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Posted

Midnight Express 2018.

a very tough ride.

I've learned a few things

1. riding in groups sucks, everyone wants to draft, no one wants to work, and if they do they lower the pace and can't keep a straight line on an open smooth road.

2. NEVER trust a norwegian weather man, always pack warm kit

3. learn to apply eye drops while moving

4. don't leave asthma pump in the back up vehicle

 

 

super happy with my sub 8 time (overall 7h58, strava lies)

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startline
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full moon
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we flew to bucklands, lost the group (thankfully) when i had to stop for a nature break
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spot the mitsake

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the best Ricoffy I ever had
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the Grootrivier Poort, bliksem those rocks are loose
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and just when you think the climbing is done
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finally at the top

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race number mounted

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Posted (edited)

Excellent Fanie.

Well done.

Looks amazing

It's s great Vettes.

 

Ride has a little bit of of everything, gravel roads, corrugation (think soutpan road), loose rocky climbs and fast downhills.

 

God willing I'll be back in 2019

 

Edit: en moerse lekker vetkoeke by wp1, biltong en droëwors by wp2. Bier en brekvis by die einde

Edited by fanievb

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