[Event] Ride Joburg Road

[Sandro]

3 minutes ago, The Ouzo said:

I think their marketing team needs to do a little more research. It has finished inside kyalami before. 
 

and what was wrong with fnb stadium, i thought it was a great venue, both from an access point of view and route pov. 
 

Kyalami has crap access, even when it just cars, now add cars and bikes into the mix and it’s going to be a stuff up  

In my experience I thought Kyalami was a far better venue and definitely better area. I won't miss FNB at all. More central as well.

[NotSoBigBen]

Dammit ... for us okes from the South  l anyway. Ah well it was good while it lasted 🙄

[The Ouzo]

4 minutes ago, Sandro said:

In my experience I thought Kyalami was a far better venue and definitely better area. I won't miss FNB at all. More central as well.

I have experience all of their venues and routes since 1998, and for me the best for parking and  getting in and out has been FNB. Other than it being on the ass end of town that is. 
 

Steyn city being the worst and Kyalami second worse

[Ispeed_V]

I guess the big question will be whether they keep the same direction or reverse the route ?

[Gr3mlin131]

Looked at the new route https://ridejoburg.co.za/road.html. Looks like Looks like a lap of Kyalami is not part of the course anymore...

[thebob]

Kyalami. No thanks.

[Underachiever]

2 hours ago, Sandro said:

I see the 2026 event is back at Kyalami. Excellent news.

Numbers are probably down to the time the event started here (early 2000's??), so makes sense.

Much better for me. Closer to home!!!

[Skubarra]

On the same weekend as Double Century - how daft is that? 🤦‍♂️

Do the organisers not watch calendars?

Was planning to make the trip from the Cape this year but DC not an option to miss out on - meh

['Kaze Pete]

Too early to check the wind direction yet?

Will it be faster than last year? Using my moving (non-puncture repair) time of 2025 as goal.

I'm not going to post more rides than @NotSoBigBen, so maybe just maybe, I can post a faster time than what @Cyclewizz ever posted...

[Mokgaga]

Good for some of us who stay in Woodmead. No need to wake up early in the morning. Will cycle to the start 😮‍💨

[Heina13]

DC , Ironman 70.3 Mosselbay, Ultra Trail Cape Town and 94.7 are all on one weekend. 

[The Ouzo]

Lol

i see they turned off comments on their instagram post after they were bombarded with people complaining it’s the same weekend as DC. 
 

 

[Spinnekop]

Well.
I've guess they wont be getting my money this year.  
DC is definitely my first choice and looking forward to it.

One would have thought CSA would have looked at this and think "How do we grow this sport?  What would get the most road cyclist to join the race?  Aaahhhhwe...let's have it the day after the DC.  Approved"

The mind boggels.

[Dexter-morgan]

Just thinking of the traffic going there, I will give it a skip, FNB stadium was on the other side of town but in and out was a breeze.

[Tothehills]

Aaah.
 

The Rivonia offramp traffic jam is back. 

Megawatt Park parking issues with the 7km cycle to the start

As a starting and finishing venue, it’s not bad. 
Remember how many exhibitors there was back in the day?

It should be made compulsory that local bike shops are allowed to exhibit for a nominal fee, without selling a liver and kidney on Gumtree to cover the cost. 
 

[Sandro]

I never parked at Kyalami once, there are many other safe places to park in the area. This is the issue I had with FNB, you had to park in the stadium because it wasn't safe anywhere else. Same with Steyn City, I parked at Fourways Mall and rode in. According to the organizers comments this was the weekend they were given and they had to work with it.