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So none of them are white walled tyres then. The tyre 4th from right has a white strip on it but the side wall of the tyre is black with the Schwalbe name on it.

They all look white walled to me.

I've heard that the Knysna Cycle Works teams may not be able to take part because they can't get out of Knysnsa due to road closures.

Those teams like Vodacom and Club 100 that start at the same time or a similar time are of completely different abilities. And if it keeps the sponsors happy then let their teams start wherever they want. I really can't see them helping each other to get podium places. If that is the case then there's reason to moan. But they've put up hundreds of thousands of Rands for this event and without them we'd have no event so let them have there money's worth.

Lamb do you drive a Blue Golf ? The guy said the same thing about owning the road. A car was coming past every 30 or 40 seconds. Those are big gaps. I was moving to single file when looking back and seeing a car but he came up quickly and I didn't see him coming. He's only objecting to the speed I'm going at because I've seen motorcyclists riding 2 abreast (even traffic cops do it) and motorists seem quite happy. So using those same standards, when he is behind a motorist who is driving at 40km/h he must cut him off and get out of his car and verbally abuse him.

Sure butafly but the guy deliberately tried scare tactics by coming as close to me as possible. I never react when they hoot but when someone starts using their car like a weapon then sometimes the reaction gets out before your mind has a chance to think about it.

I was riding along Spaanschemacht road this morning through Tokai forest. It was about 7am and there was very little traffic so we were riding two abreast and then I was pulling in behind when I saw a car coming. This Golf then comes past and as he draws alongside me he hoots. But he was at most about 15cm from me and he hooted at the last second only to scare me. My knee-jerk reaction was to show him the finger. He then pulls over and gets out of his car. So I stopped next to him and he starts swearing and going ape. I stayed calm and said that I agree that riding 2 abreast wasn't clever but that I didn't see any car when I looked back and he could have hooted when he was 20 or 30m behind me and I would have pulled over. But clearly any motorist who pulls over and gets out of his car is already past any form of reasonable conversation - so he carried on ranting and was realy aggressive. The next thing another car goes past and then turns around and stops on the other side of the road. This nutcase hangs out of his window and starts saying "you're all a bunch of w***ers". I mean he's so anti-cyclists that he turns his car around just to get a piece of the action ! I just ignored him but the first guy then seems to now be more pysched up by the presence of the newcomer and he says "someone should just ****you all up". So I say "who do you mean" ? I'm only one guy. So he says "you cyclists - you think you own the road". I just told him that he should get some excercise because it will help him de-stress and I rode off. But I get the feeling that there is a real anti-cyclist sentiment which is growing and these guys hatred of cyclists was incredible. They have clearly had problems with cyclists in the past. I agree that riding 2 abreast is not advisable where there's trafic ... but then I see some guys riding 3 abreast and then refusing to move when cars come ... or they ride without consideration for anyone else (riding through traffic lights, etc). I just wish that cyclists would consider the consequences that their actions have on other cyclists. Is there anyone else that feels the "anti-cyclist" sentiments are growing ? One day we will read in the papers about a cyclist who's been beaten to death by a motorist.

They are excellently priced on shoes and carbon bottle cages.

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Could be but could there have been 30km of downhill yesterday ?

Can someone tell me the meaning of these numbers that pop up on a download from polar heartrate monitor.

Fand where did you get these pics ? Did a friend of yours take them ?

I agree that the 220-age is a very rough estimate but mine has always been within one or two beats of that method. It's now 186 and I'm 34. This is low in comparison to almost everyone else that I ride with. Does this mean I have a big heart ?

In Fanie's defense he wasn't feeling well. I know that because his gloves were covered in snot by the end of the race. I thought that the gravel was OK but the downhill section on the gravel was not enjoyable. Vissershok after 85km is a real &(@*&%@$@*^%#_!!!

Robotech you couldn't have been suffering ... you're laughing !

Unlike E1A104R2D2 I have no problem in joining a club. I can also certainly afford R30 as I'm sure most of us could. My question is .... where does that money go to ? If you are an average cyclist, not riding league or provincials or SA champs (and this is the huge majority) then what does CSA do for them ? How is all this money helping the average cyclist ?

I know of at last 4 makes of wheels (one of which is AM) that are all made in the same factory in Taiwan. I think marketing plays a large part in people's perception of quality.

3 that haven't been mentioned yet; 1) Long Kiss Goodnight (Samuel L.Jackson & Geena Davis) 2) Beavis & Butthead do America 3) Team America: action heroes

As was mentioned, a few ex-US Postal (Hamilton, Herras, Landis) guys have been caught. Did they ride clean when they were on Postal and then start using drugs after that ? The answer is almost certainly no. So clearly US Postal are just good at dodging the tests. And what chance of Lance's team mates taking drugs and he's in a bubble and has no clue of what's going on and only rides on Powerbars ?

He was just trying to make the road slippery for the riders behind !

He's relating his experience. Why give him a hard time for it ?