River Rat

I don't think anyone other than the route planner will have the profile as it is a new route. I recall the organizers hinting for a Garmin donation a while back so unless a good Samaritan has donated one I doubt whether they will have a profile for you. Previous events recorded about 700m of climbing for the 54kms on my Garmin.

Maxxi Ardents

I have never tried Shimano so I can't compare directly. But I have noticed that it handles mud much better than other pedals, if this is important to you. As for the rebuild you can generally get away with just replacing the bearings the seals hardly ever go. As for the pedal disintergrating I have never had this happen to me .

Need what?

Dam reading this is just making me jealous. I'm stuck at an airport with a flight delay and the chances of me getting home in time for a ride tomorrow are fading fast. Enjoy your Easter Friday nonetheless.

Gotta love the faithfull Ridgeback!

Had a tough but satisfying ride on Saturday. The mud / slush on the single track descent at 21km gave us a little taste of what the Epic must have been like on stage 5. I have great respect for the Epic riders that finished that stage must have been tough. Anyone know where the results for the Mankele are posted?

Www.mapmyride.com

Where's Fedgroup? Well done to the Lowveld boys of Westvaal-Columbia a top ten finish, impressive!

Had a similar problem and replaced the bushes on the shock which sorted it out. Cost about R120.00.

Really trying hard to be constructive here Bloohubs?

I'm in!

Amen to that. Maybe we should post something on the Tshwane thread.

Well used by all accounts!

So how many Hubbers were on Klapperkop this morning? At 7:00 it looked like Eloff St at peak time. With the Roadies, MTBikers, Runners, Walkers and picnickers all counted I guess close to 70 people over 4 km stretch. It's great to see the area being utilized by all.

Ricky I had similar experience but only had to wait 3 days for the out of stock items to arrive after which they dispatched the order. I received it 8 days after order which ain't too bad.

Not sure but there is quite a lot on YouTube.

There you go reorientated already

Just to add, if you dare mention that it was easy again we'll have to hunt you down and reorientate you

Fritz I don't care what your paper says, it was tough full stop.

I saw this happen and to be fair to the ladies (both fron Tzaneen Cycling Club if I have correct) it was very difficult to anticipate the right gear as the bridge was not visible when you crossed the Sabie river. As spectators we did two things, one was to get the chicken run opened up and the second was to warn the riders as soon as possible of the correct speed or to take the chicken run. Happily fewer falls after this but I do think that it was a rather difficult set of circumstances with a river bridge followed by a steepish incline, S bend and a wooden bridge with spectator pressure. I hope Dot recovers soon as she seemed to be in a lot of pain with what looked like a dislocated shoulder.

I hope his result was wiped clean!

Listening to the comments on the day you wouldn't believe this. The guys around me at the 58 km mark would have lynched the organisers ( if they could muster the strength ). The same guys just about kissed the people at the last waterpoint and absolved them of all blame only to take up the tirade 2 kms later. It was entertaining and it helped get the kays done, but in the end they were only too relieved to be finished although one chap refused his to take his medal in protest at the thoughness of the course. I think he may be regretting this today!

Definetly one of the toughest days in endurance events I've experienced. Luckily I entered the Sabie as a training ride for Sani and I never pushed it otherwise it would have been a lot tougher had I pushed at any point. Those hat pushed on the early climbs really suffered later on.

Thanks Driewiel. Have tried contacting Stu on email but no reply. I guess we will have to be patient until the site opens