'Kaze Pete

They've fixed something!http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/08/ac61e5299d4b51f1b009c0e1a95a4710.jpg

It is linked to medical aid / life insurance / income protect - not sure about short term. I had all three with discovery at one stage, and received a R20K payment after 5 year. Changed employer, so now have group life and closed medical scheme (both very good)

My reply is aimed directly at the team Vitality benefits. Healthy gear is a separate benefit, and if you've dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's for to activate the 15% discount on those, at Sportsmans Warehouse the; Edge 520 will cost R6500 - 15% = R5590 (cheapest other 2 shown above = R5349 Edge 1000 will cost R10500 - 15% = R8925 (cheapest other two = R8995) One slightly more expensive, and one slightly cheaper than shopping around.

Taking the Edge 520 as an example: Team Vitality: R7399 - R1109 = R6290 Autostyle: R5350 easyBike: R6499 discounted to R5349 The Edge 1000 looks just stupidly overpriced for team Vitality at R11899 vs R8995 and R8999 And I have to pay for membership to be ripped off? I'd much rather join a real cycling club with marshals and sweeper vehicles and a sense of cameradie on regular weekly rides! Even more so for the running club!

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/07/6ad4a5b8aa2fdd59ed4fa2bb3852fc4d.jpg Is this normal when you have over 2000 points showing under "get active"? For the past week starting on Saturday FYI: I've not used the Apple Watch I signed up for, but the Strava app, and two Garmin devices, as well as a Parkrun to get the points. Edit: photo

254w, 3.46 w/kg, after a month of riding post injury and an indifferent 2015 (2100km Jan - Nov) - This is as per threshold notification from Trainingpeaks Avg TSS for last 3 weeks (Festive 500 chase): 972 (This is very debatable, numbers might not have been update correctly)

As a single member I should hit 39000 tomorrow after a visit to the nurse at the pharmacy. As easy to get to gold as always, and I've not even started logging workouts!

You should really start a thread for this as your intro and aspecially your questions will get lost amongst all the "Hi, my name is ***, and I've been a cyclist for the past ****" posts. Good luck with the event! and enjoy the visit to the R of SA!

Compromise - place where everybody is equally unhappy?

To anybody chasing points: Keep the colonoscopy as your very last resort. The optometrist visit is a much better option!

Anybody out there who actually did a parkrun this morning, and have it showing yet?

Top of Doreen road in Roodepoort at around sunrise during the past week

My Queen?

Some dates for next screenings: Next Airing Title 2015/12/29 Legends (2014) 2016/01/02 Thunderbirds Are Go! 2016/01/03 MythBusters 2016/01/05 Supergirl 2016/01/05 Scorpion 2016/01/05 NCIS: Los Angeles 2016/01/06 NCIS 2016/01/06 New Girl 2016/01/06 Chicago Med 2016/01/06 NCIS: New Orleans 2016/01/06 The Expanse 2016/01/06 Limitless 2016/01/06 The Shannara Chronicles 2016/01/07 Modern Family 2016/01/08 Heroes Reborn 2016/01/08 Life in Pieces 2016/01/08 The Blacklist 2016/01/08 Angel From Hell 2016/01/08 Elementary 2016/01/11 CSI: Cyber 2016/01/13 iZombie 2016/01/13 Shadowhunters 2016/01/14 Code Black 2016/01/14 Younger 2016/01/20 The Flash (2014) 2016/01/20 Marvel's Agent Carter 2016/01/21 Arrow 2016/01/21 Second Chance (2016) 2016/01/22 DC's Legends of Tomorrow 2016/01/22 The 100 2016/01/22 Colony 2016/01/28 Suits 2016/01/30 The Originals 2016/02/06 Sleepy Hollow 2016/02/12 Scandal (2012) 2016/02/12 How to Get Away with Murder 2016/02/13 Bitten 2016/03/01 Gotham 2016/03/01 Blindspot 2016/03/03 Rosewood 2016/03/07 Once Upon a Time (2011) 2016/03/07 Quantico 2016/03/09 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2016/04/02 12 Monkeys 2016/05/08 Top Gear Don't thank me, thank Google etc

Colony - Slept through the first episode, thought it nothing to get excited about Second Chance - Seen the first episode, and it shows a lot of potential to become stale. In addition to that The Expanse - Seen 4 episodes, it seems like just another Sci-Fi series, but I'll watch it The Shanarra Chronicles - Not seen yet, but is it going to try to be another Lord of the Rings? Childhood's End - Only 3 episodes in total, doomsday-ish, but not fire and brimstone

I've been lurking around for a while​ but have enjoyed my bicycles for quite a while The last time we've met was in the dark next to the local koppie. We need to go conquer that mountain again!

Kalahari: use the gold fillings of one of your "patients" to buy a garmin

All I've seem people get excited about are smoothies and fitness gears? 1. Not a smoothie fan, and don't intend becoming one 2. Fitness gears - I have dedicated devices for running AND cycling, both still working perfectly. We are a gigantic multi-national institution, with forced membership to a closed scheme, so I've never heard of, or seen this mythical creature you are referring to

Resigned from Multiply today as medical aid is moving from Momentum to Discovery as their managers. Enjoyed the fix 80% gym discount, as well as the free Cyclelab Club membership. Seems like Discovery is big on offering gimmicks, and not real benefits. Not interested in joining the Discovery running or cycling clubs as they clash with the real clubs, with real benefits, I belong to. Any reason (monetary benefits) to play my hand in joining Vitality?

Will be too soon after the op. Two weeks after the op I was allowed onto a stationary bike, but the ribs hurt like a demon when breathing, so I took the lazy way out! Tomorrow will be my first time back on the bike since the accident. I hope it will go ok-ish...

I got the OK to ride, however with the warning of "a fall might result in a displacement"! Subtle enough to be ominous?

If you'll give me a guaranteed promissory note for two weeks worth of pay, and R70K for medical expenses in the case of a mishap I'm fine to give it a go When are you coming for that cup of coffee downtown ?

Very tempted to join, however I'm extremely unfit at the moment and the collar bone has not healed 100% yet. I'm OK to ride, but any fall will be catastrophic, so best to stay out of the bunches. So I'm better off sticking to my plan of starting with the old guys, and cruise around by my lonesome self, hoping to get back to the start before the unpredictable masses catch up with me!

Racetec based e-mails seem not to reach me. I haven't received my Shova confirmation, had to contact them directly for my entry details. Nor have I received a "Congratulations", or a "Dear John" from the CTCT. Life goes on!

The movie that pokes fun at all the J* B* movies. Good for a laugh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4NCribDx4U