Kimikaze

Give purpose to your unfortunate punctures by donating your holy tubes to a development team or put it in donation boxes found at most bike shops. I connect with a few development teams - tyres and tubes are an ongoing need, especially in the locations where roads are littered with glass and potholes. They will patch the tube 10 times before throwing it away, so will gratefully receive a holy tube, repair it, and reuse it. Putting this out there as many people don't think about it Bonus points for throwing in some patches and glue 😉

Thanks a million. DM sent 🙏

I've been connecting with a young gent, Atlehang, over the past couple of years. He was riding with a school, but is now 20 years old and looking for a mountain bike team to join. He's dedicated, passionate about bikes (he often sends me pics of his latest bike build), a "go-getter", and has lots of potential. Are there any mountain biking teams looking for a Development Rider? He's based in the Helderberg area, but can relocate. He's lived in Stellenbosch before too.

Look out for the Warriors on Wheels! We're starting at 7:51 and expect a long but fun day in the saddle! Give us a push (especially the e-bikers) or a song as you go by. Our Warrior, Cassidy, is a Wheelchair Dancer with heart for winning! She will be pulled by the legendary Wimpie van der Merwe, and pushed by hubby and I (I may have got him drunk and signed him up before he knew what we were doing). Excited to experience the CTCT in a very different way this year Thanks to ASLA Foundation for sponsoring our team 💛

We've used Go-Cycle in Somerset West for our DC kit since 2017. Great quality and nice design work by Andreas. I still proudly wear all my DC kit. My 2017 bibs only went into the bin last week... they lasted through a crash, and many happy miles

Hello Dears 😜, The site host is aware of the issue and looking into it.

Eish these dodgy people get in everywhere. I'm on the Wine Lands Club committee (although completely unrelated portfolio so please don't throw website stuff at me 🫣) I have alerted the committee to raise with the correct person.

Thank you for your thoughtful generosity! I collect kit and spares in the Helderberg area. People also drop things off at our LBS - VeloLife and PedalWorx. Most goes to a development team (Blue Sky Cycling Academy) in the Nomzamo area, of about 30 youth. I'm also connected to some development teams in Khayelitsha, so some things go that way too. Our Nomzamo team have an informal thrift shop where they sell items for super low prices, as a way of generating funds for their team. Here's more info: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/XEEgJj8MiC4E5JRe/?mibextid=qi2Omg I come through to town for work fairly regularly. Happy to collect things that side

This is awesome! Where are you based? I've got about 30 development riders in the Strand area, and connected to teams in Khayelitsha too. Western Cape.

Hellooo! There is a WP Track Racing event at the Bellville Velodrome on Heritage Day (24th Sept). I am organizing a group ride with various development teams in the area to go and spectate. A safe bike parking zone will be allocated at the centre of the track, and I am trying to source standing bike racks for that. I expect there will be about 50 bikes... maybe more. Does anyone know where we could get hold of some for the day?

Does anyone have the outside part of the front derailleur cage for Campagnolo Super Record pre 2015 for me to buy? It seems like an easy part to replace without needing a whole new front derailleur. Hubby has done a temporary fix with a hot melt glue gun, but I don't think the Campi gods will let that fly for much longer.

They had their boards on their bikes. Will contact PPA/racetec tomorrow

Anyone in the 42km not get any results on racetec? 5 of my development riders did the 42km, with their racetec chips, but none of their results are showing 🤔

Hello Hubbers! I lead the Community and Development portfolio for Wine Lands Cycling Club and have started an initiative called "Holy Tubes" - encouraging people to donate their punctured tubes, which the Development cyclists will gladly repair and re-use. As well as any other spares and kit. The concept isn't new - donation boxes etc, I'm just creating a brand, and hopefully the name will catch on and get more people on board, expanding reach and support, even beyond the WLCC. Think... Holy Tubes boxes at races for those who want to give purpose to their unfortunate punctures 😉 What is a brand without a recognizable logo...? So, anyone out there feel moved to design a fun logo for the brand? I've attached the one I have been using. Needs to be neutral (hence the stick man). I like the idea of the halo being a tube, or the "O" in Holy could be a tube. Also attached a pic of the kids receiving and repairing Holy Tubes at our pre CTCT bike maintenance day this weekend 😊 Please connect with me if you're keen to help with a logo.

Hellooo! Anyone from the Helderberg area doing Tour de PPA registration on Thursday or Friday who wouldn't mind picking up the race packs for my development riders please? I can send their details and collect everything from you on Saturday