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not in my case - i've got lots of body fat (welll i've got a high bmi) and got properly sick 3 times this year - so no protection there. all three times was after biggish events where i trained a bit and lots of vits before - and afterwards kind of forgot to take the vits, so i think my lungs were just super-sensitive to the allergens after being (ab)used a little bit

oooh yaaay there's a kayak option as well, so i don't have to go drown

would you pay tax on the sponsorship? <edit> ignore - question already asked and answered

hehehe clint i couldn't help but imagine the powerbalance band guy telling the truth, and how it would up his sales ...

oooooh that's beautiful!!!!!!! i once had a mate who was sponsored by some or other flour-company .... so his cycling shorts said something about "self-raising"

aaaaaawwwwwww meis you can't have many girl cycling friends, do you? OR wait - i know! you're gorgeous and they all just want you to feel like their hero for rescuing them

met a guy in delta park that wanted to know whether i had a tube that he could use - i ride tubeless and carry only one tube; felt very bad afterwards that i said know (but couldn't see myself in the dark 10 kms from home with a flat wheel and no spare and no-one to call to come fetch me) ... i still carry only one, so next time i'm most likely gonna have to refuse to help hom again

i love my trance!

i kept the hardtail and very glad i did! i love the ride, it keeps me awake. i love the geometry and the feedback. the frame is very old, so i'm seriously considering getting a new hardtail-frame. bonus is that i always have spare parts / wheels / spare bike when one bike needs attention

yup - same nightrides that dirty refers to - feels like a bee-sting - nowadays the guys warn us when we get close

did you unscrew the valve thingy and pushed the other thingy directly after the 100km ride, or a few hours later?

maybe the other prerequisite is some brain damage when you were little? it doesnt get much crazier than this

ooohh tumbles we gonna have to go check it out!!!! tintin? now we just need a date

linden cycles - ive always had service far beyond what was reasonable

awwww tintin i've already got something planned for saturday but next time - i haven't been to van gaalens in a while - there's just so many nice places to play!

it's pretty! which is a good excuse to go ride it

have heard a lot about you, from friends who were your friends - hope the singletrack's good where you are now - RIP

my hardtails' got shimano, the trance got sram. i'm using the trance's wheel at the o on the hardtail, cos of a bent rotor ... and haven't had any problems with the sram casette on the simano chain and derrailleur.

ah thx dibs - i've asked in another thread somewhere but lost the thread so couldn't see the response

not paved like in stones but rida-ability improved for the strugglers. is also a change for the good - portage was a requirement 9/10 times - now rideable. I very much hope that the changes was not made to 'improve' the trails for the 'strugglers' but rather to prevent erosion how will i ever improve my riding skills if i'm never challenged?

heard stories today that they're paving the singletrack at groenkloof? apparently to stop erosion? anyone cycled there last weekend? please post pics?

won't it be easier to just walk?

i've changed from 80mm to 100 without a problem, was tempted to go for 120 but was advised against it.

dobby not sure how that bike will perform on some of the more technical bitsies of joberg2c???

my hardtail lost more than a kilo when i got a new shock - it had a very old worn rockshock judy; it's got a sid now and the bikeshop refer to it as 'the abused bike with the pretty shock' wheels also can make a big difference