DieselnDust Posted November 1, 2022 Share Forecast for paarl on Sunday is 27max. nit stupidly hot like 2018 but warm enough for that 3rd bottle to be handy babse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted November 1, 2022 Share Eish. Starting to get nervous for my first 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted November 1, 2022 Share 3 hours ago, DieselnDust said: Forecast for paarl on Sunday is 27max. nit stupidly hot like 2018 but warm enough for that 3rd bottle to be handy in 2018 a friend that was doing the short route just filled up at that last WP in KromRhee Road as we were passing him, this was about +-10kms from the finish. He kindly gave me a bottle as nobody wanted to stop in the reduced peloton going to the line. Everyone wanted a sip so we passed it around like we never heard of COVID so everyone could take a swig, ah those were the days babse, throttles, DieselnDust and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted November 1, 2022 Share 7 minutes ago, milky4130 said: in 2018 a friend that was doing the short route just filled up at that last WP in KromRhee Road as we were passing him, this was about +-10kms from the finish. He kindly gave me a bottle as nobody wanted to stop in the reduced peloton going to the line. Everyone wanted a sip so we passed it around like we never heard of COVID so everyone could take a swig, ah those were the days I remember bombing a sip from someone in this peloton too... I rode with 2x600ml 🤯 milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted November 1, 2022 Share I hit the cramp wall so badly I thought I was going to have a heart attack . It was the only muscle not cramping. I finished that race in the ambulance sipping 1L of slow mag milky4130 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K20Champ Posted November 2, 2022 Share Is the seedings being sent out today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throttles Posted November 2, 2022 Share 12 hours ago, cadenceblur said: Eish. Starting to get nervous for my first 😳 Me too.. 🫣😬🥹🥹🥹 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted November 2, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, throttles said: Me too.. 🫣😬🥹🥹🥹 Nah guys. Almost no wind. Not too hot. Mostly flat route (only 1000m of elevation gained in the 160km that doesn't make up the two climbs) It's all good. dexterdent and throttles 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted November 2, 2022 Share 1 minute ago, bleedToWin said: Nah guys. Almost no wind. Not too hot. Mostly flat route (only 1000m of elevation gained in the 160km that doesn't make up the two climbs) It's all good. I saw 1400m elevation gained for the long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted November 2, 2022 Share 17 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: I saw 1400m elevation gained for the long? Strava route also has it around that number yes, but with two "big" climbs taking up a large chunk of it, if you look at the remaining 160km it's fairly flat and easy going. MDJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexterdent Posted November 2, 2022 Share 32 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: Nah guys. Almost no wind. Not too hot. Mostly flat route (only 1000m of elevation gained in the 160km that doesn't make up the two climbs) It's all good. There's a good chance this is the post that makes me actually show up ChrisF, throttles, bleedToWin and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted November 2, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, dexterdent said: There's a good chance this is the post that makes me actually show up Do it. You can do the climbs at your own pace and find groups to drag you along the mildly undulating kms. throttles and dexterdent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bleedToWin Posted November 2, 2022 Share Quote CSA Commissaires will issue limited service vehicles stickers to racing teams on the 170 km and 109 km routes to their discretion. As expected. Neutral service with water would really have been nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akon Posted November 2, 2022 Share 4 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: As expected. Neutral service with water would really have been nice... It should actually be a given, not just "nice", especially also since ... 4 minutes ago, bleedToWin said: to their discretion bleedToWin and Sidekick Racer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted November 2, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, K20Champ said: Is the seedings being sent out today? Yes , just coming through now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peetwindhoek Posted November 2, 2022 Share Sheesh, all this talk of only 3 bottles for a 170km race makes me thirsty Scary Rider, ChrisF, mikkelz and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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