MongooseMan Posted July 29, 2023 Share They’ve posted provisional routes on the website now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttles Posted July 29, 2023 Share Coming down properly now for the past couple hours 🥹 71232306691__4A30D9C0-9CBD-483A-80A9-058ACC54BFBE.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MongooseMan Posted July 29, 2023 Share 9 minutes ago, throttles said: Coming down properly now for the past couple hours 🥹 71232306691__4A30D9C0-9CBD-483A-80A9-058ACC54BFBE.MOV Yup, posted from the comfort of the pizza restaurant 😃 Mtree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted July 29, 2023 Share So if they cancel...no refunds according to their FB site...so OK understandable on the entry fee but what about the tent hire for 2 days and the brekkie I paid for ...and CSA license...just poof!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted July 29, 2023 Share 25 minutes ago, capediver said: So if they cancel...no refunds according to their FB site...so OK understandable on the entry fee but what about the tent hire for 2 days and the brekkie I paid for ...and CSA license...just poof!!? Maybe just wait and see what happens and what they offer before getting angry over assumptions. I'm sure they are busy on the ground trying to figure out what to do and will get to the admin afterwards This sort of thing sucks for everyone, but I am certain they will do their best to not just screw everyone where they can Mtree, Kom, RudiD and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted July 29, 2023 Share 2 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: Maybe just wait and see what happens and what they offer before getting angry over assumptions. I'm sure they are busy on the ground trying to figure out what to do and will get to the admin afterwards This sort of thing sucks for everyone, but I am certain they will do their best to not just screw everyone where they can No worries, not angry but I have been told by organiser, no refunds...maybe they don't have all my order details so let's see...even if there's the slightest chance I will try get there but they only announcing at 7PM tonight so that's a bit late to get over there today still...anyway, my first attempt at entry to a gravel race appears to have gone awry! Sure I'm not the only one! throttles and Jewbacca 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewbacca Posted July 29, 2023 Share 13 minutes ago, capediver said: No worries, not angry but I have been told by organiser, no refunds...maybe they don't have all my order details so let's see...even if there's the slightest chance I will try get there but they only announcing at 7PM tonight so that's a bit late to get over there today still...anyway, my first attempt at entry to a gravel race appears to have gone awry! Sure I'm not the only one! Yeah. It sucks. I'm sorry. I just say it may be best to wait. Cancellations and things gone bad for an event can be devastating. If they don't roll entries/offer discounts etc for next year, it can quite often spell the end of an event after everyone feels they didn't do what they could have. Especially a relatively new event like this. I'm sure they will work through the initial shock and then make some educated decisions on what is left and what they want out of the future. I hope it goes ahead and you manage to get there, but I know those roads well and some of them flood pretty easily in weather like this. The roads on either side of the Pont on the Van As land are often completely submerged after rains like this. So the event gets tough for everyone and access for emergencies gets impossible. This is the real event killer. If someone has a heart attack or goes hypothermic and no one can get to them, it kills them and the event Edited July 29, 2023 by Jewbacca Scary Rider, throttles, Danger Dassie and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttles Posted July 29, 2023 Share 31 minutes ago, capediver said: No worries, not angry but I have been told by organiser, no refunds...maybe they don't have all my order details so let's see...even if there's the slightest chance I will try get there but they only announcing at 7PM tonight so that's a bit late to get over there today still...anyway, my first attempt at entry to a gravel race appears to have gone awry! Sure I'm not the only one! +1 We’re killing some time with a choppie and steak 😅 Jewbacca, capediver and ChrisF 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted July 29, 2023 Share 21 minutes ago, Jewbacca said: Yeah. It sucks. I'm sorry. I just say it may be best to wait. Cancellations and things gone bad for an event can be devastating. If they don't roll entries/offer discounts etc for next year, it can quite often spell the end of an event after everyone feels they didn't do what they could have. Especially a relatively new event like this. I'm sure they will work through the initial shock and then make some educated decisions on what is left and what they want out of the future. I hope it goes ahead and you manage to get there, but I know those roads well and some of them flood pretty easily in weather like this. The roads on either side of the Pont on the Van As land are often completely submerged after rains like this. So the event gets tough for everyone and access for emergencies gets impossible. This is the real event killer. If someone has a heart attack or goes hypothermic and no one can get to them, it kills them and the event I see they have published alternate routes that don't involve the pont, so they do have a plan B but the amount of rain that is coming down in the region will make any gravel road in the region just a mudfest so yeah..riding in the mud is never fun....ce la vie...maybe I'll do a few loops of the greenbelt with my all new mudguards tomorrow morning!!!!! throttles, Mtree and Jewbacca 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted July 29, 2023 Share They said that those that cannot ride tomorrow, a potential arrangement might be offered through a discount for next year perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted July 29, 2023 Share Went out this morning, the rain has largely subsided now but surfaces obviously very muddy Zebra, throttles and ChrisF 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MongooseMan Posted July 29, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: Went out this morning, the rain has largely subsided now but surfaces obviously very muddy I’m really in 2 minds here. We’re here to race, gravel is dirty, etc, etc. But looking at the rain falling, and the roads we rode today, let’s be frank, 100miles tomorrow is going to be miserable. there’s no rain forecast for tomorrow, but there is the small matter of 50km/h wind gusts. i really feel for the organisers, there’s no easy decision here. Edited July 29, 2023 by MongooseMan Zebra and throttles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted July 29, 2023 Share 20 minutes ago, MongooseMan said: I’m really in 2 minds here. We’re here to race, gravel is dirty, etc, etc. But looking at the rain falling, and the roads we rode today, let’s be frank, 100miles tomorrow is going to be miserable. there’s no rain forecast for tomorrow, but there is the small matter of 50km/h wind gusts. i really feel for the organisers, there’s no easy decision here. 1 mile in that would be depressing....ego or no ego.... throttles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttles Posted July 29, 2023 Share Nee fork.. 836cef6d-ee87-4686-9655-f7e18d01a2d6.mp4 capediver and ChrisF 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 29, 2023 Share Hypothermia was on the cards today. Glad everybody is safe, warm and away from risk. Rowl, throttles, Mtree and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capediver Posted July 29, 2023 Share 2 minutes ago, 'Dale said: Hypothermia was on the cards today. Glad everybody is safe, warm and away from risk. No hypothermia around my pot... Zebra, Mtree, Scary Rider and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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