Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

People dont like cyclists anymore because of those arrogant okes that block the roads and cycle 3 abreast ........and jump red lights

 

Or they were all scared of the coronavirus lol

Okes have been doing this for ages. The CTCT used to be a cape town tradition. I've also noticed the falling supporter levels over the last 12 years I've been in CT

[Al Allen]

Can we do it all again this weekend? Sunday's training ride looks extremely barren without a whiff of freshly roasted coffee through Kalk Bay and screeching brakes through Simon's Town!

[IMPACT]

In the nineties going up Suikerbossie was like doing a mountain stage in the Tour de France, hemmed in by spectators partying cow bells jangling. As the entrants seemed to drop from 33000+ down to 22000+ so the spectators has seemed to dwindle away

[Neville Bailey]

This was my 5th CTCT and a PB - my first sub-4 (3hrs 43min) so I was chuffed!

Here’s my view of the race, if you have the patience to watch it...

I started in batch 2F.

Edited March 12, 2020 by Neville Bailey

[ChrisF]

I only heard of one death. A suspected heart attack after he finished. 

 

Another gent had a hart attack mid race.

 

He stopped at the paramedics, indicating his hart rate is much higher than normal, and not dropping ....  Blood tests in hospital confirmed he had the enzymes asociated with a hart attack. 

 

This is a strong rider that does long rides  multiple times a week ... mostly solo rides.  Very fortunate it happened on a ride with paramedics.

[ChrisF]

The guys playing "eye of the tiger" and pretending to be boxing all day had a charging station. While I was having my drink two folk stopped for a charge up of the batteries.

 

Your idea is not a bad one though.

 

most batteries are about 1 hour for 80% charge .... may just mess up some strava hunters ....

 

 

not sure I want to charge a battery that has worked that hard ....  I prefer to give it a bit of time to reach room temperature before charging  ,,, ja-ja, I am old school ...   

[capediver]

48/16!!

 

must have a look at the ratrio I did it on, think it was 46/18 and was a little too short, memory is spinning like an eggbeater past cp entrance downhill with okes freewheeling past me

 

360' cameras

48/16 for me is the perfect climbing gear, able to pace and pass on all climbs but yip, run out of revs on down hills, I normally unclip for the Scarborough drop but not this time...so much pain there but rest was all manageable..

[ChrisF]

I’m finding as the years go on, fewer and fewer spectators are out there.

 

I recall in the first few I did, late 90s early 2000s, if you looked like you were stopping in suikerbossie there was someone there to edge you along or push you

 

Simon’s Town “bus stop” was one big party zone, fish Hoek was full of spectators.

 

sadly our lovely traffic cops are partly to blame for this .....

 

 

Back in the day we used to drive out to Campsbay, park a few blocks up, walk down and cheer on the riders ...

 

Walking back to our car it was sad to see the number of cars that got ticketed .....  I am not talking about blocking a driveway or parking on a red line, simply a bumper hanging over the start of a yellow line and the spectators got fined ....  Finding a safe parking spot, meant we had a good many blocks to walk ....

 

 

Dont know what it is like nowadays.

[capediver]

Last time I saw him, the bar-one girls were still there. Maybe bar-one girls and borat costume don't do well

together and he was scarred for life? Hmm, they also seem to have disappeared.......

Also miss the Soap Girls, Hout Bay...anyone remember them? Edited March 11, 2020 by capediver

[LeoKnight]

Did anyone see a fat bike or has the scourge passed?

Jip, saw a guy go up Suikerbossie with one ;-)

[DieselnDust]

I’m finding as the years go on, fewer and fewer spectators are out there.

 

I recall in the first few I did, late 90s early 2000s, if you looked like you were stopping in suikerbossie there was someone there to edge you along or push you

 

Simon’s Town “bus stop” was one big party zone, fish Hoek was full of spectators.

 

 

I recall days when the crowd on Suikerbossie was so thick it felt like Alpe d'Huez during Le tour.

Sun Valley Noordhoek was lined with spectators from Capri all the way to Chappies

[3wings]

Cure...50k's @ medium pace and 4-5% gradient...ASAP...thank me later....

 

 

I took your advice and drove out to the Noordhoek Village today, parked up, and hit Chappies.

Borrowed a mate's Stravonometer which, if I punched the right buttons, told me the ascent averages 4-5%.

Perfect.

So I did it 10 times - well 20 really, 10 up and 10 back down to the village.

A total of 95.3 kms distance and 1289 climbing metres.

Clever things these Stravoos.

Took me 6 hours 39 minutes including a couple of banana and coffee breaks.

Thing is, it didn't really cure the problem; my nuts are now as numb as a bum on an icepack...

 

Eish     

Edited March 11, 2020 by 3wings

[K20Champ]

How much more training will be needed to go from a 3:06 to 2:59

Would like to achieve a sub 3 next year, if all goes well, not forgetting I started in 1J this year

[porqui]

Also miss the Soap Girls, Hout Bay...anyone remember them?

 

Find them on Instagram

[billygoat0523]

i missed the guy in his mankini this year 

[Thomo]

How much more training will be needed to go from a 3:06 to 2:59

Would like to achieve a sub 3 next year, if all goes well, not forgetting I started in 1J this year

Some other threads discussing the sub 3 issue.

Clear that it's not just about training.

Also, you say how much more.?

It isn't necessarily a question of more, but rather improving the quality of training.

And when that's all said and done, there remains the biggest factor, the weather.

Fantastic conditions like Sunday come around every leap year. LOL