Nice, what event is it? I've still to fill my calendar for this year but in June I'm doing a sportive 102 miles climbing 2000 meters. Should be a laugh.
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Nice, what event is it? I've still to fill my calendar for this year but in June I'm doing a sportive 102 miles climbing 2000 meters. Should be a laugh.
The race is called "Race 2 Rhodes" which is the first 6 stages of the Race Across South Africa (RASA) which is held concurrently.
Riders start in batches over a 2 week period from a town called Pietermaritzburg and must finish the RASA within 26 days in a town called Wellington, some 2300km away.
The R2R is 500km and riders are given a maximum of 8 days to complete.
Both races are self-supporting and no GPS's are allowed. One navigates with a 1:50 000 map, compass and narratives.
That sounds amazing! Reminds me of a shirt I saw earlier.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12...7e1c3b912b.jpg
Nothing actually for Christmas but I am fixing up an old mountain bike to take camping. So will treat myself to the parts. I put new gear shifters on last week but the indexing is still not right so I might have to get the alignment of the hanger checked and maybe replace the chain, cassette and jockey wheels or even the whole derailieur.
I wanted to fit friction shifters but they don't seem readily available. That would probably have solved it too. However I am stuck with what I have. I found the bike at the tip so even if I throw $100 at it it will still only be the same as a new crappy bike but I should have better components. I am at work until the 6th of Jan so nothing will happen until then. I will have a couple of days to sort it out before I come back to work, then I will be using it on my camping trip so it better be an easy fix.
Good luck
I don't know if anyone has heard the term or knows what "Everesting" is?
It's climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest (8 848m) in one bike ride. A cyclist who attempts it normally chooses a steepish climb and then goes up and down continuously until he/she has climbed more than 8 848m
Well, I had 2 mates that completed this feat this morning on a hill around the corner from me.
They started last night at 19:15 and after almost 15 hours in the saddle and cycling almost 256km over a period of 19 hours, their total cumulative ascent was 9 852m.