DieselnDust Posted April 29 Share 2 minutes ago, The Ouzo said: I wasnt aware that the epic was around when Prost was young enough to do it. 😂 he rode in his late 50’s. He has never stopped training. Once an athlete always an athlete. The guy he rode his first epic with was a water skiing world champ.  I think he rode in 2013 and 2015 The Ouzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furbz Posted April 29 Share 4 hours ago, Skubarra said: Yes And if you are over 60 male or over 50 female you must do the short route if you want to qualify which I think is daft. this. 100% agree. 100% daft! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongoose! Posted April 29 Share 7 hours ago, Skubarra said: Top 25% per age cat qualify for the UCI medal and world champs I was 12th of 49 and did not qualified.??..🤦😆  Edited April 29 by Mongoose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted April 29 Share 2 hours ago, Mongoose! said: I was 12th of 49 and did not qualified.??..🤦😆  Out of 49 that finished or 49 that started?.... If it is the latter then I suggest you write the organisers a strongly worded complaint 😉 Mongoose! and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mongoose! Posted April 30 Share 6 hours ago, Skubarra said: Out of 49 that finished or 49 that started?.... If it is the latter then I suggest you write the organisers a strongly worded complaint 😉 49 finished... but .... cannot afford an offshore trip anyway....😜 Kom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted April 30 Share 7 hours ago, Mongoose! said: 49 finished... but .... cannot afford an offshore trip anyway....😜 The next best economic option for us ZA's stuck on a green mamba is to do the Kenya leg --> https://ucigravelworldseries.com/en/naivasha/ R9k return flights to Nairobi from CPT ~R5k for accomodation in Nairobi R4k for event entry and transport from Nairobi  DieselnDust and Mongoose! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 30 Share 1 hour ago, Kom said: The next best economic option for us ZA's stuck on a green mamba is to do the Kenya leg --> https://ucigravelworldseries.com/en/naivasha/ R9k return flights to Nairobi from CPT ~R5k for accomodation in Nairobi R4k for event entry and transport from Nairobi  speaking of international. How many foreigners came out for this event? not exactly a world series is it...  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Marley Posted April 30 Share 2 hours ago, Kom said: The next best economic option for us ZA's stuck on a green mamba is to do the Kenya leg --> https://ucigravelworldseries.com/en/naivasha/ R9k return flights to Nairobi from CPT ~R5k for accomodation in Nairobi R4k for event entry and transport from Nairobi  There’s a gorilla gravel option in Rwanda as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbean Posted April 30 Share For those doing it to qualify for worlds is a waste of time any way. Even if you qualify and go to worlds(all at your own expense as usual)you will get zero recognition from CSA. This is from my own experience . Im talking age groups and not elite men and woman. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babse Posted April 30 Share 22 minutes ago, Shebeen said: speaking of international. How many foreigners came out for this event? not exactly a world series is it... Â Why not? Â ...bottas and his lady friend obviously stands out there. DieselnDust and Kom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kom Posted April 30 Share 3 hours ago, stringbean said: For those doing it to qualify for worlds is a waste of time any way. Even if you qualify and go to worlds(all at your own expense as usual)you will get zero recognition from CSA. This is from my own experience . Im talking age groups and not elite men and woman. What recognition are you referring to? A number of iron men / xco / gravel champ qualifiers go unnoticed for their efforts and hard earned cash spent to attend champ invitationals for nothing other than self satisfaction/achievement/goals - everything else is temporary no? 3 hours ago, Shebeen said: speaking of international. How many foreigners came out for this event? not exactly a world series is it... Hold up tiger - Gravel is still a very recent olympic sport, and consider that the gran fondo entrants for this years swartberg was double that of last year. Looking at this picture, its still not alot ... (Yes thats the entire gran fondo group, there was no seeding etc) Danger Dassie and DJR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuke Posted April 30 Share some nice pics on facebook under Swartberg100.....flip I can still taste the beer!! Mongoose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skubarra Posted April 30 Share 8 minutes ago, Kom said: Hold up tiger - Gravel is still a very recent olympic sport, and consider that the gran fondo entrants for this years swartberg was double that of last year. Looking at this picture, its still not alot ... (Yes thats the entire gran fondo group, there was no seeding etc) I find the numbers pretty impressive for a new-ish cycling event in the the Karoo. Try organising a mtb or road event in Prince Albert and see if anyone shows up? Also along with the trinkling of a few international riders you see people attending from the whole country, not just the Western Cape. I suspect/hope that this event will grow much more going forward. Underachiever, Mongoose!, Kom and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Albert Cycles Posted April 30 Share 1 hour ago, Kom said: What recognition are you referring to? A number of iron men / xco / gravel champ qualifiers go unnoticed for their efforts and hard earned cash spent to attend champ invitationals for nothing other than self satisfaction/achievement/goals - everything else is temporary no? Hold up tiger - Gravel is still a very recent olympic sport, and consider that the gran fondo entrants for this years swartberg was double that of last year. Looking at this picture, its still not alot ... (Yes thats the entire gran fondo group, there was no seeding etc) Looking at the results there was lot of non starters DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky4130 Posted April 30 Share This event started back in 2016 & I was fortunate to be there on my Gravel Donkey / Monster Cross. Then again back in 2018 on my MTB. 2017 the event was cancelled as some of the critical parts of the route was washed away by torrential rain. In those days there was literally no accommodation & the town couldn't handle the capacity especially when it coincided with other events in the town on the same weekend as I found out the hard way & had to book accommodation 53kms away in Klaarstroom. Now there are tents & more guesthouses have popped up. The event has definitely grown in numbers year on year. Well Done Big John & the Team!! Prince Albert Cycles, Underachiever, Wannabe and 4 others 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted April 30 Share Gravel is the new epic…..  you heard it here first ChrisF, Mongoose! and Prince Albert Cycles 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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