Anyone doing the Berge en Dale MTB race?

[Matthew du preez]

46 minutes ago, Spy007 said:

That hurt. But must say i was saddend by as mentioned

price giving

Lack of water points. 3 i total. and having 2 within 2km from each other.

Numbers.

 

So no is it becuase it was cost or on the 45km the toughness.

 

But still worthwhile ride but for us locals who ride there often a let down on the number of people at the hidden gem

Ya, I agree. It just seemed like it was under funded. Lack of quite a few things . 

And yea I agree no one needs another water point 2km later.

 

But imo it was certainly very under funded.

And there were also only about 200 people there. Compared to the max they wanted of 500.

 

[Spy007]

47 minutes ago, Matthew du preez said:

Ya, I agree. It just seemed like it was under funded. Lack of quite a few things . 

And yea I agree no one needs another water point 2km later.

 

But imo it was certainly very under funded.

And there were also only about 200 people there. Compared to the max they wanted of 500.

 

Well that begs the question.

 

Cost or because it is a tough race.

or because suddenly there are 400 billion races and people are becoming more selective or seem teh road races are busy but MTB not?

 

Seems the road race was a lot more ? or am i mistaken

[Matthew du preez]

33 minutes ago, Spy007 said:

Well that begs the question.

 

Cost or because it is a tough race.

or because suddenly there are 400 billion races and people are becoming more selective or seem teh road races are busy but MTB not?

 

Seems the road race was a lot more ? or am i mistaken

Ya, I spoke to a few guys who also did the road race, the max was 2000 people, compared to the 500 for MTB. And apparently there were about 1400 people at the road race... About 7 times more than the MTB 

[Spy007]

I see as per timing sheets

 

MTB

50km -117

20km - 87

204 total

 

109

Road - 708

60 - 200

908 total

 

but is it cost time, lvl of difficulty?

 

[Matthew du preez]

14 minutes ago, Spy007 said:

I see as per timing sheets

 

MTB

50km -117

20km - 87

204 total

 

109

Road - 708

60 - 200

908 total

 

but is it cost time, lvl of difficulty?

 

Honestly I just think the MTB race was a lesser priority than the road race.

[Milkman]

16 hours ago, Matthew du preez said:

Honestly I just think the MTB race was a lesser priority than the road race.

 

I think you are correct .

Also , it was SA Cup this weekend , so all of the XCO racers were in Parys doing XCO .