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[Vaultboy]

The pro teams are so well supported, but it didn't appear as if any of them brought mud tyres along, even though they knew weather was incoming.  (Maybe Cannondale ISB? I didn't get a close enough look at their bikes). I wonder if any teams sent a member scurrying out to get some tyres yesterday. 

[love2fly]

28 minutes ago, babse said:

Eish... Hopefully this doesn't kill the overall GC fight

Thanks for that

[DieselnDust]

It’s more wet that it was yesterday. This is going to be like wines2whales Pinotage 2018! Not whether sunnies will be use ful or not because they’re going to be dirty within meters

 

the rain looms like it wants to stick around but just holding off for now.

Edited Sunday at 08:17 AM by DieselnDust

[Jorrie]

Tristan en Matt sal 'n mean team wees

[PhilipV]

I got rained on while running along the course earlier. It will definitely be a mud fest on the route. 

[PhilipV]

16 hours ago, Skubarra said:

Any updates from your trusted dr source? Or do we still  need our hub journo to do investigations into covered up Epic rider fatalities?

None. But no news is good news. 
Today I spoke with a dr who worked at the CE medic tent in Fairview Race village. She says it was a rough day. They had three critical cases that went to Hospital. No fatalities. 
conflicting stories. I hope hers is true. 

[RobynE]

How flippen cool to have Saffas on the GC podium both men and women 🇿🇦 💪 😊 You go you good things. 

[ChrisF]

@DieselnDust thank you for your series of stage reports.

 

Hope your team mate recovers quickly and fully.

 

As tough as this one was, it is now some of your best war stories. 

[Shebeen]

On 3/22/2025 at 4:00 PM, Spafsack said:

Lets talk bikes of the epic.

The Titan girls are doing so dam well. Does Bianka have a carbon ultimate, sid fork, wonder what specs that bike has. I kind of feel they doing so well versus international riders who have unlimited budgets for high end bikes which weigh less than 11kg, all while our ladies in red might have heavier bikes, but it does not seem to make such a difference?

On that note, i see tons of spez's and scotts, not many super calibers. The santa cruz's look cool as well. Some riders riding with inserts it seems as well, which adds to the overall weight, but rather safe than sorry.

Would be cool to know what some of these rides weigh as us normal people are always so fascinated with getting weight down on our bikes. I recon anything under 12kg with all there gear on should be just fine?

 

A real shout out to imbuko on their specialized bikes.  Beat a lot of SWorks equipped teams

[Me rida my bicycle]

53 minutes ago, Shebeen said:

A real shout out to imbuko on their specialized bikes.  Beat a lot of SWorks equipped teams

As an old cyclist once told me, "dit maak nie saak wat jy ry nie dit moet getrap word". 

[OVERDRIVE]

Beers not even Top 10

[cadenceblur]

It’s a team event , so not Beers per se . His partner was clearly the weaker link. 
 

[Iwan Kemp]

5 hours ago, RobynE said:

How flippen cool to have Saffas on the GC podium both men and women 🇿🇦 💪 😊 You go you good things. 

Yip yip!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DHjGL-AsgSG/

Edited Sunday at 05:19 PM by Iwan Kemp

[OVERDRIVE]

1 minute ago, cadenceblur said:

It’s a team event , so not Beers per se . His partner was clearly the weaker link. 
 

Totally correct. Got a gif from him when he began bleeding earlier in the week on the hub: 

['Dale]

6 x winner - remarkable. The most successful elite rider in Cape Epic history. 

[love2fly]

10 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

It’s more wet that it was yesterday. This is going to be like wines2whales Pinotage 2018! Not whether sunnies will be use ful or not because they’re going to be dirty within meters

 

the rain looms like it wants to stick around but just holding off for now.

That stage of W2W is STILL to this day the most fun I've ever had on a bike!

After a sleep on the floor at Houwhoek Hotel, and s stunning breakfast at the same 😄