Jay_B

Also entered... should be interesting to see selections when they become visible

Yup i know but I see the Midvaal 100 is now timed by racetec as well so I am hoping I can put in a query and beg and plead for it to count in my favour as well. That is my regular weekend cycle route so it could really help me. Worth a shot anyway

Thanks alot... I havent done any races this year but my fitness levels are up there to be able to do a +- 3 hour ride, my concerns are also with the group i start in. Have 3 races lined up so hopefully that will lift my seeding significantly if i can have some good rides.

Where do you guys check your seeding index? Ive been wondering with regards to seeding for 94.7, do you have to just finish a seeding event, like Rand Water inorder to get a seeding and start in a seeded group? or even if you finish the Rand water 110km could you still end up starting in the unseeded group at almost lunch time?

I was actually wondering this same thing last week. My sat ride two weekends ago a big group came up behind me (+-20 riders) i saw them coming from a way off and kept watching so that i could get out the way them when the came up next me. There pace was easy and i could have easily got onto the back of the group. However as they came past I all but stopped on the side of the road to get out the way and not one rider looked up, greeted me or even acknowledged me so i thought i would sit up and let them go as maybe i would have got a klap if i joined the back. Few kilometers up the road when the gradient starting going uphill i started going past the stragglers and one guy then decided to just sit on my wheel for a while... So i think its all about how receptive the group or cyclists are when you pass each other.

Think otherway round, cruise with bunch for first half and then hang on for dear life from Meyerton back to the finish. This time of the year the wind direction means from Meyerton all the way to the finish is one stiff head wind non stop. I saw some bunches last year even kakking off to keep it moving.

This race depends a whole lot on the wind for the day... relatively simple route BUT if the wind blows like last year its a nightmare.

As far as i know the only one left for this year is Randwater Race for Victory (110km). I stand to be corrected though

Im still fairly new to training with a HR monitor... been using it for about 2 months now. My training schedule has increased significantly over the last 2 months as well. When i started with the HRM i found it really difficult keeping my heart rate under 80% during a ride unless I made a concious effort to keep the pace and intensity down. I am now finding the opposite where I am struggling to get my HR up to above 80% during a ride and when i do get it up it drops off again rather quickly as soon as i settle into a rythm... Is this just that i have gottien that much fitter now that my efforts have to be that much more intense to get my HR up and keep it up or is it that im not recovering properly?

From a technical side, just how snug and tight should bib shorts fit? According to First Ascent sizing chart i should wear a medium however when i tried the medium on over the weekend i found it really tight but was not sure if it was just because i have been riding with shorts that are a size too big up to this point. I ended up going with the large as they were tight and comfortable but now I keep thinking if ive got the wrong size.

Has anybody bought their bibs from Chain Reaction cycles, is there any import costs on bringing in clothing like that or just the shipping fees? Im looking for some Assos S5 but all i can find locally at good prices is very big sizes.

I did the route a bit earlier in the evening... got to say as hard as it is I think its a really good ride. However I got to Clifton... and got otherwise distracted and wondered down to the beach for the next hour... :whistling: :whistling: Haha, didnt have the legs to finish the big climb and was starting to get late.

Got to agree with Rouxtjie... Had my cycleops for a few weeks now and havent looked back, I didnt have the extra cash to get the R10k deal so got the JetFluid Pro and it works great, the interface with the virtual training is awesome and I find an hour seesion on the trainer watching google maps and the route profile is really alot of fun and passes time by quickly.

Cant go wrong with GP4000, I just got a set two weeks ago and am really impressed with them. Good value for money in all regards.

Anybody got some experience with the Michelin Pro 3 race tyres?

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Hey guys Im looking for any road cyclists in the midvaal / meyrton / henley-on-klip area that are keen on maybe forming some group rides. Im currently based in Henley-on-klip and often pass a few cyclist in ones or twos while out on my rides. If anyone is keen or knows of anybody in the area that maybe interested please leave me a PM and we can organize something.

I have to say this last weekend out on a ride i was thinking to myself it seems like motorists are becoming more and more aggresive to cyclists on the road... Ive also had an incident or two on the road in the last couple of weeks. First one a few weeks ago as I am coming up to a stop street, slow enough to unclip and check for cars a bakkie comes around the corner and an idot on the back stands up and throws a quartz beer bottle at me, luckily i saw him early enough and managed to duck and swerve a bit for it to miss me. Then this last weekend from a good few kilometers back i see a truck overtaking another truck into oncoming traffic and leaving no shoulder for myself on the road, i started to wave my hands to make sure he had seen me at which point he flashes his lights and just keeps coming... eventually i realized he wasnt going to make it past the other truck in time and so i dive off the road into the gravel. At which pint both trucks come past me side by side doing well of the 60km/h speed limit. Its becoming a matter of when it goes wrong rather than if and sometimes i wonder if its worth it.

Thanks for all the replies... Ive never had the pain before and i dont get it on my shorter rides during the week.... It is a new bike and this was my first proper ride of long distance and this was the first time it happened. Never happened on my previous bike. I will look at going for a bike fitment at the end of the month and see what comes from that.

Road... Been riding as long as i can remember.

Hey guys For the first time over the weekend on a 2h30 ride i started getting uncomfortable pain, almost like cramping in my shoulders and pins and needles in my left hand. The pain seemed worse in my left shoulder. The last few km were so uncomfortable and i was moving around continously from the drops to the top of the bars and then left hand off to get the feeling back. Anyone experienced this before or have any ideas whats causing this all of a sudden? Is it maybe a question of bike setup? Thanks

Haha... all in all the time in theatre and hospital (I got an infection too and was re-admitted after being discharge) ran a bill of 6 figures. Medical aid covered it all I was wondering if i could re-sell them on the chinese black market

PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE.... From firsthand experience the bones in your foot after injuries are extremely sensative and take time to recovery to a sense of 100% 16 months ago i shattered my navicular and dislocated my 4th and 5th metetarsals... i had the metatarsals fixed with K-wies and the navicular with a plate and 5 screws. I was completely non-weight bearing for 4 months before having everything removed and starting with physio to get mobility back in my leg and ankle. My leg all but disintegrated in those 4 months, my ankle seemingly froze up and my achileas shrunk, as mentioned it all happened 16 months ago and i still walk with a bad limp, struggle with swelling and pain. Everything has improved quite a bit over the last month or so after spending extensive time with a biokineticist... Just be patient with the rehab and do extensive physio and stretching on your achilleas and ankle joint to get mobility back. It will get frustrating to start. Im seeing 2 specialists in Cape Town next week for an update and a discussion about what my future looks like, extremely nervous and anxious to hear the outcomes. Good luck with the recovery

Quick update on the frame design... put together a full assembly to get an idea of what a complete bike would look like... As for material i am still waiting on Titanium pricing so it seems like it may be a bit of a stretch. I got pricing from Ceeway for steel tubing and its works out quite expensive for what i was looking for. I chatted to a guy called Matthew at Saffron frame works and he suggested staying away from steel for a dual suspension but rather going the aluminium or titanium route. I should have prices for aluminium by the end of the week hopefully. We have dont a few test welds on some small aluminium pieces we have here in the workshop and it will come out quite nicely if we get the settings spot on. The next stop is finding out about having the rear triangle made from carbon...

Seems i may have found some good news that keeps alot of options open with regrds to material...