It's summer time and perfect for a midnight ride with some awesome tunes and a great sense of humour
Venue: Rosemary Hill Trails
Date: 1/2 November 2019, Friday to Saturday
Arrival Time: 22:00
Registration: 22h15
Event Briefing:
- 150km - 23h50 1449m elevation
- 95km - 24h00 991m elevation
Entry Fee & Starting Times:
- 95km - R270 - 24h10 - 2 x WP
- 150km - R270 - 24h00 - 3 x WP
- Race briefing will take place 10 min before each distance.
- R20 late fee for on the day entries
Fee: R270 ( 3 fully stocked PVM Water points on 150km and 2 on 95km, Safe and ample parking at Rosemary Hill, Rosemary Hill Bikers bun, ECHO - 1 Security)
Your entry includes:
- Safe parking at Rosemary Hill
- Fully stocked PVM waterpoints
- Rosemary Hill Bikers Bun
Compulsory gear:
- Lights and rear reflectors - it's midnight, make sure you can see and be seen.
- Warm kit/Protection against wind and rain
- GPS device with GPX file (it will be provided closer to the event) [GPX file loaded before event]
- Spares, tubes and repair kits
- Enough nutritional foods and drinks to last you for the entire ride, there will be waterpoints with basics like jelly babies, coke, water and PVM energy drinks bars and gels, however do not just rely on the waterpoints.
- Medical kit and medical aid details
Additional Information:
Both the distances will take you through towards Red Stars Race track on dirt roads and some long drags along tar roads taking you back via Bashewa/Tierpoort side ending off with drags back to Rosemary Hill on fatigued legs. Start easy and finish strong.
Note: this is not a race but you will receive boards, or use you may use your personalised Bouttime raceboard to be timed to earn your Vitality points.
You may request your time at the finish if you curious about how you did, but timing is not official and will not go on the NTS (National Trail Seeding) system.>
Benefits
If you are a Discovery Vitality member you will be able to earn Vitality points, to do this, the riders will receive boards provided by us to time the riders which then gets sent to Vitality.
However please NOTE, this is not a race, it is a training endurance ride.
"Riding a bike is everything to a cyclist. The friendship and camaraderie you have with other cyclists...to a cyclist, it was the be-all and end-all of your life" - Tommy Godwin
Its Summer time and perfect for a midnight ride!! Maybe it rains, maybe it doesn’t but the night goes on! This ride will definitely challenge your endurance during the night trying to stay awake and being alert, perfect time to invest in some awesome tunes and a great sense of humour.
Start charging those lights as it is compulsory, you must have a front and rear light for you to see and be visible at all times.
There are two distance to choose from to enter, 95km and 150km
Both the distances will take you through towards Red Stars Race track on dirt roads and some long drags along tar roads taking you back via Bashewa/ Tierpoort side ending off with drags back to Rosemary hill on fatigue legs, so start easy and finish strong!
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