Seeker911

Ja must admit I have become quite the wine quaffer. Its the perfect weather for drinking copious quantities of the good stuff. Only problem is the wine is then followed by biltong and then yet more wine ... followed by

2 months of zero to little training since April has caused the fitness graph to slide into oblivion. Also the extra 4 kg's of weight arrived from no where. Went out for brick session and to catch some sun on Monday did a wee 45k cycle and a 5k run boy did I struggle. Got to get my **** together sooooon. 5150 is coming up soon.

Wow 45 pages all about coffee machines this thread will soon be giving the bicycles and ladies thread a run for its money. Now all i need now is lekker cup of coffee with this really yummy piece of caramel Cake that's just been plonked on my table

I would go with this except to say that transfers should be allowed as well.

How are you going to change the attitude of hundreds of thousands of motorists first. Read the comments of most people on news24. They all seem to want to run us over and of course we deserve to be run over and killed. whether you ride a bicycle or motorbike its makes no difference. I have been riding both for 20+ years and the general attitude today is worse then ever. If metro would start enforcing the laws we might have a chance against taxi's, rogue buses and highly agitated car drivers.

I was aiming to do Midlands on the day BUT this is close to home. Soooo need to give this some thought.

I dont see costs anywhere ?

Mike @ SBR does not charge for assessment

Day of the "aphids"

Must say over the last few years the whole licensing process has just got slicker and better. The good folks at the CSA are using technology and have got it right. So I lived in the UK for a few years and have a UK drivers license. I lost my wallet here in Joburg. I went online to the UK DVLA paid my 10 pounds. A week later a replacement drivers license arrived at my UK address. My landlady mailed it me. Just wish the process was as easy as that here in SA.

Well they got my vote and money if ever I need them

R1399 at easybike.co.za

I need a Garmin 310XT

I can do that

Posts like this are NOT allowed !! how unfair how unconsiderate

Garf 200km solo !! shoo boet you are brave. I'm still getting into doing 120km and that took me 4.5 hrs. Must say I dont enjoy sweet things. So the GU's etc are ok they work BUT I cant have too many. As for the 32 GI chews YUUCCKKK. Tried that it was not nice. Must say the eggs, simba chips sound good. Just add a boiled potato and some biltong and I thing I have worked out Garf's menu for the iron man. Ok I tell you what this Sunday I am going to try some of this stuff. I'll let you know next Monday.

I am doing the 20 week Intermediate Iron Man program on fittrack and am doing a pretty good job of staying on track. I am a little behind in points. BUT its not all that easy. So for example I did the Akasia 21km run on the Saturday and set a personal best at an 88% effort and then had to do 4.5 hours on the bike Sunday morning. My legs were not at all impressed. But I managed fine in the end. I even ran into the MTN team while they were have a laugh and a chuckle and managed to hold onto the bunch for about 5k's before they blistered off into the distance. The slow increase in mileage etc is really starting to pay off. I think too the interval training is giving me that ability to raise the tempo and hang in there. The big thing I have found is trying to find the right food to eat and eat at the right time. This past weekend definitely proved to me you must eat. I ate a peanut butter and jam roll with a GU for every hour and found that even at the end I still had plenty to give. I think though I could do with some professional advice on eating and nutrition. Perhaps draw up a menu which I can try during my training over the next 2 months. I am more than willing to pay for such help. Preferably from someone who has completed a few Iron Man events. Any takers ?

I am a club ROAG member. I have my surname and CSA license number are on the back of my club cycling shirt. Anyone who thinks I am being a tjop can easily identify me and report me .... and if I happen to get run over I suppose this will help as well.

That's disgusting ... I just dont have the words to describe my feelings. What the hell is this world coming to ?

The frikken driver did not have a license !? the problem is there are a heap of "new generation" folks on the road who have no idea how to drive and dont give a rats arse about anyone else except themselves and getting from point a to b as quickly as possible. Why are there no cops patrolling the roads? They need to be in their cars driving around picking out people who break the law. But no they are concentrating on making money and are found hidden behind bushes instead. Damn oxygen thieves !!!

The last time I was in Bloem was in the late 80's I was doing my best to get out of Tempe as quickly as possible wearing my browns and boots. Swore blind I would never return but maybe just maybe ....

Just dont drop your butter soaked potatoes on the road like Garf did at Midlands Ultra. I'm sure there must be a rule against this. Its like a Garf was here message

Best you be as fast as I am if you are that would be great. Generally I am as blind as a bat without my glasses and sighting is an issue for me. My swimming strategy is to find someone who swims at the same pace as me and then sight on them to make sure I am on course and hope like hell they can see and sight properly

Actually you are quite correct ! I made the mistake of putting spaces in the card number. When it complained about the R100 it was actually saying it did not know the card number. When I removed the spaces all worked FINE so the best kept secret is not so secret anymore. In any case in 2010 I spent R4500 on a pair of glasses and a futher R1200 of contacts between then and now , all at spec savers, so why the hell should I pay an extra R100. Clearly I am a loyal client.

What are good places to stay in PE ?