LeTurbo

Nothing wrong with second-hand: I rode my MTB only a few times before deciding I'm definitely a roadie. So someone got a pretty good deal. I think Stretch has a point. Cycle Fit can advise on your present bike's size. Take it from there. (PS: Ethics have no place on the Hub. Get rid of them now, or forever be a noob.)

What's a helmet?

There are a few days I wish I did have a television. Go Daryl! Kiff!

The best place to start a race is right from the very back. That way you overtake people and think you're awesome.

For me, a good ride is just ambling along, stopping for the view, having a coffee, listening to the birds and the shish of my tyres, looking at the incredible diversity of plants and flowers, saying "hello!" to cows and horses and sheep, thinking about how incredible the human body is. I read once, "God gets angry when you simply pass a field of purple flowers."

We always hold things back "for something special" and then we die and it gets tossed in the dumpster. Just use the bloody thing, Cippo!

Oh yes, it's friday. Definitely.

Walking Afrikaans horses?

On which subject, the Tracker "Ride Free" banner at the top of my screen shows that, if I stick my right arm out, I will suddenly ride faster! Jokes aside, thanks Tracker for doing something. "Ride straight, signal clearly", fellow Hubbers.

Female riders! Tsk.

I have double posters in my head.

It's so beautiful, it deserves another glorious titanium angle. Then I'll go look at her in the flesh, as it were. (Haha! Get my other LeTurbo back tomorrow as an SS!)

Phoar! What I wouldn't give to own this! Oh, I do? As you were then.

It's a cunning trick: you pedal forward for speed ... but pedal backwards when you need lots of torque for going uphill. Or it's the other way 'round, I forget which. Anyway, that's why it has two sets of pawls. Dates from the 1920s, I think.

This prompted me to look at one of the salary surveys in my industry ... When I started 28 years ago, the pay scales were good, especially in the Creative field. Now, I think the job description has changed - there's very little intellectual stimulation and the rewards aren't good. If your kids want to go into Art Direction or Copywriting, dissuade them.

I can't even hold a line. How can I be expected to know if/when I cross it?

The dog was a menace previously? He's done it before? If there weren't consequences for the dog, would you report it?

Moral: cleaning your bike is a bad idea.

Olaf at Crosstown Cycles, a tiny little hole-in-the-wall in Kenilworth. Good Germanic service (think technical rather than aesthetic, and a good brusque manner). Nils at Woodstock Cycleworks as one of the most honest people I've ever met. (Plus, how many other cycle shops have been in Coldplay videos?)

The man is a raving loonie. Faaaaaaark. How many storeys? Damn, I'd love to be able to some of those tricks on my road bike.

Bwahahaha! Nice one, oom ... er, Rattie. My heart rate was rising there too.

Oy! You PS people. Go get a room.

Go Rhino Guy! So far he's done a spoof vid of the skateboarder down Kloofnek, Moonlight Mass, and the Naked Bike Ride, all in his horn and nobody's said anything. Actually, you see a whooooooooole lot more of everyone on the naked ride. Kids have seen a lot more arse just on TV, I'll bet.

Anyone know a really good watch restorer in Cape Town? I've got my Dad's old Buren - probably not worth a lot, but he bought it during WW2 and wore it every day till his death in 1998. It's been in Mom's drawer since, and won't wind now. (Happily, she didn't give it to the church fete like she did with his original Wayfarers, airforce gloves and silk scarf, and her highly valuable - $2500 with original clothes - Shirley Temple doll).

I know a chap who wanted to see if the can worked. "I wonder ...," said he, looking straight at the nozzle.