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Me too!

Sorry for my earlier post as I actually thought you were serious about this. if its going to be a joke then why do you even care about your ratios. Just ride anything.

I did 94.7 on my 24" bmx with a 60 inch ratio. It was perfect. Completed the race with a 27km/h average. Because you are doing it on an mtb I would suggest 60" or max 62" where with a SS roadbike 65" The inch ratio is worked out by multiplying tha factor of the front and rear sprockets with the diameter of the rear wheel in inches. My mtb wheel diameter is 26.5 inches x for instance 32/14 = 60.57" ratio and that would be perfect. It should give a speed of 28,77km/h at 100 rpm. 94.7 was my first time on SS and it sucks when the bunch accelarates above 40km/h and you just cant pedal fast enough to stay on.

This is wrong as kids takes much longer to learn the co ordination to pedal than to learn balance. Pedalling might take weeks or months for them to master and then when you introduce the push bike they learn to balance in 1 day. Then you can remove the training wheels of the 12" bike and they can cycle. Dont worry about the purchage of the JD bug or similar as they will still have fun with it for a couple of years. Both my daughters were cycling there 20" racing bmx's on there 3rd birthday. My 3year and 8 month old girl is doing her 1st bmx race tonight!

First bike: plastic scooter 2nd: 12" wheels with training wheels 3rd: JD bug Then they can cycle anything they fit on.

Cost of bike + transport = total Total x 1.15 (15% import duties) x 1.154 (15.4% vat) = basicly what you can expect to pay. Plus there is a small admin fee of maybe R30 at post office.

I think the ratio is closer to 4:1. So in my opinion a 42 run equals a 180km ride. Running anything longer than 30km is just stupid. I burn 25% more kcal on a sub 12 ironman than a similar time comrades but there is no pain after the ironman unlike comrades where I can hardly walk for 4 days after.

I am in F but riding tandem with my wife. We aiming for 3h30. Good luck!

Is Breedt's Nek the climb just before you drop down to mountain sanctuary and Buffelspoort dam?

Maybe the post should have read: "BAD Buyer - RTG7"

I picked up 2 punchers in Klerksdorp in jan during the NW tri champs. Lots of angry locals all over the place.

This is exactly how I understood chainsuck. With a dual suspension the chain can get stuck between the front chainring and the frame. then you need to get off the bike and compress the rear shock till the chain falls out. Very irretating and happens in wet conditions.

I rode tandem with my wife in AL. We arrived late and luckily missed the big crazy group. We had an awesome day. Did 3h11 instead of last years 3h46! Only problem was when BL passed as after Heidelberg that the singles kept on cutting in front of us after they passed. Had to give 2 or 3 riders a little push on the butt.

coco pops

I know the Joberg City tri was originally planned to be held at Emmarentia but the Ecoli count was of the charts. Thats why they had to settle with Germiston. So if Germiston is the cleanest dam in Jhb then surely you dont want to touch any open water here. I stopped doing local tri's 3 years ago as it just wasnt worth it for me. Ended up with a hectic sinus infection after every event. I would say bass lake is the best option. Has anyone tried Bloupan in Kempton?

And Boyes Dr makes for a very interresting right hander at the bottom with the tandem.

F with a sandbag on the tandem! Sorry liefie!!!

Just took the tyre off. The sidewall is 100%. The tyre failed due too the bead that tore out the seam at the bottom of the sidewall. Weird!

Went riding this morning and next moment the reinforcing inside the side wall must have failed as the bubble was so big it rubbed against the frame. I stopped and deflated the tyre and made it back home. The sidewall has not teared. Has anyone else experienced this problem with gatorskin / duraskin tyres?

I ride 11-25 on my tantem but on my tt and road bike I alternate between 11-23 and 12-25. The wide ratio 11-25 doesnt have a 16 and I shall much rather keep my 16 than any other gear on a single bike.

I bet you R50 you dont have a 20 either!

The gain in confedance with clipped in feet by far outways the worry about not unclipping fast enough. go ride now with flats and you will realise how dangerous it is for a foot that slips of the pedal. Please remember to wear your shin guards with the flats.

If you were ok on a 23 at d2d then you got nothing to worry about on Argus. Last time I did Argus on a single I had a 42/21 in 1994. Now doing it with a 25 on my tandem with wife. Argus is much easier than d2d

I think its unfair to dish any shop cause you dont like the personality of the mechanic. What are you doing behind the scenes anyway. Saying that I experience the same with all the bikeshops I visit as the mechanic is either too much of a mechanic (nie van my dam se eende nie) or an arrogant laaitie that is trying to ride pro but has to earn money for his next race entrance.

The old route was fast because of the North to South direction that gave a tail wind all the way rather than the downhill. Does anyone know about the guy that past away? What happened?