Roof of Africa 2019

[ozosborne]

He told me 30 - all in Silver or Bronze

30!!!! Holy shit!!!

 

[ozosborne]

He told me 8 at the scrutineering.

This was a great roof for riders as well as crew and spectators. I came stone last but my medal doesn't have a comments field ;o) .

Yours looks the same as they guy in 4th. Well done

 

[shark_za]

I was not last "on the road" on Saturday so he got my award ;o), but spent a lot of time on Friday helping a friend get to the end.
Overall timing has me doing 21 hours. Big thanks to the Raceworks guys who rode with me to the DSP's each day; the pace setting helped.

Doing 130km on Friday and 112km Saturday still got us into the remote areas of Lesotho, the route was actually very good and you needed to be able to ride step ups, off camber and down hills; sort of what you expect the level to be. It was not a walk in the park by any measure.
If you were an average to good rider and could ride everything with no mistakes; and if pressed on a little and had a basic level of ride fitness then you would be able to make it.

 

[shark_za]

The pit crews appreciated the facilities and are already planning next years trip down.

 

[Dean_E232]

Day 2 as in day 1 of the race or day 2 as in day 3 of the race??

huh ? , basically he crashed on Friday , he managed round the houses and the TT which was Thursday , on Friday he 40km into the race and lost concentration or fell asleep ( not to sure ) but all due to his nutritional advice on the Banting thread and poesed off . or maybe it was the crappy husqvarna suspenders , this never happened when he was on a KTM .... just saying .

 

[J37]

Day 2 as in day 1 of the race or day 2 as in day 3 of the race??

Roof is 3 days of riding.

Day 1 - RTH / TT / EnduroX
Day 2 - Full offroad day
Day 3 - Full offroad day

I crashed on Day 2, after about 40Km.

 

[BlankieMan]

Roof is 3 days of riding.

Day 1 - RTH / TT / EnduroX
Day 2 - Full offroad day
Day 3 - Full offroad day

I crashed on Day 2, after about 40Km.

J37 ur number was ?

 

[Mark800XC]

Its actually a Time Trial and 2 days.

 

[Pom17]

Awesome!!!

Was kak watching, so badly wanted to take part rather. The bronze seemed achievable.

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Agreed, saw some footage from the helicopter. Crazy shit!!!

Bronze really did open up to a bigger crowd than previous years, so give it a go.
Time bars were well calculated and easy achievable.

I was not last "on the road" on Saturday so he got my award ;o), but spent a lot of time on Friday helping a friend get to the end.
Overall timing has me doing 21 hours. Big thanks to the Raceworks guys who rode with me to the DSP's each day; the pace setting helped.

Doing 130km on Friday and 112km Saturday still got us into the remote areas of Lesotho, the route was actually very good and you needed to be able to ride step ups, off camber and down hills; sort of what you expect the level to be. It was not a walk in the park by any measure.
If you were an average to good rider and could ride everything with no mistakes; and if pressed on a little and had a basic level of ride fitness then you would be able to make it.

Agree

huh ? , basically he crashed on Friday , he managed round the houses and the TT which was Thursday , on Friday he 40km into the race and lost concentration or fell asleep ( not to sure ) but all due to his nutritional advice on the Banting thread and poesed off . or maybe it was the crappy husqvarna suspenders , this never happened when he was on a KTM .... just saying .

 

[J37]

J37 ur number was ?

147

 

[NUMSCH]

Its actually a Time Trial and 2 days.

For Bronze and Silver yes, not for Gold.

 

[ozosborne]

Roof is 3 days of riding.

Day 1 - RTH / TT / EnduroX
Day 2 - Full offroad day
Day 3 - Full offroad day

I crashed on Day 2, after about 40Km.

Was wondering why you didnt race "day 1" I figured time trial i snot so much part of the race as such. Especially considering it was under an hour for a lot.

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Its actually a Time Trial and 2 days.

That's the way I see it.

 

[Ten Bar]

Did anyone see the TV coverage of the Roof on channel 189- I would like to hear comments, All i know is what i saw is a total disgrace.

 

[Marck]

I came 2nd last at 7h30pm

 

[Rage]

Did anyone see the TV coverage of the Roof on channel 189- I would like to hear comments, All i know is what i saw is a total disgrace.

I would also like to hear comments. Because i couldn’t hear shit on the coverage. The sound guy needs too be axed.

 

[swazi_matt]

finally!! something to complain about for the 2019 Roof of Africa

 

[Ash_]

Some interesting stats