[Event] Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg Road

[ChrisF]

9 hours ago, Chadvdw67 said:

Saw a dude on a dual sus mtb that had a blown rear shock, made me feel sea sick watching him bounce around the road

 

Blown shock .... or simply not wanting to lock it ?

 

Baffels the brain ... but there are people that WANT to keep those shocks OPEN on long tar rides ....

 

 

maak glad nie sin nie.

[Chadvdw67]

2 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Blown shock .... or simply not wanting to lock it ?

 

Baffels the brain ... but there are people that WANT to keep those shocks OPEN on long tar rides ....

 

 

maak glad nie sin nie.

Blown, zero damping, bouncing like a pogo stick

[love2fly]

2 hours ago, The Ouzo said:

opposite direction was a hard slog from start to finish

 

38 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I see a number of people I know, on the list, without a time.
Their Strava file shows as complete, so either they rode without a timing board, or there's a problem. Here's the summary of start groups without a time.
 

Time	(blank)
Row Labels	Count of StartGroup
AF-Race for a Purpose	13
Elite	10
Elite Ladies - Under 17	2
Hand Cycle and recumbent	3
Open Batches - A	26
Open Batches - AA	48
Open Batches - B	35
Open Batches - BB	31
Open Batches - C	41
Open Batches - CC	52
Open Batches - D	54
Open Batches - DD	47
Open Batches - E	44
Open Batches - EE	55
Open Batches - F	58
Open Batches - FF	32
Open Batches - G	50
Open Batches - GG	40
Open Batches - H	40
Open Batches - HH	60
Open Batches - I	53
Open Batches - II	47
Open Batches - J	47
Open Batches - JJ	64
Open Batches - K	48
Open Batches - KK	77
Open Batches - L	49
Open Batches - M	22
Open Batches - N	49
Open Batches - O	51
Open Batches - P	50
Open Batches - Q	73
Open Batches - S	20
Open Batches - V - Companies	86
Open Batches - W - Companies	45
Open Batches - X - Charities	47
Open Batches - Y - Charities	48
Open Batches 35km - SA	60
Open Batches 35km - SB - Charities	25
Open Batches 35km - SC - Companies	37
Open Batches 35km - SD	78
Open Batches 35km - SE	52
Open batches T Tandem	34
Racing Junior Men	4
Tandems - Male	2
Tandems - Mixed	5
U17 Boys Licensed	2
Under 23	6
Under 23 Ladies	2
VA-Racing Vets 30-34 Male	5
VB-Racing Vets 35-39 Male	5
VC-Racing Vets 40-44 Male	13
VD-Racing Vets 45-49 Male	9
VE-Vets groups 50-54 Male	7
VF-Vets groups 55-59 Male	6
VG-Vets groups 60+ Male	8
WA-Racing Vets 30-39 Female	4
WB-Racing Vets 40-49 Female	1
WC-Racing Vets 50+ Female	2
(blank)
Grand Total	1984

 

We saw literally dozens and dozens, if not hundreds riding without boards. Lots of ebikes doing that. Also the odd e-bike going all out and definitely fit enough to ride an Amish bike....

[ChrisF]

13 minutes ago, love2fly said:

 

We saw literally dozens and dozens, if not hundreds riding without boards. Lots of ebikes doing that. Also the odd e-bike going all out and definitely fit enough to ride an Amish bike....

 

Any chance of a regular Sunday ride overlapping with a part of the race route ?

 

Or actually poeple (let's not correct this spelling mistake) that ride the race without paying ?

 

 

 

Around here it happens that a normal weekend route overlaps with one or other event.  With the one-tonner I knew it in advance and actually went trail riding instead.

[love2fly]

16 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

 

Any chance of a regular Sunday ride overlapping with a part of the race route ?

 

Or actually poeple (let's not correct this spelling mistake) that ride the race without paying ?

 

 

 

Around here it happens that a normal weekend route overlaps with one or other event.  With the one-tonner I knew it in advance and actually went trail riding instead.

Could be but there were some that rode in the bike traffic and some that kept to the side. Where I stay in Fourways we don't get many cyclists passing by