firewolf

cause i drove over ou kaapse this am wind and mist and cars not a good mix and saw this one solo girl in a polka dot jersey making her way over the kom side of the pass. felt scared for her knowing what she was up against to get to the lakeside side. hope she made it. and what up with calling people cockface? what is that? like a dude with areally long nose?

did she have a polka dot jersey on?

money is what money is but a real set of racing legs on a not R150 000 bike that can reach an end of race white line first - priceless.

Mmmmmm?

@ cytomax - man the wind is tooooo kstrong!!! have you seen the clouds on the mountain? (and my beer is nice and cold.) 2morrow is the day.

feltrider - the amazing thing about cycling is... ride lots, race lots, your seeding will improve by itself. I was in zc. now in c.

will do in the am - five thirty - out along muiz, down atlantic road, left onto prince george drive, then the se becomes a riders best friend and i go all the way to town at top speed where my car waits. A short ride i know but will be like a theshhold type thing. then sun a nice long ride.

ahh. ok. shot bru. All ya w.c. riders - how this freaking wind? Insane hey?

ride a black carbon frame. no decals. with full whatever but no branding. with full black kit. (but white calf length socks, of course) with 90mm deep section carbon tubs in a deep black. win the bunch or loose but always mantain a relaxed facial expresion. Style is not about a price tag; not about abilty. Kieran is right - how good can you look going slow?

bump - like R.O.A.R.? in da old days of jolling. seriously waht is this bump thing?

i fought only we was in da deep souf here wif our jean pant in the cape town but on da udder side of da fis hoek. like my bru ne'? I smmak where yous at Mr Preditor. Wif a passion. Genuin.

Love the FDNY. Cops r cops no matter where in the world. Fire first. Safety last. Bikes before broads. Respect.

i don't wave at riders on pinnerello's - especially the dogma. And even more so a pinnerello rider with a rear view mirror on the handle bar. Dammit! I want one. The pinnerello. Not the handle bar mirror.

hi ya all? happy new year. was on duty last night on a 24hour shift so this first time able to get back to the hub. hey Jaco-fiets... bru you from the western cape right? so you can get the w.c. humour? or maybe not. Of course I can't afford freaking R150 000 for a freaking bike. Who the freak can? Boy oh boy...

can he win a race?

I would like to actually ride like a zipp 404 tubbie or an easton or a hed or a lightweight or any of the tubbies that the pro's ride just to get a realtime feel for what they actually feal like...?!? I.E. r they viable for us normal, financially not sponsered, riders.

jmaccelari - r u a traffik (sic) kop (sic) ? Cuase I am a fire man. No sic fer real. And a rodie. Try tell me "bout trauma boet. Please?

can the guy with the expensive bike win? a race? any race? not the human race though...

its like saying thank you to your own gut feeling when something tells you not to go down a certain road, or trail, or ride earlier or later and the next day you read a newspaper report detailing a horror smash, or perhaps a fire, on the exact spot at the exact time you would have been there.

last year, at the argus expo, I made the mistake of taking a Prince off its display stand to get a feel for the bike. It had not even touched rubber to ground and the stand dude - a tall guy from up country - had taken it out of my hands and placed it back in its stand. All without stopping a conversation he was having with someone standing there. Think he is from that shop that imports all the premium Italian stuff. So to prove I could actually afford one if I really wanted one, I bought a pair of Sidi gloves for R250.00. Ha, that will learn him. When I asked him if people actully buy these bikes he asked me if people actully buy ferraris? I took my overpriced gloves and buggered off.

what does "bump" mean?

Its actually not a national road sooo... kind of not so bad. The main road between retreat and the fish hook circle is a real test on some days.

The section of blue route freeway between steenburg road and the ladies mile is actually amazingly good for riding. Totally iilegal I know; the unfortunate truth is that it actually might just be safer than the main road - Wide shoulder with yellow line. No parked cars on left so no sodz aka sudden open door zone. No traffic lights. Very few truck/taxis. Vehicle travelling at a constant speed (admtedly higher than other roads). No sideroads (but again to be honest the on/off ramps can be little hairy - your timing must be right). In summer can do intervals with South Easter one way and in winter with the north weaster the other way. Everytime I ride it (mostly on quite mid mornings) I look out for cops. If I get a ticket I will pay it and not ride there again. I see more and more riders using this piece of road - especialy during the raod works on the kalkbay section of main road.

i also pump my 4000's to 8bar. super smooth and durable but do give a strange "falling away" feeling when cornering at high speed on descents. In wet weather I drop em down to 7bar and still ok. not the most expensive tyre but also not the cheapest. Best to get a good, long lasting but rel. cheaper training tyre. ANy extra weight then just means racing set up feels super light.

the last time I saw "it's easier asking for forgivness than permission' was in an article circa 911 re non FDNY firefighters leaving their stations to go assist in the collapse of the towers. R u a fire fighter MJ loves MTB? firewolf2009-12-27 13:04:33