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Park the bike until you wake up one morning and feel like doing a ride.
10 hours ago, Murrob said:A thought I have regularly whenever I see the news reports of robberies/hijacks of cyclists. Where is CSA and PPA in all of this? Is it not in ambit of these organisations to try and liaise with relevant stakeholder's, help fund/fund raise to fund for private security efforts to patrol and provide assistance to saps, rapid response to assist in hotspots etc etc. I for one would be happy to donate to such actions to try see if we can at least push back a bit for all our sakes.
It’s not their job to protect cyclists. The police is supposed to do it.
4 hours ago, J Wakefield said:Apparently nothing or not that much I have been informed this week by some. While I don’t disagree with this, it was just good to be informed with certain this is true.
On another note, how does a typical day in the life of Matt look during Epic prep in one of those 25 hour weeks? What does he do for the rest of the day after a 4 hour morning session for example?
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Petition to change the rules. Those who have completed the 36One can also enter for a solo TB.......
Try another battery and look at 3 second power. If it keeps doing the same then it’s faulty.
The question is, what do you eat before and after a ride?
The past weekend I survived the Attakwas on 3 gels per hour for the last 3 hours and I started with 2 litres of Epic Pro mixed according to instructions. I did eat other stuff at the waterpoints as well, but not nearly enough to cover the carb requirements my body needs.
You need to budget for at least 80g of carbs per hour. It doesn't matter where the carbs come from, but it must be available immediately for your body to burn it. You also need to eat something with fat during a long ride.
8 hours ago, Shebeen said:I doubt the actual temperature was above 40, but wasn't there so happy to be wrong.
The people who rode it definitely deserve the stories they have, but a Garmin on a handle bar is not a reliable temperature measurement device.
You’ve spent too much time in a shebeen.
On 1/1/2024 at 2:17 PM, McD23 said:I'm a Reservists at SAPS HBay, and was one of the officers that recovered the bike. We got lucky because they where moving it to sell it, after have kept it hidden since the incident.
Without sounding condescending, i don't think the general public has any idea how under resourced SAPS is on the ground and how in reality overwhelmed they are. And that's in WC station. Believe me when I say the saying 'thin blue line' is very appt. Support your SSP'S, local crime fighting entities and CPF's, they will be the deciding factor between communities overun with crime and those that manage it too a tolerable level. If you think things are going to get better on the crime front, I'm afraid your naive or going to be disappointed.
Moving it to sell it…..do you know to whom they sell it to and how they market it? Most of the criminals know where to sell the bikes. If we can stop the buyers we can stop the muggings.
I don't know what you guys ate, but 99% of the food was great. The 1% not great was the plastic burger patties. Other than that we ate like kings!
Lamb and beef for dinner, win!
Start with the clothing you intend to ride through the night with. Fresh clothing works wonders halfway through. Calitzdorp is very cold at 6 in the morning that time of year.
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It’s officially cancelled
Good old Vaseline....smells like oil, but it works.
Send the 510 to Garmin, pay in a thousand or two and get a new unit.
Is Racetec still with us? I saw a rumour they don’t exist anymore. All media channels are also down.
19 minutes ago, Jbr said:Bosch has done it for you
Bosch must hang on for another 30 years or so….😎
Not the same bike. The stolen one has different cranks and is a different model
1 hour ago, Meezo said:What might of been easier is to remove the board and then out of nowhere a marshal will appear tell him you didn't pay and they'll gladly escort you off the mountain
So why did you cycle past all the signs reminding you to buy a permit/board only to find a marshall just appearing out of thin air reminding you again because you did not read the signs?
Or is accessing private land without permission your hobby?
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Make sure there is a basin to wash hands after visiting the loo. I get befooked if I cannot wash my hands after a trip to the public plastic loos.