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me too me too

HAd dinner with a mate from Germany ( don't run for the hand sanitiser yet - they were tested before they left for SA and were cleared - flew in via Amsterdam too) He's business is events organising. He's loosing Euro 50K between now and June due t cancelled events. The German government yet o confirm if they will reimburse living costs

I to think they will be pulling the plug on the Cape Epic. Can't see how they can go ahead without all the facilities necessary to ensure the health of everyone participating. Australian GP, Cancelled PGA, cancelled till further notice ATP Postponed for 6 weeks then to be reviewed Not a decisions that have been taken lightly ...

and the chainstay pivot is still covered

This is becoming a real possibility. I've just had my wings clipped. Berlin, London, and Wickcliffe all put on hold More time to train I guess

Basically any BSA 68 BB for 30mm axle will work. You will need some spacers to take up the slack. https://wheelsmfg.com/threaded-to-30mm-abec-3-bb-black.html https://www.paragontech.co.za/product-category/bottom-brackets-spares/ to illustrate a few The E13 unit requires their tool which I would avoid as not many shops will have it in stock so potentially extra cost for your account

Like a BOSS!

I’d gladly take up one of those free entries # semanet

I’m hearing they are bringing it to the Epic as Cannondale will have the new scalpel as well

cue AAAAWWWWWEEEEEESSSSSSOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEE song!!!!!

Done

I recall days when the crowd on Suikerbossie was so thick it felt like Alpe d'Huez during Le tour. Sun Valley Noordhoek was lined with spectators from Capri all the way to Chappies

Wht is the terrble nose when pedalling hard? What bike is the groupset installed on? Can you maybe post some pics and a video so that we can see whats going on and hear the sound? I understand this may take a day or to to set up asyou will need to set up a mini cam at the cassette. Are you using the recommended XT8100 chain?

when exercising, that song never gets old! I loved that crowd. They looked like they were having the most fun

I think that's because the seeding does work at that level in terms of grouping people appropriately into populations. The fastest groups have more power everywhere and are using it more strategically

The data Andy posted illustrates nicely why a 4W/kg FTP is more of a guarantee of achieving sub 3 than 3.5 W/kg. Tactically a 3.5W/Kg FTP can get you there but you need great conditions and be able to read the race. The higher the FTP the bigger your margin of error. also even though the climbs are short, they're steepish and therefore requires high 5 to 8min power. Chappies is the one that requires high 10 - 12min power output. If you think about the climbs as your big matches you have 6 to burn hospital Edinburgh smits ocean View chappies Suikerbossie

effecitve date 1 January 2013. Anyone sanctioned after this date cannot participate

They all been Banting

Bright Yellow Aether helmet, black frame oakley Radar EV's black Assos bib and White top with a blue and red helix down the back

Oh you called. .....err whats it oh correleation between different power meters on different bikes? Oh jirre this is a bit of a maze to navigate. I have a PM on my MTB, and two bikes. (Like I said I bought into the super cool aid) So yes a PM will give you a TSS value. Well it kinda has too since the TSS value was developed by Andrew Coggan(?) and is a training peaks licensed trademark. It will give you a HR TSS as well by the way. It just might not be the same number as the PM will give you for the the SAME RPE. Now back to the different PM's on different bikes maze. Which one is right? If i used my IDT (direct drive and often considered to the the benchmark for accuracy), each of my PM's either under reads or over reads when compared to the IDT. On a different day they play merry go round and the a different one will under rear or over read. So after thinking about it, I said *&(% it, it means sweet fannyall because the normalised data still shows the trend to be upwards. and the longer the period over which I average the PM readings the closer the spread of data points i.e. they don't drift that far apart. Now when I take three different HR straps and three different Head units the spread is much much tighter. Why? because HR is HR. there is no warmed up strain gauge, votage differences due to temperature of the battery and all that. and when I train with HR I don't look at the HR tren I look at the Average speed across segments trend. Power is also variable because I don't weigh the same every day and this influences the amount fop force I can put into the drivetrain. So yes I can go and look at my power out ut but what I'm interested in is whether I am faster or not. My power out put is only of interest when i sit in the coffee shop with my legs wide open and the cigar hanging from my lips and answer "Well, there's a 3 in it.....!" puff Power is good if you are interested in identifying your weaknesses scientifically and developing your training to fix or optimise those weaknesses so they are less influential and developing your strengths to be more influential to the race outcome. If you just want to get fitter then HR and a speedometer are fine. A PM like a dynamo-meter is a tuning tool, not a design tool. So how I handle using different tools? I look at how much faster or slower I am over certain segments

Superb! I love the juxtaposing of the front with the rear of the CTCT. Everyone should really tip their hats to the organisers for keeping this thing going through various economic, social and environmental climates.

,<sarcasm on> oh that's so sad....<Sarcasm off> One never wishes ill fortune upon ones rivals so i have mixed emotions. I hope no one was injured during this episode!

thanks very much.

Sorry bro. Wasn't me

@ CTCT Ride report: I decided to collect my number on Saturday. The week was just too full of events and family obligations so Saturday got the nod. Entry to the stadium was easy as usual with no hiccups. Walking along fan lane I couldn't help but hear the sounds of about 15,000 Uruguyan football fans singing Jamie Roos "Vamo Arriba la Celeste" ringing back to 2010. Inside, a pretty young blonde lady asked if I want to try the Edinburgh challenge on the Tacx Neo 2T. Why not? Lets just do a 1km TT the day before Fun Ride World Champs. What could go wrong? Nothing it seems, 21st fastest time and I didn't try too hard so I was starting to feel more at ease with this @ business. After I finished, now dripping with sweat, I walked over to collect my number. A friendly face asks If I've been served I said no so she proceeds to ask the next guy if he had been helped. we look at each other and wonder ......WTF?!?! We both exclaimed in unison "I/He said NO !" CTCT sometimes brings the best out of cyclists. The Expo itself was ...well....dull. No vibe. The nicest stuff was the new Giant colour ways, Swift Carbon bikes back in SA looking as sharp as ever, Pave and the huge Ciovita blow out CTCT sale. (I still don't like your cycling tog bag BTW, it needs serious revision.) That night, I can't say I had the best sleep. The prospect of dicing it out with some of the best 20-29 and 40-49 year old men in the country weighed on my psyche. I was up at 3h50, 10min earlier than I had set my alarm for. Did the usual ablutions, had breakie and hopped in the car (it was packed the night before). The drive through was smooth peaceful, not a breath of wind except in Muizenberg. Wind is made in Muizenberg so it always blows). I arrived at the Greek club, got prepped and headed into town with my mates. So this was the first time we'd been seeded together in 30 years of participation. Photos were needed. By 6am we were in our chute. Fashionably late but there was only 198 in @ so no biggie. @ 6h20@ left the Parade,...in a respectable manner. No dashing for the on-ramp, just a smooth considered pace but it didn't last. Our first near crash happened on the M3 just as we exit the on ramp. This happens every year so I expected it. On the way to Hospital bend, two more near misses were recorded as riders did stupid things. Take "Andreas" for example. Andreas was riding a gravel bike like a mountain bike on single track. Andreas was being a knob. Please peeps, don't be like Andreas. Andreas was the cause of lots of foreign language phrases being issued. This continued a long way into the race. So I decided that I need to stay away from Andreas. Hospital bend was negotiated safely from what I could tell. I didn't hear any carbon crunching sounds and then the usual UCT concertina brought out some more colourful phrases from many. The speed was now starting to build. We had a few savages around but they seemed rather muted in race tactics. Edinburgh was where the screws got tightened, charges loaded and a full broad side assault on the legs. Some riders went down with the HOOD, and it would take the survivors till Simons town to catch back up. I went over the top of Edinburgh with the front of the pack and kept the pedal pressure on, staying right of the centre line. Once again there were dropped bottles but handled without panic so none crashed down Wynberg Hill. Along the M3 I decided to just sit in the middle of the first third as the breeze was starting to build from the South. The end of the M3 and into Lakeside was handled well with no one hitting the island as far as I could tell. The speeds were high and we dispatched Lakeside, Muizenberg, St James and Kalk bay without drama. Outside Fish Hoek Andreas caused some mayhem again with his weaving through a tightly packed bunch. Fortunately the guy whose wheel he clipped was a skilled bike handler and even a full on broadslide couldn't bring him down. Surviving that tank slapper took skill. A tapped him on the shoulder and said well done. Simons Town was just a haze as I couldn't see a thing riding into the rising sun. I probably need a new pair of lenses as Oakley lenses scratch if you breath too hard on them. Mybe some D'arcs to lighten the situation? Hitting Martello Hill on Queens Road I could sense the angst was rising. Riders were starting to worry about their positioning for SmitsWinkel. We rushed past Boulders beach, down past Foggies Pond and Smits was looming ever closer. The wind was already starting to pick up as the pace seemed a little too soft. Some okes with nervous energy went off the front only to be seen again a few minutes later before they were never seen again after the reserve entrance. I climbed at my pace and it seemed more than good enough to hold my own. I was feeling confident. The roll down Blue Gum alley was fast and a few dropped bottles added more tension to the air than we needed. Perdekraal added some hurt before the descent to Scarborough. This twisty descent had me on edge a bit as riders were just totally oblivious to others needs for space and line through the corners. I could tell Zwift is common use. Seems like Zwift needs to add some reminder flags like "rider you have passed has not disappeared into thin air. He's still there so give him space". The climb from Misty Cliffs to Ocean view shelled a few more out the back. There was some seriously high Heart rates and heavy breathing but no touching. A bit like Maverick's on a Saturday night. The right hander at the bottom of the hill was taken cleanly and we were on the final burn to the two most talked about features of the day. Chappies and Suikerbossie. The boys started winding the pace up from Sun Valley Mall already. By the time we hit Jakes the bunch was thinning out already. Up up Up little Chappies we rose. Legs still felt good So i knew I could crest with the main group. About 2km from the top someone lit the afterburner and the pace went up. I let the group go a little and started stoking the fire with more coal . I had just stabilised the gap when one of those Zwifters came past and switched me into the wall. Rhythm upset and a sudden movement to clipped the foot to prevent a fall caused a little bit of a twinge in my left calve. I clipped back in and gave chase. I'd lost 100m in this and had to chase hard. Over the top my left calf muscle started to cramp a bit and I had to ease off. "No problem I can catch a big bunch on my own" I tod myself confidently. I've done it before.....But not this time. They were too fast. I chased with a group of 5 guys, into Hout Bay and onto Suikerbossie. The Elastic was snapped. The main @ bunch was going away and my calf wasn't helping. I still PB'd Suikerbossie through the cramp and now had to chase the descent to try and limit the loses. The first tandem came hauling past at the BRT station but I couldn't get on so I let it go. The second one had David and Michele hauling ass down the descent. By now I had built enough steam to up the pressure on the pedals and get onto the bus.. When My turn came I couldn't go around, that's how fast we were going. Never had this problem in the last 6 months so I conceded defeat and let better riders take up the work. All through Camps Bay we hauled. Then the last two challenges came up; the left hander that heads down the hill to the traffic circle on beach road and the right hander onto Beach Rd. At the left hander a rider came down and we scattered. I took the left lane in the gutter and got through behind my chum Marius and got back up to the train now building speed again I took my line into the traffic circle and some .......person decided to try and squeeze up the inside.. I'm not sure how it ended for him but I was still upright, annoyed and chasing.. We caught the David&Michele train at the pool and that's were I stayed. We passed the remnants of the @ accident. It didn't look good. That finish line was the most welcome one I've seen in a while. I didn't bother sprinting for 360th because I just wanted to get over the line to enjoy my Coke. That's the 22nd one down. A highly anxious ride but I'll be back next year, fitter stronger and more matured,.......like a good single malt.