Trans Baviaans 2018 - Number IV
The weather prediction leading up to Trans Baviaans 2018 made from some grim reading, although the day of the race seemed fair. It was cold, wet and windy leading up to the event but the weather reports for Saturday, 11 August 2018, predicted sunny skies and mild temperatures. Travelling down to Willowmore we even got some snow on one of the passes we went over and when we woke up on the day of the race everything was frozen. My bike had slept outside on the bike rack overnight and was covered in ice in the morning. We’d never seen this in our three previous attempts and I was a little worried. However, as soon as the sun came out it warmed up nicely and on the starting line I was even considering getting rid of my jacket. Remembering how we went a little hard in the early stages in 2017 we started out more conservatively and also a bit more towards the middle of the field. This time our strategy worked out well as we sat on bunches pulling us through the early kilom...
