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[MTB0007]

Well I did the Emporers mud 'hike'

First ride 'race' since my broken hand and op

Was very wet and too many people stopping on the

Route .. So it became a wet muddy hike behind

Many slowwer cyclists..

Wish these type of events split the riders and start

Us in groups with time gaps to prevent the bottlenecks



All in all a fun messy muddy ride..

Took longer to clean my bike than to do the ride..

[Andyr249]

I did it last year. Not much queueing but lots of mud!! But put so many cyclists on a small route and that is what you get. Glad I gave it a skip this year. How did you do in the hike?

[MTB0007]

Finished in middle bunch

Must improve my crawl to be faster in the mud pools

LolMTB00072010-02-06 07:30:37

[Trubie]

muddy indeed!

how's that section where the route no longer attracted any attention,and each one made their own path through the wetland?

 

they should dq those who took shortcut me thinks

 

 

[Vivster]

Glad I didn't enter then. Went to Groenkloof this morning. tracks are nice and dry after the rain. Was great fun.

[MTB0007]

Would need to DQ 80% of the riders

Was a fun ride.. Everyone had to make

A route through the wetlands which did not

Suck you in...

Good leg work out tho MTB00072010-02-06 07:29:08

[MTB0007]

Anyone manage to actually ride all of it?

[Trubie]

I certainly did ..... NOT

[MTB0007]

The first 2km of single track ..

Sheeeeeeez what was up with that?

Slow slow ..everyone was standing around

Waiting.....

[pedal pusher]

I think the mud made it quite interesting & fun.Don't think it would be such a stimulating ride if it was dry.Maybe next year there should be a bigger starting gap between the 20 & 40 starts.

[MTB0007]

Was a very fun ride..agree to gap idea..

[Tjokkits]

It was a mud bath but good fun, I enjoyed the second round more, less people.  I dont think it was a full 40km though (my speedo did not wwork)

[MTB0007]

My cateye also died on my cos of the mud..

Seems like it was more like 16/17 km per lap

[Bbox]

My cateye read 30km at the finish so definitely not 40km.

 

Did not enjoy the mud and slow cyclist. Walking up the muddy inclines because there is nowhere to ride past everybody else. It was frustrating!!!

[MTB0007]

Yep...

Some tjops did not let faster people

Get past.....

Should stagger starts and in groups to try stop

The slower riders getting in the way in a loop

Or lap type race

[mornedn]

Yes, I agree with the start groups.... Getting past the slow riders on the 2nd lap was bad!!! Still managed a 1:43.... not tooooo bad!

 

I did enjoy the ride