Shebeen Posted March 16, 2020 Share Bumped into a few Epic boys at Tokai on Saturday and yesterday at Bootleggers in Camps. They all seemed in fairly good spirits all thing's considered. I'm supposed to be doing Sani in May and a France trip in June. Pretty sure both won't be happening.i bumped into john smit at forries friday night. he was doing his best to be chipper, and is constantly approached by random people - the st patricks edition Guiness flowing seemed to be his coping mechanism. Duane_Bosch and Wayne pudding Mol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted March 16, 2020 Share They could have insurance in case the Government forces them to cancel. It could be tricky seeing that the "ban" on mass events only came into effect last night and they cancelled on Friday. I would be curious to know how many big events would have this kind of insurance. My gut feel is that it is not as common as hubbers imagine. I know of at least 2 large events (not the Epic) that cancelled that incurred big losses and also weren't insured against this kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted March 16, 2020 Share I just love how okes are still going to pubs and malls and restaurants...... MBMtbGirl, dave303e, Headshot and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted March 16, 2020 Share Just clarifying, you have knowledge that a confirmed Corona car was going to be riding/attending epic? confirmed means official so no it's not official but the source is reliable. I was contacted and asked if I was riding the ACE.The reason for the question was as I described. This came from a medical practitioner. So clearly there is a network amongst them where they are communicating and sharing information to manage risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted March 16, 2020 Share Bumped into a few Epic boys at Tokai on Saturday and yesterday at Bootleggers in Camps. They all seemed in fairly good spirits all thing's considered. I'm supposed to be doing Sani in May and a France trip in June. Pretty sure both won't be happening. Sounds like you bumped into my Chaingang mates from the UK. They're having an interesting trip. Had to evacuate their accommodation last night due to the fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane_Bosch Posted March 16, 2020 Share Sounds like you bumped into my Chaingang mates from the UK. They're having an interesting trip. Had to evacuate their accommodation last night due to the fireYes. White tops with chaingang written on them. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted March 16, 2020 Share Yes. White tops with chaingang written on them.Yip that's them. They're keeping the brave face on though. Gavin has had some rotten luck wrt to the Epic. Last year he crashed coming down Groenlandberg so only rode 3.5 days of the race. This year he doesn't get to ride. Paid for two events and no finish yet. They're off to Stellies today for the week to go and enjoy some wine and trails in that order Edited March 16, 2020 by DieselnDust arendoog, Duane_Bosch, JohanDiv and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porqui Posted March 16, 2020 Share Yip that's them. They're off to Stellies today for the week to go and enjoy some wine and trails in that order Hope they reverse the order. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted March 16, 2020 Share I just love how okes are still going to pubs and malls and restaurants...... Incredible that we put pressure on events to cancel, then go the pub the same night..... DieselnDust, ChrisF, Vetplant and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted March 16, 2020 Share Incredible that we put pressure on events to cancel, then go the pub the same night.....hahahaha I am blown away by the flippancy or just sheer idiocy of some. Schools closed so parents pack their kids up to go to the movies or MaccyD's play pens etc... Event canceled? Pffft..... lets all go to the pub together! Booya! If I was here touring I would board the soonest plane I could and go home. If South Africa infection rates explode (as is likely), you might just be stuck where you are for a really long time. Gen, NC_lurker, Wayne pudding Mol and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted March 16, 2020 Share hahahaha I am blown away by the flippancy or just sheer idiocy of some. Schools closed so parents pack their kids up to go to the movies or MaccyD's play pens etc... Event canceled? Pffft..... lets all go to the pub together! Booya! If I was here touring I would board the soonest plane I could and go home. If South Africa infection rates explode (as is likely), you might just be stuck where you are for a really long time.I am getting on a place tonight! Jewbacca and aiyaaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted March 16, 2020 Share hahahaha I am blown away by the flippancy or just sheer idiocy of some. Schools closed so parents pack their kids up to go to the movies or MaccyD's play pens etc... Event canceled? Pffft..... lets all go to the pub together! Booya! If I was here touring I would board the soonest plane I could and go home. If South Africa infection rates explode (as is likely), you might just be stuck where you are for a really long time.Don't worry.. It's a world wide problem. We're meant to be in isolation and kids are having Corona parties and parents are arranging play dates, or even worse, sending them to grannies to be minded BigDL and Jewbacca 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted March 16, 2020 Share Don't worry.. It's a world wide problem. We're meant to be in isolation and kids are having Corona parties and parents are arranging play dates, or even worse, sending them to grannies to be mindedOr when you relentlessly bemoan the Epic for putting pros at risk, then take the same pro Epic riders on a group coffee ride.... Edited March 16, 2020 by Patchelicious ChrisF, DieselnDust, Stretch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted March 16, 2020 Share I am getting on a place tonight!I was wondering if planes were flying with 90 passengers on? 2 x pilots, 5 x cabin crew < 100....... DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Wakefield Posted March 16, 2020 Share They could have insurance in case the Government forces them to cancel. It could be tricky seeing that the "ban" on mass events only came into effect last night and they cancelled on Friday. They met with council on Friday and was cancelled during that meeting. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted March 16, 2020 Share Or when you relentlessly bemoan the Epic for putting pros at risk, then take the same pro Epic riders on a group coffee ride....[emoji23] [emoji23] Patchelicious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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