EVENT INFO...
What's happening on the PPA Funride Calendar?
a) Download the latest events calendar PDF from the link on the right of this page, or...
b) click on the event name above, or
c) just scroll down to the calendar below,
and you'll get all the info! PS Remember - if you are a PPA member and we have your email address, you'll automatically receive a weekly email with event information, route and start times changes, and the like...
Licenced / league riders:
Please note that you have to specifically enter the PPA / Virgin Active Pro Classic (league) in order to ride in the racing categories for licensed riders, as opposed to riding in the general funride categories. You cannot enter the racing section on the day of an event; you need to do so a few days beforehand as a specific racing number needs to be issued. Please note you need a valid CSA license, as well as meet the specific PPA seeding criteria for the racing sections, in order to enter the Pro Classic (league) series. Please contact Eulogy at Cyclelab, the administrators of the racing section, for more information.
EASY ENTRY TICKETS
While PPA recommends certain entry fees to organisers, at times it may be necessary for them to raise the entry fees in order to make the numbers work (most events on the PPA calendar use the event to raise funds for charity). To this effect, some events may charge higher entry fees - please check whether or not Easy Entry tickets will be accepted. As always, the pre-entry (online) fees are the cheapest, so enter online and save!
CYCLING SA DAY LICENSES
For any timed event in SA, all participants are required hold either
* A full (elite) racing license, or
* a cyclo sport racing license.
Cyclists who are members of a club/ association/affiliate recognized by Cycling South Africa (like PPA) and who hold (minimum) cyclosport licenses, do not need to take out any further CSA day licenses. Note that PPA members automatically hold cyclosport licenses, as PPA payd this on behalf of its members (PPA membership cards suffice until CSA issues cyclosport license cards to PPA members).
If you are not a PPA member nor a member of any affiliate of CSA's, you need to take out a day licence, issued by the organiser of the event on the day. This R35 day license is valid only for the one event for which it was issued and the cost thereof is not included in the entry fee.
At some events, the short route is not timed and is taken as a development initiative/fun event. Normally day licenses are not needed for these routes; check with the event organiser.
NOTE RE SEEDING:
Seeded numbers and seeded starts is a benefit of PPA membership at PPA events, hence PPA members (wearing their seeded numbers) start on front of non-members. If you are a visiting rider and wish to start with the seeded groups at an event, kindly contact the PPA Office at least 3 days before the event to enquire about short-term PPA membership and a seeded number. Note: This cannot be arranged on the day.
WHAT MUST YOU BRING TO AN EVENT?
Always bring your
* Helmet (no helmet, no ride)
* PPA funride number (also to MTB events)
* Transponder
* Your bicycle, kit, cycling shoes, gloves, water bottle, cycling sunglasses, sun block, entry fees if you did not enter online, some cash for a snack afterwards, etc...
IF YOU FORGET YOUR SEEDED NUMBER OR HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT?
If you joined PPA in the week of the event, please contact the PPA Office to arrange for your number and membership card to be sent out to the event for collection. Note: This must be pre-arranged with the office on (021) 689-8420, otherwise your number will be posted to you.
If you forget your funride number at home, you have two options:
(a) Pay R5 for a temp unseeded number, valid for the day, allowing you to start with the unseeded riders behind the PPA members
(b) Pay R30 for a temp seeded number corresponding to your start group on the database, valid for the day, allowing you to start with your normal start group. Enquire at the PPA Mobile Office at the event.
WHO GETS RESULTS AT PPA EVENTS?
As PPA pays for the timing at most events on the PPA calendar, only paid-up PPA members will receive an official time on the PPA website, as a direct benefit of PPA membership. However, for some big events like the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, the seeding series events like Die Burger and 99er, and some big MTB events like Nelsons Creek and Stellenbosch, the organisers themselves pay for timing services. In these cases, all riders receive a result.
What is a "listed Mountain Bike event"?
A 'listed' mountain bike event does not have PPA staff or crew present on the day, and PPA funride numbers & timing is not used on the day. These events are normally not used for PPA seeding, as PPA is not paying for the electronic timing of the event (as with other events on the PPA calendar). Easy Entry tickets are not accepted. "Listed" events are really selected events that are simply listed on the PPA calendar for the information of cyclists.