The ARGUS 2025 Thread (AKA CTCT)

[HdB]

31 minutes ago, Robbie Stewart said:

I did have three poo-your-pants moments though with riders just riding like they do when they drive and YouInstaTikTokFace.

My dad had a close call in the Simon's Town section, with a rider on an MTB dropping his phone (I assume after taking a photo/video) and immediately slamming all of the brakes.
Thankfully it happened on the left of the group, and my dad was able to dodge him without causing someone else to crash either.

[Spinnekop]

17 minutes ago, Jono said:

I was told this time was a mtb with mtb tyres on Sunday... @ group

He was RIGHT behind me in the "slow motion sprint" for the line.
No way in hell a MTB was going to beat me on my gravel bike.  😎😆

[DieselnDust]

2 minutes ago, HdB said:

My dad had a close call in the Simon's Town section, with a rider on an MTB dropping his phone (I assume after taking a photo/video) and immediately slamming all of the brakes.
Thankfully it happened on the left of the group, and my dad was able to dodge him without causing someone else to crash either.

those social media mogul are a real menace. We (1A) had has bloke whip his phone out and start filming along main road through St James. "Rupert Murdoch" was told to put the camera away, both hands on the bars where we can see em. Before he could come back with a Gen zeee'r response the peloton cheered and the phone was quietly placed back in the pocket

[Jono]

2 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

those social media mogul are a real menace. We (1A) had has bloke whip his phone out and start filming along main road through St James. "Rupert Murdoch" was told to put the camera away, both hands on the bars where we can see em. Before he could come back with a Gen zeee'r response the peloton cheered and the phone was quietly placed back in the pocket

In his defence, 1A were doing a coffee ride cruise along that stretch 

[DieselnDust]

2 minutes ago, Jono said:

In his defence, 1A were doing a coffee ride cruise along that stretch 

it was a coffee ride with drunk baristas

[Robbie Stewart]

27 minutes ago, HdB said:

My dad had a close call in the Simon's Town section, with a rider on an MTB dropping his phone (I assume after taking a photo/video) and immediately slamming all of the brakes.
Thankfully it happened on the left of the group, and my dad was able to dodge him without causing someone else to crash either.

I dropped my phone at the bottom of Smitswinkel and pretty much did the same thing . . . I was also riding on the left of the tar though and the lady I had just passed yelled out "phone", and "luckily I didn't ride over it". - However, I pulled off the road immediately.

[DieselnDust]

Cycling back to the start group and correct seeding/ grouping:

I had a squiz at the ladies result and noticed that the lady in 1A, whom I thought had won the ladies 109km race actually did not due to the lady in 1D being pulled by a Mother. This was the reason the ladies ended up with their own race because some were hiring a locomotive to propel/pull them around the Peninsula. I wasn't sure how I felt about it till that other chick popped up with her e-biker self defense. Cheating is cheating. I didn't realize just how desperate some people are to have that #1 next to their name. Its quite shameful. I consider it sporting fraud, like doping, or getting into a car and driving part of the course then getting back onto the road ahead of the chasing group and blending back in (Fishy business.....) or using an e-bike that looks like a normal road bike and not declaring it. Same same, same same. Its also quite disconcerting that people thing its so normal they brag about it on Strava.....wow, Just F....n Wow

[babse]

no mention of fastest time in a suit and tie?

see he too clocked 2:47

Edited 4 hours ago by babse
Pic added

[DieselnDust]

7 minutes ago, babse said:

no mention of fastest time in a suit and tie?

see he too clocked 2:47

Thats a good suit, who is the  tailor?

[Shebeen]

13 minutes ago, babse said:

no mention of fastest time in a suit and tie?

see he too clocked 2:47

sjoe. this oke is legit.

 

https://www.instagram.com/man_in_a_suit1/

[Scalpel]

Went up Edinburgh drive. saw someone on a mtb with back pack with batteries in. It then started making sense when his better half on her e bike started pulling up and away from the bunch. So he was the mule for the batteries and in exchange she pulled hi up all the hills by holding on.

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, babse said:

no mention of fastest time in a suit and tie?

see he too clocked 2:47

@Hairy Legs you have commuting competition

[MongooseMan]

2 hours ago, DieselnDust said:

Thats a good suit, who is the  tailor?

Backstory:

https://youtu.be/Z-n6fLUaZ_w?si=aojLbLDE4ogzx_LT

[Spafsack]

7 hours ago, i24 said:

Wow an e-bike bun fight. Blink and you miss it! A bunch of posts deleted.

Back to E-bikes: The 3h50 rule and 3A start time rules make sense. But they need to be enforced. E-bikes times times should be filtered and anything that looks like it breaks either of the above should not be published until it has been verified and DQ'd (or not). Remember the E-bike event is NOT A RACE. E-bike times are irrelevant, except perhaps for the individual riders. Perhaps they should be sent directly to the riders and not published all?

But maybe it is time for some more e-bike rules:

• Ban battery "swap stations" and external battery support on the route. Besides anything, the Giant station is on the wrong side of the road. All other support stations are on the left, that one is on the right - which seems a bit dangerous. If you cannot get round on one battery, you should carry your own spares or ride the short route.
• E-bikes should get a different medal. (Perhaps one the size of a coin battery with a plastic coated electric wire instead of a ribbon 😉) That might imply a different finish chute. If the e-bikes had to pull off the route a hundred meters before the real finish it would separate them from the racers in the finish line photos.
• E-bike riders should be banned from shouting "passing right" (or anything else). If they want to pass, particularly up Smits or Chappies, they should wait until there is a gap in traffic and pass quietly without upsetting the racers. (But that is just my own feeling).

For those who want to race e-bikes. I will join you on my EM-Bike, it is a lot of fun too!. I can easily break 3 hours round the course, even on a normal day with traffic, without breaking any speed limits or riding through red robots. I have "sufficient" wattage and no speed limiter device. I can do the whole course without refuelling. A tank of energy juice plus the Chappies toll fee is much cheap than an Argie Entry. The cycle and rider are both licenced (and taxed). I can even legally ride down the M3 on a non-tour day. (But I don't race M-Bikes - that is another story).

Post of the year!