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Holy Cr** Pogacar is actually human

unpopular political incorrect opinion As good as an athlete Nic is and how awesome his life storyis, he didnt exactly feature in this years race. All this publicity surrounding him not getting in car seems like they treating him like an amateur rider who shouldnt have been there but given the opportunity based on his race/background/life story etc. Why is the benchmark set so low? South Americans have similar challenges and I am not sure whether their countries celebrate mediocrity? Yes he had a touch race, crashed etc and all but shouldnt we be holding our athletes to higher standard? Just tired of western media portraying non whites from Africa as second tier athletes and being held to a lower standard......

Dont think it was disrespectful He made it quite clear what his goals and intentions were. I cant imagine what the tour would have looked at without MVDP this year animating the first few stages. Will take a tour with MVDP for a few days than no days. Maybe next year we get to watch him the entire tour

Cav giving us Sub Vets hope

that bike looks like it will fold in itself with components exploding everywhere just riding off the pavement where as the Rook looks a lot more solid........ ive been drooling over a rook for a while now. Does anyone know if it can take 700c wheels with say 30c or 28c tires for those roadie days

her alloy post lighter than the carbon option........

i would love me a pair of blue tires for road and MTB They should have gone blue at the back as well

Sorry but I am going to sound like a douche BUT having a BMI of over 27 can only be a result of excess fat or carrying lots of muscle. Yes Bone structure plays a part but unless you a mutant freak with insanely thick wrists, ankles, hands etc i doubt your bone structure is going to throw this metric out by that much. so which is it? As someone who lifts weights and somewhat follows bodybuilding and other strength sports I can tell you now most people grossly underestimate their body fat % (even on this forum). Its actually sad. BUT maybe to answer your question, i think like many people said if you drop weight on the bike (Wheels, saddle etc) it will help but it comes at a cost and if you can afford and makes you feel good then go ahead. I know I would certainly love some shiny new parts for my bikes. But unless you a pro rider and there really isn't anything further you can do for fitness besides peak for events, then best bang for buck to get faster uphill is to get fitter and lighter.

My V*k bru either you a body builder or you delusional about your body fat % you have lots of weight to loose. (unless you have a medical conditional then I take the entire statement back)

Got super annoyed with a group of ebikers at Tokai. Tokai is generally very busy on weekends and this is exacerbated with the closures at Table Mountain. No complaints, more people on the trails the better the jol. Lot of riders (at various fitness levels) slogging their way up the jeep tracks, some faster than other and some pushing their bikes. What pissed me off was that on a very busy section of the jeep track was a group of ebikers storming past everyone causing some to veer off their lines and almost falling off their bikes. I get it, they want to do repeated laps but they had no trail etiquette, no warning, no bell, just wiz past in turbo mode. Either these are new riders or riders that think they own the trail (elitist mentality). Generally though during the week when Tokai is more quiet my experience with Ebikers are pleasant.

Get a road bike. You will get decent road bike at that budget. As for size, i dont know how your leverages are compare to mine but I am of similar height and would suggest a 48cm to 50cm bike.

same here that first rock garden not only has a B line but a C Line as well in fact you could argue there is an A+ and A- line through the rocks as well.

out of curiosity is this the rock garden at Cecelia Forest? when I rode there last week i noticed that they chipped away at some of the rocks to smooth out that rock garden.

Lol for comfort, I always tell myself that in order to be exceptional in one thing you have to suck at many other things. So if I cant in my wildest dream ever produce at least 5 watts/kg then I am sure i can out bench them all at the gym and at the same time i am sure I can outclimb hafthor bjornsson on any bike ????

Would be interested in in Roglic, Pogacar , WvA and Ganna's numbers. That FTP for MVDP seems a bit overstated compared to other analysis done on his power profile before.......

wild left field idea here If Mariske is selected for MTB perhaps have Candice team up with Ash

wasnt his father inlaw Raymond Poulidor....................

Maybe some kids messed with the directional arrows This has happened before on races

The more i think about replacing my road bike with a gravel bike the more I believe in n+1

why would it follow you....... and how far did he follow you. When you woke up this morning was it at your bedside???? is it still trying to find its way to your home???? I need answers

I think its clear on the maps that some trails that are ridden are not legal. I was watching BKXC videos ride "the other women" and know locals who ride there as well but based on the maps its clear that its not a legal trail. Another example is the section after plum pudding descend where some riders just continue straight down instead of going left or right down the jeep track. However if you look at the trailforks app it shows that its a MTB trail. And thats just one of many instances Thanks for this, i always enjoy watching mtb vids made by locals.

I did those trails a few weeks back and and took the pain and just rode back but exit at the lower section of the trail (where the fires were). I think this trail has potential even if Sanparks doesnt grant access., instead of the dead end/turnaround points they can link the various loops together and just use the two exit/entry points as a start and finish.

Are these sections illegal? Genuinely asking because i know its being used but i am never sure if i should search them out and try as they are not marked. I dont want to ride illegal trails even if they are commonly used

Trailseekers vs Legseekers Entered...Will be my first attempt at this race... May be over my head. Lets hope i finish

I think Gibbons moved to UAE Maybe Dlamini