Trailer Seeker #2 Cradle

[CJ Potgieter]

Does anyone have e-bike entries available for the Cradle event happening this coming Saturday the 1st of March 2025?

[Koos Likkewaan 2]

Quick question.

Haven't done marathon events for a while, but did the Trailseeker 70 (62km) this weekend.

I enjoy some technical riding, but found this to be on the more difficult side.

Am I just getting old, or is this the direction marathon events are heading to ?

Saw a lot of falls and ambulance activity on the trails.

 

[RobynE]

I did the HM last year and the HM Short this year with my daughter. I find most of the Cradle venues to be pretty tricky, mostly because of the terrain. Last year it was 36 degrees, I died a million deaths. 
 

But I did find that in my event this year the rider etiquette was really lacking. Lots of close passes and people being impatient at bottle necks - even on the HM Short which has a lot of kids in it. 
 

I didn’t do Jackal Dash this year because of the same sort of etiquette on it last year (I was riding the 25km with my kid and some of the riders were awful) but hadn’t experienced this level of dangerous riding at Trailseeker last year where we did all the inland events. So I was kind of taken aback this year. A guy tried to overtake my kid on the crest of a rock on a left bend - he could see her, knew she was there, still bumped her hard, and carried on without so much as an oops or sorry. A little kid went down when an adult rider hit his wheel. NB: this is all on the 20km. 
 

I think the trails are very well planned, but the pace is a little hectic for some people and if you aren’t aiming for podium and spending the race out at the front, it’s decent manners to be lekker and ride safely and let everyone enjoy their day - not just you. 
 

To me Trailseeker is an unparalleled event when it comes to just about everything about it, and I will continue to do the events - I just hope that riders can think about being less d**slik when all that’s in it for them is a Strava segment PB. 
 

Thanks to the kind and patient people out there - there are plenty of lekker people, too.