MarcoDeS Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Trailseeker have announced that their 2nd event for the year will take place at cradle moon. Where do you think the marathon route will run through as there is no way 70km can be done in cradle moon itself? Also, the single track is very tight at CM, sounds like a recipe for disaster with all the bottlenecks that will take place? Thoughts?
dave303e Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Advendurance knows what they are doing, no doubt they will put the route together in a way that will not cause too many issues. They will probably find jeep tracks and gravel early on and then get into the singletrack later in the race. Most of their races do similar.
love2fly Posted February 12 Posted February 12 It's going to be very difficult to avoid bottlenecks as if it's on Cradle noon that's a high proportion of single track. If they ad the Cradle MTB off road loop that is in less than great condition and if you want to fix that it's 29km of trail to make safe for especially lesser experienced riders.
Pandatron Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Trailseeker crew have been at this for a while, I'm sure they will have it handled and put on a competent show.
Robbie Stewart Posted February 12 Posted February 12 I hear there were plenty bottlenecks on the Tankwa Trek prologue day as well. I did Trailseeker at Hemel en Aarde a few years back and there were bottlenecks as well, and that frustrated me no end, to the point I don't do these kinds of events anymore. When I am riding single track I want to flow. I don't want to get stuck behind someone who is unskilled and struggles with the course. BrentCGP 1
dave303e Posted February 12 Posted February 12 these events are also seeded, so they reward the people who ride them often and ride them well. Starting in the faster batches does a lot for not getting caught in bottlenecks... Pieterlab1 and peetwindhoek 2
Mountain Bru Posted March 6 Posted March 6 Long shot, but any chance anyone has a GPX file for this route???
love2fly Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Cradle Moon has many choke points which are going to cause bottlenecks, you're not going to see me anywhere near there unfortunately ...
Sandro Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Well we're going to find out one way or another I guess. Still better than spending a morning on the couch. Pieterlab1, betaboy and G P 2 1
betaboy Posted March 7 Posted March 7 The best “bottleneck” comes after the ride! 😅 Sandro, BrentCGP, nathrix and 1 other 1 3
PregoRoll Posted March 7 Posted March 7 Hot Take... You might be seeded in A batch...doesn't always mean you have the skills to keep up 😆 W Smith and nathrix 2
MarcoDeS Posted March 7 Author Posted March 7 15 minutes ago, PregoRoll said: Hot Take... You might be seeded in A batch...doesn't always mean you have the skills to keep up 😆 Lol 🤣
Robbie Stewart Posted March 7 Posted March 7 1 hour ago, PregoRoll said: You might be seeded in A batch...doesn't always mean you have the skills to keep up 😆 this
peepeekaitjie Posted March 7 Posted March 7 2 hours ago, betaboy said: bottleneck have buttons made a comeback? betaboy and Sandro 2
love2fly Posted March 10 Posted March 10 I saw quite a queue of cars waiting to enter Cradle Moon -Did everyone get to the start on time? How was the race?
Pandatron Posted March 10 Posted March 10 2 hours ago, love2fly said: I saw quite a queue of cars waiting to enter Cradle Moon -Did everyone get to the start on time? How was the race? Heard it went well and was quite a hard race for the full marathon love2fly 1
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