Clinton - theCOW

Hopefully we'll see him on Friday, they're an awesome family!

Yup, his name is Ryan. https://www.facebook.com/OneGearSA http://biginja.com/causes/

That's Ryan, he's an awesome guy, him & his Mrs actually got married on the 17th Nov as well, a SunRise wedding. He is part of the CHOC COWS. Last year he rode from Cape Town to JHB on a BMX with 94.7 being his final leg, unbelievable stories of the ride. His old man had a heart attack while riding, dad got sent up to JHB etc with him, he went back down to where he was to finish his journey, having lost days and wanting to get back to his dad, he rode huge days of 100km+, his last day to JHB was 220km, all this on a BMX. Yup, he also did the 55km MTB ride the week before on a BMX. https://www.facebook.com/OneGearSA http://biginja.com/causes/

Everybody has their own goal, at the end of the day there's no comments column, it says 2:xx:xx. I'm done chasing a PB for 94.7, i find it far more satisfying seeing the smile on 10 faces that've just achieved a new personal goal. Some are avg cyclists riding steel bikes with 2.5kg wheels, pushing the limits for 95km. Broken or not, we man up and go ride the 2nd lap anyway to help push 60 odd kg Ice Cream bikes, does that mean their Sub 3 is worth less than somebody who was drafting for 93km? We help each other out as much as possible, that includes pushing and towing where necessary, giving your all so guys can finish as a team. Last year we rode in Elvis outfits, full length arms and legs, this year in Black Hell's Angels outfits with full length legs. Find a meaning to your riding, you'll find the time is far from important

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Yup, had them the last 2 years in a row. Not doing the MTB this year, tired of doing a ride for fun & to help others, only to be cut off & not being able to finish the ride.

Ditto, i do all my own maintenance, i don't like others working on my bikes! Only thing i haven't done is Forks (MTB) and Shock services, not that much to it, think i'll give it a go next time my fork needs new seals & oil.

When did you mail them? Recently or when this post first started? I received Nada

I eventually did a bike setup Had to move to 0 offset posts so my knee over pedal was better/correct. Result is more power Now i need longer stems so it's less cramped

Good luck with the Sub 2:30, that's a serious goal time Anybody heard anything from the race office about special numbers etc or are we chasing unicorns?

Agreed - think their timing just before 94.7 was poor. A lot of people park @ Riverstone, i'll be taking a parking card, getting the R100 back to use in any of their stores/vendors is great, it costs you nothing really and i live about 5km away Something Country you need to mission on the sand with road cleats, not so kewl but bearable. I have the issue that there's so many people riding/walking there it's an accident waiting to happen. Never parked at any other venues but there's lots in the Cradle, it's a matter of choice.

It's pretty easy, maps will show you the way. Oom Earps shack i'd guess is round 5k's, if you gonna meet there after for beers, also a good idea Last year we did the 2 laps in Elvis Presley Outfits - why we were fast This year, we'll be "Rocking" the streets for 2 laps For those that don't know what CHOC really does - it's all about kids with Cancer The CHOC house gives a rural child & caregiver accommodation/food/transport for the duration of their treatment (around 3-4 months) 2013 goals are: Support for the Bergvliet House (bone marrow transplant patients) housed their for up to 9 (nine) months due to the risk of infection Support for the NEW (Land bought & house built from 2012 campaign) East London CHOC house Zach Foundation - Peadiatric Cancer research Awareness around early cancer detection in rural areas YUP - we'll be at the Expo, peddling our wares - if you don't want to just give money, buy yourself a T-Shirt or socks If you want to see what money raised has done, visit the Peadiatric Oncology ward @ Bara, go see the CHOC house in Soweto. Ride safe peeps!

Seatposts on road & mtb, bars on mtb, only recently started using them so can't really comment on flaws but price vs weight is imo very good.

Did it as 26 letters on a page, i should've just used numbers (blonde moment) Does this mean you keen to take a sheet of 26 to win a 29 bike We actually have a lot of raffles going around for CHOC, yussus it's confusing! A Raleigh 20" kiddies bike up for raffle Night @ a fancy hotel for 2 incl massage (happy ending is your problem ) A beer brewing thing I can't keep up, but we'll be at the Expo to mug all the cyclists

Send them to Pretoria and Bedfordview, they need help stopping killings.

I wasn't planning on goin but thought, why not? Fair was kewl (imo) R60 isn't a lot and when you break it down, it's 2-3 coffee's, spent about 3 hours there. For me it show cased that cycling isn't about Road/MTB only, it's about all aspects, touring, "fun" bikes (electric, Fat, SS road & MTB, chilled go to the shops driving miss daisy bikes) I never test rode anything on the track, had a spin on 1 of the Contraband bikes so if you made a serious day of it, it's well worth the R60. Keep it going guys, if more manufacturers/suppliers buy in, it'll get big! It'll get to a point where you'll spend 1 day test riding 15 bikes, this is a real bonus when you think we hardly ever have that opportunity. Apparently i know way too many people and spend too much time nattering but it's all part of sharing a sport/hobby we love

I think you may need to change the stickers tho, cos i can see you get a snot klap when okes chooon her, "Hey Sweaty Betty" We have 7, i make it clear to the lil lady that only 2.5 are mine, cos she has her bikes and we "share" - read "i use" the SS I was told i can't get my Fat bike until she get's her Driving Miss Daisy CM bike with basket Guess what i'm shopping for

Awesome! I like my white MTB shoes, when they clean and sitting in my cupboard, else they a mission to keep clean, must be a roadie bling thing in me. The black does look the business, they kept the overlay scuff type finish on the inside of the heels? Was impressed when i saw that on my shoes. If you can, try a set of S-Tracks, you won't regret it! This is bad to see things like this @ such good prices, i know when i looked for road shoes initially they were R3200, so still thinking of getting a pair & hiding them til Xmas, think i can get away without the gf knowing

Take Allandale, hop onto the old PTA road all the way to Marlborough, left into Marlborough, left into South, as you go under the highway, right @ the robots onto the service road, all the way down to the Baron. Take Rivonia, turn left, left into 12th (i think), a right into "Katherine", left into another road, right into the service road by the Baron.

Yoh, 3 days or racing, 1 being a night for R450 & a proper MTB venue, swear you trying to bankrupt me!

I'll see if that hair on my chest has sprouted yet or if i should just stick to the plush geared bike

Doesn't the XX1 require a different freehub body as well? If no freehub then that means new wheelset?

When we going to arrange a VG fun day, go out and just enjoy the trails? Might even consider the SS Rigid for a fun spin Or am i just being stupid?

Can you PM me the shop that's selling the S-Works shoes cheap We're saving for a bigger goal between the lil Ms & myself so any spending is on the back burner right now but who knows

I also found shops don't keep all sizes. Too many sizes to stock? I had to order and wait for them to arrive, wasn't a major since i phoned in so no real expense. The R2k S-Works would be my bet. I'm tempted at R2k to get another pair but the gf would kill me