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[Event] Swartberg 100 Gran Fondo 2022


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3 minutes ago, Sid the Sloth said:

I’m guessing it’s a no no to do this race with a csa racing license?  

From the event website:

 

Important notice to Riders that are licensed with a cycling association/governing body.

Please be aware that we are at present not sanctioning this race with any cycling association or governing body, we are following the practice of all gravel bike events worldwide.

The law states we need to comply to the Safety at Sports and Recreational Events act, 2010, which we will and have so in the past.

If a cycling association or governing body provides some benefit to the participants of a gravel bike race, or UCI creates a gravel bike racing category, we will certainly consider sanctioning it with such a body.

If you are a member of a cycling association, that cycling association may have rules about you entering cycling events that are not sanctioned by them, please be sure that you understand them before entering.

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21 minutes ago, AJB76 said:

If a cycling association or governing body provides some benefit to the participants of a gravel bike race, or UCI creates a gravel bike racing category, we will certainly consider sanctioning it with such a body.

Clearly they missed the creation of a UCI Gravel Calendar 

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On 4/22/2022 at 5:41 PM, Sid the Sloth said:

I’m guessing it’s a no no to do this race with a csa racing license?  

Adding to my list of how do you know if someone …..

How do you know if someone has an elite racing license? 🤣 they’ll tell you 

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14 minutes ago, Wayne pudding Mol said:

Adding to my life of how do you know if someone …..

How do you know if someone has an elite racing license? 🤣

 

In fairness .... paying for a day license at every fun ride is adding up quickly ... an annual membership may be cheaper even for back of the pack fun riders ....

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12 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

In fairness .... paying for a day license at every fun ride is adding up quickly ... an annual membership may be cheaper even for back of the pack fun riders ....

No Chris not a normal csa member like most of us who do a few events 

@Sid the Sloth is a proper racer boy and has an Elite Racing license. I know because he told me 🤣

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Lekker ride. The pass as brutal as I ever it but the descent was way more fun on the MTB than it was on the gravel bike in 2019.

Well organised event with a great vibe. The only annoying thing was the complete absence of masks at the indoor registration the night before. Looked like a super spreader event and as someone who is trying to dodge the curve of the 5th wave 2 weeks before 36one I find it mystifying that there should a disregard of this simple precaution but ....

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The decent on a gravel bike was very tough. Cars on the pass made it even more dangerous. On the second switchback descent about 160k in a guy opened his car door to pick up some litter on a 8% descent. I was about 100m away. 2 seconds earlier and I was a goner. "Caution Cyclists" signs needed on both sides of the pass. Most of the motorists seemed oblivious...

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On 4/24/2022 at 7:18 AM, ChrisF said:

 

In fairness .... paying for a day license at every fun ride is adding up quickly ... an annual membership may be cheaper even for back of the pack fun riders ....

I will rather pay the extra day license, than be stuck in a club where members "pimp" on each other, and insist that members who participated be reported, and subsequently fined. Real textbook "playground behaviour". Then I am free to decide to enter any event I wish, sanctioned or not, and just enjoy the event, because is it at the end not what the sport is about? 

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1 hour ago, corrie.kuilder said:

I will rather pay the extra day license, than be stuck in a club where members "pimp" on each other, and insist that members who participated be reported, and subsequently fined. Real textbook "playground behaviour". Then I am free to decide to enter any event I wish, sanctioned or not, and just enjoy the event, because is it at the end not what the sport is about? 

agree.screw csa

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rode the route from caldis to oudtshoorn yesterday, bit loose here and there but the rest is not bad at all, breeze with a mountain bike but gravel bikes will have a bit off a tough day. Weather is perfect if it holds

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On 5/1/2022 at 5:20 PM, buckstopper said:

The decent on a gravel bike was very tough. Cars on the pass made it even more dangerous. On the second switchback descent about 160k in a guy opened his car door to pick up some litter on a 8% descent. I was about 100m away. 2 seconds earlier and I was a goner. "Caution Cyclists" signs needed on both sides of the pass. Most of the motorists seemed oblivious...

My lack of skills (and practice) showed me up on every downhill. A race to keep everyone honest.

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Who's getting their fines delivered today?

I hear that people who didn't enter the event are receiving fine notices. CSA has retracted the case that I know of.

CSA admitted to being provided a list that is inaccurate. 

Any idea who provided them with a list? Would POPI come into play with list sharing?

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