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Hi Garfield, Short intense riding , a bit different than your normal style of long Triathlons. Ask Mongoose.

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Hi, Did not do the race but know the races normally not timed there and no results afterwards. Had my only victory there, but no results anywhere to show off. They have quite a few races at the venue but was never timed in my time .

Do not know who the roadies are but if relatively fit they should do it in around 3 Hours, it not really that hilly, so can not see the MTB's have a chance , but that depends on fitness levels of course.

I agree , In same boat, told my son he must wait a bit longer till he can fir on 26". However visiting friends they already had 26" and he rode it without issue. He is 1.3 m so not tall for his age. Looking for XS 26" now. He actually wants a road bike which is harder to find for them. Cavendish is his hero so it took a lot of convincing that he must first get MTB.

Hi , send you a pm. regarding spare bike.

Hi My son in same boat, He rides his 20" bike up hills easily remember they weigh nothing themselves. I am now looking to get him a 26" bike as he will be able to go much faster and although it is made for 1.5 m he has ridden on a few without any issues at 1.3 m tall, just need to put sadlle all the way forward.

A friend of Mine also had this problem. Was also advised to lower . It worked for him as well.I also had a bit of backpain but not that much and lowering also assisted me. They say it has to do with fact that you stretch out a bit more.

Was thinking of doing my first Triathlon in 10 or so years but at that prize I will not . Do not know why it is so expensive, MTB nogal so no Traffic cops needed, I guess there is some costs to keep people save in water but I will stick to cycling then.

Hi, I take multivitamins, but not really making anyone richer, Normally they are around R100 for 30 but my wife asked the pharmacist and he gave her Multivitamins that goes R10 for 60 . Have not been sick for 5 years at 1000-2000 km per month so must be working. I also not sure if it really make difference but rather take it than not. Read an article a while ago in Rooi Rose of all things that most Omega 3 on Market not as good as they say and as it is bio degradable(if that is right terms) they found some of the pills where it has already gone of and most only up to 30 % of what it says on package.

By the way he said he was not happy with the 5th.

Yes , He was ill for a while this year and had a couple of falls on decsents in mountain stages(Not used to the Mountains coming from RSA it seems). He tweeted yesterday that he is feeling healthy again and form coming close to last year.

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try for 07:30 but remember it is team event.

Hi, Do not know so much about weights but have a RC8000 Frame when I bought the bike with SRAM Force on it weighed 6.9 kg complete bike. As far as I know the RC7000 is same frame but components was different so it cant be that bad. It is a few years back technology though so will probably not be as low as the new frames.

Thanks for Nice competition. Congratulations to Charissa. And since I am not first any details(as mentioned on original post) about 2nd and third place.

Must say Divan , my 9 year old son not doing bad in 26th although he stuck with Andy Schlek, still yesterday he was sure Andy would win, Do not know why but you can not convince hime Andy will not make any points.

In The final stretch now, Question is am I so close but yet to far. Already saw myself riding around on that black & yellow machine.

Thanks, Seems I have hit the ceiling and might be going down from here, this tour choosing Cavendish ahead of Kittel seem to have been mistake.

I am down again,will try to catch up but will have to stop seeing myself riding the new frame for now was up there for a while but lets see what the next week brings. Thanks for the competition Black spade, made the Tour de France even more special.

Made a mistake with my team this week so going down anyway does not matter how you look at it.

Will be difficult for me climbing a lot since I am lying second after round 9.

Will have to get my Wheels resprayed as well , the colours will clash with the yellow.

Before stage 6 , try after 17:00 tommorow

Was wondering where this thread went to good not find it under search. Did not have a bad start at all although most of my yriders fell on stage 1. Really want that frame so need to concentrate.