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<\/a>The 2016 KAP sani2c will see some refreshed trails and tracks after event founder ‘Farmer Glen’ Haw threw his focus into providing riders with their trademark fast and flowing track for the event starting in Underberg on 10 May.Photo: Kelvin Trautman\/Gameplan Media<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cWe have made a few changes here and there along the route \u2013 no wholesale changes,\u201d Haw mentioned. \u201cThere have been the inclusion of a few new sections which will make the riding slightly more technical however the level of technicality still remains with the riders.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf they want to fly through the sections of single track then they are welcome to and the riders who are a little more circumspect can take it a little slower \u2013 we are catering for all abilities once again,\u201d added Haw.<\/p>\n
The route, which took around eight years to set up before the first sani2c, has undergone some minor, yet interesting, changes for the 2016 event and Haw believes that even the most hardy of sani2c rider will be surprised by some of the new elements.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have always maintained that good trail can be ridden forever which is something that our routes have been able to live up to which has meant that the need for big changes has never been there but with a few tweaks here and there we have made enough of a change to give everyone something new.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur trails have to be right and they have to be fast and flowing and well-presented which is something that is vitally important for us so these slights changes have definitely added value to the route,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
The biggest changes have come on the opening day of the race along the stretch from the start at Glencairn to just after the first watering table.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had to change the Acutt\u2019s single track and have added about two kilometres to this section as well as just shake up the Oak single track section and then just after the first watering table we have had to change the route due to harvesting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have also changed the decent in Chestnut Valley and the riders who remember this section will be in for a nice little surprise,\u201d Haw said.<\/p>\n
The iconic descent into the Umkomaas Valley on the second stage has also undergone a face-lift.<\/p>\n