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On 5/1/2022 at 5:20 PM, buckstopper said:The decent on a gravel bike was very tough. Cars on the pass made it even more dangerous. On the second switchback descent about 160k in a guy opened his car door to pick up some litter on a 8% descent. I was about 100m away. 2 seconds earlier and I was a goner. "Caution Cyclists" signs needed on both sides of the pass. Most of the motorists seemed oblivious...
My lack of skills (and practice) showed me up on every downhill. A race to keep everyone honest.
Nice to meet you crasher.
The phone is locked with a password so the rightful owner will have to unlock it. Will take it to MTN tommorrow and see if they can make him/her take it back ;-)
Lance never lied and the title of his new book will prove it.
Soon to be released ......
"SEE, I TOLD YOU IT WASN'T ABOUT THE BIKE"
Don't know if it's the same story, but The Star has the cyclist as a 73-year-old pedestrian. Happened in Baggie Road in Kagiso.
Not the same incident. This one was a drag racing accident. 2nd car fled the scene.
Is that Wayne Collin from KZN. Isn't he a cycling coach?
Milk the race for all you have got for extra entries it seems
Seems like you have no idea how cool this race is. And there's lots of milk, just saying ;-)
Lots of people in my group training for World Long Distance Champs in Spain, 70.3 Worlds in Vegas, Challenge Roth, Challenge Barcellona, Kona, etc.
Agreed - my view is also that he probably cheated. We'll never really know for sure...
Fortunately in IM I think we'll never know - their testing is even worse than the UCI testing
Not true. I'm an agregrouper and have been tested.
You can go for a Total Immersion course. PM me for the girl's details.
Swim Smooth is very cool.
Wish I could swim properly, I'm thankful IM is all about the run!
What an amazing experience. Totally, totally awesome.
I can't begin to put in words how great this race was. Superb route, fantastic organisation and awesome people.
I've done Epic, a couple of Ironman and 70.3 events, Comrades, etc, but nothing comes close to the experience I've had this last week.
This race should be a must do on everyones calender. And I need to tell you, the Sani2C days aren't the best days, day 4 is a cracker!
Book for 2013 now!
I'll upload mine this afternoon and send them to you.
Any idea as to what sort of bike this is?
He normally rides with his son on the front, but I think conditions were to horrific for him to try. I saw him running whilst pushing his son, later in the evening,
Congrats to all the guys and girls that finished in yesterdays crazy conditions.
@mrmed,are you still doing Comrades?
The short answer is yes. The long answer is I'm riding Joburg2c this / next week, then I'm going to see if my knee niggle settles down before I make a final decisions, but I'm 99 % sure it will be ok.
Well done to anyone who competed yesterday to persist and finish in those conditions says alot about your character
I stood in the cold from 5 am yesterday morning till my last mate finished at about 10 last night and i am stuffed today
Its guys and girls like you that make IM the event it is. Thank you so much.
Well that was brutal.
I've never been so slowly down a hill, peddalling really hard. It was even really difficult to go quickly with the wind behind you because of side gusts as the vegitation changed.
The swim was very choppy on the second lap, but manageable, although I must have drunk half the Indian Ocean.
The run was fine, just cold, but as I ran between buildings and the wind hit me, my legs would get tangled with each other as the leg in the air would hit the other leg.
All that training for a PB and I went 4 minutes slower 
If it was just for fun he would be age grouper but he has entered as a PRO.
He can only enter as a PRO. You can't change from being a PRO to being an age grouper from race to race.
Breedtsnek was fun today. First ride on my MTB in 2 years. Next ride on it will be the first day of Joberg2C.
Pity, just did a 173 km road ride yesterday. Coming weekend it is MTB time.. Breedts nek and over a past the shebeen.
Was thinking exactly the same thing. What time you leaving on Friday? Time for Joberg2C training.
Thanks for the updates
Ok, ok, I'm sorry about the joke.
Highest carbs / 100 gram or serving products that don’t cost the earth
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Mix white sugar (I use 40g/hr at 200w for training over 2 hours) into water and heat and dissolve. Then put into a soft flask and use like a gel during the ride.