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Slowone

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  1. If you finished it.... they should count it ...
  2. Lunch ??? it eats ......... lol And i thought F.R.A.I.L was a machine.... never sleeps never eats ... just pedals..... All the best on your trip home.... be safe out there .. PS : on your signature you have one ride that looks a bit odd .......163 km ... thats like not even enough to get your legs warm .....lol (PPA One Tonner 163KM 19 October 2014) you missing 1000 km or so ....lol
  3. Oh yes.. also from the best prices around .......
  4. Happy with my purchase from them.... great service . They assisted me although they where in the middle of moving ......
  5. Will be my 3rd Safari half Marathon.... also just completed my 3rd NO Oceans half Marathon..... And as my hub name says ….... I’m nowhere close that 2 hours you aiming for... more like 3 hours for me ......lol
  6. Fully stocked Beer fridge an Ipad for degree by google stuff. Cassette lockring remover Chainwhip Chain breaker - and some multilinks (depending on the bikes you have anything from 10 speed to single speed is required.) Crank removal tool...hollowtech for shimano Set of hex and torx in different sizes Know where you closest bearing man is a banged up draadloos (no really needed... online streaming from the iPad ) Most important 2 items listed first .......
  7. Bought a wheel from the shop assistant .... nice people to deal with. I went back to get parts for my fixie….. I spent more time chatting about single speeds than what it took to purchase the parts I required…… lol :thumbup:
  8. None of them had kit on. saw some of them in the course in other kit.
  9. 3km from the finish ...... thats about where the other incident took place ......
  10. Well Done Wesley .............. Thats the Argus spirit..... One day the favour will be returned to you ......
  11. And then call your buddies that live along the route.... Cape Town weather change per area..... Like Yesterday.. Rain in the CBD, clear skys in some areas... and lekka wind past Cape Point .....
  12. Glad you ok..... this is getting out of hand ...
  13. This is the same route (well 98 % of it) as Roller Coaster.......
  14. Actually he spent 18+ hours in the saddle..... Started his first loop around 2am.... after he cyled to the start from home (another 20+ km) and i think he finished his last (4th) at around 9pm...... Its only +- 450 km (if you include the few km back to the start)..... all in a days work for F_R_A_I_L .....
  15. Good luck and enjoy..... Once is enough for me .....
  16. Slowone

    Argus 2014

    They might as well just put it in our goodie bags (that is if we getting any )
  17. mmmm... bike jacking in the siuthern suburbs... target practice on the other side of the cape...... Looks like i will have to get a custom holster for Mr 9mm. Be safe guys and lets get these guys off the road
  18. YES !!!!!! and turning back after the climb this week......
  19. If they dont have th part..... then i supply the part ..... Saddle.... Sella Italia
  20. Doing the 21km for a 3rd time ...... training well dont do any. just pitch up and hope for the best on the day ....lol finished both before the 3h /3h10m min cut off .....(2:45 or there abouts is my time) and yes i am looking forward to it.... might even train this year.....like Meezo said. lots of time this year to train after argus ..... oh yes must still train for that event as well ....
  21. OKW only once ...... ...... Dont like OKW .... amnd doing it twice in one day was terrible..... but i came back every year .... .... See you all at the event....... @ DMC .... dont forget to push me up OKW when you pass me. .....
  22. Less than the going rate of our sport / hobby
  23. Stopped counting about 3 months after i started cycling (that was 4 years ago). since then both my boys started cycling..... So excluding event entries and accomodation and transport i have spent on the following in the last 4 years. 3 Road bikes Track bike 2 mountain bikes Convertion of hybrid to single speed Taking the cost above into account .... average R1250.00 Oh yes ..... that excluded new wheels,tyres,tubes,and kit...... add another R300.00 per month so.... now lets see how many pairs of shoes my wife bought over the same period .......
  24. Don’t lose faith in this beautiful country of ours… Over December we had visitors from overseas ( Saudi Arabia to be precise). They forgot a packet somewhere on the V & A (they only discovered the evening when they got home that they missing a packet). A few days later when they were there again they made an enquiry at info…… and what do you know. They forgot it in a shop and the attendant took it to info just in case the owners came to look for it…. So there is still some honest people in the country ….
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