Griet Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 I'm an out and out social rider. Did the race in 2010 in pouring rain. I know the Elte group in 2010 suffered some really hard rain along the route. They still managed 2h14. This year Kachelhoffer did 2h15 ... no rain. Guess the race were not so flat for the elites either then. I rode in J bunch. Dunno if I'm daft or what but if you managed to carry a spare tube and cartridge with you, why cant you do same with your replaced one??? Saw literally hundreds lining the roads - Siss you guys!!! I'm not even speaking of the energy goo baggies. We cyclists need to clean up our act. A tube is not nearly as degradable as a piece of banana that was dropped .... The route was definetely not flat nor fast. The start was a total joke, but potholes were really clearly marked and the marshalling was great. Saw one youngster (+/- u/18 - finishing about 13h00) crossing the finish line and showing the action photo guy a real foul finger sign .... eish - he did not organise the race and where did your manners dissapeared to young man? Doubt whether we will be doing race again next year unless some problems are seriously addressed.
Spinnekop Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 Firstly they should have never changed the route. You took the uniqueness of the race away. I heard people saying that they moved it as a result of the safety aspect, but i have seen more people in ambulances then any other races. Must agree here!!!!! I saw the crash in the Cat 2 bunch happening 10km from the finish......Bike 1....passBike 2....passBike 3....CRASH into the bunch of the cyclists.....almost 20 guys down including the biker?!! Seriously guys....we want to old route back!!!
Spinnekop Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 So, how was the racing in Cats 1-4 and A etc? What's the verdict on the "strength vs strength"? Was not happening at the Fast One. The organisers tossed around it and eventually just renamed the batches to get CSA happy.....so you had slow guys starting at the front and fast guys starting at the back. Cat 3 caught Cat 2 early on and Cat 2 almost lost 20min to Cat 1 etc etc. Aparantly the Cat system will start working this weekend in PE. I see Emperors are also FAST asleep wrt the Cat system!!!! (I am a registered Cat 1 rider and they placed me in Open Seeded A bunch... Should be a BLAST racing there and actually being able to keep up with the boys but if CSA catches me racing there, they are going to fine me...... So yah.....race organisation is seriously lacking at this point in time!!!!!!!!!! EVERYWHERE it seems....
FC&P2C Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 The old route was fast because of the North to South direction that gave a tail wind all the way rather than the downhill. Does anyone know about the guy that past away? What happened?
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