MuddyMike

I am still stunned that people fall for this crap every year. The Nissan series is pushing boundaries at 2000 riders, then you have the 94.7 mtb with more than double that. Common sense tells you it just cant work unless the route is made up of 6m wide roads, which doesnt really make for much of a mtb event does it? Its clear the organisers are VERY slow learners, arrogant or very greedy, take your pick......

Foil is one of the best best climbers out of the entire bunch but that comes with still and maybe not so comfortable ride if your going over 4 hours?

Speak to Eben at West rand Cycles - he has serviced riders at every Epic.

Hopefully she will be arriving on Friday

I am really amused to see that people seem genuinly surprised by the chaos that is the 94.7 mtb event......... Like this has never happened before. I had a nice quite ramble around the cradle on my SS.....bliss......

Wow, it looks like the casing is splitting in the middle where the moulds join. That must considerd a factory fault???

2 words.... Maxxis Ikon I tried RR's a while back and was really dissapointed with the durabillity, especially after reading all the rave reviews.

Hi, I am new to this whole LCHF diet, but I am willing to try anything. Not that I am very overweight. I was 80 now down to 76kg, target by year end 68kg. For me the benefits have been far wider reaching than just weight loss. My wife, son and I have sufferred with all kinds of issues which I believe were due to the grains we were eating such as bloating, tiredness and allergies. We have been on this diet for around 4 weeks and my results are as follows: 1. Lost just short of 4kg 2. Allergies almost gone and medication almost stopped 3. Sleeping better 4. No mid afternoon slump in energy levels - nice stable blood sugar levels 5. Very seldom do I feel hungry 6. For the 1st week or two my rides were good but I didnt feel as though I could put the hammer down at will, I guess my body was getting used to the change in energy source. On Sunday things changed, I took on a mtb strava segment - 2.1km at around 4.4%. I ripped it a new one - dropped my best time from 7:46 to 7:03 - I couldnt believe it and that was after a good 60km in the legs already. (No change in training routine) There is still a huge amount for me to learn, but I will listen to my body and give this a fair go to see the results and modify as I understand my bodies needs better. Oh, yes the food is awesome.... I can eat lamb chops and bacon again (with lots of spinach and other greens)

So what if some of the routes are similar to 2012.... I cant remember much of the 2012 route anyway through all the blood and sweat, so it will all seem new anyway. Epic simply cant be compared to other SA stage races. If you havent done it you wouldnt understand. Its just on another level.

I agree, if we lived in a perfect world....where ones word was taken as the truth....lets see how the future requests unfold......

Great cause and a great result.....BUUUUUUUTTTTTTT, Lets look at this from a CWC / ASG perspective. This could quickly get out of hand with every athlete who is not getting the assitance required from CSA coming to the Hub to get the financial assitance required. Then they get put on the spot and they are damned if they dont (like ASG) and damned if they do (CWC expect more requests in the not to distant future as you have now set a precedent, dont pay up and you will be crucified for being a selfish retailer not giving back to the sport). Not mention Wayne and others who has come to the rescue twice and when number 3,4,5,6,7,8 come along, his pockets cant be that deep? (or can they?). There are 2 issues here. 1. Is CSA living up to its mandate to develop and support cycling in SA? I wont comment on that one. 2. Its dangerous for 3rd parties (hubbers and retailers) being asked to fit the bill in an unstructured way. Maybe that hub fund is the best way to manage this. Get a few guys to manage a central fund and manage the funds hubbers donate to causes the hub deem fit to receive funding from us maybe an additional way to get the pot going is for all "businesses" who use the hub to generate sales is to donate a fixed % to the hub sponsorship fund. Just my 2c worth.

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Eish......

Cannondale just dropped off my fav bike brand list........ I am sure there is use for this technology in commuter bikes, but a pedigree racing brand with a lefty too......WTF.....

The only reason tubeless guys carry tubes is for large sidewall cuts which sealent cannot seal. Then you require a tube. I have never needed a tube because I use proper UST tyres which are designed with tougher sidewalls. I could never be so angry with myself as to try converting non UST rims with Non UST tyres......

My observations on tubeless..... There is a risk to convert a non ust rim even with a UST tyre due to the fact that the profile of the rim is not designed to hold a UST tyre at lower pressures, hence the risk of burping your tyre. I have done these conversions with success but run the tyres at at least 2.0 bar to lower the risk of burping. The other downside to this type of conversion is that if you do unseat your tyre out on the trail you have a close to ZERO chance of reseating the tyre no matter how many bombs you have with you, which means it will be tube time for you. I cannot recommend a proper UST wheels and tyres enough. It does what its designed to do. Be tubeless without the hassle. The very best setup I have ever had is my current ZTR Crests with Maxxis ICON tyres. The tyres go on to the rim snugly, but not too tight, one tyres lever is suffiecient to get the tyre on and it can be fully seated by using a hand pump. Simple doesnt even describe the process. I can run this setup at 1.6 bar and never fear a burpie. 13,000km in 2 years and not a single puncture is bliss.

That was a really tough lap..... I was really dissapointed to have to quit after only 3.5 hours and 6 laps but the body just wasn't up to it and needed a weekend off. Well done to everyone who did 12hours on that beast........See you again next year....

I wonder if Shawn Ward and Paul van Zweel will be there again to give the rest of the solo rider's a thourough thrashing again........

Yip, but dont worry, I wont say no to you pushing me for 6 of the 12...........

gonna go like this......1st 4 hours are base training........then I'll throw in an hour or two of intervals.......some 3 hrs recovery and then 2 hours of taper to get ready for the sprint......

where did you get these results?

Oh $&^%$.... is it tomorrow? Time to go do some shopping.......

They get the stripes

So thats 5 x SA world champs so far......out of 7 completed events.......