JacquesJ Posted October 17 Posted October 17 47 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: Since the organisers are hellbent on not promoting their own events (other than spamming the mailing list in all caps) let's revive the thread! I must be getting the marketing intended for you...DeVilliers National Cycling spams me at least 2 times a week with 2 emails at a time for their events. 😁 I dont want to unsubscribe though, since I actually enjoyed the last few Boland 100milers a lot and dont do socials much. Looking forward to the race, hope the weather is good (and there are a few DC teams out that I can hook on to) bleedToWin and ChrisF 1 1
bleedToWin Posted October 17 Author Posted October 17 4 minutes ago, JacquesJ said: spams me at least 2 times a week with 2 emails at a time for their events. 😁 I dont want to unsubscribe though, since I actually enjoyed the last few Boland 100milers a lot and dont do socials much. That's what I'm talking about. They have a mailing list and that's the beginning and end of their panicked promotion strategy. They don't do socials or forums or club comms or bikeshops or anything else... JacquesJ 1
JacquesJ Posted October 17 Posted October 17 Ok,.only now noticed a year between your two posts...agree, they can do a lot better! Maybe they dont want the events to grow too big 😜
bleedToWin Posted October 21 Author Posted October 21 Organiser supplied GPX pulled into Strava and cleaned up a bit: https://www.strava.com/routes/3281898507469228468 Akon 1
Jbr Posted October 21 Posted October 21 I unsubscribed, and as a result, I didn't get pre race information for Gravel monster 🤣 Luckily I had @bleedToWin to let me know the start time they emailed was 7:15, and not 6 as per the PDF on their website or 7 as the entry website suggested.
ChrisF Posted October 21 Posted October 21 (edited) On 10/17/2024 at 10:18 AM, JacquesJ said: I must be getting the marketing intended for you...DeVilliers National Cycling spams me at least 2 times a week with 2 emails at a time for their events. 😁 I dont want to unsubscribe though, since I actually enjoyed the last few Boland 100milers a lot and dont do socials much. Looking forward to the race, hope the weather is good (and there are a few DC teams out that I can hook on to) I regularly get promo emails ... for events in Joburg. 3 000km round trip for fun ride ? Nope, I have never done any events in Joburg. In fact, Western and and Northern Cape is the geographic limits of my entries. WHERE do these companies get our contact details? More important ... PPA, and many local organisers, have my contact details, yet I hardly ever get their emails Edited October 21 by ChrisF
Mamil Posted October 21 Posted October 21 2 hours ago, Jbr said: I unsubscribed, and as a result, I didn't get pre race information for Gravel monster 🤣 Luckily I had @bleedToWin to let me know the start time they emailed was 7:15, and not 6 as per the PDF on their website or 7 as the entry website suggested. Are you sure about that? - I don't have an email confirming the start time and 07:15 was the start time for the boland gravel monster
Jbr Posted October 21 Posted October 21 my message is all about gravel monster, I didn't enter 100 miler Mamil 1
Akon Posted October 21 Posted October 21 4 hours ago, bleedToWin said: Organiser supplied GPX pulled into Strava and cleaned up a bit: https://www.strava.com/routes/3281898507469228468 Don't want to jinx it, and in any case way too early to get excited... But just maybe we'll do your full route, including the hockey-stick at the end. bleedToWin 1
Mamil Posted October 21 Posted October 21 2 hours ago, Akon said: Don't want to jinx it, and in any case way too early to get excited... But just maybe we'll do your full route, including the hockey-stick at the end. You don't get better riding weather than that Akon 1
Old school Posted October 22 Posted October 22 21 hours ago, Mamil said: You don't get better riding weather than that Agree. BUT Mayo916, Akon and Tomik 2 1
Mamil Posted October 22 Posted October 22 57 minutes ago, Old school said: Agree. BUT Oh no!!!! Echoed my the norwegians Links MTB 1
bleedToWin Posted October 23 Author Posted October 23 The one and only hilltop finish and we just can't get the weather gods onboard for this race... 😦 JacquesJ, Akon, Links MTB and 1 other 4
Akon Posted October 23 Posted October 23 (edited) On 10/21/2024 at 1:54 PM, Akon said: Don't want to jinx it, and in any case way too early to get excited... But just maybe we'll do your full route, including the hockey-stick at the end. Jip... I jinxed it 🙄. Let's hope this unjinxes the jinx... Edited October 23 by Akon That is the pass itself... JacquesJ and Links MTB 1 1
JacquesJ Posted October 23 Posted October 23 Ag FFS...this is going to be enough of an endurance test with my fitness as it is without it also being a rain drenched sufferfest.... Lets hope the unjinxes work! 🤞 Akon 1
Links MTB Posted October 23 Posted October 23 (edited) Really frustrating indeed and I feel for the poor event organisers having to deal with *** weather two years in a row! I did the race with my DC team in 2021 and loved it, but had to nurse some team members home, so was looking forward to doing it again at my own pace. Entered last year - sat there at the crack of dawn in my car in Wellington waiting for the race to start and after the 2nd start postponement & route change announcement I lost my mojo. Entered again this year and training has been going swell, only to see the weather forecast for Sunday getting worse and worse as the days tick by, and I honestly can't see the race happening given the forecast! I wasn't going to do the One Tonner (again for the 6th time) but will now probably consider it - at least all the training won't be in vain! Edited October 23 by Links MTB Incorrect facts Akon 1
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