FanieFiets Posted January 29, 2009 Share Seems like the technical engineer havent signed off on chappies yet but organisors is optimistic that it will be open on the day. Main Road and Fish Hoek - It would have been open, but it would cause a 3,5 month delay. Organisors were against using Boyes drive but feels better after the cape cobra went off without a glitch. Your feelings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Section Posted January 29, 2009 Share I am glad to hear Chappies maybe an option. My feels on Bouys Drive: f**king Crazy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDura Posted January 29, 2009 Share My feelings: If we are going to go over boyes drive then the amount of people that will go under 3 hours will be cut in half. And i count myself as one of those that will not make it under 3hours again. And the amount of people that will crash will double. especially the tight left hander just below that steepest part right at the end after the road splits. alot of crashes waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Section Posted January 29, 2009 Share At the cobra the bunches where no bigger than 70(I think?)the Argus will have 4-8x that amount of riders. At least the riders who did the Cobra where from Cape Town and had some clue of the last section of Bouys drive is like. Just think of the thousands who have never been down that section of road or have never heard about it. It's going to be mayhem! Deep Section2009-01-29 04:43:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batmanza Posted January 29, 2009 Share Boyes drive would be insane, the amount of accidents that would take place on the corner turning right into main road again would be huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiltrash Posted January 29, 2009 Share How would using Main road cause a 3.5 month delay? I will be vely vely happy if it indeed does go over Chappies!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemish Lion Posted January 29, 2009 Share Add a bit of rain on the day and set up a camera... OUCH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanieFiets Posted January 29, 2009 Share I saw smoke coming out of peoples breaks going into that left turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortLegs Posted January 29, 2009 Share Alternatively, uptown riders can just learn to use their brakes.... problem solved. I'm here all week to answer any other questions you may have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted January 29, 2009 Share Your feelings? getting tired of the debate already as it pendulums day by day..how many more threads will it generate in the next month?! i think this is the best horse's mouth to follow:http://blog.cycletour.co.za/post/What-a-week-its-been!.aspxeven if he made no mention about the VA seeding f#$ up! maybe it will generate some publicity for Theresa's. a very cool old style restaurant in kalk bay/boyes drive. go find it, you'll be the better for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Flyers Posted January 29, 2009 Share It will be great drama if it rained! We will be on the front page of paper.. Maybe they must put cobbles on the main road at Kalk Bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyro Posted January 29, 2009 Share don't think alot of the backmarkers (whose brakes will not be up to it) are going to make that 90degree bend at the end of the steep section. and remember there aint no runoff like with chappies where speed can be scrubbed off. straight on is a brick wall!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortLegs Posted January 29, 2009 Share don't think alot of the backmarkers (whose brakes will not be up to it) are going to make that 90degree bend at the end of the steep section. and remember there aint no runoff like with chappies where speed can be scrubbed off. straight on is a brick wall!! brick wall = runoff where speed can be scrubbed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Mob Posted January 29, 2009 Share Haha...all those year old perished brake pads on "Argus only" bikes are going to be squeezed through some rims down there!! A safer option would be to allow cyclists through the right hand side of the island at the robots (oncoming car side), much easier turn and roll striaght up a small hillTarmac-GSTR2009-01-29 05:39:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortLegs Posted January 29, 2009 Share Like we did in the cobra dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted January 29, 2009 Share My Feeling: Boyes Drive and my K@k KCNC Back brake spells one MOERSE CRASH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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