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NH Criterium my first Crit

21/07/2019

I have been cycling for 10 years and for some reason I never participated in a Crit, short for Criterium. A Crit is usually a fast paced race multiple times around a closed loop. The NH Criterium, organised by the New Horizon Cycling Club, has different age categories so my age group 50-60 is 6 times a 3 km loop around the Nasrec Showgrounds. I once attended a Crit as a spectator at Zoo Lake and was awed by the intensity and physical demands of the race.

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by Fazel Mayet
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Slaying the Ghost – Double Century Cycle Race 2014

22/11/2014

What a day! The ghost of 2012 Coronation Double Century has firmly been slain. The monkey is off our back. The NH team rode strong and well despite punctures and a mechanical failure. Each member was forced to dig deep. The reward was a double medal – one for completing and the other for completing together. Stunning stuff. The 202 km was completed in 7 hours 40 minutes.

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Hotchillee London to Paris Cycle TourFeatured

22/06/2013

The Stabus Rhino peloton team comprising Riaz “Modster” Paruk (captain), Owen “Cutesee” Coetzee, Miriam “Momster” Desai and Fazel “Charles” Mayet, and the Faitz Rhino Peloton team comprising Arshad “Cherry“ Tayob (Captain), Zahid “Brandster” Moola, Ismail ”Isco” Ebrahim and Zunaid “Gangster“ Tayob departed for the not so warm island town of London on 16th June 2013. Their aim was to complete the Hotchillee London to Paris Tour followed by some climbing in the French Alps (Mont Ventoux and Col du Telegraph, Col du Galabier and L’Alpe d’Huez). In accomplishing this feat, the team agreed to raise funds for Rhinos who are being decimated by poaches for their horns.

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by Fazel Mayet
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