Jaco Steyn

My personal opinion is that is a bit late. Things tend get very hectic at the starting chute, so I always try to get there at least 2 hours before my start.

Not to mention that they are actually breaking the law. Here is an informative piece on the Arrivealive website explaining it all. https://www.arrivealive.co.za/Compulsory-Helmets Here is a short snippet taken from the article "In October 2004, regulation 207(2) of the National Road Traffic Regulation became effective after being passed three years earlier. The regulation orders the compulsory wearing of a protective helmet that is properly fastened and fitted while riding a bicycle or being carried as a passenger." I even wear an helmet when I commute to work every day! There is absolutely no reason not to wear it.

The last couple of times it cost me on average about R10K per trip down to Cape Town to take part. This year I did not go down because of salary freezes and will unfortunately not go down next year again. Maybe things will pick up and take part 2018 again.

I wonder if my son perhaps got anything worthwhile on camera at the finish line that could assist in resolving or addressing this concern. He works for the company Mardo Photos and he was there to do the "photo finish". I wasn't there at the finish, so I am not sure how many cameras were set up, and what angles he recorded. If needed, I can ask him to have a look.

One of the best, if not THE best organised race on the calender! Deffinitely my favourite race here up north. Pity I cannot make it after the good news it has been moved to this time of the year. Will try my best to do it next year. My son will be there, but in a non-cycling capacity. He is one of the photographers doing the photo-finish.

Wellllll, my 53rd birthday is coming up on the 24th of February........ Just saying.

Done!!

I see the Garmin Varia has been listed by Time magazine as one of their top 10 gadgets for 2015: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/gadgets/150393-top-10-gadgets-of-2015.html

Just saw this, would be quite interesting to see the local pricing on these. http://explore.garmin.com/en-US/edge/ https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/cycling/edge-20/prod508487.html https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/cycling/edge-25/prod508489.html

I saw this on the Runnersworld.co.uk website, perhaps it will work for you as well:http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/gear/garmin-fr60-message--ah02400-0000-aid02200-0000/185443.html " Hi! Actually there seems to be a huge decoupling capacitor in the electronics. You can notice if you remove the battery and the display stays for several seconds for instance. I can understand if this capacitor must be discharged first before the device can start up properly. Garmin recommends to wait 24h in this case as it says in a different forum. I wanted to use my Garmin immediately though. So, I took some aluminium foil and short circuited the two battery contacts (in the center and at the rim of the battery compartment). Voila! It came up with this strange message again but then only after a second it continued and asked me for my language. Admittedly, I repeated this procedure twice. But in principle short-circuiting the voltage supply is supposed to be the ultimate brute-force reset of any device. All the other resets seem not to work when this problem arises after a battery replacement! "

There is a difference between the Benzine that you get commercially in the shops, and Benzene, which is the carcinogen you are referring to. Benzine is just an industrial solvent readily available in your local hardware store.

+1! That is why we sometimes use N2 as a co-feed to our slurry phase reactors when we evaluate catalyst performance. We know it will not affect the outcome of the test run.

The first moon landing 45 years ago today? 20 July 1969. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 I was 6 years old at the time, and I remember all the young boys were playing with Apollo 11 lunar modules at the time, making lunar landscapes on the back-yard.

Thanks!

Oh my word, but I had a terrible race! And not because of the race organisers, which as usual, did a stellar job! This was my first long distance after the injury form the fall of the ladder as per this post: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/134593-off-from-cycling-for-a-while/?do=findComment&comment=2168624 My injured calf (left one), began cramping like mad just after we turned back to the finish at Nigel. That last 25 - 30kms was terrible and seemed to never end. I finished the race in 03:44, where my usual finish time is ±03:15. But, I finished without stopping even once! And, I suppose it also is the age catching up with me, seeing today is my 51st birthday.

Have a look over here: http://www.arriveali...ges.aspx?i=2163 It has a little flash animation to assist you to understand it better. This is for a motor vehicle, but it assume a cycle must follow the same rules.

You can perhaps look at something like this: http://www.integratedtrackers.com/GPSTrack/Spybike.jsp Taken form the website: SPYBIKE Spybike covert bicycle GPS tracker Notifies you by SMS if your bicycle moves Online tracking Securely fastened Spybike_Instructions_2.pdf

Perhaps some people are confusing this exhibition with the 94.7 Expo, which indeed has moved to the Dome?

I share your sentiment! From Sasolburg to Cyclelab is almost exactly 100km, as well as a toll gate in between. I mailed the organisers to try and arrange for a number pick-up early that morning, but they did net even bother to reply to my e-mail. A quick "Sorry, but that is not possible." would have sufficed, but nada! Earlier this year I took part in the Carnical City race with the same dilemma. I e-mailed them, and almost immediately I was answered. They gave me EXACT details how about where I can collect my number on the morning of the race, as well as a cellphone number to call should I have any other problems. Why cannot ASG Events do the same? Or is it about the money, and not the sport of cycling? I think that I should stick to races at Stonehaven in Vanderbijlpark.

Does anyone have any information on the photographers for the Crater Cruise? As far as I can remember from on the route it was "Photo Marx", but their website is dead. Or am I mistaken about the name? Edit: My mistake, I used a .com instead of a .co.za. My pics are up!

LOL! I was born in Sutherland! Still have a lot of family there. And this is the first time that I noticed that I actually also talk of "knieg"!

Done and dusted!

I also wanted to find out about this and I e-mailed the event organisers 3 times without a reply. I am almost exactly 100km away from the nearest number collection point, which means 200km both ways plus the Kroonvaal toll gate in between as well. I would love to support races from outside the Vaal Triangle area, but the number collection is a huge drawback. It just seems unfair to take a day's leave and travel such a long distance just to pick up a number! the organisers could possibly also consider making a courier option available. I would also pay a levy of some sort if I can collect the number on the morning of the event.

Still waiting for my mail!

These might help. Profile and route.