Dischem Ride for Sight

[Paulst12]

If your tyre slips off a rim and its only yours in a bunch of 40, then your equipment setup is more suspicious than the route.

You are right... i suspect he was using a tubby ... enough said??

 

Also in a race, these type of things do come with the territory, and the current finish of the 94.7 also comes to mind. However, you arent talking about tour pro's who deal with fast corners on a regular basis. This is a sunday mass participation races where people tend to over extend themslves. As the saying goes "Their ambition levels way exceeded their talent levels"

[Frosty]

I reckon we all know and accept that there is some risk involved, of course. Things can and do go wrong, as with anything else in life.

 

If I choose to sit up and avoid the mad dash for the grand prize of nothing, my priorities are just a bit different from those who do go for it. Should I not enter the race? Nah. I will avoid riders taking pointless risks though, hopefully limiting the risk to myself.

My wife is no less proud of me for finishing 11th or 60th than if I got 1st in AL. As long as I finish safely.

I feel exactly the same, and will talk to guys that are riding in such as a way as to endanger others.

[Long Wheel Base]

On a side note, Those goodie bags were pretty awesome. A welcome change from what has become the norm.

[Jay_B]

I reckon we all know and accept that there is some risk involved, of course. Things can and do go wrong, as with anything else in life.

 

If I choose to sit up and avoid the mad dash for the grand prize of nothing, my priorities are just a bit different from those who do go for it. Should I not enter the race? Nah. I will avoid riders taking pointless risks though, hopefully limiting the risk to myself.

My wife is no less proud of me for finishing 11th or 60th than if I got 1st in AL. As long as I finish safely.

 

Nope fully agree with you, no reason not to enter. You are still aware of the risk and are taking measures to avoid getting caught up in it.

 

It just comes across like many are aware or complain of the risk but at the same time wont back out to avoid the risk. 

[karnuffel]

I enjoyed the 62.  Pushed myself as hard as I could and Im pretty happy with the results... The Guys in AS were pretty fast.  Had two tandems sitting with us towards Carnival City, think they came in 5th and 6th.  I have to admit that I hid behind them for a KM or two....  

 

Our gazebo was at the start and I helped a lady with an allen key to tighten her seat post.  Hope she was OK.  as she cycled off I thought to myself that the seat was too high, but then again Im no expert.

 

One note, I managed to miss the Coke/water/whatever table at the finish did I just not walk far enough?

Edited February 19, 2020 by jouda

[Long Wheel Base]

I enjoyed the 62.  Pushed myself as hard as I could and Im pretty happy with the results... The Guys in AS were pretty fast.  Had two tandems sitting with us towards Carnival City, think they came in 5th and 6th.  I have to admit that I hid behind them for a KM or two....  

 

Our gazebo was at the start and I helped a lady with an allen key to tighten her seat post.  Hope she was OK.  as she cycled off I thought to myself that the seat was too high, but then again Im no expert.

 

One note, I managed to miss the Coke/water/whatever table at the finish did I just not walk far enough?

Did you go straight or right after the finish line? It was situated at the traffic circle(same as previous years). You needed to go straight but for some reason the road to the right(where we came from the holding pens)was open and usually it isn't. So that confused a lot of I people I reckon.

[Frosty]

Lots of sheeple were following each other into the hospitality area, which we were told was for the medal collection. The one guy told us to ride around to the drinks area, so that’s how we found the table.

[scotty]

Did not know there was one, one of the guys I sometimes ride with's company had a gazebo just after the finish so scored free boerrie roll, snacks and drinks. 

[NotSoBigBen]

Did not know there was one, one of the guys I sometimes ride with's company had a gazebo just after the finish so scored free boerrie roll, snacks and drinks.

You could smell out the boerie rolls from the next suburb big guy [emoji12]

[Long Wheel Base]

To Our Loyal Dis-Chem Ride for Sight Cyclists,

 

We hope that you are safe and well during this terrible pandemic.

 

We would love to be giving you good news about the 2021 event but sadly we cannot.

 

Due to the continuing restrictions we had hoped to stage the Ride at the end of April, however we have now taken the painful decision to cancel the 2021 event.

 

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[Frosty]

How was everyone’s ride yesterday? Probably the best conditions I can remember in all the years of doing it.

Besides the usual shambles of long & short distances, cones, cars and potholes coming into the last 7km, it was an enjoyable day out.

Myst have been lots of sub-3s

[Underachiever]

11 minutes ago, Frosty said:

How was everyone’s ride yesterday? Probably the best conditions I can remember in all the years of doing it.

Besides the usual shambles of long & short distances, cones, cars and potholes coming into the last 7km, it was an enjoyable day out.

Must have been lots of sub-3s

I must have been in a different race then. 

Great weather BUT

I suffered like a dog!!!   

Luckily no mishaps!!! Apart from the cone incident and me losing my chip in the process. 

So if someone spotted an orange Racetec chip about 4km from the finish, please drop me a pm.

[PregoRoll]

33 minutes ago, Frosty said:

How was everyone’s ride yesterday? Probably the best conditions I can remember in all the years of doing it.

Besides the usual shambles of long & short distances, cones, cars and potholes coming into the last 7km, it was an enjoyable day out.

Myst have been lots of sub-3s

Did the 62k on my MTB in AS. 

Averaged 40kmh for the first 32k or so, then got shelled after we turned left to head back.

Was brutal with a 34T, Kudos to the guy on the Hardtail for sticking with the chasing group to the end! You roadies can be rapid!

[JulienR]

It was a great day out. The weather was perfect and i had no complaints...i rode a road bike and did the long distance. Spent most of my ride keeping up with the Exxaro MTB academy boys - they had full sus MTBs with knobblies and were keeping up with the road bikes!

[Dexter-morgan]

31 minutes ago, JulienR said:

It was a great day out. The weather was perfect and i had no complaints...i rode a road bike and did the long distance. Spent most of my ride keeping up with the Exxaro MTB academy boys - they had full sus MTBs with knobblies and were keeping up with the road bikes!

Saw that, stayed with them until about 70 then we got dropped and somehow caught one guy at around 100k mark, achieved a PB for me, as Frosty said best conditions ever, came in at 3:12 from EL

[Paul Ruinaard]

Allegedly a big crash in BL or CL about 30 to 40 kms in. . I was ahead of it so heard the ambulances come past going back to the scene. Anyone see what happened and is everyone okay?