JacquesJ Posted October 17 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted October 17 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquesJ Posted October 17 Share 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 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted Monday at 07:43 AM Share Organiser supplied GPX pulled into Strava and cleaned up a bit: https://www.strava.com/routes/3281898507469228468 Akon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted Monday at 08:25 AM Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted Monday at 09:04 AM Share 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 Monday at 09:05 AM by ChrisF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted Monday at 10:40 AM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbr Posted Monday at 10:47 AM Share my message is all about gravel monster, I didn't enter 100 miler Mamil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akon Posted Monday at 11:54 AM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted Monday at 02:26 PM Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old school Posted yesterday at 12:11 PM Share 21 hours ago, Mamil said: You don't get better riding weather than that Agree. BUT Akon, Tomik and Mayo916 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mamil Posted yesterday at 01:10 PM Share 57 minutes ago, Old school said: Agree. BUT Oh no!!!! Echoed my the norwegians Links MTB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted 14 hours ago Share The one and only hilltop finish and we just can't get the weather gods onboard for this race... 😦 Mamil, Links MTB, JacquesJ and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akon Posted 11 hours ago Share 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 11 hours ago by Akon That is the pass itself... Links MTB and JacquesJ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquesJ Posted 8 hours ago Share 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! 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Links MTB Posted 5 hours ago Share 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 5 hours ago by Links MTB Incorrect facts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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