JohanDiv Posted November 20, 2020 Share Apart from the heat, the wind prediction is starting to look great!! Ride forecast for 21 Nov 2020 06:15: Temperature: 15 °C to 35 °C, feels like 15°C to 35 °CWind: 5 to 20 km/h, with gusts up to 30 km/hProbability of precipitation: 0% Pure Savage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Savage Posted November 20, 2020 Share Apart from the heat, the wind prediction is starting to look great!! WhatsApp Image 2020-11-20 at 08.49.58.jpegRide forecast for 21 Nov 2020 06:15: Temperature: 15 °C to 35 °C, feels like 15°C to 35 °CWind: 5 to 20 km/h, with gusts up to 30 km/hProbability of precipitation: 0% That temp!! Ouch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted November 20, 2020 Share Awfully quiet in here.. pre race jitters? Tomorrow beers at 19:00 @ The Republic!Some peeps probably travelling ... expect the chat will pick up a bit once in Swellies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted November 20, 2020 Share That temp!! Ouch!!Early starters will probably be ok, but it's looking like a long slog in the aft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuddMan Posted November 20, 2020 Share Good luck for all riding tomorrow. Have a blast and be safe. Looking forward to the race reports JohanDiv and ChrisF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted November 20, 2020 Share Someone is keen about tomorrow. He's doing sprints up and down our street Frail. "Will forever remain "Frail" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranswurm Posted November 20, 2020 Share Race food: Those Cadence salted choc bars, bananas at the stop, gels for last 65km. I would cut it even finer.A Bar One and a coke 20ks from home does the trick on any long race especially on an empty tummy.Its like lighting a rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rad Posted November 20, 2020 Share Someone is keen about tomorrow. He's doing sprints up and down our streetMight just be the start of his training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted November 21, 2020 Share My race report : It was hot and hard. Thank you for reading. 5;28 which is under our target time so it was a good one. Edited November 21, 2020 by Jbr splat, JohanDiv, aquaratza and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karman de Lange Posted November 21, 2020 Share We snuck in at 10 hrs.. We started late and hit the block wind from op de tradouw.. 37C on the garmins for most of way... 3.5 hrs slower than last year.. but we 10/10 over line all in good spirits Edited November 21, 2020 by Karman de Lange ChrisF, Prince Albert Cycles, Kom and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted November 22, 2020 Share 10hrs in the saddle today, mechanicals, bee stings aside, the 40km headwind from ODT to Montagu felt like 100km, no words to express discomfort i this section. Even the neutral zone was terrible! Turning at the circle at Robertson totally uplifted team spirits, managed to get 8 over the line. Brutal day out! Escapee.., ChrisF, splat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karman de Lange Posted November 22, 2020 Share 10hrs in the saddle today, mechanicals, bee stings aside, the 40km headwind from ODT to Montagu felt like 100km, no words to express discomfort i this section. Even the neutral zone was terrible! Turning at the circle at Robertson totally uplifted team spirits, managed to get 8 over the line. Brutal day out!Feel your pain, got stung in the ear...... there were lots of casualties, think few teams pulled out completely... the earlier teams says they had no wind, just bit after ashton till turn downwind., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp321 Posted November 22, 2020 Share No water or cokes at finish. Very poor. I know it is covid, but for R12000 entry fee they could have had bottled water at finish. ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted November 22, 2020 Share Feel your pain, got stung in the ear...... there were lots of casualties, think few teams pulled out completely... the earlier teams says they had no wind, just bit after ashton till turn downwind.,We had a little bit of a headwind at some point but worked together through it in single file, but the wind definitely picked up throughout the day and when we drove out of Swellendam we could see all the poor guys hurting on the three sisters in the heat, and the trees were moving a lot. Must have been a horrible day for some We got lucky with mechanicals (only one puncture, but luckily it was me the only tubeless guy and it eventually sealed after spraying my bike and lets with sealant for 1km), and a couple times chains jumped off the small blade but nothing that had us stop. Unfortunately one of our guys had to pull out at the top of Tradouw because of back pain... finished 7 on the line, 8 and 9 a couple mins behind. Not bad for a team made up from the noticeboard, we only met the friday before the race. Edited November 22, 2020 by Jbr DieselnDust, Karman de Lange, splat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted November 22, 2020 Share We came in 9 with 3 ladies and 6 gents finishing. Lost one to cramps and we had a few minor mechanicals. Mostly we were under cooked going in. 7:07The headwind into Robertson had us travelling at 25km/hr at times.garmin recorded at 40degree temp too!I polished off 4.5L of drinks on the bike and another 1.5L at the stops. Bring on 2021 JohanDiv, DJuice, splat and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted November 22, 2020 Share Now that the event is officially going ahead, think a 2020 thread is appropriate! Going to be interesting seeing the vibe at the race this year. A few less teams, smaller teams, no picnics and fastest starting first. Now to get some new threads made in time fav s.JPGAwesome results Savage ???????? Well done. Pure Savage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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