Where has your bike taken you today?

[Rouxenator]

  On 5/4/2024 at 6:08 PM, ChrisF said:

 

Hello ou maat.

 

Was good to see you there.

 

@KB280DT and I had fun on the 30km route.  Short, but propper RED route .... you had to stay focussed ...

 

Saw lots of people falling off in the latter half of the race .... mostly on the loose surface on some bends.

 

Will post some more pics tomorrow.

 

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It was good - but being Entry Ninja the registration was woefully slow....

[patham]

My local trailhead looking nice and green after a good wet season. Sometimes it’s only the dodgy septic tank soakaway (the barricaded area) that always looks lush! 

[ChrisF]

  On 5/5/2024 at 6:21 AM, Rouxenator said:

It was good - but being Entry Ninja the registration was woefully slow....

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Did you register online, or at the event ?

 

Seemed that the event registrations and the CSA payments were a bit of bumble at a single point.

 

I registered online, and gave my CSA number when I collected my board.  Could not have been any faster.  @KB280DT had to join the line, or was that a bundle, for the CSA payment ....

[ChrisF]

Some more pics of Gravel and Grape

 

60km getting ready to start.

 

Nice bike stands ...

 

This was the most sun we saw ...

 

Two Hubbers enjoying the ride.

 

 

 

 

 

[Me rida my bicycle]

  On 5/5/2024 at 6:21 AM, Rouxenator said:

It was good - but being Entry Ninja the registration was woefully slow....

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Maybe you just caught it at a bad time, we did late entry plus all the extra payments and it went quick. Bearley had time to scribble my details on the page. 

[Rouxenator]

  On 5/5/2024 at 9:32 AM, Me rida my bicycle said:

Maybe you just caught it at a bad time, we did late entry plus all the extra payments and it went quick. Bearley had time to scribble my details on the page. 

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Was there at 7:30 and the line was very long, poor people with late entries first had to queue for a entry form, then queue again for a bike number. 

This is typical of Entry Ninja events; I have taken it up with them time after time. No result.

  On 5/5/2024 at 9:09 AM, ChrisF said:

 

Did you register online, or at the event ?

 

Seemed that the event registrations and the CSA payments were a bit of bumble at a single point.

 

I registered online, and gave my CSA number when I collected my board.  Could not have been any faster.  @KB280DT had to join the line, or was that a bundle, for the CSA payment ....

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Yes, all done online.

I detest giving any money to CSA so I avoid it where I can, but this time I did pay for that too online. Last year I told then "Ja. I'll come pay that now my wallet is in the car, just give me my number 🤫"

The problem is they had one list of online entries and one person marking your name off. That does not work. You need at least 3. 

Nonetheless it was an awesome ride, so far I have done the long at Slanghoek, the short at Botha and the long at Du Toit. I look forwards to doing the long at Botha next time that is on the calendar. 

[Me rida my bicycle]

  On 5/5/2024 at 9:42 AM, Rouxenator said:

Was there at 7:30 and the line was very long, poor people with late entries first had to queue for a entry form, then queue again for a bike number. 

This is typical of Entry Ninja events; I have taken it up with them time after time. No result.

Yes, all done online.

I detest giving any money to CSA so I avoid it where I can, but this time I did pay for that too online. Last year I told then "Ja. I'll come pay that now my wallet is in the car, just give me my number 🤫"

The problem is they had one list of online entries and one person marking your name off. That does not work. You need at least 3. 

Nonetheless it was an awesome ride, so far I have done the long at Slanghoek, the short at Botha and the long at Du Toit. I look forwards to doing the long at Botha next time that is on the calendar. 

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O okay we were there just after 7h so a buddy asked and they brought us the forms, we filled it in the line and there was only about 4 people in front of us. 

[ChrisF]

  On 5/5/2024 at 9:47 AM, Me rida my bicycle said:

O okay we were there just after 7h so a buddy asked and they brought us the forms, we filled it in the line and there was only about 4 people in front of us. 

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Dan was julle net voor ons in die ry.

[Frosty]

It’s that time of the year… #giro

 

[ewep]

Wet and cold, but the ride was great!

[throttles]

[daveno7]

  On 5/5/2024 at 9:12 AM, ChrisF said:

Some more pics of Gravel and Grape

 

60km getting ready to start.

 

Nice bike stands ...

 

This was the most sun we saw ...

 

Two Hubbers enjoying the ride.

 

 

 

 

 

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great pictures ....lookng forward to riding the trails in July when I get back there 

[RustyHWR]

  On 5/5/2024 at 2:48 PM, throttles said:

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In the road with no shoulder and right next to the cycle lane? Few meters ahead on the left is a ghost bike. Ek verstaan nie?

[ChrisF]

For those doing a couple of events per year.

 

Well worth doing your maths.  At R60 for a day license it soon makes financial sense to rather register with CSA.

 

Registering at the event, and not having to go stand in the CSA line is just an absolute bonus.  It is a tax I will rather just pay once a year, then forget about them for 12 months.

 

['Dale]

5 kms N of Durbanville, 14 degrees with a northerly chilly wind

[W Smith]

  On 5/6/2024 at 8:20 AM, RustyHWR said:

In the road with no shoulder and right next to the cycle lane? Few meters ahead on the left is a ghost bike. Ek verstaan nie?

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It only happens to other cyclists