Red Zone

OK lets find some common ground what events are you both entered for, IM, 70.3?

you better watch out all of you with bike brand related avatars, like Giant, 'Dale, Fox, Scalpel, Look, Mongoose etc.... and variations thereon.

Nothing to get upset about sometimes you get a bargain and sometimes you don't. Not nice price move on, simple supply and demand

Hey Terry, for my edification, and apologies for the hijack, what is the policy on hired wetsuits that may get torn, lost in transition etc...?

Go to the Durbanville Roadies thread and hook up with them

Nothing is truly local any more, cars, bikes whatever just assembled from parts sourced from around the world, does it make it any better or worse? who gives a rats bottom

Happened to me about 15 years ago, flying along with a nice tailwind, lady dropping her kid at a crèche just opens the door and smack, leg opened up on the door's edge like a butterflied piece of fillet steak, flipped through the air and landed up unconscious in the middle of the road. woke up being loaded in the ambulance, taken to government hospital and stitched up by a doddering old fool who didnt know how to thread a needle. No contact from the lady, no-one took her details and I was in no condition to do so. Still a little hacked off about it. Super cautious about being doored to this day.

I like the idea, I agree however than R3k is a bit steep, but its just about supply and demand, not sure if the demand is there when people can afford close on R7k for a both race entries, probably R30k to R50k bikes and all sorts of other kit. My opinion is that the serious athletes who want these sorts of wheels have made spending on their sport a priority already and have the wheels. The more recreational athlete with clip on bars on a R5k - R10k road bike are almost certainly not going to shell out R3k for wheel rental. But there is probably a group in the middle with an ok TT bike and rubbish wheels that has a bit of Xmas bonus to blow, so why not. My R3k is going on coaching, far better bang for your buck IMO, but all the best hope it does well for you. What happens if someone crashes and totals the wheels? or they are stolen?

My cadence definitely drops on the TT bike in a tucked position, I try to spin faster but just find that a smoother slower cadence seems to be more comfortable.

I am always amazed at the number of guys I see before and after a race who ride with their helmut hanging from their bars. Once again the triathlon guys have the right solution, instant DQ if you have you bike in your hands without a helmet secured to your dome. Also useful because triathletes don't really know how to ride a bike anyway

Even more impressive considering that the workshop is booked solid, really nice of them to have fitted you in

best donor bike would probably be..... wait for it.... a Tandem

kind of defeats the object of a quick release

Going to be fantastic to watch, no way in hell I am going to participate after Ironman, my plan is to still be intoxicated by then

Any stretching and core work is really good for you. I found Yoga just took too long, too much time spent breathing and saying ommm and stuff. Pilates was better for me and is great for a core workout. Now I just spend some time on a foam roller, do 30 mins of stretching a couple of times a week and have a specific 45 min core workout that I do once weekly.

I saw someone rolling to the start on a Cervelo P5 with drop bars. I dont think that this is a breach of the rules which only precludes tt bars, so you can use your tt rig with drop bars and wear a skin-suit and aero helmut. Mmm planning my strategy for next year already, going to be dorktastic

Close on 40 km / hour average speed, more climbing than the Argus, I will let that one in

People WERE hurt, without a doubt one crash I saw was due to congestion on the road

There is only one way to make this event work without "cheating" that is to run it like a non drafting triathlon. Teams to be 10 metres apart at all times, must complete the pass within a specific time and pull 10 past before cutting back in, then the other team needs to drop out of the slip (ie not race up to latch on). I know, its logistically almost impossible, but this is the only way to prevent groups forming. Bigger gaps between start groups and seeding to combine a fast and slow team at each start slot would also help a bit, but the top 10 racing teams should go off first, 5 min gaps and at least 5 bike marshals

CrashTestDummy should have had your team DQ'ed for him needing to suck wheel from a team of mountain bikers, I think that I will lodge a protest, but first I need to protest that my protest is late, this race is so unfair

Simple, IQ drop after 200 km of riding, means that some riders just dont have the grey matter to understand what is going on, with a chaotic finish area. They hear a little conspiracy theory and suddenly want to get all UCI on everyone

You can't buy a result with a single import in a race with over 3000 m of climbing. You dudes looked styling as you passed me on the way down to Montague, calm and in control. Rubbish legs, what nonsense, the last time you had rubbish legs was Lourensford in 2002 when I beat you.

Its not who gets to pull the yellow jersey on that counts, its who gets to keep it once the tests are in

No sorry you are wrong, its only from a sub three in the August that you get to wear kit like this (chicks version is all I could find)

The only race ride where a sub three means anything is the Argus, if you can hang with the bunch over the climbs then you have earned it.