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I have just bought a Silverback Sido 2 with 2x 11 shimano . My training wheels for on the road has a Shimano 10 speed Cassette. which i used on my Ghost bike . Will i need to put a 11 speed cassette on or can i just use it as is but watch the gear change on the last sprocket .

What a great initiative to use the Two oceans route for a jol . on a bike .

Not as scenic as the Cape but some of us out on a early morning ride into the Benoni /Bredel agricultural small holdings farm lands . We generally leave at 6 am and get in about 90 to 100 km . on a Saturday . I have done 2400km in Jan an Feb . Im aiming at 18,000km this year .

Good info from all thanks . We have had some heavy rainy evenings and that is why the snakes are coming out onto the paths we ride . We will just be a bit more vigilant after storms .

In the last week our group has encountered 2 rinkhals snakes on our morning training . One was along the railway line going towards Bapsfontein and the other along the Serengeti fence next to the R21 . They were about one meter in length so fairly adult already . We ride in long grass and very wet sections with some riders falling because of others slowing down to quickly . My question is do any of the groups riding out in rural areas carry a snake bite kit and what would you do if a member is bitten out in the sticks ?

Im a cyclist and petrol head at the same time . I never know which i prefer .Here is a pic of my daily drive and some of the cars i have bought and exported to the UK .

I ride out there . Tell us what happened .

I was a Castle Lager drinker until the 95 Rugby world cup when SAB could not keep up with demand . it was brewed at night and delivered during the day( the taste was horrible ) I changed to Windhoek Lager or draft and stuck with that for about 12 years . I then had an operation and got a bad infection i picked up in the theater and was on strong medication to fight it . I was told not to drink any alcohol until the course of medication was finished . I still wanted to watch rugger with my mates and enjoy the camaraderie so i changed to Becks or Bavaria non alcohol beers . I have not drank a beer with alcohol since . Going to a pub and drinking 5 beers and then driving home is a breeze not having to worry about road blocks and being harassed by the Sector pub watching , bribe wanting cops . I believe a beer while on a social ride wont affect your ability to finish the ride .

The substation was struck by lightning yesterday so we are without power and running on our own generators at night . Spent all day on flood damaged sights with our crews so i have not had a chance to go into my garage and get the snifters out . Hopefully tomorrow i get a gap and ill send it down .

Yip thats what they fit onto . Ill box them for you and send down and let you know when and were to collect .

I have a pair of Suntour levers that fit onto the frame ( not the bracket type ) You are welcome to have them . I can send them down to my branch in Killarney when stock goes down .

Welcome . I am a seasoned bikey (65 ) and started again after a lay off of 20 years . I lam also in Boksburg ( Witfield ) and ride daily in my area (20Km ) and Saturday and Sunday i do 30km around OR Tambo leaving home at 7am . Feel free to join me . Rudy 08tree 628nil487

.Yes you are right they did control under command of LA but some of the attacks when all members were done was really what i was referring to . CF (Sky } have refined that form of racing .

He was entertaining to watch in The Tour . Not like today's CF who totally rely s on a team . Sure LA also had them but he had the guts to attach at any stage of the race .

When is the next series ?

Will a Helicoil not work as a quick fix . http://www.ebay.com/bhp/helicoil-kit . I have done many motor repairs with them and never had a break down with those parts again .

Thanks yip i enjoyed those bikes . especially my RIH with full Campage in those days . Im glad you recognized the Gordini its my all time non muscle car favourite . I never owned one but im looking to buy one for a customer but they are as scarce as hens teeth and cost from R250K up for an original matching numbers model .

Yip i loved the old steel frames , Reynolds Tubing or Columbus SLX they were the bikes to have . Only ever broke one frame in nearly 25 years of racing on them . Repairs could only be done by real specialized frame builders or you scraped it and upgraded to a newer model or make . My first good frame was a Dutch manufacturer called RIH ( that is the one i broke , hit a car from behind going down Queen Str ) . My last road bike was a Colnago with Shimano Dura Ace group set . I did thousands of kilometers on it and eventually sold it to a collector of steel frame Colmago's

I went for my first off road ride with my old cycling buddy from the road days . we did 32 km of which half was off road though the fields behind Glen Marais along Dan Rd ( There is a fenced off area with a circuit on it ) and the Pomona area . and back to Atlasville . My average was 21 kph which is what i have been averaging on my training rides daily so im quite happy with my progress since June when i started doing 10 km daily around my area . No pic of me riding but a pic of my Ghost after i had washed and polished it .

Recently bought and enjoying it

I raced a Colnago Columbus Tubing with Dura Ace Group set for many years and would not want to ride any other frame .