manbearpig Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Ok i'm one of the baddies who followed the bike in front of me and ended up doing the shortcut across the field. It seems there were a few dummies spat out after the race so I thought of doing an exercise to quantify the gain of the short cut. Finding the said place on google earth and using the measuring tools it seems that the shortcut saved 1.5km, give or take 10m or so. The road that made up the actual route was flat sand road with a 100m cut through some veld. It is perfectly reasonable to assume at that early stage of the race a fairly fit rider should be able to maintain at least 25km per hour (6.9m/sec) over that section. Some faster, some slower. Using this figure of 25km/h and some simple maths we can deduce that the nett gain would be around 3min30 sec. My finish time was 3h:02min so I'd be happy to admit a time of 3h.05min30secs. Unless I'm DQ'd of course...... Manbearpig has spoken.
nathrix Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Manbearpig, did you see any kwaggggggggas or was it zebrassssss
Gnarly Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Manbear...... you said fairly fit rider.... for you drop the Avg speed down to 18km/h. Then we call it quits.
manbearpig Posted July 13, 2009 Author Posted July 13, 2009 18km/h on a flat sand road? I was going to say 40km/h on the back wheel.
Gnarly Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 You know damn right that you only make up time on the down hills, beacuse your bike is made from cast iron....... , well riddin yesterday. Best I start training for Sani now.
nathrix Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Manbear...... you said fairly fit rider.... for you drop the Avg speed down to 18km/h. Then we call it quits. If MBP drops the speed to 18km/h i then kicked his ass by a mile, him and that other kamikaze that rode with him...
manbearpig Posted July 13, 2009 Author Posted July 13, 2009 Whatever helps you sleep at night you one lap wonder. Now you've made me mad natrix.
Reghard111 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Hey Gnarly, at least Manbearpigs cast Iron Frame doesn't crack.....
Eldron Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Eldron points his right index finger at MBP and strokes the top of it with his left index finger whispering "the shame the shame"...now go and say 50 hail singletracks using your dirty chain from sunday as a rosary and we'll call you forgiven...
Reghard111 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Manbearpig, you are a scaly ....um.....Manbearpig!
Gnarly Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Hey Gnarly' date=' at least Manbearpigs cast Iron Frame doesn't crack.....[/quote'] What are the chances of two different bikes, different makes, cracking in the same place? On the same dayish.......... Quite good when you got two +90kg riders riding them........
Gnarly Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Is he half bear, half man, or is half pig half bearman......
Reghard111 Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 He is Half a cheat! Gnarly, I think we are just too talented for the bike builders
nathrix Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 Whatever helps you sleep at night you one lap wonder. Now you've made me mad natrix. Why you playing golf this Saturday? I need someone to show me the shortcuts at the Diamond Rush MTB Challenge
idrive Posted July 13, 2009 Posted July 13, 2009 gipraebnam isn't really a cheat .... he's just a bit backwards!!
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