HendrikS

Hi guys. I did not reed this whole topic yet but just want to say this. I am the guy who took the mirror of. I did not have much place to go. We were going about 50km/h plus. I have been cycling for 15 years. I have ridden in france for two years and never in my life seen an official trying to take a bunch out.! It was insane. And then afterwards he does not even apologise. Like Auction Lamb said. What if somebody hit the back of his car... Then this would have been a different topic all the gether. Craig Hawtry and half the comms at PPA events have a Sh!t attitude half time. I remember when i was junior He had a sh*t attitude. I want to see officials at races who like to chat to the riders and sort things out and makes things better and solve problems. NOt try and harm you? What trust is that.... My hand is pretty bruised today. Can i send the medical bill to Craig so he can hand it in at his insurance all together? INdeed another bad day for western cape cycling coming after a great event like the tour de Boland... PS. The most dangerous part of our race crossing the white line was an official car trying to kill us. There were only about maybe 5 cars that was oncoming traffic. After Willemse Sr took over the marsheling it was great... YES we were wrong crossing the white line.

All i can say is when Christof Sauzer came to test the maxis Larsens the first time he came back from his test ride the first time in stellenbosch and he said you cant even compare them to pythons... He used to turn the larsen around on the back tire so that the "dimpels" were showing in reverse. He said it gave him better traction and braking. He subsequently had a great deal in the design of the crossmark hence the swiss flag and cross in the middle of tyre. Think if it is good enough for him its ok for us normaly people...

crossmark or larsen is the best. if you got a cut it was really bad luck. Have been riding 3 years with them now putting a new pair on each year. They are a bit heavier i think but definately bomb proof. Did epic 2006 on crossmark. Did not take spare tube with for whole race. 2007 was on larsen. and yes. Did not take a tube again. I actually hit a rock so hard that the rim bent and could not use back brake due to buckle and bulge in rim but still no puncture. It is really tough as nails and would not ride anything else.!

I am sure lots of people have mentioned it but stans is the way to go. I ride with a stans kit on mavic 717 rims and larsen tt tyres or crosmark. I know its a bit heavier than your other tyres out there. I run it on 2.1 on the front and 2.2 on the back and have not had one puncture in the last 3 years. Also have ridden the epic now twice like this with out taking a tube or bomb with me....

I rode a trek oclv in france during the 2002 season. Halfway thru i noticed that the dishing on my wheel was out. Further inspection lead me to the bottem chainstay lug that was busy pulling out due the carbon disintegrating were the chain blades are.Think i dropped my chain there a couple of times. It started getting so bad than i could fit my pinkie in the hole that was forming. The lug moved out about 3-4mm. Long story short. Had to ride like that for 6 weeks before getting a new frame doing lots of racing and a couple of tours. That was one of a strong frame...

Dont think you should mix them. Stan's might be expensive but def have worked the best for me in the past. Have used it now for 3 seasons putting in n cup and half in each wheel. Have not had one puncture and also did 2006 and 2007 Cape Epic with out taking a spare tube. Thats how much faith i have in stans....

Looks like die vroue mense dra die broeke in hierdie verhoudings...

41.5 avs i think?

Ja Groot Lem. Jy weet ook als ma net heeltemal als nie... So dink jy ons het n kans?

They said they want to break 5 hours?

i dont clean my chain

motorist need to chill. We all need to Chill. everybody is so highly strung all the time. its really so sad to see how impolite everybody is with everybody else on the roads. And we cyclist are also guilty... When we cruising along and this idiot deliberately almost takes you out.... just wave. I know you want to moer him but it takes me the next 20km to calm down again. So just wave..... trust me. It annoys them more to wave than to throw the old zap sign.....

Last year it was Richard Kane who took the honors. Who is it going to be this year. Winning time? See Capetown Market got Tiaan Kannemeyr, Jaco Venter, Travis Allan and Nolan Hofman riding. Boys are starting to take the DC serious?

Will have to look into it. Heard alot about the Ergomo Pro and that is probably the product to go for. Using a power meter is definately the best way to go...

Very Interesting. What power meter did you use for your MTB setup?

Darren said at kirlarny on wednesday that he is going back to US in January? presuming for the navigators?

dont you guys think its weird when they caught guys like Virenque, Zulle, Basso and others that they eventually admitted to taking drugs... it been more than a year that he has been caught and still he is fighting. would be really sad if he his indeed innocent and just been made a fictim by that the new UCI guy... just a thought...

David George is realy amazing... And i hope that he has finally put all his critics to rest for once and for all. He proves yet again that he has the class to perform at the highest level. Yes he had the chance in the past when he was on then US postal. But pro cycling is difficult. And now he has shown in the last two seasons that he has matured nicely. How different could things have been in this year if we had David riding on Barloworld in the tour? Mayb showing his pundits a thing or two. Why must talent like this be wasted or kept under the lid as they say. There is so much talent in SA Cycling, like Impey, Kachelhoffer etc that just needs to be managed right. But instead everybody have to fight their own battle and make their own way to the top... Its realy sad. I take my hat of to David as to probably one of our best cyclists in our history interms of commitment, talent and professionalism and his upmost love for the sport!

cannondale is te duur. Ek wil sien dat hulle die toptube n bietjie slope na compact frame. dan sal hulle meer fietste verkoop. nogsteeds n stunning raam tho.

Dam you guys are quick. Almost can believe because its still not on Super Cycling Web page. But here it is from the tour de france home page Issy-les-Moulineaux, Le 30 mai 2007 21 ?quipes au d?part du Tour 2007 ? Londres Aux 18 ?quipes d?j? s?lectionn?es le 12 d?cembre 2006, les organisateurs du Tour de France ont d?cid? d'ajouter trois wild cards. 21 ?quipes de 9 coureurs, soit 189 coureurs au total, ont donc rendez-vous dans le centre de Londres, le 7 juillet, pour disputer le prologue contre la montre de 7,9 kilom?tres. Les ?quipes d?j? s?lectionn?es Allemagne Gerolsteiner T-Mobile Team Belgique Predictor - Lotto Quick Step - Innergetic Danemark Team CSC Espagne Caisse d'?pargne Euskaltel - Euskadi Saunier Duval - Prodir ?tats-Unis Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team France AG2R Pr?voyance Bouygues Telecom Cofidis, le Cr?dit par t?l?phone Cr?dit Agricole Fran?aise des Jeux Italie Lampre - Fondital Liguigas Team Milram Pays-Bas Rabobank Les trois wild cards France Agritubel Grande-Bretagne Barloworld Suisse Astana Well done Barloworld. Hope John Lee rides and do something special

for the guys not riding argus that is doing epic. Doing a 5h ride with most of stage 7 in it on sunday if anybody is keen. 8 o clock grabouw country club. anybody welcome...

hey hey. i never complaind about the competion. I did ride overseas and did ride against some top guys. i know where my limits are. just saying that last year it was easy to be top 20 and this year its going to be harder. yes i am a funrider. nothing wrong with that.

If you dont believe me go look at the epic website and click of hall of fame on the left colum and look at the top 15 ranked teams... http://www.cape-epic.com

Have you guys seen all the top guys coming down for the epic this year. Last year was still ok and you could sort of hang around in the first 60km of the stage. But this year in the top 15 teams coming down there is like 30 world cup wins between them, 7 world champions, 8 of the top 10 in the world 4 past epic winnier. Is this a good thing or bad thing? Yes its awesome they are here to ride with them but they are making it harder and harder to get into the top 20! Or should we all just bite the bullet and resign to fun rider status...