THE BODY CENTRE

One long day with MUCH excitement and great racing!! Almost impossible to decide what to post -- so here is just a very quick upload. I'm not even going to try to put races to faces - Chrispy, pls supply Chrispy - very official -- but congratulations on a WELL run event, often ahead of schedule! Riaan Joubert & ... Fire got gold!

U/16 - Monkeyman! And someone got his legs back! Well done Garth & Chris! (ChrisJnr wins Elite elimination race!)

Jean Spies Jay gets them wheels turning Ronelle2009-04-11 13:54:53

Jay Thomson Juniors Obree (Mike Bevan)

CONGRATULATIONS Shortlegs!!!

ugh -- wish i was there -- i think i'm hooked to this DH thing! (sans bike of course!!!)

fandacious - i was asked to cover the league - but I'm afraid I can't help you with info on the official photographers. (Did you see anybody along the route?)

The same Chris Jongewaard that finished 2nd in the Epic? Impressive going. yip. and on a borrowed bike

Konaman, I think you are right - there are many good people in this world -- and many of those are hubbers!! Thank you for bring this group to our attention. I would advise you to make contact with them and ask if they haves specific needs. That way, we can know how to help them. These people's needs are in a way so overwhelming, that it is almost paralysing - even to the 'giving' community -- one thinks that your little contribution cannot make it difference --- yet when we combine your fork with my saddle and Burry's helmet -- then we help enormously. Keep us posted!

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Some teams - Daikin - with reason to celebrate CITY (remember about their race on the 18th) Cycles Direct And the ThinkBike guys Ronelle2009-04-04 08:27:27

Chris Jongewaard wins Elite bunch sprint

... pic thread, ok? Jongewaard Marius fandacious and BMCFan lecturing on post race nutrition

the working word in that sentence is 'effective' -- - so they monitor the racing carefully in keeping with traffic situation.

Will sort thru the other pics later -- but here are some at the finish line CharlesKeeys wins Elites Andreas Studer takes his 4th league win (sub vets) Velo fun Ever gracious Linus (is this man human? afaik he spent some time in ICU after a bag fall at the Epic) U/14

@Onetime -- the WL rule is quite effectively adhered to under the guarding eye of the ThinkBike guysRonelle2009-04-04 07:36:53

One day when I'm big i want to sit on a bike like that lil one --

Elites along Paardeberg SubVets Alex Heward Subvets turn left on R45

Catching up with the Ladies along the R302 And the Vets

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder The Vets are off and so are the ladies

I think you posted this at the same time I got an sms from 'Da Nova' to say the bikes arrived!! So they're there safely!! I'll post a pic of the little one who is going to ride that XS Giant (quite a contradiction in terms there!) ASAP!! Thanks again GrantC -- and here's hoping that you have an excellent IM!! Ronelle2009-04-03 07:16:52

I've never seen MTB PT files - interesting the high VI's (and what was that loafing on Stage 3 about?? ) This must have ramped up your CTL quite a bit!!

(i'll just carry on talking to myself here ....) It seems to me that GrantC and his LBS are contributing TWO bikes to Kevin and the kids from Herbertsdale... This is from an earlier PM: FYI - they couldn't get any decent parts from the bits & bobs they had lying around. G*** (owner) got hold of a mate of his who had a old cannondale lying around at home and suggested that we send that down. Poroblem was that the cannondale was a 52 so would b too big. They stripped it down and have put all the component on the giant that is on its way to you. As it was a development bike they did not charge me any labour GrantC --- you are a man, like Kevin, willing to make a difference, willing to get involved... You leave me speechless. But with such hope. (And it all started, with one funny chirp from one of the local children while GrantC was out training for the Epic a year or 2 ago .. but he can tell that story..) Read what this is about here: https://www.bikehub.co.za/forum_posts.asp?TID=40257&KW=willing+make+difference