guy from 6C managed to do a 2:39. E-bikes for the win!

[Pure Savage]

1113 in 2018

There are around 150 results missing still in that sub 3 bunch.

[dev null]

LOL, looks like a guy from 6C managed to do a 2:39. E-bikes for the win!

 

Rider is probably one of those chops that went like a bat out of hell through the groups pissing everybody off. Those riders should be blacklisted.

[WIPEOUT 1000]

This is not their event. Its a Cycle Tour Event.

 

 

Some history & information:

 

https://pedalpower.org.za/about-ppa/

 

Who are we?

 

The Association came into being as a result of the running of the first Cycle Tour that was to develop into the now-world famous annual Cape Town Cycle Tour (previously called the ‘Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour’).

 

https://www.capetowncycletour.com/

 

Where The Money Goes

All proceeds from the Cape Town Cycle Tour and its sub-events in the Lifecycle Week go to its two beneficiaries, namely the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and The Rotary Club of Claremont.

[buchanan]

LOL, looks like a guy from 6C managed to do a 2:39. E-bikes for the win!

There are a few of these. One guy from 5E came 24th overall with 2:31.

[Chingy182]

I see in the results some guy from 5E came 24th overall with a time of 2:31.  Seems a bit unlikely.

Hmmm, I saw a guy with 5E come racing past us around Misty Cliffs somewhere.

 

The tempo the guy was going at was enough to make you think he was on an E-bike compared to the rest of the groups he was riding with.

 

But that time seems extremely unlikely as he had absolutely no groups to go with and was basically just doing a massive solo effort.

[Mountain Bru]

I saw you in the Thabang top, but struck a blank on your hub name, so just went with "hey bike hub"

 

As for the crashes and near misses, jup, always the same. Every little rise it is the smell of tyres, and often a touch of wheels.

I managed to get to the front around Simon's Town, probably the only reason I didn't see more crashes. 2h52m, not a PB, but very happy that both my dad (3h21m) and myself finished safely.

Lekker man. I think I remember you. Were you on a green Cannondale?   

 

 

[EddieV]

There are a few of these. One guy from 5E came 24th overall with 2:31.

 

One way to curb this would be to enforce e-bike laws as done in Europe and elsewhere:

 

Since 30 May 2012, Australia has an additional new e-bike category using the European Union model of a pedelec as per the CE EN15194 standard. This means the e-bike can have a motor of 250W of continuous rated power which can only be activated by pedalling (if above 6 km/h) and must cut out over 25 km/h – if so it is classed as a normal bicycle. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws

[Pure Savage]

Some history & information:

 

https://pedalpower.org.za/about-ppa/

 

Who are we?

 

The Association came into being as a result of the running of the first Cycle Tour that was to develop into the now-world famous annual Cape Town Cycle Tour (previously called the ‘Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour’).

 

https://www.capetowncycletour.com/

 

Where The Money Goes

All proceeds from the Cape Town Cycle Tour and its sub-events in the Lifecycle Week go to its two beneficiaries, namely the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and The Rotary Club of Claremont.

Yes, they do not run it, they are the beneficiary. 

 

Completely separate team.

[Vetplant]

One way to curb this would be to enforce e-bike laws as done in Europe and elsewhere:

 

Since 30 May 2012, Australia has an additional new e-bike category using the European Union model of a pedelec as per the CE EN15194 standard. This means the e-bike can have a motor of 250W of continuous rated power which can only be activated by pedalling (if above 6 km/h) and must cut out over 25 km/h – if so it is classed as a normal bicycle. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_bicycle_laws

Problem is the South African mindset.

 

Such regulation is easy to bypass by "a friend of a friend", and the poor marshalls tasked with checking bikes will have no practical way of discerning a "chipped" bike from a legal one.

 

Make them all ride the kiddies race the weekend before and give them their finishers medals there...

[DJR]

Some history & information:

 

https://pedalpower.org.za/about-ppa/

 

Who are we?

 

The Association came into being as a result of the running of the first Cycle Tour that was to develop into the now-world famous annual Cape Town Cycle Tour (previously called the ‘Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour’).

 

https://www.capetowncycletour.com/

 

Where The Money Goes

All proceeds from the Cape Town Cycle Tour and its sub-events in the Lifecycle Week go to its two beneficiaries, namely the Pedal Power Association (PPA) and The Rotary Club of Claremont.

The Cape Town Cycle Tour as an event is owned, organized and run by a body that was created specifically for it - called the Cycle Tour Trust. That's all it does, run the event.

[Sbloomer]

Speaking of tjops, I was in 4B, which with the Cycling Safety Group.  To be part of this you had to commit to wearing your cycling safety garb.

 

I was amazed at the number of people who pitched up wearing nothing of the sort, and when they were given cycling safety bibs to wear, they had ditched the bibs, either in the chute, or somewhere on the route.

 

I suppose it takes all sorts to make the world go round, but it was disappointing to me to see those people flicking a middle finger to cycling awareness, for a seeding that was better than they possibly could have achieved on their own.

 

Otherwise it was great ride for me, shaving over an hour off last year's time, and I feel I'm back on track to hopefully a sub-4 next year.

[Shebeen]

Problem is the South African mindset.

 

Such regulation is easy to bypass by "a friend of a friend", and the poor marshalls tasked with checking bikes will have no practical way of discerning a "chipped" bike from a legal one.

 

Make them all ride the kiddies race the weekend before and give them their finishers medals there...

 

 

do some checks in the dedicated startpen.

if you are not riding an ebike you get chucked out.

 

or maybe also have someone stationed halfway up edinburgh drive, with a radio to someone at the top. anything suspicious gets pulled over, in front of the crowds.

 

word will get out, that it's not worth messing around with.

 

the guys who are riuding actual ebikes are VERY keen to not get a bad reputation, so should be more than willing to comply.

[Shebeen]

i was right at the front in my start group and one of the guys in the front thought he might have gotten his chip over the matt there a few minutes before the gun by accident. The antie there said that the first timing matt was only the one at the top of NMBlvd. so basically a 1km neutral zone. makes sense because last year it was just before the ramp and the last groups lost almost 30min waiting their turn to walk up the ramp due to people being unable to clip in. 

AFAIK they use gun timing.

if not then i'm starting at the back of my group next time and klapping it up NMBlvd

https://www.runsociety.com/highlight/know-your-race-timing-difference-between-gun-time-and-chip-time-explained/

[MORNE]

Hmmm, I saw a guy with 5E come racing past us around Misty Cliffs somewhere.

 

The tempo the guy was going at was enough to make you think he was on an E-bike compared to the rest of the groups he was riding with.

 

But that time seems extremely unlikely as he had absolutely no groups to go with and was basically just doing a massive solo effort.

this must have been that road-e bike guy going about (what seemed like) 40kph up Chapmans peak lol. itlookedlike a darkish silver bike if i saw correctly. What i found funny was he was going on about passing right....literally going faster than the medical motorcycle......who, very courteously, never hooted at cyclists to get out of they way and just waited for a gap to pass. 

[DieSwartGevaar]

There are around 150 results missing still in that sub 3 bunch.

 

Glad to see its not just me that didn't do the CTCT according to the results