[Event] Tour de PPA

[babse]

1 hour ago, ChrisF said:

 

They sent a LONG email yesterday.  It shows all the groups from 6:30 to 7:00.

 

Saw the ebikes are relegated to the BACK ... sorry, dit not concentrate on the details up front.

Relegated?

 

They belong there...

[ChrisF]

2 hours ago, babse said:

Relegated?

 

They belong there...

 

So why do any PPA seeding events ?

 

Last time they get one cent from me.

[DieselnDust]

2 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

So why do any PPA seeding events ?

 

Last time they get one cent from me.

Come on Chris,…. The situation is not ideal at the moment. This is the last seeding event before The Funride World Championships for professional funriders.

we can’t have anything influencing the results. The bookies will take scalpels if e-bikes take the B group win again

[ChrisF]

58 minutes ago, DieselnDust said:

Come on Chris,…. The situation is not ideal at the moment. This is the last seeding event before The Funride World Championships for professional funriders.

we can’t have anything influencing the results. The bookies will take scalpels if e-bikes take the B group win again

 

Stuff the bookies 🤪

 

Sure, even CTCT restricts ebikes to a maximum starting group.  Keeping a safe distance between the ebikes and the racers halfway around the route by then.  But at least each rider then rides with his level, as good as any seeding can achieve.

 

Blanket "start at the back" ... cycling industry have matured beyond that .... clearly PPA has not.  Los n bitter smaak in die kiewe.  I enter a seeding event, but my current seeding counts ZERO ....

 

 

Emotional rant over .... my seeding should have seen me start in G or H (still way too far back to influence the race).  That is some 6 or 8 minutes earlier .... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Now to see who rocks up for this race .... am I about to navigate traffic to move up 10 or 15 spots .... OR .... is this the junior racers that will dissapear around the corner while I try to start my Garmin ... 🫣

[andydude]

21 hours ago, JeffK said:

Made a deal with my wife that if I can race this one then I will ride CTCT with her. Will see you in B if youbare there.

You must have an A seeding for this one?! Finally 😀 Now the story is complete. From Z to A cometh the day

[KingZA]

14 hours ago, ChrisF said:

Blanket "start at the back" ... cycling industry have matured beyond that .... clearly PPA has not.  Los n bitter smaak in die kiewe.  I enter a seeding event, but my current seeding counts ZERO ....

Don't think of it like you're starting at the back. More like you have your own ebike race and you're in the first group which, in this case, happens to be the last group as well.

[DieselnDust]

Just think of all the people you can influence along the way Chris

[BMCfan]

20 hours ago, ChrisF said:

 

Stuff the bookies 🤪

 

Sure, even CTCT restricts ebikes to a maximum starting group.  Keeping a safe distance between the ebikes and the racers halfway around the route by then.  But at least each rider then rides with his level, as good as any seeding can achieve.

 

Blanket "start at the back" ... cycling industry have matured beyond that .... clearly PPA has not.  Los n bitter smaak in die kiewe.  I enter a seeding event, but my current seeding counts ZERO ....

 

 

Emotional rant over .... my seeding should have seen me start in G or H (still way too far back to influence the race).  That is some 6 or 8 minutes earlier .... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

 

Now to see who rocks up for this race .... am I about to navigate traffic to move up 10 or 15 spots .... OR .... is this the junior racers that will dissapear around the corner while I try to start my Garmin ... 🫣

Oom ChrisF

 

Ons het een dag ontmoet op bottelary toe ek my dogter vir haar eerste bikeride gevat het.

Sy het van toe af min aandag aan haar fiets gegee agv skoolwerk en -sport.

Ek het einde verlede jaar met haar n bet aangegaan en needless to say, sy ry haar eerste 'argus' die jaar.

Ons het in die HEEL laaste groep begin in die 99er - haar eerste 'race' EN group ride!

Ons is ge'upgrade' na H! Sodra jy ons vang, gaan ons in jou slip ry ..... (Moenie vir die ander hubbers se nie!!!!)

 

 

Groete

JP

[ChrisF]

1 hour ago, BMCfan said:

Oom ChrisF

 

Ons het een dag ontmoet op bottelary toe ek my dogter vir haar eerste bikeride gevat het.

Sy het van toe af min aandag aan haar fiets gegee agv skoolwerk en -sport.

Ek het einde verlede jaar met haar n bet aangegaan en needless to say, sy ry haar eerste 'argus' die jaar.

Ons het in die HEEL laaste groep begin in die 99er - haar eerste 'race' EN group ride!

Ons is ge'upgrade' na H! Sodra jy ons vang, gaan ons in jou slip ry ..... (Moenie vir die ander hubbers se nie!!!!)

 

 

Groete

JP

 

Hi JP

 

How time flies .... I had to dig deep into the archives for these photos.

 

 

 

With any luck we can gett some better pics on Sunday    IF I can catch up to you ... 

 

If you do see me, please shout out.  Would love to meet up again.