babse Posted April 10, 2022 Share Man those new lightweight Aspens are the businessĀ š¤ Jbr, Wayne pudding Mol, Fred van Vlaanderen and 7 others 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred van Vlaanderen Posted April 10, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, babse said: Man those new lightweight Aspens are the businessĀ š¤ Horses for coursesā¦ lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted April 10, 2022 Share I don't know what that drone brought to the party except nice views of that rain forest. In one of the last races this CX season they had a drone following Lucinda for a while, that was pretty good actually,. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 11, 2022 Share 12 hours ago, 'Dale said: āGrateful to be hereā¦ Iāve had a lot of changes, personallyā¦ itās been a rough sort of 12 monthsā¦ā - RM, round 1 winnerĀ I am really happy for RM. Sha has consistently been racing well and always been close, but not close enough. Trust this will be the first of many to come over the next few years. tinmug, kosmonooit, DieselnDust and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted April 11, 2022 Share as an observation...... The cape epic draws a lot of flak for it entry cost, the type of individual entrant it attracts, the route, the skills of participants, the food, the weather, the route, Special bikes, difficulty, value for money jada jada jada However there's over 100 pages dedicated to the 2022 event.. Just goes to show that they're doing something right if they can attract that much conversation about their event DNC, Danger Dassie and Trashy 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted April 11, 2022 Share 14 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Good lord the producer needs to be firedĀ I couldn't believe how shite the broadcast was. About three too few camera positions, long range shots of the crowd with some riders heads moving past, long periods of empty track etc. Maybe the local RB guys are more used to football?Ā DieselnDust, love2fly and OVERDRIVE 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted April 11, 2022 Share 21 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: as an observation...... The cape epic draws a lot of flak for it entry cost, the type of individual entrant it attracts, the route, the skills of participants, the food, the weather, the route, Special bikes, difficulty, value for money jada jada jada However there's over 100 pages dedicated to the 2022 event.. Just goes to show that they're doing something right if they can attract that much conversation about their event It attracts very little forum comment overseas I reckon. Its only here where marathon riding and lycra are revered so much. While most of the Epic pro's are superb technical riders, most local marathon enthusiasts wouldn't dream of doing an XCO race, yourself excepted of course. šĀ Hairy and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted April 11, 2022 Share 47 minutes ago, Headshot said: It attracts very little forum comment overseas I reckon. Its only here where marathon riding and lycra are revered so much. While most of the Epic pro's are superb technical riders, most local marathon enthusiasts wouldn't dream of doing an XCO race, yourself excepted of course. šĀ Iāve never understood the fascination with XCM marathon racingā¦. Give me a good old XCO lap course with 1-2 hrs flat out racing with some technical stuff every lap to ālook forward toā and then back home againā¦. instead of endless jeep track for hours on endā¦. Ā DieselnDust, Trashy and Koos Likkewaan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2fly Posted April 11, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Headshot said: I couldn't believe how shite the broadcast was. About three too few camera positions, long range shots of the crowd with some riders heads moving past, long periods of empty track etc. Maybe the local RB guys are more used to football?Ā Worst broadcast I've ever seen. Too many overhead shows of thick jungle. Switching to a camera that has no riders in shot for what seemed like ages. Focusing on 4,5& 6 positions in the last minuted when it wax all happening in the first three. I think the director was watching Brazillian football at the same time. Absolutely shocking. At least we're back to Europe soon... kosmonooit, DieselnDust, Trashy and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted April 11, 2022 Share It wasnāt just the camera work that was shocking but the course marshalling too. I. The ladies race Anne Terpstra came upon two back markers who then proceeded to try as long as possible to not get lapped. They cost her only a few seconds but the mental energy cost was probably higher not knowing what those riders were going to do next. Then when they were pulled off they crossed in front of the chasing riders causing mayhem.Ā I understand that the event offered South American XCO riders an opportunity to participate in a World Cup but letās get the execution of the 80% rule right, same thing in the mens race but to a lesser extentĀ tinmug, Headshot and love2fly 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted April 11, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Headshot said: It attracts very little forum comment overseas I reckon. Its only here where marathon riding and lycra are revered so much. While most of the Epic pro's are superb technical riders, most local marathon enthusiasts wouldn't dream of doing an XCO race, yourself excepted of course. šĀ yeah and the typical Epic rider stereotype just seems to get reinforced. Seven peeps I know are all keen on 2023 ACE and all are ordering S-Wroks Eric 100mm Brain equipped bikes.... Me: "enter some XCO races to help you get a flavour for the technical skills needed." Them " Nooit, we'll fly onĀ the climbs and just cruise the downs...... me: Facepalm Ā Be that as it may, The XCO's are so much more exciting. AK for 40min,+ 40min of extreme fun on the downs and so easy to cover. If we could stretch the entry fees for XCO to say R800 per rider maybe we could get some drone coverage over livestream and give the whole event more exposure. This way XCO could take on a life of its own and not be the little bastard kid of a marathon eventĀ Edited April 11, 2022 by DieselnDust OVERDRIVE and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted April 11, 2022 Share 50 minutes ago, SwissVan said: Iāve never understood the fascination with XCM marathon racingā¦. Give me a good old XCO lap course with 1-2 hrs flat out racing with some technical stuff every lap to ālook forward toā and then back home againā¦. instead of endless jeep track for hours on endā¦. Ā I've had my go at XCO racing and with today's standard of courses there is no chance in hell I could get through even 1 lap without walking and that's on both the steep climbs and the technical downs ... as my mate Wayne says if I wanted to walk I'd get a dog! And for the 'everyone can learn' experts I've put in enough effort but there comes a time when you realise you just don't have the talent or 'balls' ... So for me I love marathon and endurance riding/racing, but as usual it's probably just me .... Yyyy, Hairy, SwissVan and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headshot Posted April 11, 2022 Share Aren't there B lines round the most tricky features as we saw in Sundays race? That said I like watching both and thoroughly enjoy the Epic coverage. DnD are they rescheduling the Coetzenburg XCO. That track is superb. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted April 11, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, Headshot said: Aren't there B lines round the most tricky features as we saw in Sundays race? That said I like watching both and thoroughly enjoy the Epic coverage. DnD are they rescheduling the Coetzenburg XCO. That track is superb. If I look at Thaba XCO yes there are but even some of those š³ and its only on the downs, the ups are frikkin steep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted April 11, 2022 Share 6 minutes ago, Headshot said: Aren't there B lines round the most tricky features as we saw in Sundays race? That said I like watching both and thoroughly enjoy the Epic coverage. DnD are they rescheduling the Coetzenburg XCO. That track is superb. haven't heard anything about a reschedule. I guess its gone and the calendar moves on which is a moerse pity. Its an awesome course. Definitely not the sort of course you want to "race" blind. Epics coverage as out of this world. But there's enough spare cash to justify. For a provincial race in a small geography there's a bit of scope for drone coverage and the EPic Prologue showed what can be done.Ā at maybe 250 riders at a provincial XCO @R200 of the entry fee to cover media = R50,000.00 in the pot. That seems reasonable for a crew of 5 to 6 people setting up the live stream and co-ordinating the drone pilots? Headshot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted April 11, 2022 Share I'd be very surprised if BaArt paid for his Epic entry the amount of plugging it got. Trashy and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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