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Contego Segment Hunter #3: The battle for Cape Cobra

By BikeHubCoreAdmin · 99 comments

The third instalment of Contego Segment Hunter at Hoogekraal’s Cape Cobra turned out to be a fiercely contested battle.

Shortly after announcing the segment, Darryn Stow’s title was snatched by Die Muishond. Darryn went back to rectify things but that KOM fell a few hours later when Tiaan Jordaan raised the bar with an outstanding effort setting a new mark of 9:13. This put our challenger, Nils Hansen, under some serious pressure to perform, forcing him to employ some drastic measures.

https://www.strava.com/segments/5831618

Tiaan wins with South Industries

The team at South Industries were super impressed with Tiaan’s KOM claiming efforts on Cape Cobra. Through some light Strava stalking they noticed that Tiaan had recently broken a rim. South Industries jumped into action.

How do I ride this segment?

Hoogekraal Cape Cobra (Down & Up) is on the Hoogekraal farm just off Vissershok Road in Durbanville and is part of the larger Tygerberg MTB Club trail network.

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Riders must purchase a day permit (or be a Tygerberg MTB club member) to ride these trails. Permits for Hoogekraal can be bought in the Hoogekraal carpark. There are two options available: 1) place cash into the honesty box or 2) pay using the Snapscan app on your phone. The current permit fee is R40 per rider.

More information is available on the Tygerberg MTB Club website here.

Grand Prize: Contego Unit Trust worth R30,000

At the end of the series, Contego are giving away R30,000 worth of unit trusts. All you have to do is ride your bike!

How to enter:

  1. Join the Contego Segment Hunter Strava club and record your segment rides on Strava.
  2. Get out and ride! After each segment is announced go and ride it. Please ride safely though, there is no prize for being the fastest.

For each Contego Segment Hunter segment you ride, you will be entered into the draw to win. So if you ride all six segments during the series, you will receive six entries.

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Episode Prizes – Win with Duesouth

By taking part in the Contego Segment Hunter Strava club you will also be in line to win a Duesouth voucher valued at R3,000 to spend in their stores each episode.

Episode 3 winner: Carl Toua

Nominate your favourite segments for Contego Segment Hunter:

We’re looking for you to nominate your favourite Strava segments to be featured in our Contego Segment Hunter video series. If your segment is chosen you could win a Cadence Nutrition hamper valued at R2,620. You can still nominate your segments here.

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Comments

DirtyDan
DirtyDan

Aug 23, 2016, 7:15 AM

Hey DirtyDan

Thanks for that vote of confidence, Big up to you!!!

If you ever feel the need that I need to prove myself just let me know.

 

Its such a shame that whenever any person is excelling in a achievement there is always people who doubt others abilities. Ive been putting in the hours, have a look at strava all my training is public, but guess its easier to accuse somebody than rather to investigate first.

 

I dont know whether its insecurity, jealousy or just small man syndrome but I do hope my word is good enough, think i could get a vote of confidence there?

 

Its such a good gesture form the guys at Contego, BikeHub, South Industries to give us the opportunity to go out and have fun lets not kill the dream from the  bonds we develop through this great sport cycling.

Hey Mr Jordaan

 

I'm sorry if you feel as though I'm belittling your seriously impressive achievement. As hard as I may try, I doubt I could get a time close to yours on The Cobra (I'm being sincere here by the way).

 

As with most threads on the Hub, my 2 cents of 'jealousy' was really intended as tongue-in-cheek. Perhaps you're struggling with a little 'insecurity'? Surely not, considering the formidable riding stats you're laying down (I'm not being facetious here).

 

Could it possibly be some 'roid rage going on? Should your offensive outburst concern us, Mr Jordaan?

Just dicking around dude. Go take some stimulants or something :P

Guest notmyname
Guest notmyname

Aug 23, 2016, 7:29 AM

Hey Mr Jordaan

 

I'm sorry if you feel as though I'm belittling your seriously impressive achievement. As hard as I may try, I doubt I could get a time close to yours on The Cobra (I'm being sincere here by the way).

 

As with most threads on the Hub, my 2 cents of 'jealousy' was really intended as tongue-in-cheek. Perhaps you're struggling with a little 'insecurity'? Surely not, considering the formidable riding stats you're laying down (I'm not being facetious here).

 

Could it possibly be some 'roid rage going on? Should your offensive outburst concern us, Mr Jordaan?

Just dicking around dude. Go take some stimulants or something :P

Creepers.

Aaron_B
Aaron_B

Aug 23, 2016, 8:35 AM

Some seriously jealous tools on here

Eugene Oppelt
Eugene Oppelt

Aug 23, 2016, 9:52 AM

As soon as the new wheelset is fitted to the scalpel :clap:

Sounds faaaaaast ????

Eugene Oppelt
Eugene Oppelt

Aug 23, 2016, 9:53 AM

You gonna hit your sub 9 target? :P

Geeez

That'll be some thang

????

Skubarra
Skubarra

Aug 23, 2016, 10:09 AM

DirtyDan, you are deep enough in that hole now, you can stop digging...

MTBeer
MTBeer

Aug 23, 2016, 10:19 AM

I reckon I'll go out this weekend and try and break into the top 50. Currently sitting at 137 with 12.53. Need to crack 12 min. Take it easy going down and balls to the wall on the uphill.

 

Don't worry Tiaan, your KOM is safe.

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:35 AM

I reckon I'll go out this weekend and try and break into the top 50. Currently sitting at 137 with 12.53. Need to crack 12 min. Take it easy going down and balls to the wall on the uphill.

 

Don't worry Tiaan, your KOM is safe.

I need to up my game, and stop resting at the bottom... LOL. Sitting at 20m25. 

 

Always just taking it easy there cos I'm *** tired and unfit. 

 

To get to the top 1,000 overall I need to drop 4 minutes. And if I do that, then I'll be top 50 in the "people over 95kg" bracket. 

 

Bring it. 

dirtypot
dirtypot

Aug 23, 2016, 10:39 AM

To get to the top 1,000 overall I need to drop 4 minutes. 

 

That will probably require as much effort as Tiaan needs to get sub 9.

karma
karma

Aug 23, 2016, 10:41 AM

I need to up my game, and stop resting at the bottom... LOL. Sitting at 20m25. 

 

Always just taking it easy there cos I'm *** tired and unfit. 

 

To get to the top 1,000 overall I need to drop 4 minutes.  stone

 fixed  :ph34r:

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:41 AM

Cape Cobra down I'm sitting at 4m29. Goal will be to drop 30s to get to the top 250

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:42 AM

 fixed  :ph34r:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You're right! 24kg loss will get me to 82. And at that weight, with current strength, that should be a piece of piss. 

Tiaan Jordaan
Tiaan Jordaan

Aug 23, 2016, 10:44 AM

I reckon I'll go out this weekend and try and break into the top 50. Currently sitting at 137 with 12.53. Need to crack 12 min. Take it easy going down and balls to the wall on the uphill.

 

Don't worry Tiaan, your KOM is safe.

Ha ha ha not worried at all, love a good rivalry on strava

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:45 AM

Ha ha ha not worried at all, love a good rivalry on strava

As a comparison, how about you ride it with 30kg strapped to your back? :P

 

Suspect you'll still beat me, but hey... 

MTBeer
MTBeer

Aug 23, 2016, 10:55 AM

As a comparison, how about you ride it with 30kg strapped to your back? :P

 

Suspect you'll still beat me, but hey... 

how about you ride it with 10 years added to your age :P .

 

but, yes 30kg for the win lose

NicoBoshoff
NicoBoshoff

Aug 23, 2016, 10:55 AM

Jeepers some people need to have their sarcasm meters recalibrated...

NicoBoshoff
NicoBoshoff

Aug 23, 2016, 10:57 AM

Anyhoo, as an aside, is there a "control" in this series ie Strava is renowned for variances from device to device and sometimes it's just full of crap. Interested to know how that is levelled to ensure a fair outcome or avoid disputes when there's a second in it in future.

 

And please, before I'm accused of belittling people or detracting from penis contests, this is an agenda-free query.

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:57 AM

how about you ride it with 10 years added to your age :P .

 

but, yes 30kg for the win lose

You're a tough old bastard, E. I'm not buying that for one second

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 10:59 AM

Anyhoo, as an aside, is there a "control" in this series ie Strava is renowned for variances from device to device and sometimes it's just full of crap. Interested to know how that is levelled to ensure a fair outcome or avoid disputes when there's a second in it in future.

 

And please, before I'm accused of belittling people or detracting from penis contests, this is an agenda-free query.

No idea TBH. It's the closest thing we have at the moment until the device accuracy is sorta normalised.

MTBeer
MTBeer

Aug 23, 2016, 11:02 AM

Anyhoo, as an aside, is there a "control" in this series ie Strava is renowned for variances from device to device and sometimes it's just full of crap. Interested to know how that is levelled to ensure a fair outcome or avoid disputes when there's a second in it in future.

 

And please, before I'm accused of belittling people or detracting from penis contests, this is an agenda-free query.

Agreed on the Strava variances. Sometimes I've absolutely bombed a segment and my time has been way slower than another ride when I wasn't trying particularly hard. But, it's all a bit of fun - nothing serious about Strava :devil:

NicoBoshoff
NicoBoshoff

Aug 23, 2016, 11:05 AM

Agreed on the Strava variances. Sometimes I've absolutely bombed a segment and my time has been way slower than another ride when I wasn't trying particularly hard. But, it's all a bit of fun - nothing serious about Strava :devil:

HEY!!! Strava is for serious people, don't cha know?

Captain Fastbastard Mayhem
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Aug 23, 2016, 11:05 AM

Agreed on the Strava variances. Sometimes I've absolutely bombed a segment and my time has been way slower than another ride when I wasn't trying particularly hard. But, it's all a bit of fun - nothing serious about Strava :devil:

yep. Also, the multitude of repeat / duplicate segments out there means it's a bit of a crapshoot... 

Thor Buttox
Thor Buttox

Aug 23, 2016, 11:06 AM

Agreed on the Strava variances. Sometimes I've absolutely bombed a segment and my time has been way slower than another ride when I wasn't trying particularly hard. But, it's all a bit of fun - nothing serious about Strava :devil:

I ride the segment twice this weekend. I have to manually upload my older Garmin so I use my phone to check the ride. This segment, both times, was 45s faster on my Garmin. It looks correct according to the map of the segment. My phone seems to have a wider GPS signal and picks up and extra distance at the top for some reason. Very odd.

 

Edit: but most segments were within a second or two. Think it's mostly a problem of short and/or switchback segments.

NicoBoshoff
NicoBoshoff

Aug 23, 2016, 11:08 AM

yep. Also, the multitude of repeat / duplicate segments out there means it's a bit of a crapshoot... 

We've made some changes to the XC loop on Paarl mountain which at one spot added about 100m to the previous relevant segment.  Cannot for the life of me get Strava to recognize it as a new distinct segment, so no way you'll beat the old times on that.

 

Then of course "Needles" on Paarl is right next to the shuttle route so current KOM is nearly 80kph.  E-bike or not, you're not beating a bakkie :/ 

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