Mamil Posted February 8, 2022 Share 31 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: The final 20km was also the final 20km of the old route though... Oh - I'm confusing it with the other one that goes up vissers but at the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted February 8, 2022 Share 9 minutes ago, Mamil said: Oh - I'm confusing it with the other one that goes up vissers but at the end? That's the old old route. 👀 The route we were going to do was the normal Tour de PPA route. Mamil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2022 Share 19 hours ago, bleedToWin said: No replacement climb sadly, so no real climb on the entire route. Still wrapping my head around how this race might unfold... pure savage pulling on the front from the gun. Rear facing camera films SAturn 5 stage 1 separation and debris from firing the explosive bolts silence and coasting. Wheel suckers are grateful PUre Savage fires stage 2. Wheel suckers wished they had fewer pork pies over Christmas. Puer Savage leads till the final 50m when Uber wheel sucker takes the win  #speakingforafriend K20Champ, KingZA, WaldoZ and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2022 Share 2 hours ago, Shebeen said: Less bizarre than people not getting vaccinated maybe "people" had covid and don't really need the vaccination #Semanet Chingy182, Pure Savage, EddieV and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted February 8, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, bleedToWin said: The final 20km was also the final 20km of the old route though... Final 10km (more or less) yes - but the end of Kalbaskraal road & stretch on the Philadelphia road leading up to it also a drag with some steep rollers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickGM Posted February 8, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Mamil said: Oh - I'm confusing it with the other one that goes up vissers but at the end? Also confused. I've done two 99ers in the past (2017 and 2018) and the last 10km included vissers and this other shorter, very nasty climb to the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted February 8, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, NickGM said: Also confused. I've done two 99ers in the past (2017 and 2018) and the last 10km included vissers and this other shorter, very nasty climb to the finish line. Last time 99er was held we had changed to the PPA route with Vissershok first, and we were going to do that route this year, but now we are doing a downhill tailwind warm-up in the opening kilometers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickGM Posted February 8, 2022 Share 31 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: Last time 99er was held we had changed to the PPA route with Vissershok first, and we were going to do that route this year, but now we are doing a downhill tailwind warm-up in the opening kilometers. All good. Just semantics. To me the "old route" is the one where the last 10km included vissers followed by whatever-that-other-climb was where I wanted to cry but school kids were watching. Edited February 8, 2022 by NickGM typo Scary Rider, bleedToWin, KingZA and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted February 8, 2022 Share 5 minutes ago, NickGM said: All good. Just semantics. To me the "old route" is the one that included vissers followed by whatever-that-other-climb was where I wanted to cry but school kids were watching. i know right. it did help. i went to go cry in the parkie at the "top" though. I then realised I still had to ride home to the inlaws place 5km away and that i still had a few 100m of climbing to do if I wanted to get there...never mind the neutral zone for my free coke.... Scary Rider and NickGM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Marley Posted February 8, 2022 Share 16 minutes ago, NickGM said: All good. Just semantics. To me the "old route" is the one where the last 10km included vissers followed by whatever-that-other-climb was where I wanted to cry but school kids were watching. I still feel this route is easier than the one coming up Adderley. Honestly, i think people are underestimating that last 10Km rolling hills. If the wind plays its part which it most likely will, we are all going to kuk with that crosswinds. Some of my worst days on a bike has been up that road. Give me vissershok rather any day of the week. Skubarra and NickGM 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted February 8, 2022 Share 12 hours ago, K20Champ said: Can the seedings be sent out plz, now that the entries is closed🤔 No email yet but it's loaded on Racetec already under your profile. KingZA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted February 8, 2022 Share PROs, any course is hard depends how hard you go. 😷 Really appreciative that safety is held as the highest value. We are amateurs, some with high performance standards, and let us do the best with what we have. NickGM and MORNE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted February 8, 2022 Share 4 minutes ago, milky4130 said: No email yet but it's loaded on Racetec already under your profile. so they haven't updated the seeding since PPA 3... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted February 8, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, Jbr said: so they haven't updated the seeding since PPA 3... LOL! I think these okes are using some funny seeding method. They still using my Val die Vie MTB Race for Seeding right now. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted February 8, 2022 Share 17 minutes ago, Bub Marley said: I still feel this route is easier than the one coming up Adderley. Honestly, i think people are underestimating that last 10Km rolling hills. If the wind plays its part which it most likely will, we are all going to kuk with that crosswinds. Some of my worst days on a bike has been up that road. Give me vissershok rather any day of the week. Good point - even if you got dropped on Vissershok (on the pre-2020 route), its right at the finish. So its not as if you have to do a long solo TT afterwards. Think it will very much depend on the bunch you are in on the day - if the okes upfront are lazy then it will be a relatively easy ride up to D'Urbanvale, but if there are lots of attempted breakaways the group is going to scatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K20Champ Posted February 8, 2022 Share Seeded in A, looks like it's going to be some hard work🤮 Jbr and DieselnDust 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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