[Event] Old Mutual Wealth Double Century

[Pure Savage]

1 hour ago, DieselnDust said:

Make sure you have a good debrief after the event. Maybe not within 24 hrs but certainly within 120hr before painted memories take over.

Also consult with each rider individually and remember, the road always tells the truth. Then you know who to invite back and who to pass along. 
internally , team management sorted their shyte over G&T till 01:00 Sunday morning so by breakfast we were still friends. 
one of the lesson is that highly strung race horses aren’t always a good fit when things don’t go according to plan

Wait, so flogging it out over instagram stories and comments is not the best way to debrief... 

Dammit, messed that up. 

People love to watch a train wreck though, our first major increase in followers in years....

Tough point this year was someone asking me at the inter schools cycling where I bought my Savage supporters shirt, obviously thinking there was no way that I was a Savage 😕

[Pure Savage]

What I have learned over these three years and DC's is that words and banter affect people very differently. Some people dont notice it, some thrive on it, some laugh it off and some it cripples. 

Just remember there is someone on the other side of that hub account/insta account.

[bleedToWin]

18 minutes ago, Pure Savage said:

Just remember there is someone on the other side of that hub account/insta account

For some reason this always seems to be very hard for folks to keep in mind... 🙏

[babse]

[BuffsVintageBikes]

1 hour ago, Pure Savage said:

What I have learned over these three years and DC's is that words and banter affect people very differently. Some people dont notice it, some thrive on it, some laugh it off and some it cripples. 

Just remember there is someone on the other side of that hub account/insta account.

I hear you but if someone is letting the banter of a little race around Swellendam cripple them then maybe the issues are deeper rooted and they need some help? I don't mean that in a hurtful way.
Let's face it, cyclists are just plain ruthless when it comes to banter, especially body or fitness shaming.

I had a friend who used to play golf with me who got so upset with the banter that it affected his game tremendously and so to his demeanor on the course. He eventually stepped away from the game because he couldn't control his emotions. He should have gone for counseling because the banter is always going to be there, in some form or the other.

[Hilton.]

2 hours ago, peetwindhoek said:

For the life of me, I can't figure out what's going on in this picture - my brain just can't compute. It seems you are on the wrong side of the road.

Guys, guys... this is taken with the selfy camera on a phone. Probably. 

Selfy cameras are always horizontally flipped.

Which is why the text on the signs are all reversed... 🙃 ➡️⬅️

[Hilton.]

4 minutes ago, Hilton. said:

Guys, guys... this is taken with the selfy camera on a phone. Probably. 

Selfy cameras are always horizontally flipped.

Which is why the text on the signs are all reversed... 🙃 ➡️⬅️

That said, there were long sections between Robertson and Bonnievale where the group was taking up almost the entire road. 

And the side-on breeze was causing everyone to move to the right side of the road, seeking shelter.

[NC_lurker]

1 hour ago, Hilton. said:

That said, there were long sections between Robertson and Bonnievale where the group was taking up almost the entire road. 

And the side-on breeze was causing everyone to move to the right side of the road, seeking shelter.

How does a group of 12 take up the whole road?

[Bub Marley]

2 hours ago, Hilton. said:

Guys, guys... this is taken with the selfy camera on a phone. Probably. 

Selfy cameras are always horizontally flipped.

Which is why the text on the signs are all reversed... 🙃 ➡️⬅️

There is a setting on the camera which shows you to toggle mirror off which resolves their issue. 

[bleedToWin]

15 hours ago, NC_lurker said:

How does a group of 12 take up the whole road?

We passed dropped riders that somehow managed to take up the whole road on that section while riding solo...

[DieselnDust]

6 hours ago, bleedToWin said:

We passed dropped riders that somehow managed to take up the whole road on that section while riding solo...

True story. Ones drop and then park in the middle of the road. The “Pro” is strong with them

[droo]

2 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

True story. Ones drop and then park in the middle of the road. The “Pro” is strong with them

It's a break.

Just backwards.

Glad I saw you when you still looked like you were having fun, onwards and upwards to next year...

[splat]

23 minutes ago, droo said:

It's a break.

Just backwards.

Glad I saw you when you still looked like you were having fun, onwards and upwards to next year...

Did you guys have an 'incident' after the Robertson circle ?
We were navigating our way around the 2nd one and I thought that I saw you guys stopped there for a bit.
All OK ?

[droo]

9 minutes ago, splat said:

Did you guys have an 'incident' after the Robertson circle ?
We were navigating our way around the 2nd one and I thought that I saw you guys stopped there for a bit.
All OK ?

Yeah, that was us. Someone took the solo line through the circle and took down 2 of our team.

One guy in a cast as of Tuesday, but he finished. The break may have happened a few weeks before though. The other guy hit the deck pretty hard right in front of me and escaped without so much as a roastie. Ninja skills.

@Dale we were trading places with you and Tertius from the top of the hill to the second feed zone, would have said hi if I'd known.

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, droo said:

It's a break.

Just backwards.

Glad I saw you when you still looked like you were having fun, onwards and upwards to next year...

Likewise, yeah a that stage I figured we were warming but alas, warming out . I love the DC, it’s a bit like a box of chocolates to quote Forest Gump

[bleedToWin]

Anyone know where we can find the stage photo's?