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15 minutes ago, cadenceblur said:Guess the Mille must be avoided then, the Assos Lycra is usually very thick though?
Also purchased from Cyclelab discounted to R1999
maybe they knew there’s a problem with production run
8 hours ago, The Ouzo said:Snip snip snip
I think the problem DC will have in SA with cycling goods (and possibly other sports too) is that the perception of them being a makro or Mr Price Sports style store, i.e. mass consumer type of product and not good enough for the golfer turned cyclist type who think they need the best.
Possibly think you are right. However that type of consumer is not going to shop anywhere other than their high street store because they can’t let their friends know they’re poor.
the unashamedly poor will always shop for value and if DC can deliver sporting goods that is recognisable in the sports media then they will appeal to new entrants and more established cyclists alike. I find it easier to shop at sportsman’s warehouse for certain goods because of the Vitality benefit and lately some stores also have quite competent people (using tokai and rondebosch as examples and acknowledge it’s a small sample).
Market the Van Rysel and Rockrider brands appropriately they will sell. The timing is right.
1 hour ago, mecheng89 said:Following President Jacob Zuma's resignation in February 2018, Ramaphosa was elected unopposed as President of South Africa by the National Assembly on 15 February 2018. - Wikipedia
I heard just the other day when he took office, it was about R13/$. We all know where is sits now.
https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/history/USD-ZAR-2018
That’s no Rama’s fault though. When the global economy turns downward, emerging markets take the hit because there is less appetite for the risk associated with those emerging markets.
there are other factors as well but that’s the overarching causal for the exchange rate decline. We saw it post 2007 as well
2 hours ago, Jbr said:It was said they’d sell van rysel outside of decathlon, to be honest I don’t understand this choice they already can’t keep up with demand in France in their own stores
That just won’t work here. I’d rather just support Cabal because I’d buy a van Rysel due to the value the brand offers. That value will just be eroded through a high street store.
None in SA at the moment. Bikemob was the last distributor but they shut down a few years ago
Even if those riders were being coached by “the company” at the time that does not implicate “the company” since many elite athletes have their coach and an advisor and a nutritionist and whoever else they need that can provide their needs. Lance had dr Ferrari and a more visible coach ( can’t remember the name) plus motorman.
rourckes doping was as obvious as the midday sun in a dessert. He went from absolutely nowhere to suddenly outsprinting the front of an international XCO field. Even Rob Warner asked what’s going on there where did that come from…
8 hours ago, IceCreamMan said:I would guess quite a lot of people feel exactly the same way.
Hitler said the same about the Jews in the 1930’s…he just used economic dominance as an excuse….... slippery slope she’s on..// slippery slope
19 minutes ago, Toasted marshmallows said:If a guy takes drugs its on him. But the support he got should be implicated.
A dr prescribing PED'S or advising should be reported to the hpcsa or SAIDS.
Same with a coach should be saids and the federation....
Coaches also sign an oath and have to complete the anti doping training through WADA. They’re can be determined to be complicit to the athletes transgressions. CSA now requires all athletes, their coaches and support crewto take the anti doping training!
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3 hours ago, nathrix said:Was also great commentating on the Men's XCO Elites race by Henrique Avancini
Yes he was quite a revelation wasn’t he. And now that he’s not racing anymore he’s super chilled and revelling in the Mr XCOBrasil persona.
his commentary plus Bart and Oil was very insightful. I did still miss Rob to provide zone 7 heart rate
2 hours ago, MarcoDeS said:I was clearly wrong. His pre season races must’ve overlapped with some seriously stressful blocks. Good race today! 🙌
Yes he had quite a large block of training over the summer. I figured he was going to emerge strongest on the team it didn't play out like that in the XCC. Todays result should boost his confidence.
We have Luke Moir coming up to support Alan in the elites in 2026 and there's more SA talent in the pipeline so hopefully we qualify for two spots in LA in 2028.
Tyler Jacobs also did quite well in U23 considering she is going to struggle to get to all the races unless a sponsor comes on board after the Computer Mania team folded.
And lets not forget to celebrate the SA coaches behind these kids, the guys and gals at Science2Sport, DaisyWay Coaching, Barry Austin, Mike Posthumus (Specialized Factory Racing) and John Wakefield (looking after Matt Beers)
47 minutes ago, OVERDRIVE said:
A bit of power play between Victor and Martin. Martin was trying to impress upon Victor the importance of team work. The French have 2 slots for the men and two for the women in Paris. The women will most likely be PFP and Loana. The men is a bit of a turkey shoot.
Joshua Dubau
Victor Koretzky
Jordan Sarrou
Adrien Boichis
Titouan Carrod
They're all a bit desperate to get early results. Kossman I think is qualified already
Alan started 4th row in 26th and was as low as 36th on lap one. Go t caught up behind some slippage on a steep climb and was down to 46sec behind by the end of the lap. Clawed back to 8th.
1) Chris Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing)
2) Victor Koretzky (Specialized Factory Racing)
3) Filipo Colombo (Scott SRAM)
4) Joshua Dubois (Rockrider Ford)
5) Martin Vidaurre Kossman (Specialized Factory Racing)
5 hours ago, Rockid said:It does come across as if they were required to put out a press release but are still trying their best to keep it under wraps.
I don’t think so, it’s been removed from the SAIDS website as well. There more going on behind the scenes. Go warm the popcorn 🍿 pot and fill the kettle
I see Adrian Boichis decided to race elites and not U23
Shimano designing a fully wireless groupset
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the can't even build cranks that don't break...!!