Spinnekop Posted November 2, 2022 Share 15 minutes ago, FondTF2 said: Clearly entries must be down on previous years as got a mail yesterday that they have reopened entries for an additional R50 late entry penalty fee. Seeding has been a right royal F..up this year. Two mates of mine, one who finished last year in +/- 4hrs is seeded in D and the other who finished in just over 3hrs is seeded in M. Makes no sense whatsoever. To be fair, that was a year ago? No races since that the organisers have taken into account? Edited November 2, 2022 by Spinnekop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR 1.0 Posted November 2, 2022 Share 4 hours ago, FondTF2 said: Clearly entries must be down on previous years as got a mail yesterday that they have reopened entries for an additional R50 late entry penalty fee. Seeding has been a right royal F..up this year. Two mates of mine, one who finished last year in +/- 4hrs is seeded in D and the other who finished in just over 3hrs is seeded in M. Makes no sense whatsoever. My Neighbour got seeded with the Elites.... he did a 5 hr plus ride last year. Scary Rider, edgarblount, Red Robin and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Robin Posted November 2, 2022 Share On 10/31/2022 at 10:06 AM, TheoG said: Is there anyone that have a GPX file for the MTB route please? Just so you are prepared, the smell near one part of the river was vomit inducing. Also be wary of riding through mud near an outlet, I am not convinced it was just mud. Hopefully it's not the case again this year, as if it is then I won't do it again in 2023. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyclingAddict Posted November 2, 2022 Share I have not done the 947 in the last 2 years due to Covid, got seeded in BB this year, so I responded to their WA asking them to check my previous years times, and they reseeded me 50 minutes earlier in N which is closer to what I was hoping for. So at least they are responding and trying to sort it out when asked 🙂 mecheng89 and Sandro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarblount Posted November 2, 2022 Share 23 minutes ago, CyclingAddict said: I have not done the 947 in the last 2 years due to Covid, got seeded in BB this year, so I responded to their WA asking them to check my previous years times, and they reseeded me 50 minutes earlier in N which is closer to what I was hoping for. So at least they are responding and trying to sort it out when asked 🙂 This is good news. Thanks for this. I am going to try and ask them to look at my 2019 time. I just want an earlier start than 8:25. Might as well try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyclingAddict Posted November 2, 2022 Share 3 minutes ago, edgarblount said: This is good news. Thanks for this. I am going to try and ask them to look at my 2019 time. I just want an earlier start than 8:25. Might as well try. Good luck ! edgarblount 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted November 2, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, Red Robin said: Just so you are prepared, the smell near one part of the river was vomit inducing. Also be wary of riding through mud near an outlet, I am not convinced it was just mud. Hopefully it's not the case again this year, as if it is then I won't do it again in 2023. We did it on Sunday, the smell in some places almost made me to kots, its terrible. Ridiculous that even in such a wealthy estate you also have bad areas like this .... ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehosefat Posted November 2, 2022 Share 53 minutes ago, TheoG said: We did it on Sunday, the smell in some places almost made me to kots, its terrible. Ridiculous that even in such a wealthy estate you also have bad areas like this .... ☹️ This is exactly why I don't do the MTB race anymore. Smells like sh*t every time. CyclingAddict, Pieterlab1 and FondTF2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14phoenix Posted November 2, 2022 Share I got a group Q to group G upgrade Was expecting no upgrade but at least they did something. 😁 mecheng89 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Posted November 2, 2022 Share 6 hours ago, edgarblount said: This is good news. Thanks for this. I am going to try and ask them to look at my 2019 time. I just want an earlier start than 8:25. Might as well try. Go for it, they reseeded me and my last 947 was 2015. Was pushed up from 8:30 to 7:25 based on previous times. edgarblount and mecheng89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgarblount Posted November 3, 2022 Share 12 hours ago, Sandro said: Go for it, they reseeded me and my last 947 was 2015. Was pushed up from 8:30 to 7:25 based on previous times. It worked! Asked to be seeded in N and got seeded in N. Starting a whole hour earlier. Should've asked if I can start with the elites. Sandro and DanMan 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkman Posted November 3, 2022 Share I dread hills- I'm a pretty k*k cyclist but ride for fun. Can someone tell me the approximate length/gradient of the tough climbs at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
117 Posted November 3, 2022 Share Road ride? There's 3 The road behind Bryanston country club, then from Randburg to Hyde Park up Jan smuts, then Rosebank to Empire/M1 going up past the zoo still on Jan Smuts Thats about it really Edited November 3, 2022 by 117 silkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted November 3, 2022 Share 6 minutes ago, silkman said: I dread hills- I'm a pretty k*k cyclist but ride for fun. Can someone tell me the approximate length/gradient of the tough climbs at the end. silkman and Moolz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MudLark Posted November 3, 2022 Share 22 hours ago, Red Robin said: Just so you are prepared, the smell near one part of the river was vomit inducing. Also be wary of riding through mud near an outlet, I am not convinced it was just mud. Hopefully it's not the case again this year, as if it is then I won't do it again in 2023. It was literally sh!t we were riding through at one point. They can keep their Steyn City MTB ride. There was some fun single track but mostly the whole thing was second rate. Honestly, you'll have more fun doing two loops at the Cradle. 117 and Pieterlab1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 3, 2022 Share 1 hour ago, silkman said: I dread hills- I'm a pretty k*k cyclist but ride for fun. Can someone tell me the approximate length/gradient of the tough climbs at the end. It depends what you define as the tough climbs at the end. How far from the end? Search for these segments on Strava (bold) and you'll see all the data: Pitts Avenue Robot2Robot 1 (entrance to Kyalami) | 590m | 4.2% Wesbank hill (Mine shaft) | 420m | 7.3% R55 – Kyalami Entrance to Top (after Kyalami) | 1.34Km | 5.3% Jukskei2Witkoppen | 2.17Km | 4.2% Douglas Burn | 2.01Km | 2.7% Bram Fischer Dr Climb (passed Bryanston golf club) | 2.36Km | 4.4% Good Morning Ms MoneyPenny (Conrad to Hyde Park) | 2.21Km | 4.4% Jan Smuts Classic Climb (passed the Zoo) | 1.09Km | 5.4% Parktown Ridge to Braamfontein | 1.23Km | 2.9% Empire to Ameshoff Climb (on-ramp to M1) | 520m | 5.8% Edit: The last drag at the 90Km mark is not a hill, but it's hard going if you've been burning matches on the hills. Edited November 3, 2022 by Frosty Added profile and numbering of each segment BouncingBrain, edgarblount and thebob 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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