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Great way to train your balance too. You should check out those Japanese kierin riders training on rollers.

39.8km/h for mielies... not bad for an outoppie

Well done hubbers! Who knows, maybe you can form a little informal team and actually talk a bit of tactics before the race.

I've read your comments, but I'm a bit unclear on what you are actually saying. Is your opinion that they should've reimbursed the clients and in effect (1) brushed everything under the carpet and act like nothing happened (nevermind that they committed a criminal offense) or (2) "start from scratch" and be honest from now on (nevermind that they committed a criminal offense)?

I'm talking about afterwards, in the middle/parking area. I didn't race AL so I'm sure the racing was fine.

So what was your "Dis Mos Mielies" time?!

He was in AL. Happened at the back where the cars were parked. Just weird. I shouted at him to stop, because the other guy seemed out of his depth and didn't look like he was looking for trouble, then he shouted and swore at me and that he's coming to beat me up next.

Couldn't watch the video (blocked at work), but if it's only on the pans I can take my road bike! Talking about adventure, who's following the fat kid on a bik? "Lettie’s ride - a proud South African’s 27 month, 43,000km bicycle expedition through every country on mainland Africa, and onto the 2015 Rugby World Cup in London – celebrating health, vitality, mobility, adventure, life, and the #HumanSpirit." http://fatkidonabike.com/ Awesome! *Sorry for the hijack...*

Nice to be back on the road bike. Anybody saw the aggressive guy in AL after the race. Was swearing at another guy and even stopped to klap him. Too much testosterone with his Kellog's? Thought we cycled for fun.

At the Tour de Boland this bike was there and they said R260k!

Can someone please explain to me why a warranty on cycling items falls away after the original owner sells it? What is the rationale behind it?

Not to be the fly in your ointment, but he makes billions, whether Naspers turns a profit or not. Don't be fooled by company spin.

PM me if you want to compare notes regarding training and doing a sub 3 Argus.

Funny man Wyatt Sean replied to me on that exact question I asksed and said that it's based on about 3-4 months before the Epic.

Interesting article, thank you! There was an article in June 2013 talking about bicycle lanes in Jozi http://www.fin24.com/Economy/Bicycle-lanes-on-cards-for-Joburg-20130125 Also check out http://www.bikemap.net/en/regional/South+Africa/South+Africa/Johannesburg/ and http://www.juca.org.za/ Would be interesting to see what has been done in 10 years across the world in large and small cities and whether they can intergrate the different methods of transport safely.

Sean tweeted that the average training per week was 11 hours and slightly down from the last few years. That would include pros who are doing more.

What?! I thought it was for MounTain Bike. Now I feel like a tool.

Although I don't agree with every point annica is making, his debate and arguments are by far superior to most of you. Most of you keep hammering on that it's against the law, but you conveniently ignore all the other cycling laws you are breaking. That's called being hypocritical. At least he's being honest and backing it up with good points. And most of you conveniently miss understand 'jumping a robot'.

It's not a driver cyclist thing. It happens in every sphere of life. It's a human trait thing. Especially with the undealt anger brewing in most South Africans. How do you deal with that? I honestly don't know. But every person should start with himself.

So why is everybody concentrating on the one law? What about the other cycling laws we all break all the time? Conveniently not being discussed? Or is it fine to break the other laws, because it's not as topical. And who judges that... o yes... us.

Ditto. Ths spruit had enough mud for me to play in.

Ai Lefty, I'm just trying to show the inconsistency of the rule's punishment compared to other rules. The Epic is being both black and what, but also grey. The situation you sketch is just not practical for amateurs, although it sounds great in theory. Doping isn't necessarily the worst rule to break in sport, in my opinion. The worst rule to break is the one giving you the biggest advantage. What you are saying is that if you are caught for a banned substance, no matter what it is or whether it even gives an advantage, you should be banned for life? All I'm saying is that if your answer is yes, then shouldn't you also ban for life any other rule breakers?

The article only said, " SAIDS confirmed this week that the second rider was given a three-month suspension for what Cycling South Africa described last year as an “adverse analytical finding in an in-competition test” in May, 2013." My gripe is only that they are very selective in enforcing the life time ban. Kevin is very adamant that no cheating is acceptable, but then he focuses only on one rule. If he is so against cheating then any cheating/rule breaking should result in a life time ban according to his own logic (which I think would be wrong). Hypothetically, if there is a rule that says receiving a wheel from outside is not allowed, and it happens and they still win the Epic even after a time penalty, is it fair? What's the difference then to cheating by taking EPO and winning the Epic? I'm not saying this is what I believe, just sketching a scenario.

A rule is a rule. Of which doping is one. The Epic is being inconsistent in that breaking one law which could have varying degrees gets one life time ban while the other rules carry different punishments.

Again, I'm against taking performance enhancing substances, but even the UCI looks at things like what substance it was, first or second offense, etc. and hands out appropriate punishment. One of the two from the OP's post got three months, the other a year or two? Why does the Epic try to override good common principles and just lay down a blanket life time ban? And how convenient that when the rule came in in 2012 they decided not to do it retroactively? In my opinion it's more a marketing ploy than actually trying to get rid of dopers. If they feel so strongly about cheating, they should give lufe time bans to everyone breaking the rules of which doping is only one.