LeTurbo Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Anyway, you're all taking the Argus way too seriously.
FanieFiets Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 also take into account the finsh in Green Point and the fact the the distance is now 109 kms. in the "old days"a sub 3 meant an average of 34/35 kph now it is closer to an average of 39 kph to get close to s sub 3. Now you are talking twak. Old days the route were 108. now it is 110. so your avr. needs to be .67 km/h faster.
Bos Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Smash to the front at the bottom of Boyes with a Mel Gibson war cry: "WHO WANTS THE SUB 3? COME ON BITCHES!!" Then start discretely soft pedalling and wait for the eager beavers to tear up the road. Slide backwards as the bunch swallows you up. Change to the 25 and spin easy behind your high speed windbreak. hahahaThats awesome...Im going to use this.
'Dale Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Smash to the front at the bottom of Boyes with a Mel Gibson war cry: "WHO WANTS THE SUB 3? COME ON BITCHES!!" Then start discretely soft pedalling and wait for the eager beavers to tear up the road. Slide backwards as the bunch swallows you up. Change to the 25 and spin easy behind your high speed windbreak.Brilliant, Luke, brilliant!!
'Dale Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Anyway, you're all taking the Argus way too seriously.LeTurbo, after all, it is a serious bizness this Argus... Even Lance Armstrong rode innit... :w00t:
ccc2 Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 Now you are talking twak. Old days the route were 108. now it is 110. so your avr. needs to be .67 km/h faster. the fly is correct, sonny boy. in the "old days" the distance was 105 kms and finished up the hill as you exit Camps Bay.
andretraut Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 the fly is correct, sonny boy. in the "old days" the distance was 105 kms and finished up the hill as you exit Camps Bay.You are wright, the route was 105km, but the bikes were 10kg. A sub 7kg bike should equal the longer ride!
GF29er Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 You are wright, the route was 105km, but the bikes were 10kg. A sub 7kg bike should equal the longer ride! my bike still is 10kg ;-( but then I am hoping to break 4 hours not three...
andretraut Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 my bike still is 10kg ;-( but then I am hoping to break 4 hours not three...4 hours is a fair time if you are going to do it on your GF29er!
GF29er Posted February 9, 2011 Posted February 9, 2011 4 hours is a fair time if you are going to do it on your GF29er!or I could try to break 5 hours on the 29r' peace actually... I was thinking of using my trek road bike.. although I think its not even 2kg less than the GF29r' LOL
janneman72 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 My arguement exactly. With this said, surely it makes quite a big difference. This is my thoughts exactly, hence the reason I wondered about it
janneman72 Posted February 9, 2011 Author Posted February 9, 2011 my bike still is 10kg ;-( but then I am hoping to break 4 hours not three... ITS NOT ABOUT THE BIKE, ITS ABOUT THE RIDER!!!! I almost did sub 3 in 1995 with a 11kg+ bike but check this out from www.cycletour.co.za, so we have no excuses! 1979Captour requested WPPPA to move the date of the Tour to coincide with the Cape Town festival. Six months later, on 21 April, 1979 the second Argus Cycle Tour was staged, attracting nearly double the number of entrants, 999, with over 100 under the age of 15. 760 finished. Hans Degenaar won in 2:52:38. Janice Theis knocked nearly an hour off her time, winning the ladies section in 3:36:46.
Shebeen Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 the fly is correct, sonny boy. in the "old days" the distance was 105 kms and finished up the hill as you exit Camps Bay.True,but slangkop hill was in that 105 too.
splat Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 If however you are one of those guys who will ride a 2:55 - 2:59:59 on a perfect day with no wind and your normal plan is to wheelsuck the whole way - hopeing to hang onto your betters, then the Boyes will bugger you. That pretty much sums me up!
FanieFiets Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) the fly is correct, sonny boy. in the "old days" the distance was 105 kms and finished up the hill as you exit Camps Bay. Donner, I see that was back in 1999! My first one was only in 2005 Anyway, still 5 km over 3 hours is 1.67 km/h faster not 5 km/h faster. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Argus_Cycle_Race (all distances and winning times) Edited February 10, 2011 by FanieFiets
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