lloydkayak

White Giant Escape 2 (commuter hybrid with rigid front fork but upright bars). Typically with a yellow and black back pack. Yours?

http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/cyclists-stage-london-die-protest-traffic-conditions-and-cyclist-deaths.html Quite a substantial protest that was put together

Common sense and awareness, not riding everywhere at 40km/h (even though you can) and working out what sections of your route are tight for cars to pass you on will save your bacon WAY more than trying to do something that endangers other cyclists. Ever stopped to think what one of our dodgy road sections are like for the car drivers trying to get passed us? Most drivers I have come across don't try to pass within 1m, but sometimes we endanger ourselves... Choose safer routes? Or walk sections if necessary....

With all this tired talk... you still had time to smoke me in the commuter challenge! Came up out of nowhere to claim 5! I am chasing you down! Hijack off, shot for the great reviews and info... I am stoked for Noakes talk next week.

You guys are insane, I just moved from Milnerton to Blouberg and cycle in daily to Pinelands too... the increase from 22km round trip to 38km is beating the bejeezus out of my legs... Add the SE in the morning and I curse like a sailor! But the SE home is something absolutely remarkable. @OP - I have been living the CT life for a year and a half now, the access to cycling EVERYWHERE is one of my favourite things. I go grocery shopping, to the bank and the bike shop in Woodstock by bike at lunch all the time... If you stay awake around the people and cars, nothing but bliss.... and sore legs

My best is guys saying the bike is "a year old" They get lank twitchy when you post a link showing their bike in the 2006 trek catalogue. Its so easy to work out what year a stock standard bike was made

I think its overreaching somewhat to expect a new law to change the big social issue with regards to peoples attitudes on the roads (bicycles, cars, trucks, taxis and motorbikes). If we get more responsible cyclists we get on the roads, the municipalities will take notice and hopefully try cater for us. By not pissing off car drivers every chance we get and giving them some slack, cars will eventually stop trying to kill us. This is by no means a small challenge. Chatting to a German transport engineer in our offices... they reckon that 20 years ago, Germany wasn't a place you cycled your bike and they went through education schemes and infrastructure development to change the mindset and get where it is today. The passing of the law, brings the interaction between cyclists and vehicles on the forefront and is a step in closing the education gap, however small... Its still a step forward.

Thanks for the link Dale, I took two spots thus only 13 left

I ride from Milnerton and turn off at Paarden Island Station towards Pinelands almost every day around 07h30 and again around 17h30... I will be moving out Blouberg way at the end of October though

I had huge success on the Dukan Diet (one of Tim Noakes recommendations). I didn't exactly love the removal of fat and controlling of carbs BUT the combinations of graze you can come up with using yogurt and oat bran was incredible. Being able to eat Oat Bran made the eating plan way easier (2-3 tablespoons per day) because you can make a pretty great pizza base, pancake, crumpet, muffin or my best Oat bran bread using eggs, cream cheese, yogurt and 3 tablespoons of oat bran. Question Although the carb content of oat bran seems pretty high (62g/100g or so) it seems that the actual digestible carbs are way lower. It also seems to be very good for the digestive system (not abrasive like wheat bran), traps calories as it travels through and even seems to slow down the effects of ingested carbs on the blood sugar (Lowers GI). Do you feel incorporating a few tablespoons of this per day would really derail LCHF eating?

Only good news...

I speak under correction but normal brown sugar has around 4g carbs per teaspoon?

The issue I would think comes into quantity over the actual "banana peel". Same issue as one guy peeing at a tree daily vs 50 guys peeing at the same tree. If you have a lot of guys riding and all throw their organic waste in the veld, it won't be long before you have an unsightly situation. Biodegradation happens primarily through bacterial action (or scavengers I guess). The time it takes a banana peel to break down on a rock out of sunlight vs a forest floor would be very different I would think. Rather chuck your banana peel in your worm bin/compost heap when you get back home!

There is a sale running on citymob.co.za that has quite a few single speeds still available for around R2500 They look pretty cool

I might be buying some gear of CRC while in Italy in July... Five Tens (possibly freeriders and dirtbags) are on the cards and I am looking at getting some proper, non-plastic flat pedals... Seems to me the DMR V8's are the way to go? Good pedals for a good price? or are the nukeproof neutrons a lot better

Ditto for this morning! Incredible!

On the topic of cold... I have also learned that a good pair of gloves is almost more important than a good jacket... Made the biggest difference for me!

Where can one get Tevas in SA? Looking at dropping some proper money on 5.10s... wouldnt mind checking out some competitors offerings

Closer to R150... I agree about the slipping, I bought them for my commuter but tried them on the trail bike to see... I think in really wet conditions one might have issues. But if you keep your weight in your feet and have proper shoes, I can't see them giving big issues... The OP wanted something for his wife who isnt riding hectic stuff... the advantage that she doesn't need shin pads might help?

I realised how easily one can get passed a stalled truck across both lanes of koeberg interchange by bicycle... I would have sat for 30min in the car had I not commuted... What a great start to the week.

I can second this... My riding buddy and I swapped bikes for a bike part of yesterday's ride (he has the anthem 29er, I have the trance 29er). I was flippen scared going into downhills on the anthem... Its a bike orientated for racing, it wasnt nearly as plus or confidence inspiring as the trance.... The mate even said, for fun factor and comfort the trance wins hands down... Like riding a sofa (his words). Anthems are for race snakes trying to win stuff (and for that purpose they are great bikes) for fun riding, I will stick with the trance or slacker geometry bikes!

If you are just looking for a solid platform... not for running hectic stuff, why not look at the plastic pedal equivalents. I am running these on my trail bike. I haven't had any issues (and I am not even using proper shoes). On the plus side is that if she slips a pedal she hasn't got sharp pins swinging into her shins! They are also cheap and come in cool colours http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Images/Models/Full/73862-1.jpg

My rear wheel rebuild was paid for in commuting savings in 3.5 weeks

I just had the exact same thing happen to a maxxis tubeless tyre, somehow the tyre deformed and had an insane wobble... Rim and seating was 100%

Good post! Was one hang of a vid