zaShadow Posted December 13, 2010 Posted December 13, 2010 I did the Vori-Berg race on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised. It offers something of everything: nice climbs (not technical or too long), great single track descends, very limited jeep track and had some lekke technical injections here and there. Overall a great mountain bike track. I will definitely be back to do it again. One request though: it would be great if this race could count towards seeding. I prefer this race to Babas (Babas just has way too little technical bits; its like a dusty road race).
zaShadow Posted December 13, 2010 Author Posted December 13, 2010 (edited) O, and is very well marked. Can't miss the arrows, and probably the only race I've been on that has 3 "Danger, Slow Down" signs for an ALMOST technical bit. ...okay, some required extra care, but all were quite easily ridable. Edited December 13, 2010 by zaShadow
swiss Posted December 13, 2010 Posted December 13, 2010 Also enjoyed the race a lot, was lying 4th when I somehow missed a marker and did a 4km detour.....was my own mistake... Lovely race!!
Kletterer Posted December 13, 2010 Posted December 13, 2010 Great route with all variations of goodness. By the time I finished the first loop I was looking forward to do it all again for a second time, but faster. Well done to the the event team. will the results be listed somewhere?
mix Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 hey guys sorry to bring up the dead here. Im planning on doing the one on the 12th of febuary, thing is i want to know if im going to die, this will be my second race ever and i would like to know how to prep myself i will only be doing the 30km, i ride often at Rietvlei farm and find it fantastic the first race i did was the Redstone 20km, any advice and WARNINGS are welcome
Just Keep Pedaling Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 You won't die from cycling. Beware of heavy 'treffers' blaring at max decibels at 6:30am though... If you want to die do Barberton this weekend or Sabie Classic next month.
mix Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) i think it is actually possible to die Im not too worried about the technical stuff, im more killed by lots of long uphills will i feel a huge difference from 20km at Redstone to the 30 at vori? Edited January 27, 2011 by mix
Team SL Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 i think it is actually possible to die Im not too worried about the technical stuff, im more killed by lots of long uphills will i feel a huge difference from 20km at Redstone to the 30 at vori? Mix, I dont think you will die, You did the 20km at Redstone, you will definately finish the 30km at Vori-Berg.The first 5km is uphill with decents in between. The elevation is +- 170m over this distance. Look forward to welcoming you here for a most enjoyable day out on the bike and a cold one thereafter Have a look at www.waterpoint.co.za for photo's and results of the previous races Cheers Clive
Just Keep Pedaling Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Be a man. Enter! (it is mostly flat and you can walk the uphills if neccessary)
Just Keep Pedaling Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) I must say. This is a good race to start with. Easy route. Excellent markings. Pretty route on private land. Go for it. Edited January 27, 2011 by Just Keep Pedaling
mix Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 Im doing it and was going to the whole time unless someone scared me off,im really looking forward to it. thanks for that now i cant wait! YES gonna get a bunch of mates to pull through.
pezulu Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I think we should do it as well.Only problem is that we have a whole bunch of youngsters that are only starting off with cycling, and Redstone seems to have already scared some of them off.
Mellow Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 There is a 12 or 15 km ride too. no man... you wont even get mud on your downtube!
Team SL Posted January 27, 2011 Posted January 27, 2011 I think we should do it as well.Only problem is that we have a whole bunch of youngsters that are only starting off with cycling, and Redstone seems to have already scared some of them off.[/quote Pezulu, Well then it is time to reassure them by doing Vori-Berg, we also did Redstone as a first event with our daughters and had similar reponse from them. I was brave and did the route with a trail a bike attached to my MTB, i finnished the race.
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