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I was remarking to someone while we were driving the final stretch that the "apparent final 20km" felt more like 30km....

 

The wind was terrible on the day.

 

I did backup on the day.

 

Funniest moment on the DC for me was the Firday night driving on the dirt roads in the mountains to find our cabin, our driver was more than a little anxious to get to the house and drove a bit too fast on a very bumpy road which caused the back door to fly open and out went a set of EASTON Carbon Deep sections and into the wilderness in the pitch dark.

 

I was in the back trying to stop the bikes from flying out as well while trying to get the drivers attention by knocking on the cabby window. They all thought i was joking with them and they were laughing their @sses off at me until Grant stopped the truck and discovered what happened.

 

So he set off down the road armed with cell phone light to try and find the wheelset

 

Found it and the wheels were ok
tooHot!!!!2008-11-24 01:17:16
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tHANKS for the Pics Ronelle!!!Thumbs%20Up - Out team started off fast and then lost a bit of steam towards the end' date=' but it was hard riding and loads of fun! Next year we'll try again for that Sub 6! the wind was a bit strong on the day I think..Embarrassed [/quote']

 

and we need to be quicker @ the stops

 

what!??! you joking!! We must've had 30s stops x 2!! well it felt like it, let me just check my Polar..ok, I checked, damn, 1st one was 2mins!!! is that the one some guys went for a p*ss??? 2de stop was 1mins, not to bad..
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tHANKS for the Pics Ronelle!!!Thumbs%20Up - Out team started off fast and then lost a bit of steam towards the end' date=' but it was hard riding and loads of fun! Next year we'll try again for that Sub 6! the wind was a bit strong on the day I think..Embarrassed [/quote']

 

and we need to be quicker @ the stops

 

what!??! you joking!! We must've had 30s stops x 2!! well it felt like it, let me just check my Polar..ok, I checked, damn, 1st one was 2mins!!! is that the one some guys went for a p*ss??? 2de stop was 1mins, not to bad..

 

Those stops felt like 20 secs!!! Fand - what was that Gu like - you never answered?
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Thats me indeed' date=' chasing my team after a puncture at 150km - got back with 30km to go. We got second in the mixed - we learned a lot and have plenty of space to improve... thanks Standard Bank!!
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You guys looked strong when you came past us on the 2nd last hill close to Swellies. Well done!

 

Thanks - I'm sure we looked DEAD like everyone else LOL
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Great pics Ronelle ! Thank you. We came down from JHB and Louis Trichard for our first DC, it was an awesome experience. The Cape is by far the most beautiful province. These two of our team is Lappies from club 100 in Louis Trichard and Leon from cycle Lab in JHB. We will be back next year for second one for sure.

 

 

 

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