The ARGUS 2025 Thread (AKA CTCT)

[duringd]

7 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

It does NOT.

 

No more substitutions. At least not according to the CTCT information sent out this week.

 

Only way now is to give your entry and your Finish Time board to somebody .... which is "not allowed for" in the rules

Did one this morning.........🤭

[Jan D]

6 hours ago, Shebeen said:

great initiative

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DG260kWMRAO/

Tim's Test is a fantastic idea. It makes sense to have melanoma screening here. I made an appointment and went, in and out in 10 minutes. Great experience, and highly appreciated they offer this for free

Edited Friday at 05:01 PM by Jan D

[DieselnDust]

8 hours ago, James2233 said:

Hi, sorry if this is a dumb question. I saw that there will be around 300 riders in the @ group. Is that standard? Seems like a massive peloton. 

Yes , have fun. 
I got bumped out of the racing category due to insufficient loyalty points and apparently PPA seeding is the pinnacle of road cycling , not a CSA racing license. So I’m going to have a fun ride from 1A

[DieselnDust]

7 hours ago, Shebeen said:

this! they must go jump in a lake

Only if they buy 2 pairs 

[DieselnDust]

9 hours ago, Pure Savage said:

Just  a wee bit of banter

 

https://www.instagram.com/stories/teampuresavage/3582906629447947723?igsh=bDA4ZmZhOXNoMnFm

Who’s that one wiff da xcent. He was in my group last year. Rather noisy fellow with lots of opinions he erroneously throught everyone wanted to hear hence this post is frikken hilarious 

[Spafsack]

What is the best food to take with, bananas etc...or are there food feeding zones?

[Mamil]

1 minute ago, Spafsack said:

What is the best food to take with, bananas etc...or are there food feeding zones?

Depends how long you plan on taking to do the loop. If you are between winning time and 3hrs30 you are unlikely to stop for food or water. Then you carry what you will consume, usually gels, bars and nutrition drinks. 

If you're taking 4hrs30 or longer, I'd take a sandwich and bananas as well as the above.

I don't actually know what is at the refreshment stations - I imagine it's coke, water and maybe sponsors sports bars?

[JeffK]

10 hours ago, Skubarra said:

Yes - unfortunately Cycle Tour doesn't take age cat racing seriously. Will be a massive (and dodgy) bunch till around Smitswinkel with a lot of people there that don't really belong in age cat racing. 

Around Chappies the actual racing starts

Got seeded in &. I'm one of the slow 30-39 cat riders, and have 0 desire to ride there, so will ride with my wife, much more worthwhile.

Edited Friday at 07:49 PM by JeffK

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, Jan D said:

Tim's Test is a fantastic idea. It makes sense to have melanoma screening here. I made an appointment and went, in and out in 10 minutes. Great experience, and highly appreciated they offer this for free

 

When I got there I was told it might be a 45 minute waiting period.

 

A while later a friend went through in 5 minutes 

 

 

Certainly a good idea, and a LOT of people doing it.

[ChrisF]

On 3/6/2025 at 9:34 PM, Murrob said:

The downside, other than the definite reduction in exhibitors, was the incredibly annoying shoe cleaning product sales guys that seemed to have multiple stations/locations all over and were determined to get me let them try their stuff on my shoes. By the 40th no thank you I started getting a bit twitchy. 

 

On Friday the shoe guys were in TWO spots.

 

1 at the Clicks screening entrance

 

1 in the cross isles.

[Jan D]

10 hours ago, Spafsack said:

What is the best food to take with, bananas etc...or are there food feeding zones?

I always take some bananas and bars, as well as some not fully diluted energade to keep me going. But the water points have water, coke, energade, and energy bars. So if you don't mind the brief stops your don't need to load up too much.

[ChrisF]

The Potch train has arived 😋. Well, the first peleton. 

 

 

The rest flew in last night 👍

[Zebra]

53 minutes ago, ChrisF said:

The Potch train has arived 😋. Well, the first peleton. 

 

 

The rest flew in last night 👍

Well, if their positions next to the bike in this pic MIRROR their actual positions in the race, then Lady Stoker 1 aint’ seeing ANYTHING of the 108-odd kilometers CTCT, behind that giant of a man!!!

[peetwindhoek]

1 hour ago, ChrisF said:

The Potch train has arived 😋. Well, the first peleton. 

 

 

The rest flew in last night 👍

Wow, first thought was how did they travel with it?

[The Ouzo]

This update coming to you live from cape town

 

[MORNE]

40 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

This update coming to you live from cape town

 

This one too😁