Simonsvlei

[Pickles]

[Pickles]

This was once a dura-ace shifter! If I had more pics of the bike, I would show you, but its not a pretty sight!

[Chrispy]

https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=74635

[Andyr249]

Change the toppic to "Simonsvlei disaster or aftermath "

I would have been very pissed and hand out a few klappe if I knew who caused the crash! Freeken rookie f'ker!

They must box the short route riders in or have another finish area for them or something.

 

Astana, I agree. I had a bad crash last year at Emperors Palace race when the shorter distance people got in the way at the finish. Had a nice trip to hospital on a spine board and have a nice scar of my chin from the stitches to remind me of it.

[Thornman]

Hier is die rede hoekom daar deesdae so baie valle is. Kyk na van die ryeyrs se results dan sal mens sien dat hul net 2 races gedoen het een in X en die ander in Y dan kwailifiseer hulle sommer om elite te ry. Bullsh*t.

 

BV.

 

Rider: Ayabonga Ophila				< =1 =GoBack value=Back = name=bGoBack>
Event Date	Event Name	Distance	Race Time	Position	Gender Position	Start Group	Group Position
2010/01/24	Simonsvlei Funride	118	02:53:22	83/753	55/686	EL	55/82
2010/01/17	Toyota Cycle Lab Cape Cobra Challenge	85	02:29:51	27/820	26/728	EL	25/84
2009/11/28	Virgin Active Pro Classic Series Event 6	76	01:54:27	52/144	52/132	EL	52/53
2009/11/08	Medscheme Tour de Vino	117	03:03:27	39/245	39/228	EL	36/58
2009/10/31	Durbanville High School Funride & MTB	94.3	02:15:49	14/720	14/640	EL	14/73
2009/10/25	Tiletoria West Coast Express League and Funride	80	02:01:55	47/993	47/881	EL	42/73
2009/10/24	Virgin Active Pro Classic Series Hill Climb	2.7	00:07:57	88/276	88/256	EL	53/77
2009/10/10	Engen Dynamic Cycle Challenge	99	02:35:40	47/604	47/545	$	43/78
2009/09/20	Orbit Tour d' Worcester	105	02:25:00	31/424	31/384	EL	31/73
2009/04/04	Geard Pharmacy League Funride and MTB	78	01:52:39	20/419	20/369	EL	20/57
2009/02/21	Wilde Fruit Juice League and Cycle Day	94	02:23:00	37/974	37/842	EL	37/81
2009/02/08	Medallion Tour De Stellenbosch League & Funride	100	02:26:32	109/1270	109/1117	EL	55/79
2009/02/01	The GP Koning Waterproofing and Roofing Roller Coaster League and Funride	88	02:33:27	88/1010	88/895	EL	45/75
2009/01/24	Bouckaert Soenen Paarl League, Funride and MTB Ride	115	02:50:55	82/682	82/624	EL	41/83
2009/01/18	Cycle Lab Cape Cobra League, Funride and MTB	85	02:21:33	22/855	22/768	EL	21/75
2007/12/02	Die Burger Fietstoer	101	03:03:12	822/3456	763/2907	Y	4/125
2006/12/03	Pick 'n Pay Hypermarket Tour d'Winelands	112	04:04:57	1033/2092	941/1789	X	29/119

[niklasvm]

How the heck does that work?

[udxcob]

Well perhaps a rider who has been riding for ages but never entered a funride, training a lot and rides his first funride in X or Y and gets a good time.

[firewolf]

hell!  Guys I sure hope all bikes and bones heal up soon.  Are all those involved in crashes lucky enough to have good bike insurance? 

What is the respone of the race organisers?  Any compensation?  Doubtfull right?  Man I feel pain just looking at these race machines and tubs smashed because of a poorly planned finish.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Well, seeing as there's more than a year between ride number 2 & ride number 3, maybe he started with a development team, and started trainign really hard to be able to get those (resonably) high finishes.

 

Now that the reason he's in elite is sorted, it still doesn't say that all he knows is how to pedal - nothing to do with bike handling ability and etiquette... You can ride as fast as you want. But if you don't have all the knowhow and experience (not to mention common sense) to ride properly, you shouldn't be in the elite batch.

 

[niklasvm]

Don't you need like a A - D seeding with PPA to ride league?

[Minion]

So, riding in Group X in 2007, he got a 3:03 in a race where the winning time was 2:27. That's a pretty impressive, probably mostly solo, ride.

 

I'm not surprised he graduated to elites 13 months later.

 

[Bike Mob]

That is crap... I fought PPA every week to get moved up to Elites.

 

Took me three months, but I worked my way through the ranking a few at a time.

 

Not once in X then hey presto...

 

[ASTANA]

 

That is crap... I fought PPA every week to get moved up to Elites.

 

Took me three months' date=' but I worked my way through the ranking a few at a time.

 

Not once in X then hey presto...

 

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Jip. agree. Accourding to PPA you need to be a A-D to race elite.

 

I think they should make it A/B bunch only and you must race X amount of races there to qualify for transfer to elite.

 

[Bram_on_Madone]

So' date=' riding in Group X in 2007, he got a 3:03 in a race where the winning time was 2:27. That's a pretty impressive, probably mostly solo, ride.

I'm not surprised he graduated to elites 13 months later.
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Seems unlikely though... having no support from a bunch and/or other pacemakers, you would have to be Contador to ride that kind of time.  Something's fishy here.

[Bike Mob]

He's fast enough... But is he skilled enough? He's wobbly... if I landed up on his wheel...I would move at all energy costs.

[Myra]

So' date=' riding in Group X in 2007, he got a 3:03 in a race where the winning time was 2:27. That's a pretty impressive, probably mostly solo, ride.

I'm not surprised he graduated to elites 13 months later.
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Seems unlikely though... having no support from a bunch and/or other pacemakers, you would have to be Contador to ride that kind of time.  Something's fishy here.

 

In the Tour de Winelands he finished with two other X riders and there were a couple not that far behind.  They obviously did a team time trial.  I've seen the so-called development riders doing that at funrides.  Nothing fishy about that.

 

Why don't the guys that are always moaning about the development riders organise a training camp or something for them.  It would benefit everyone.