Seeker911

Flights and plans changed. I arrive Capetown 12 Oct. Gonna sit this one out. I foresee beer, pizza and wine farms in my future.

I been vaccinated J&J but only 10 days ago. Also had covid 1 Aug. Now the extra cost of screening. I'm also told that you can test positive for covid up to twelve weeks afterwards. Me thinks I'm just gonna delay my flight plans by a week and weather allowing go sit on the beach for a week instead. Drink beers and eat pizza.

A while back I was on my MTB heading to work. I was using the grassy area next to the sidewalk which is well used by cyclists commuting and very safe. On this particular morning a taxi decided it was a good idea to use the grassy bit in an attempt to avoid the deadlocked traffic. The idiot ramped up over the sidewalk and on to the grassy area. The result was a collision between the 2 of us leaving me and my kit sprawled all over the show. all I got was a "eish so sorry it was an accident". Like hell was an accident I will not repeat my french lessons nor describe my attempt at not sparing his life. What i was amazed at was no one stopped to assist me in anyway or ask if I was injured ok or or ... and of course not a cop in sight.

I live 12km's from work. I commute via bicycle, motorcycle, run and last but not least by car. My least favorite is by car because of traffic and this happens once a year when there's a tsunami tearing Joburg a 2nd one. My favorite is by motorcycle. I have been doing this for about 20 years so I get to see all the s#$t that goes down in traffic real close up like. In fact I have even considered creating a website dedicated to safe commuting by sharing my experience with interested newbies and not so newbies. Commuting by bicycle unfortunately is my least favorite commute mode as I find that I am more vulnerable and at risk as opposed to other means. Over the years I have noticed that motorists have become very uncaring, lawless and outright reckless. Not everyone is like this but enough to be very afraid and acutely aware that today may be my last. So take care folks.

Stick your money under the matress safest there also no tax. Jokes aside if you have time most of the banks offer trading services where you can buy and sell stocks. You need the time !! Otherwise find a broker to do it for you but as usual there are no guarantees. Persoanally I like ETF's check them out carefully. There are really good ones but pay careful attention to the returns over various periods of time 3 months to last 5 years this will give you an idea how things go up and down. The magic question most of the time is when to get out. Also you get tax free saving for up to R30000 a year. This includes investment in ETF's.

Totally agree. If we all started packing then the criminals would not be free to carry out their trade and then what would they do ? get a 9 to 5 job like mine ? really !

BL 7h13 must be honest I am a little nervous had my first real training session in months last week. I did a 56k ride followed by a 10k run and I was more than a little tired

I entered this morning 1 Sep. Entries still open....

Well there can be no debating as to why I have a headache this morning and did not go riding. Too many jack blacks . Theres always tomorrow I suppose.

Everyone at work is sick coughing spluttering spreading their germs YUK !! Folks unless you are dying dont do antibiotics. They are not going to do you any good. By the time they kick in your flu and whatever else you managed to contract and spread is already on its way out. I at most might get a slight sore throat or a bad head cold. Flu is something I just dont get "anymore". Why ? cause I dont do antibiotics and my body has generated the necessary antibodies etc to cope. Of course a good supply supply of whiskey and beer is a good thing and of course staying in bed and keeping that body temperature up does the trick nicely. Oh yes do blow your nose ... dont whatever else.

Whether it goes to parliament or not it will never happen. The cANCer created an environment of chaos and lawlessness in the build up to to 1994 in order to achieve its goals. It will take another 200 years to reverse the thinking of the people. In the meantime many cyclists, runners and pedestrians are going to die tragic deaths and you and I may very well be amongst them. The only way to turn this around quickly will be to have be some serious law ENFORCEMENT and I mean radical law enforcement. What we need is a police state much akin to what happens in many US states. Dont F__K with the law or you will end up in jail. The problem with this is this will also not happen because the biggest perpetrators and law breakers are the cANCer MP's, the blue brigade inter alia and they dont wont radical law enforcement because this will halt the current state of affairs where self enrichment, thievery etc etc are at the top of the agenda. Sorry to sound so morbid so early in the morning but I very much believe the above the be correct.

Jees first time I ever heard of this happening. Yikes !! best I start using that torque wrench of mine.

I hate "dibs"

Why on earth would you have to pay duty on a prize ? Surely when they ship the goods it will have a zero commercial value on the invoice and at very least indicate it is a gift or a prize. I'd be real pissed off if I ended up paying duty. If you get to know your suppliers overseas they start doing you favours like dropping the commercial value on the invoice

Must agree riding does not affect my drinking abilities BUT sadly I seem to have collected an extra 5kg's since Jan from somewhere which is hampering my riding ability might be an age thing as well

I am surrounded by people that try to kill me everyday. They are not friendly. They dont look left or right. They are in a huge hurry to get to work at 6am. They dont stop at stop streets. They dont stop at robots. They dont stop at pedestrian crossings. They dont use their indicators. They cross solid white lines. They drive in the emergency lane and sometimes on the pavement as well. They talk on their cell phones whilst driving. They do their make up whilst driving. They read newspapers whilst driving. They pick their noses and have a quick swig from a half jack. Woe is me on my 2 wheels as I make my way to and from work everyday.

Well done. A good result. Averages pretty close to last iron man. Looks like you got it down to a T

Yeah good luck lad. Try not drop your butter soaked potatoes you might start a riot damn I am soooo jealous !

Spot on. Roadie = 6yrs old, TT = 5 yrs old, MTB = 3 yrs old. No chance this year or next on getting a new bike. Perhaps a part upgrade here or there. I am getting a TT frame repaint though very soon R2k but that's it folks

I want to buy a few frame parts from http://www.cycle-frames.com/ however their payment gateway does not accept SA credit cards. There are a few options to have a forwarding company buy the goods on your behalf and ship them to SA. Has anyone done this before and what was the experience like ? The other problem of course is cost. My purchases come to 10 dollars but then these guys want 10 dollars for duties and then the total package with shipping comes to 68 dollars for 10 dollars worth of parts !!!! Really ? The parts would actually fit into the smallest of envelopes.

So it all really depends on what you want to spend and if you looking for podium place. If you not gonna go for podium then wasting an extra few minutes changing is not an issue. Comfort for me is everything. I wear speedo under my wet suit. In T1 I change into proper cycle short and T2 change into proper run shorts. Remember if you are going to spend 4-12 hours swimming, cycling and running best be comfortable and rather sacrifice a few minutes getting comfortable. Those all in one outfits I find are restrictive and uncomfortable. Once you have an all-in-one on and then your wetsuit on I find it an almost impossible mission to breath and have twice had near panic attacks. Not a good thing in a swim leg. If you do buy an outfit get a 2 piece unit.

That picture is incomplete. Bra's with no panties that makes no sense ?

This is so you the runner can see the cars coming toward him/her and the cars can see you. Everyone sees each other. This is the defacto way it should be done. If you are not running like this then you MAY be a novice or have a death wish.

As a multi-sport enthusiast here is my take : As far as road running and cycling goes cyclists should be moving on the same side of the road and in the same direction as the cars and runners should be going in the opposite direction so everyone SHOULD see each other. If this is not the case you are on the wrong side of the road !!!! All MTB's should have a bell this is just common sense. Any runner with STUFF in their ears is just looking to get it sooner or later.

Same day as my wedding anniversary ....