Dadbod Racing

hahahahahah I forgot about this thread. I shoulda posted this two weeks ago. Anyhoo back to my misfortune. I was riding out near Constantia Nek, about to do that 180 turn and go towards Southern Cross drives Greenbelts. As I drop who knows what I was thinking or doing and boom flip, straight over the handle bars. As I lay there laughing at myself I slowly (I'm over 30 years old theres no need to rush these things anymore) I straighten my bars and off I go. I notice my brake level moved slightly so I pull over to adjust it. Another rider comes past and asks if I'm ok, I'm like yeah why wouldn't I be then I check myself.... Arm grazed, cycling shirt, arm, glove, bag all full of dust. He knew I hit the deck.... :-)

When I started Triathlons in the early 2000's nobody gave me a single stitch of advice. I was a strongish swimmer and my old man had a decent road bike (I had an MTB at the time) and I decided one of my goals was to do a triathlon.... Entered the Mens Health Series ( filled in a form, wrote out a cheque, the good old days) and rock up at Grabouw Country club. Whistle goes and I get klapped, skopped, swam over every way I could think of... I nearly drowned ... fortunately for me I was born and raised on the Cape Flats and the only thing I knew to do was to fight back... Happy days, every Triathlon is now approached in the same way .. until I moved to the UK. I entered a Tri on the South Coast, as the start gun went off I dived in, forced my way between two guys who both jumped out of the way and apologised to me that they were in my way and said I was more than welcome to go ahead.... LMAO I apologised to them and went on my way. I guess they didn't do it the same way we did....

Legend!!!!!!!!

You that person going to do breast stroke from the start??? lmao... Love it! As long as you're there a part of it

The Sleeveless Tri suit sunburn... man does that look stupid! I'm still trying to get rid of my "help my sterk lyk" tan

Hey SeaBee, goodluck. Why not do the Cape Mile Swim the week before the Xterra. It would be a good practice for you in the dark water?

We bought Number 1 and number 2 both Makro specials on their black Friday deals. Brand name to them is really not important to them. If they still enjoy cycling when they are older and want to do it as a sport rather than a hobby then I'll get them proper bikes. So I still need to assemble the bikes on Christmas eve, looking forward to seeing their faces, it's a big upgrade for number 2 as she's off training wheels now and number 1 is already on a 20" but both new bikes now have gears.... I also hinted to the grandparentals to get them new trail helmets. I'm hoping I can make some videos like TheRitz did :-)

TheRitz awesome video dude! Dad goals right there....

Liewe moer.... That guy fell "bones in the light" Many many moons ago there was an MTB race at the Chrysalis School below the Tokai trails, it was awesome a few laps of a great circuit. Anyway as we get to a little drop off, I'm busy positioning myself and the lady stops as she's not ready so there goes my momentum and basically now get ready to drop from a stop start. All of a sudden chommie behind me gives me beef about "ja boet, you're slow get out my way cause I'm liiiiikkkee so much quicker so let me through" So I'm like chill bru you're never going to win this but anyhoo crack the **** on if you really want to... I step out the way, pull my bike to the side chommie drops and then boom "dum dum dum Another bites the dust" well it was raining that morning but boy did he fall hard, worst was that there were spectators on that spot could be for that very reason .... I tried asking if he was ok when he was getting his **** together to get his sorry ass up from there but I was laughing tooooo much to talk....

Does anybody else hum Queens "Another bites the dust" in their head when scrolling through these?

How cool is that??? Damn, how do you even practice for a move like that.... That's some skillz there!

"Long pants socks"

Sorry I knocked your pants dude, the only reason I knocked them was cause I have a pair too and also once decided "hey let me unzip this and use the shorts" well lets say it didn't last long I don't think I even finished unzipping the shorts bit to realise that this was wrong. It would have looked like those rugby shorts the guys used to wear at school in the 90's, you know the one that only covers 37% of your legs, the same shorts that should you not wear undies could leave you a little exposed when sitting down! Not sure about the Table Mountain cops I know there are emergency numbers on the direction boards (Just made a mental note to save the number in my phone next time I'm up there). I ride with Pepper Spray but I've never used it before and also don't know how I would react in the situation. I do know that when I saw said ill dressed walkers I was very alert and I may have over reacted and swore at a squirrel running between trees.

I did the Newlands trail, behind Kirstenbosch to Constantia Nek two weekends ago and did it earlier yesterday morning again. It was a spur of the moment thing so went solo and on both occasions I saw a guy walking alone beanie on the head, backpack jeans etc.... Now I don't want to stereotype here but why the hell would you wear a beanie in summer in Cape Town? also if you're out for a hike then wear some comfortable shorts or those dodgy pants that zip off then become shorts... either way those guys sent a chill down my spine. Two weeks ago I just bombed the climb at the beginning. Yesterday I stopped as there was another rider on the path and I offered to ride with him but he something about he's too slow yadda yadda yadda so I had to ride past the ill dressed walker but then waited further up to see if my slow MTBer made it past ill dressed walker.

Sterkte bru, retail is the devil! I've had my fair share of the retail life and seriously do not miss it. I make a point of thanking those that serve me well (obviously not if you can't be bothered to greet me and serve me like you're doing me a favour then you can go "kruip") but generally the staff that smile and are helpful I thank them for there service and wish them luck over this season when we know year in and year out people loose their **** over the smallest things. As some have already said, try your best to get out and train, you will feel better for it. On your off day and a little lie in but get out on the bike.

Hi Cois, Sorry to hear this, I hope you make a full recovery and are able to get back on your bike sooner rather than later!

So that means Brackenfell is in the Karoo?

My missus is still rocking her Makrodale.... She's over the moon (this is the same chick who bought a Mongoose 26er in 2002 and is still hanging in the garage) she bought some SPD's so she's super happy. We took our daughters to do a sunset cruise along the promenade on Saturday evening, the 3 of them on their bikes and me running next to my youngest cause I've recently taken off her training wheels.

If you have time go to your nearest Makro, find the most enthusiastic sport department sales staff engage in some small talk and then ask them to check their systems to find you a small. It's important to remain calm as you might have to suggest what their next step should be if they really want to give you a good customer experience.... Good luck....

Very true, my FIL let my wife know that Makro Ottery had stock. he then asked the staff to assemble the bike while I went home to fetch the bike carrier ( don't worry it will take us 15 mins..... ) and when we got there he was still busy assembling the bike. I didn't want to break the enthusiastic sales staffs spirits so I helped him put the bike together for my wife and then finished it off yesterday at home, correcting what Mr Makro thought he was supposed to do. As many people on this thread are saying it's alot of bike for the money. My wife doesn't need much and she's very happy with it. Massive upgrade on the 26er Mongoose she bought many moons ago. She also has the Olive colour in Medium.

Got my missus interested in one of these for herself.... :-) She's got her dad to tap up his inside man at Makro to let him know when the 5 arrives.

SHhhhhhh..... Nobody was supposed to see me!!!

Hi All, Registered in October never posted but kept popping in daily. Like the forum use it to get a heads up on whats happening in the cycling world. I MTB (not enough), I ride on the road mostly (time constraints) and I Try ;-) (triathlon) Never been a big poster on any forum, I prefer the stalker type role