- Active Topics
- Forums
- Create Topic
-
There is no price fixing in the South African bicycle market!
Have you checked out Canyon bikes? German - used by Silence Lotto - and you can only order directly from Canyon. They obviously also felt that the middel man is making everything too expensive. Canyon ship bikes to customers/clients, so they know how to pack it and charge it. Fantastic value for money. Check out www.canyon.com
TCS Ride down at Hector Norris is GNCTrack - Sheldon Bole
Suspected Broken Collarbone' date=' and some nasty roastiesApart from that I think he is okHow much bad luck can one team have in 1 week???In 1 week's racing we've had:3 Bad Crashes2 Broken Collarbones1 Trashed set of Racing wheels7 Punturesand 3 Broken PedalsWhat the Hell????? Grrrrrr!!!!!![/quote']WOW. How big is your team?Still isn't nice, no matter what size your team.
lol! jaja' date=' dus nie net vir my nie, dus vir die res van die wannabe sprinters ook soos Williehond en Pokerface:-P<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
[/quote']Sit terug daai paplepel Marius. As ek net my timing kan reg kry...ooo en genoeg krag in my bene EN saam met die voorste ouens kan eindig.OK OK, ek wanna be a sprinter!
Racing Heart' date=' I like the way you dream. I also dream of being a racer in Europe.Unfortunately they have a completely different cycling culture to us where cyclists are respected and appreciated. Here we struggle to get any respect as we suffer from the South African disease of entitlement. We believe we own the road and we fight it out with the cars. Ignoring rules negotiated with traffic authorities (who often don't like us!) will only kill cycling. Not make it like Europe. We have to work with what we have.Just saying we all have to wake up only alienates the people you look down on (fun-riders, as you call them). Insults never really help to convince people of your opinion, but then again maybe you don't want to convince anyone, just fight?[/quote']thats where I believe your wrong!!! cycling is a huge sport in South africa! We have the biggest cycling events on entries in the worlds..nothing elsewhere touches that..apart from a race in italy that attract an odd 20 000.. look how many races we have attracting 10 000+ entrants. We should just focus on getting cycling spectator friendly and to once again seperate a race from an fun ride becuase presently its not working to have an all in one event. it just creates massive logistical problems..and the term fun rider is not an insult at all they do it for the fun of it, don't they??..and for what ever reason from leading a more healthier lifestyle to doing something social.Yes, and we do have road closure for the Argus. But the Argus and all your other 10 000+ road races aren't really the same as the league race of today, is it?
It would be GREAT to get full road closure' date=' please get it organised for us! I still have the feeling it is easier to get it for a single tour like the Tour de Boland than it is for seven league rides. If not, then please get involved GL.On the other hand it is amazing how two groups do a ride and have a completely different experience. In sub-vets we had the comms who drove behind us and came up to the riders who crossed and talked to them. They quickly moved back and after that it was pretty much guttering on the white line until the wind direction changed. I still don't know why the Elits struggle with it so much. If you don't have full road closure (even if you don't agree with it!) don't cross the line. It might be a stupid rule, but it is the rule. Otherwise you will get the same cancelled ride week after week...[/quote']do not take it personally or see it as a fight but I think the Elites has a bit more racing involved than SV. I think with the racing being faster and more unpredictible it is more difficult to control the race....personal opinion on that....and that is why they can't obey rules? In every sport there are rules and you have to obey them. I do realize the racing is more hectic, bu t do it within the rules. Do you want to see a rider die before the white line rule sinks in?
Popcorn anyone?
Robo' date=' jy stir!!Ek was net verbaas![/quote']maar julle wil nog steeds weet wie die ou was....Ek het gehoor dat die ou en Lilo.....o nee wag....miskien moet ek nie s? nie.
but pokes - that was 3 weeks ago!!
I know. My ego has almost recovered....I'm in no hurry to ride Killarney on Wednesdays. I did it on a Tuesday 3 weeks ago and got my a$$ handed to me on a platter.
Cool!!! That looks like he's trying to fly like superman or something.
Whenever I have "sold" my entry I do ask for the amount I paid - and its never take more than 30 minutes to get a taker. The fact that the Cycle Tour Trust expect the new entrant to pay a further amount is really a problem that should be addressed to the race organisers.
How does it work? Is it fair to ask the person wanting an entry to pay the full R190 or R250 fee paid by the original entrant to the entrant AND then pay the R250 substitution fee to the Argus? That makes it R500. Correct?
100% correct' date=' if I bought a entry I would not pay more than R100.
[/quote']You can't really expect th person parting with their Argus entry to pay R150 of the substitution fee aswell. But it doesn't sound like you're looking for an entry Skye.
I'd expect the people asking for Argus entries to answer the question Willehond asked. I think it's fair, but I'm not in the buyers market.
bla bla bla.. get on your bike and ride till you feel like puking. rest for 3 mins. repeat 8 times.do this 3 times a week and you'll be strong.
. That is one way of training. Who needs science and technology? Why do a lot of the top cyclists train with HRM and/or Power metres, if they could save themselves the time and effort and ride until they puke?ewep - the coaches you refer to, are they all web based?
Who are the best coaches in the Western Cape area? How do you guys feel about web based coaching vs. a 1 on 1 with a coach or does it come down to the same thing?
Would it defeat the object if i train and ride with a Power metre over weekends, but only ride with a HRM during the week when I commute.
Best is to get all the advice you can' date=' and find what works best for you through hard effort.[/quote']I agree with that, except that I don't want to spend lots of money with no results. The problem with advice is that it's easy to get everybody's advice. It's the filter process to differentiate between good and bad advice that's the trick.
I start to see the advantages of using a power metre. So what should I do if a big chunk of my time on a bike is commuting on an old crappy bike (to save my racing bike) and over weekends I race or train on my road bike and in winter I ride on my nice MTB? I can't really afford 1 power metre as is. HR monitors are easy enough to move between bikes. Power meters seems less flexible.
What is your experiece and/or advice on getting a coach vs. reading up on how to train?
power training is free..just put it into big blade up the hill and stay seated.
What about training with a power metre?Power training seems to be very popular, but also very expensive. Are the advantages really that much better than training by HR? What are the advantages? Do I need to spend R10,000.00 to make it worth it, or would cheaper power meters also do the trick?
never fit pedals without a bit of copperslip or grease
Bendover...no vaseline!
in The Bike Room
Posted