Coronavirus lockdown and exercising outdoors

[Rigardt@Scott]

With the above mentioned issues of excercising with a mask: what do you guys think will happen with things like 947 this year or next?

 

Will we see requirements that you can ride but you must have a mask? Or are events like these essentially assumed non-starters until a vaccine has been rolled out?

 

Also guessing completely cancelled for next year. Although masks are helpfull, in a big group like that it is like sticking a bandaid on a gunshot wound.

[TNT1]

I'm asthmatic, so a puff or two of asthavent is a given for any exercise for me haha

Oh, then I'm out of ideas. What you (and stievef) described for a non-asthmatic, the asthavent solution woulda worked a bomb.

[Let's Ride]

Any tips on how to stop glasses from getting misted when wearing a mask?

clean with shaving cream. Toothpaste also works. 

[Vetplant]

Also guessing completely cancelled for next year. Although masks are helpfull, in a big group like that it is like sticking a bandaid on a gunshot wound.

Agree, normal peloton riding must be put on ice for quite a while.

 

I wonder if there will be an appetite for Solo riding competitions..

 

TT's

Hillclimbs

 

The 947 organisers won't be able to accommodate the numbers, but events like the local Kerkbasaar event or cycling club might be able to pull something off to keep us interested and also generate some income for charities...

[Let's Ride]

My wife battles with breathing during high intensity training so she naturally battles with a buff on. For me it makes no difference. Actually nice as it warms up the air before I breath it in. 

 

Wish I had done this earlier, I remember cycling in Greyton and it was freezing, got back and I couldn't feel my hands and leg's for what must have been over an hour. 

[Jbr]

My wife battles with breathing during high intensity training so she naturally battles with a buff on. For me it makes no difference. Actually nice as it warms up the air before I breath it in. 

 

Wish I had done this earlier, I remember cycling in Greyton and it was freezing, got back and I couldn't feel my hands and leg's for what must have been over an hour. 

Greyton... I wouldn't mind a little MTB trip over there this weekend... Or anywhere really...

[T_Boss]

If you looking at doing some proper training outdoors, this might just be of interest to li.

 

We have 3 spots left for next weekend, and although it only mentions a JHB departure, we are also doing a shuttle from Durban.

 

Hi Kobus. I’m sure lockdown must be getting you down too right now. I have found a gap to go do a bit of proper mountain biking in KZN next weekend.

 

Thought you might be interested. We still have place for 2 or maybe 3 riders

 

http://adventurelogistics.co.za/zululand-wild-ride/

 

It is all 100% above board.

[ivan888]

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[ChrisF]

Every morning I have seen the same roadie cycling on the R27 (direction: from Town towards Melkbos). I normally pass him on the stretch between Sunset Beach and Race Course Road. What amazes me (besides for the fact that he is a roadie and won’t cycle on the bike lane), is that he never wears a helmet. Just a cycling cap.

 

What amazes me even more is that despite him not wearing a helmet he does wear his mask.

 

Many commuters around here wearing masks .... more so than "cyclists"

 

Yet very few of the commuters use a helmet.

[Mudsimus]

Any tips on how to stop glasses from getting misted when wearing a mask?

As soon as your glasses start to heat up they stop steaming up. I wear my mask 8h a day and its only the first 10 minutes or so that I cant see anything.

[splat]

As soon as your glasses start to heat up they stop steaming up. I wear my mask 8h a day and its only the first 10 minutes or so that I cant see anything.

 

So we need a smaller version of a rear window defogger with a battery strapped to ones helmet and a switch on the bars 

 

 

[SuperDS]

If you looking at doing some proper training outdoors, this might just be of interest to li.

 

We have 3 spots left for next weekend, and although it only mentions a JHB departure, we are also doing a shuttle from Durban.

 

Hi Kobus. I’m sure lockdown must be getting you down too right now. I have found a gap to go do a bit of proper mountain biking in KZN next weekend.

 

Thought you might be interested. We still have place for 2 or maybe 3 riders

 

http://adventurelogistics.co.za/zululand-wild-ride/

 

It is all 100% above board. ??

 

At risk of being lambasted - am I missing something? 

 

I would absolutely love to do something like this next week, but could you please explain how this is "100% above board"?

[Reme Le Hane]

At risk of being lambasted - am I missing something?

 

I would absolutely love to do something like this next week, but could you please explain how this is "100% above board"?

Wondering the same myself, hotels and guest houses are not allowed to operate till level 1, pretty sure group activities are not allowed till level 0, exercise in the afternoon is illegal.I'm failing to see the board let alone the above on this one.

[Skubarra]

At risk of being lambasted - am I missing something? 

 

I would absolutely love to do something like this next week, but could you please explain how this is "100% above board"?

 

I assume they found some legal loopholes? Personally not something I would participate in but I get in these days people will do whatever it takes to make a living

[T_Boss]

At risk of being lambasted - am I missing something?

 

I would absolutely love to do something like this next week, but could you please explain how this is "100% above board"?

I have a separate thread on this, here, https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/185545-wild-ride-during-lockdown/?view=getnewpost&fromsearch=1

 

But in essence, you are volunteering to provide relief services to the reserve. Conservation work is deemed an essential service. Using a bike to do fence patrols instead of a land cruiser is just a personal preference.

 

The reserve can accommodate you as an essential services provider/staff. For all technical reasons, you will be working, not participating in group sports activities.

 

I know it’s a lot to wrap your head around, but we have gotten legal advice on this, and it is above board.

[TNT1]

 

I know it’s a lot to wrap your head around,

It isn't really. It was pretty well explained the first time you brought it up here. Good luck. I hope it is successful.