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WIN: Entries to the 2014 Trans Karoo up for grabs

· By Matt · 56 comments

We’ve got four entries for the 2014 Trans Karoo to give away over the next few weeks. Simply share your most embarrassing cycling moment with us and you could win.

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The Trans Karoo is a 240km endurance mountain bike event taking riders from Ceres to Sutherland through the famed Tankwa Karoo. Competing solo, in teams of two or tandem, riders must complete four compulsory check point stops along the way.

To find out more about the event visit the website: www.transkaroomtb.co.za

Up for grabs

We’ve got 4 entries to give away over the next few weeks:

  • 2 x Solo entries
  • 2 x Team entries

To win

Tell us about your most embarrassing cycling moment.

Share your story in the comments area below and you could win.

Prize draws

  • Draw #1: 1 x Solo Entry, 1 x Team Entry
    Closes Wednesday, 19 February 2014 @ 17h00
  • Draw #2: 1 x Solo Entry, 1 x Team Entry
    Closes Wednesday, 26 February 2014 @ 17h00

Competition Terms and Conditions

  • Each weeks winning post will be selected by Fluency.
  • The judge’s decision is final.
  • Each week’s winners will be announced on The Hub by 17H00 on the following Thursday.
  • The prize includes entry to the event and all elements connected to a solo or team entry.
  • The prize excludes any transport or accommodation requirements by prize winners.
  • Prizes are not transferable.
  • The competition is not open to any employees of Fluency, The Hub or any Trans Karoo partners or sponsors.

Comments

RABUBI

Feb 13, 2014, 2:17 PM

There was that one time I considered buying a cannondale...

Breezer

Feb 13, 2014, 2:38 PM

Ek het eenkeer met n ou broek gery en toe ons stop by die Wimpy vir koffie het die lycra besluit dit is nou genoeg en mooi op die naat oogetrek. Die probleem was dat ek dit eers gesien het toe ek halfpad in die Wimpy was en die skeur was ook nie agter nie, maar aan die voorkant!

olivesa

Feb 13, 2014, 2:39 PM

Wasn't to embarrassing for me but for my friend it was extremely embarrassing! We decided to go on a quick 40km ride, not to far in the ride my friend stood up to fart, well it wasn't a fart that came out it was the entire load, needless to say he had to ride home in the standing position, I couldn't stop laughing all the way home! And he couldn't stop pedalling or blushing!

olivesa

Feb 13, 2014, 2:43 PM

For me the most embarrassing was stopping at a robot and failing to unclip, I fell on top of some innocent drivers bonnet, the lady driver thought this was hilarious, well for me I couldn't stop apologising and blushing!

gofaster

Feb 13, 2014, 3:32 PM

I was doing a sprint to the top of the mountain and when I got to the top I vommited and when I looked back up, there was this hot babe standing by her bike and just smiling. I smiled back and cycled away as fast as possible.

Jay Margolis

Feb 13, 2014, 3:43 PM

I was sent a lovely clip by my mate taken off Supersport with Gerald de Kock narrating my epic fail of a fall and naming me in person. Name and surname! Worst of all it just shows the lame tumble without any context of how I got in the situation. Needless to say a year on, it makes it's rounds on Whatsapp every now and then when I get a bit chirpy...

Rubberman

Feb 13, 2014, 4:33 PM

I was doing one of the Trailseeker races. Hectic race and had a few close encounters with making contact with the Earth during the race. Nice downhill section to finish the race, so I decided to stand and free, playing with my brakes by tapping them. Needless to say, I tapped the front brake a bit too hard as I was 2 meters over the finish line with heaps of spectators. I flew over the handlebars! The force luckily ripping my cleats out of the pedals and I finally made contact with the Earth flat on my stomach, with my bike making tumbles next to me! Everything went quiet... I stood up, took my tumbled bike, didn't make any eye contact and quickly disappeared into the masses... I prefer to fall when the clock has stopped already! ????

Scott2luvit

Feb 13, 2014, 6:16 PM

Got out of my driveway and decided to pop a wheely infront of the house, by the second stroke I knew I was running out of tallent and tried pulling the brake, needles to say I flipped the bike infront of all the neigbourhood kids, I quickly stood up dusted myself off and off I went for my ride, hearing the laughter down the road, I thought to myself well that was stupid, but not as stupid as when a chick pointed out that my bleeding ass is hanging out, by that time I was 40 km from home and all of a sudden it felt like everyone was out for a ride that day. I still keep the pants with the hole in them in my cycling drawer as a momento

Sitting slip

Feb 13, 2014, 6:34 PM

So my first race was in dullstroom on my girlfriends dad bike doing the half marathon. I was all packed up, camelback on full bottles expexting a hell of a long day. I pulled away like a crit race at the speed of light trying to stick with the front guys. They turned of and i went straight on thinking they are doff and following the blue markers(20km) i raced on. Coming closer to the end i saw few people around and thought could this be i won my first mtb race. Crossing the line hands held high and cheering then only to be told by my girlfriend and the race director i was wrong and have not even won the 20km race. So a dnf and a lot of shame left my first first race.

WR 1.0

Feb 13, 2014, 7:50 PM

During the first stage of a4 day ride to Durban, it was cold and misty so I put on a long sleeve compression top under my cycling jersey. 40 minutes later the sun burned off the fog and it started to get hot. The group wasn't planning on stopping so I tried taking the long sleeve top off while still riding. I passed my jersey to the support vehicle and tried taking the compression top off. No luck so I decided to suck it up till the first stop about 50km further. After trying to put the jersey back on, I gave up after 3 attempts as the jersey was twisted and I couldn't get my arms through the sleeves. I ended up cycling the remainder of the first stage just in bibs and the long sleeve compression top, not exactly perfect riding attire. The support guys could'nt stop laughing. I also "paid" at the fines evening that night.

jjwprotozoa

Feb 13, 2014, 8:54 PM

I usually ride in the D group but for one of the races in Paarl I started with my wife in M. We were making our way to the start line and I was riding on the sidewalk when my front wheel landed in a drain and I feel off. Everyone turned and looked. I got up and made as if nothing happened and continued to the start. Don't know if it was more embarrassingfor me or my wife.

69ER

Feb 14, 2014, 4:58 AM

Years ago, I went on a mtb weekend with the GF and some buddies. Unpacked the car and loosely put the front wheel back in my bike (Outeniqua steel bike - who remember those?) with the intention to tighten up later (axle nuts -no QR). Being all mtb bedonnerd we could not wait to go for a sunset ride. A kilometre down the tar road I hauled the bike up for a spectacular hi speed wheelie. Only to be cruelly reminded that I never tightened that damn front wheel....it fell out of the fork and for a considerable time actually ran next to me. One huge face-plant – on tar – and a bent front fork later, my weekend was over before it began…

Squier

Feb 14, 2014, 5:18 AM

Pitching up at a race with an empty bike rack. I had everything... but my bike. The question "where is your bike?" saw me backtrack through the entire parking area to the amusement of many. Got home, walked past my bike still waiting for me in the kitchen ready to be loaded, and got back in bed!

chim50

Feb 14, 2014, 5:55 AM

3 years ago i was doing my First MTB race,which was the craziest race for a first race.MTN Sabie Marathon.

A mate and i where just beginners.

We got to the start line where there where thousands of people getting ready to ride.

I was Riding around on the grass when i saw my mate come back from registration he went close to the start line.I rode over to him to tell him something.

I stopped next to him and tried to uncleat.

I couldn't uncleat and fell in front all the participants.

Everyone started laughing and clapping.

Ill never forget that Day.

Marius

Feb 14, 2014, 6:02 AM

I was doing the 24hr Mtb race at Dirtopia last year, not use to eating and drinking so much on the bike my tummy started acting up and I had to look for a spot fast as my @$$ was ready to explode, got cold sweats but finally saw some bushes high enough for me to hide from other cyclists, turns out I run into a rose bush on steroids, there I sat, my bibbs and shirt caught on the thorns, took me about 20mins untangling myself in the stench while others looked on as they passed by, not funny...

atilla

Feb 14, 2014, 7:11 AM

We were competing in a mtb race. I was leading the womens section and was at that stage all alone with no men around me. I really needed to go to the bathroom (with a nr 1) but was scared that i might loose my position in the race so i did not want to stop.

 

I decided that i will just slow down a little bit and pull down my short and try and do it on the go. Everything went well untill i heard the cameraman's motorcycle coming!! I tried to pull up my shorts with the one free hand but it got stuck on the nose of saddle. I tried everything but it was too late, the cameraman came from behind (my shorts still down) and proceeded about 20m past me.

 

He braked and rode next to me and just said: " DONT WORRY LADY, WE WONT PUT THAT ON TELEVISION - ITS A FAMILY SHOW!!!!"

Paptrok

Feb 15, 2014, 7:41 AM

So it is Saturday morning and we are off to ride a casual mtb track in Pretoria. I thought well it is time to get ride of the normal pedals and change them with spd pedals. Now remember this is the first time out with the pedals where my feet is attached to the pedals, something new for me! Right everything is setup and checked the night before. Off we go and getting to the place take off the bikes a lot of people around us i get on the bike and forget once i have clicked in move your heel to the out side no no no i forgot and in the parking area i fell over busted my knee blood running.

 

Well i am here let just continue with a super red and a damaged leg we are off.

It is not even 10 km on the track and again i come plundering down from a hill over the handle bars hitting my hip to a numb on a rock. Everyone laughs as i came down, with the one girl saying i thing you should take off the pedals or rather walk. At the end of the day my new nick name is "click, click"

 

Well i must say total of 8 falls within the first week with spd pedals and a lot of laughing, i still continue to concur the amazing nature and mtb trails.

Pieterg

Feb 15, 2014, 8:38 AM

Ek het Oktober 2004 begin fietsry en ook sommer ingeskryf vir die Argus (sub 3uur)was die mikpunt.Ons plaaslike "road race" was die Dup's cycles 100km.Ek het ingeskryf en was ook hard aan die oefen vir die Argus so vertel ek ook vir almal wat wil luister ek gaan die Dup's wen. Die dag het aangebreuk en ek was reg, genoeg energie staffies vir die hele peleton,.Die skoot het geklap en daar trek die peleton nodig om te sê het ek so 2km gehou en toe spoeg hulle my met n spoed by die agter deur uit. Ek moes my wonde lek en die res van die wedren 97km alleen ry.

 

Die grootste vernedering het by die eind punt gewag toe almal my "cheer" toe ek klaar maak, nooit weer was ek so grootbek nie

 

 

Wel ek sal "like"om die Trans Karoo te wen en jammer ek het nie fondse vir die inskrywing hopelik wen ek n inskrywing dan gaan die pro's les opsê.hehehehehehe

NixM

Feb 15, 2014, 9:53 AM

Arrived at the Porcupine Hills mountainbike race in Franschoek to find I had only packed one cycle shoe.

As I had driven up in slip slops I had no choice but to borrow my friends running shoe. He is a size 10, I am a size 4 we used insulation tape to get the shoe tight enough to stay on. I rode with one foot cleated and one enourmous foot trying to not catch the front wheel. looked like a clown, felt like a clown but I still had fun and it still makes us laugh a year later!.

Rata Del Spruit

Feb 15, 2014, 11:14 AM

I was 16, full of hormones and spots in equal measure and a girl had just moved into the house next door. She was beautiful enough to make me nervous. The kind of girl that makes you run through conversations in your head just to make sure you don’t stuff it up when she talks to you. Something that guarantees you’ll stuff it up when she talks to you.

 

I didn’t yet have a motorbike on which to embrace my teenage freedom so I had to make do with my bicycle, a purple Diamondback Topanga. In an ill fated attempt to look cool while riding it, I had spray painted my SABC TopSport helmet a matching purple a few years earlier. The helmet was enormous to match my awkwardly sized teenage head and TopSport hadn’t spared the cushioning in this thing either. The net result was that when I wore it I looked like a penis. I even noticed my friend’s mom blush when I arrived at their house. Being a teenager, not looking like a giant pork sword in front of girls was more important than my safety so the helmet got left in the back of the cupboard.

 

Someone who didn’t care about my image as much as my wellbeing was my mom. Maybe she just didn’t realise that I looked like a weiner on wheels when I wore it but if she was around she would insist that I ride with my helmet on. The Hub would have loved her. So as I was sneaking out the drive on my bike (sans lid) one day I heard her voice from the top of the garden, “HELMET!” (The Hub would have really loved her). I tried protesting but it was pointless, I was going to have to wear it, or pretend to at least. I reluctantly walked back up the drive, took my helmet from her and stuck it on my head. I left the straps unfastened, ready to take the replica bell end off the moment I turned the corner.

 

As I was pedalling away I felt I was nearly far enough to be able to safely remove the purple mushroom without being spotted. At exactly that moment the neighbour turned into our street in his convertible. An electric shock ran down my body as I saw who was sitting in the front passenger seat: hot-girl-next-door. And they were approaching the pedalling winky rapidly. I couldn’t afford to be seen like this. In a moment of panic I flicked my head back hoping to eject the helmet and save some face. Unfortunately the straps, despite being loose, were still over my ears and my ears were coming second only to my head in my body’s race for dimensions. The straps caught on my wingnuts and instead of flying off the back of my head the helmet flew forward and covered my entire face. I was blind, in every sense of the word.

 

If the occupants of the car hadn’t noticed the gangly kid on the bike earlier they sure as hell noticed him when he started weaving all over the road with what looked like a todger tip covering his face. And they definitely noticed it when he crossed right in front of their bonnet and rode into the ditch.

 

When I pulled the willy cap off my face I found that they had pulled up next to me. It was clear that they wanted to see if I was okay, and I sensed that her dad was trying especially hard to ask but just couldn’t get a word out between laughing, apologising for laughing and laughing even harder. And she could barely look at me she was laughing so uncontrollably.

 

I mumbled something and rode off. The helmet stayed in the ditch along with my dignity and any shred of a chance I’d ever had of kissing that girl (or any of her friends as it turned out).

Stachelschwein

Feb 17, 2014, 7:04 AM

I was slumming it in London, and doing cycle courier work for some money.

 

One evening whilst commuting back to my digs with a good friend riding side by side, I decided to show off my "at one with my bike skills" and did a long distance wheelie past a family seeing off some friends.

My wet v brakes failed and I flipped doing a slip and slide show on my back, much to the amusement of the family and the embarrassment of my good mate and me.

taito

Feb 17, 2014, 8:18 AM

some years ago,I ride the morning bunch in PE around marine drive so I have to leave home at 05h00 and in winter its still dark.

So at night I get everything ready so not to disturb vroulief, early I get dressed in the dark.

Halfway aroung Marine drive I look down to see my pants inside out with the red butt pad shining away.

I did a very sudden slowdown and solo home.

regards inside out.

Rata Del Spruit

Feb 17, 2014, 10:05 AM

some years ago,I ride the morning bunch in PE around marine drive so I have to leave home at 05h00 and in winter its still dark.

So at night I get everything ready so not to disturb vroulief, early I get dressed in the dark.

Halfway aroung Marine drive I look down to see my pants inside out with the red butt pad shining away.

I did a very sudden slowdown and solo home.

regards inside out.

 

Hahaha, that's a winner!

Sarnicoview

Feb 17, 2014, 10:13 AM

Hubby, son and I enter Redstone MTB race in Harties. I am very social so chat away to every 2nd person, with him trailing behind me (as husbands often do), and suddenly notice that my husband has put on the bibshorts he ripped at Hakahana. Hairy bum in full view, and he didn't have a clue! Thank heavens for the cable ties in our tool bag!! Would upload the cable tie pic if I knew how!

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