Cape Town Cycle Tour 2020

[Jase619]

I have done a few chaperoning rides with family members/friends.

 

One was with a nephew who thought playing first team waterpolo at school meant he was fit enough.

 

There was no braaing, partying, drinking, parking off along the way, just a long hard slog. We did 6:27:32 finishing 29466/31225 and it was much, much harder than the previous 3:05:08 one.

 

How did that work out for him. . .  

[Jewbacca]

What everyone should know is that Jewbacca is shaped like a hobbit and a BMX fits him like a normal bike.

350mm seat post, Some SPD's, a skin suit and I was all in!

 

Size small for life!

[Shebeen]

wonder how this oke ended up in 1B..poor oke probably got spat out the back before the underpass

 

[Long Wheel Base]

And I thought these were slow. 1991 I was 6, on a tandem of course. Luckily the times and frequency of racing improved a bit from here until 2 years ago then it goes back to something like these.......

[The Ouzo]

how do you group them together like that on Racetec ?

[Skubarra]

wonder how this oke ended up in 1B..poor oke probably got spat out the back before the underpass

 

argus sneak.png

 

My guess mistaken identities at registration, I see he shares a name with a few others, specifically one who is quite fast.

 

If you dig a little you will see more than a few seeding anomalies. Had friends who managed to sneak into earlier groups and their results stood. Once saw a guy who got an A bunch seeding based on some weird beta on a 10km mtb funride. Also know of a few instances where people talked themselves into better starting groups because they knew the right people at racetec/cycle tour trust (not exactly 1B though, still mid-bunch).

[Long Wheel Base]

how do you group them together like that on Racetec ?

In those days there was nothing like chips and racetec so when I got a chip and registered my profile I asked about prior races and they said they could only load all my Argus results and I was happy with that. So up till then all I have is those results and then after that it is packed with everything else.

[Shebeen]

how do you group them together like that on Racetec ?

only enter races that fall on the 2nd sunday of march?

[The Ouzo]

In those days there was nothing like chips and racetec so when I got a chip and registered my profile I asked about prior races and they said they could only load all my Argus results and I was happy with that. So up till then all I have is those results and then after that it is packed with everything else.

makes sense.

I thought I was missing something

[Frail. "Will forever remain "Frail"]

for us out of towners, where exactly is this stretch ?

PAST CAPE POINT NATURE RESERVE ENTRANCE.

 

AVENUE OF TREES IS ABOUT 1KM DOWN.

THERE IS DRAINAGE UNDER THE ROAD, MARKED WITH THE LOW WHITE BRICK WALLS.

 

THIS SPOT IS AS YOU PASS ONE OF THOSE BRICK WALLS. AS SHOWN IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, 2 BAD SPOTS.

 

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Edited February 26, 2020 by F.R.A.I.L. -K

[Wannabe]

And the roadworks at Ocean View / Noordhoek area? 

[Jewbacca]

And the roadworks at Ocean View / Noordhoek area? 

I'm more concerned about the turn from the main road onto Noordhoek road. Half that road is currently 5cm shallower than the other with a hefty lip and only 1 lane in/out.

 

That's a big bottle neck on a sharp left hander.... I will go for a surf later and tomorrow so will provide some feed back as to whether they have/should have fixed it by next weekend.....

[Wannabe]

I'm more concerned about the turn from the main road onto Noordhoek road. Half that road is currently 5cm shallower than the other with a hefty lip and only 1 lane in/out.

 

That's a big bottle neck on a sharp left hander.... I will go for a surf later and tomorrow so will provide some feed back as to whether they have/should have fixed it by next weekend.....

 

Thanks 

 

Will check it out on Sunday when doing my refresher / recce ride.

[Long Wheel Base]

I'm more concerned about the turn from the main road onto Noordhoek road. Half that road is currently 5cm shallower than the other with a hefty lip and only 1 lane in/out.

 

That's a big bottle neck on a sharp left hander.... I will go for a surf later and tomorrow so will provide some feed back as to whether they have/should have fixed it by next weekend.....

Tough life............

[Jase619]

Tough life............

 

Lots of sacrifices made to let us know how the route looks

[aquaratza]

Struggling to find this info: when can we collect our race packs? The CTCT's website is very clear about where​ but not when. Of course I could have missed it somehow.