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HAHA! Snarky comment taken on the chin. A bunch was being kept between 20 and 25km/h through Durbanville. Chatting to a B bunch rider afterwards, he said it was crazy speed through Durbanville. Image attached shows how much faster - for comparison, the front of A just turned into Wellington Road and the B bunch were taking the previous corner.

I hope not! I'm seeded in & (for now) but hope my seeding for 99'er bums me into $ again. Had a similar sithation last year - initially seeded in & and the next week seeded in $.

Wind was there for the A bunch front runners, but if it was anything like the 99'er, it potentially picked up significantly as the day progressed.

My 'rant' about a few things: 1. Why were the A bunch neutralised until Wellington road, but B group (from what I'm told) went bat **** crazy through Durbanville from the start - that already creates an unfair advantage when looking at finishing times. 2. When looking at seeding, with regards to the above, naturally the B bunch also containing the racing ladies (and bunches further down) has an advantage on time - why isn't that factored in? Granted, today was a mess in A - narrowly missed the first crash (it happened a bike length ahead and just to the left of me) and was far ahead enough to miss the 2nd one [heal up soon injured riders]. Then spent most of the day safely in the break, only to be caught with less than 1km to go. 3. Why are the staet groups so big?! I estimate 150 riders, similar to 99'er (where the Elite group was stopped for 90sec more or less [white line rule]), where the riders are mostly equally strong (but some still ride like tjops) and the group doesn't thin out. Almost the whole Elite group came up the climb together for 99er - there just isn't enough space on the road for such a big group. 4. If the start groups need to be that big, then full rolling road closure needs to be investigated ie the full width of the road is used for the peloton, closing / clearing the road further up, and reopened when passed. Any breakaway can stick to the left of the white line. Please @Pedal Power Association, too many riders got seriously hurt today, and it was unnecessary. Very few (if any) are paid to ride our bikes, but the safety of riders (or what felt like the lack therof today) is going to reduce the interest in participating in cycling events.

Sorry to hear of your experience and close call. It's not cool. It's also the reason I ride with a rear facing camera - I have been hit from behind before. Driver said I swerved in front of them but had no evidence to prove otherwise.

I've been using Bat Seal (Rush Sports are the distributors) purely because that is what my LBS has at the front desk. TBH, I think all sealants are the same to a degree, so you can't really go wrong. Only way to go wrong is to not top it up every two to three months (at minimum).

My opinion, Thule roof rack (there should be a foot pack to fit your car) and wheel on bike racks. I've got option for all 3 - boot lid (Thule), Towbar (Holdfast [bikes hanging] and self made [resting on wheels]) and recently, the Thule roof mount bike racks. Easy enough to remove the bike racks and leave the roof rack on the roof. No hassles about taking wheels off. Bikes are locked on roof so no stress of them being stolen. A lot less stress and it works. Go check out Thule's website and see what they have to offer.

Also just post the time it occurred. Makes narrowing the timeframe a little easier. Idiot rider, Covid or not.

Believe you me, It'll be worth the visit! ????

Just a thought - I see it's rated for between 4 and 6bar but you're running at 3.5bar. Could this not be flexing the sidewall too much causing the delamination? This reminds me of running the chinese Chaoyang snakeskin tyres at 8bar and wondering why the ribbing near the rim was coming off in strands. Only to read the tyre's sidewall - max 7bar

& for me with my Savage tjoms

I’ll squash that rumor and state for the record that my previous team had somewhat disbanded and thus needed to find a new team with which to ascertain amateur greatness [emoji6][emoji1787]

I'll be a one post wonder - dropped from 103Kg (Nov 2018) to 93Kg (March 2019) - got my **** together, spent a lot of time on the bike and ate better.... now to pick that weight up again until the next panic training sets in

The old race (Tour de Boland) was exactly like that - feels like a tour but not far out by distances - I think the one year they started in Paarl and stages finished in Tulbagh and Riebeek Kasteel, possibly Worcester too.

What is the diff between @ and &? I'm in the latter Vets and Sub-vets?