[Event] 99er Cycle Tour

[Skubarra]

48 minutes ago, WattsTheFuss said:

Asking for a friend: Any way to get a better seeding, just moving a group or 2 earlier, to ride with the guys he trains with?

technically you are not allowed to move a group or 2 earlier?

And then just a general, flat route & good weather - so unless you have a really bad seeding or no seeding at all the 99er not the best race to up your seeding no matter where you start, usually a penalty on how the seeding index for this race is calculated. 

[NicholasH]

47 minutes ago, KingZA said:

Excellent registration. Venue is lekka and everybody there was super friendly and helpful.

Thank you @NicholasH & team

thanks! 🙂 This year we have upped our game to ANOTHER level. Much better registration experience at Durbanville. Massive upgrade to venue in terms of stretch tents and food trucks. Also sorted out the Q issue at the bar!! Podium has been moved to make it much more visible. The list goes on. We did a marketing poll using an external company last year to see what works and what doesn't and have built on that. Obviously we cannot please all the people all of the time but this year we really tried!

Enjoy the race, see  you guys there hopefully!

[leon_pro]

@NicholasH 

Asking for a friend, @BuffsVintageBikes, what time will the bar start serving brandy specials?

[NicholasH]

20 minutes ago, leon_pro said:

@NicholasH 

Asking for a friend, @BuffsVintageBikes, what time will the bar start serving brandy specials?

ask your "friend" how soon he can get back to the start?🤣

[leon_pro]

5 minutes ago, NicholasH said:

ask your "friend" how soon he can get back to the start?🤣

Noted
I suspect they can only start around 10:00 or 11:00. 
But i will use it as encouragement 

 

[NicholasH]

11 minutes ago, leon_pro said:

Noted
I suspect they can only start around 10:00 or 11:00. 
But i will use it as encouragement 

 

This the Northern Suburbs, there may be nothing left by that stage....

[Kom]

On 2/4/2026 at 4:20 AM, mikkelz said:

Yup, I got the email. Kenilworth is 1.5x further for me, hence my post.

Hopefully soon this interaction will read: “you are registered thru your permanent finish time board, no need to go to registration, you will need this board to enter the start chute, have a great race”

@NicholasH 😎

[NicholasH]

14 minutes ago, Kom said:

Hopefully soon this interaction will read: “you are registered thru your permanent finish time board, no need to go to registration, you will need this board to enter the start chute, have a great race”

@NicholasH 😎

One can dream....

[BuffsVintageBikes]

1 hour ago, NicholasH said:

ask your "friend" how soon he can get back to the start?🤣

I'm standing outside now, open up 😄

Edited February 5 by BuffsVintageBikes

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, Kom said:

Hopefully soon this interaction will read: “you are registered thru your permanent finish time board, no need to go to registration, you will need this board to enter the start chute, have a great race”

@NicholasH 😎

 

100% what Trailseeker does ....

[JCPT]

Hey everyone,

For the gravel race: Is there a way to check which timing board is linked to my account? I have a permanent Finish Time board that I bought for a previous race, and I’m not sure if it will work for this one. 

[Alliesmeister]

Weather forecast looks promising 34 hours out with not a lot of wind expected:

[alansnyders]

Hi everyone,

I’m newish to cycling and I'm doing the 76km 99er, but I’m looking for some clarity on the first cut-off.

The official event info lists the 76km start at 07:20, which gives riders 75 minutes to reach the Fruit Sellers cut-off (R312/R304 intersection) by 08:35. However, I received an email saying my start time is 07:46. This means I only have 49 minutes to cover that same distance (approx. 26km).

Does anyone know if the 08:35 cut-off is a hard clock for the whole field, or is it adjusted for the later start times?

If it is a hard 08:35 cut-off, my math says I’d need to average about 32km/h right from the start line. Unless my calculations are completely off and I'm accidentally entering a high-speed chase instead of a cycle tour! lol.

Thanks for the help!

Edited February 5 by alansnyders

[ChrisF]

53 minutes ago, JCPT said:

 

Hey everyone,

For the gravel race: Is there a way to check which timing board is linked to my account? I have a permanent Finish Time board that I bought for a previous race, and I’m not sure if it will work for this one. 

 

Take your timing board to registration.

 

They can typically scan and check it.

[ChrisF]

5 minutes ago, alansnyders said:

Hi everyone,

I’m newish to cycling and I'm doing the 76km 99er, but I’m looking for some clarity on the first cut-off.

The official event info lists the 76km start at 07:20, which gives riders 75 minutes to reach the Fruit Sellers cut-off (R312/R304 intersection) by 08:35. However, I received an email saying my start time is 07:46. This means I only have 49 minutes to cover that same distance (approx. 26km).

Does anyone know if the 08:35 cut-off is a hard clock for the whole field, or is it adjusted for the later start times?

If it is a hard 08:35 cut-off, my math says I’d need to average about 32km/h right from the start line. Unless my calculations are completely off and I'm accidentally entering a high-speed chase instead of a cycle tour! lol.

Thanks for the help!

Hi everyone,

I’

 

@NicholasH may be able to clarify.

 

typically cut off points are around 15km/h ....certainly not meant to be a sprint

[NicholasH]

1 hour ago, JCPT said:

 

Hey everyone,

For the gravel race: Is there a way to check which timing board is linked to my account? I have a permanent Finish Time board that I bought for a previous race, and I’m not sure if it will work for this one. 

Take whatever you have to registration and let them check. Best option