the unofficial Cape Epic thread

[BMCfan]

1 minute ago, Hilton. said:

Nino and Fini are a minute back at this point, struggling up the Wagon pass:

https://x.com/CapeEpic/status/1769972197110534602?s=20

Not struggling, Fini had a puncture earlier. Not much overtaking space up the Wagon trail

[Rowl]

Side note: Gerald and co noted earlier they were struggling with image quality, but attending to it...

 

Matt punctured a couple of mins ago, as did Candice.

[SwissVan]

17 hours ago, J Wakefield said:

OKes are upset when there is no coverage, then upset when there is. 

Even when the sunshines, the temp is a nice 25 degrees, blue skies, a nice refreshing breeze blowing…. You know those perfect days…. There’s will always be someone who will whinge that the weather is crap ( I’m comparing the weather to the CE tv coverage).

I'm sitting here at home in  🇨🇭 ( it’s a public holiday where I work) watching supersports live coverage listening to Gerald, Sabine and the doper ( 😇) Owen, geez what is there to complain about???

Maybe Sabine could sound less German 🤙

 

[Stephan]

The 12-minute highlights of the start of Stage 2 were superb this morning. Great visuals. 

Starlink satellites will sort out all the signal issues. Pity it is not available in RSA. 

[J Wakefield]

16 minutes ago, SwissVan said:

Even when the sunshines, the temp is a nice 25 degrees, blue skies, a nice refreshing breeze blowing…. You know those perfect days…. There’s will always be someone who will whinge that the weather is crap ( I’m comparing the weather to the CE tv coverage).

I'm sitting here at home in  🇨🇭 ( it’s a public holiday where I work) watching supersports live coverage listening to Gerald, Sabine and the doper ( 😇) Owen, geez what is there to complain about???

Maybe Sabine could sound less German 🤙

 

True words.

Owen? Is he just commentating on the Supersport stream? 

[The Bull Shark]

Speed Company not at the level they were on previous years. I think they will fade out as the week goes on. Today will be a very tough day for the stragglers at the back.

[SwissVan]

16 minutes ago, J Wakefield said:

True words.

Owen? Is he just commentating on the Supersport stream? 

I think it’s Owen, it sounds like Owen.

I’m watching the actual Supersport Grandstand channel 201 through ipt tv 

 

[mikkelz]

Lol at the congestion on the trail.

[babse]

thats a serious stuff up and will delay times drastically 

 

[sias]

Are those people on the side still going up that hill while the pros are going down?

[Stephan]

Is there a leading motorbike uphead that would give these backmarkers a warning that the pro's are coming? They would obviously hear the helicopter as well, but this looks like a route-planning mess. The backmarkers are going to bundu-bash up that trail now because there is going to be a constant stream of riders coming down. 

[DieselnDust]

I sent voice notes to my mates/ riders last night warning them about the wagon trail pass and congestion. One oke thought I was over the top. I’m keen to get the feedback call at 17:00 assuming they’re back at Saronsberg by then 😂

[babse]

forearms and hands are lame on my keyboard after that descend 

[TIB]

I was one of the tail enders going up and down Ou Wapad in 2016

There were no problems with two-way traffic.

Being chased by a swarm of irate bees might have helped with a speedy climb😃

[bolt67]

20 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

So what 

does an amateur now have to wait for 5 hours to let everyone pass down and then start ? 

 

Race officials are gona have a field day with cutoff's today 

Cock up of note, backmarkers might as well pur bike on back and hike a bike straight up the mountain and ignore the marked route. Is this the EPIC or the Freedom Challenge

[W@nted]

Oi, what happened to Honeycomb today?