Cape Town Cycle Tour 2022

[MORNE]

1 hour ago, SoloCyclist said:

Typical CT the weather forecast has changed 3 times over the last 2 days

Now shows 3.3mm rain over simonstown in between 8am and 11am and wind drops quite a bit

Gotta love CT so unpredictable

i'm sticking to my guns. it will be cold and overcast and most probably wet on sunday. if that system come early...it wil be dry but with 60kph gusts instead haha. choose your poison

[SoloCyclist]

11 minutes ago, MORNE said:

i'm sticking to my guns. it will be cold and overcast and most probably wet on sunday. if that system come early...it wil be dry but with 60kph gusts instead haha. choose your poison

I use the Ventusky website and so far they have been quite accurate, but yeah it changes all the time

[babse]

17 minutes ago, Owen said:

Just checking which Hubber's are in this group. I also don't understand their logic with regards to the combination of the age group splits.

part of the former 30-39 chokoe group ✌️

[MORNE]

9 minutes ago, SoloCyclist said:

I use the Ventusky website and so far they have been quite accurate, but yeah it changes all the time

theres a 1 or 2 day weather window that keeps moving 1 or 2 days in either direction on most the weather apps. The closer we get to sunday, the less it will 'move around'. its coming..the question is when.😁

[The Ouzo]

Windy has the rain coming only in the late after noon on Sunday, Epic Ride weather says we will ride in the wet.

[Frosty]

1 hour ago, Jbr said:

I haven't check but maybe someone here will know. My last jab was in july 2021, is that ok or is it considered expired ? I know in France I no longer qualify as vaccinated, not sure what the rules are here...

This link explains the requirements for France:

https://za.ambafrance.org/COVID-19-Information-on-travelling-to-France

I’m traveling to Amsterdam in May and only need to be fully vaccinated; fully vaxxed is defined as “2x Pfizer” or “1x J&J”

 

Edited March 9, 2022 by Frosty

[ChrisF]

49 minutes ago, MORNE said:

i'm sticking to my guns. it will be cold and overcast and most probably wet on sunday. if that system come early...it wil be dry but with 60kph gusts instead haha. choose your poison

The only constant on long term weather forecasts in the Cape is the rate at which it changes ... its a Cape Town thing ...

 

3 days ago it was to rain on Saturday, and a bit into Sunday ... it has steadily moved "back" ...  Now it is raining on Sunday late morning ....

 

At this rate we may just miss it ..... 

[Duane_Bosch]

1 minute ago, ChrisF said:

 

At this rate we may just miss it ..... 

I reckon you're right. I've always said the long range weather forecast is a day late in this town. 

[MORNE]

1 minute ago, ChrisF said:

The only constant on long term weather forecasts in the Cape is the rate at which it changes ... its a Cape Town thing ...

 

3 days ago it was to rain on Saturday, and a bit into Sunday ... it has steadily moved "back" ...  Now it is raining on Sunday late morning ....

 

At this rate we may just miss it ..... 

ill wager a "I told you so" and will gladly take one in return on monday too 😅

[The Ouzo]

I recall predictions like this in the past, and then on race day its a glorious near perfect day only for the clouds to roll over and start raining in the afternoon early evening.

[MORNE]

6 minutes ago, ouzo said:

I recall predictions like this in the past, and then on race day its a glorious near perfect day only for the clouds to roll over and start raining in the afternoon early evening.

i have some extra "i told you so's" in the bank this year. I can reserve you one too if you like?

PS: all jokes aside,  i really wish for it to be a perfect day out on sunday...because i'll be riding right at the back with my wife and her friends and I am really not looking forward to all the complaints haha. 

 

[The Ouzo]

Prediction changes over the last few days

friday

monday

tuesday

wednesday

[ChrisF]

11 minutes ago, MORNE said:

i have some extra "i told you so's" in the bank this year. I can reserve you one too if you like?

PS: all jokes aside,  i really wish for it to be a perfect day out on sunday...because i'll be riding right at the back with my wife and her friends and I am really not looking forward to all the complaints haha. 

 

 

Morne please say Hi if you notice a MAMIL on a commuter ebike .... complete with a carrier ... 

 

[MORNE]

8 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Morne please say Hi if you notice a MAMIL on a commuter ebike .... complete with a carrier ... 

 

where do the ebikes start? the most useless of her fiends starts in 8B..so ill be in that group.

[i24]

39 minutes ago, ouzo said:

I recall predictions like this in the past, and then on race day its a glorious near perfect day only for the clouds to roll over and start raining in the afternoon early evening.

Can you remember how many times we got up on Monday after the tour and said I am glad we are not out there cycling today ...

[The Ouzo]

4 minutes ago, i24 said:

Can you remember how many times we got up on Monday after the tour and said I am glad we are not out there cycling today ...

thats for sure

 

 

but, at the end of the day, as long as they dont cancel, we ride. Goal times and strategies will just be changed on the day.