Christie

Tufo puncture juice worked well for me, even though I did not often use their tyres. It is latex based, though. I never used a bomb on a tubbie, I only raced with them if we had a team car with spare wheels. The purpose of the stuff is not to have to stop in the first place. Here is a review: http:// http://m.competitivecyclist.com/review-tubes--glue/tubes--glue/Tufo-Tire-Sealant.1423.html I ride with clinchers nowerdays.

Agreed. The ultimate frame material.......in the 90s. Old school blast from the past etc is cool, but it will not compare in terms of weight, stiffness and comfort to modern carbon. If you want a custom frame, Parlee Z-Zero is the bomb imo. 800 grams frame, custom sized, custom ride feel - stiffness and comfort and handling made to order with tubes made by Enve. Sweet, but it will also set you back $6k to $8k :-/ http://brimages.bikeboardmedia.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/20120919-124512.jpg Edit: sorry, see the pic has been posted on here already

Conti mountain kings, mudguard.

Hope we bat out the whole of day 3, set them a target of 600. Perhaps AB will find some form under less pressure.

Great batting by the tail, but the top order was pathetic imo. Reminded me of the times we depended on Boucher, Polloc & Klusner to save an innings. If the rest of the top 6 could each get 30 runs it will make the difference from being behind to being in command. Very, very poor, perhas AB should take a rest and give Tsolikile a go? Cant do worse. Lets see them bat.

I see I got my wish, that Peterson is in and Rudolph is out. Kallis to bat only - lets see how that goes. The team looks monster heavy on batting, with Peterson and Philander at 8 and 9. Team looks a bit light on bowling, with Kleinveld sitting out. Perhaps a bit of a defensive selection? Clever move by Aus to select a new pace attack, (if they can deliver), Johnston, Starc, and Hastings in, plus Watson. Very potent unit imo, and they dont need batting debth, given how their top order have performed. We won the toss, first small part of the plan accomplished. Now to bat for 2 days, then have Steyn, Morkel and Philander charge in.

I use a Nespresso Pixie for my desk at work.

They have dropped Siddle and Hilfenhaus. Their pace bowlers will be Johnson, Starc, Hazelwood, Watson. Very dangerous looking group imo.

Imo thats the problem of not playing warm-up games: good for batsmen, not good for bowlers. GK was a batsmen, perhaps his coaching is biased that way? The bowlers have had a good run now, was much better in the 2nd innings, hope Peterson plays (solid batsman, too), Philander finds form and Rudolph is 12th man.

Im down to my last 3 boxes of Kazaar, will be a sad day when they are all gone. Still have 2 boxes of Crealto, but I like the Kazaar more. I dont like the flavoured pods at all.

I remember the Airbus with the broken tail. Pilot used max rudder at high airspeed, cycling it left and rigt rapidly, and the fbw actuators tried to give max rudder as he commanded, the actuator force was enough to move the rudder into the airstream enough that the cyclic drag loads broke the tail fin off. Design safety factors in aviation are extremely low, no more than 5 to 10% strength reserve - more than that is seen as uneccesary weight and hence wasting money. Most modern planes are right on the edge of what is possible in terms of mass optimization. If something unforseen happens, disaster is not far away.

I find it amusing that people say things like "carbon snap crackle pop etc." but don't realize that they have flown to Europe and back at 1000 km/h, 12km above the ground on a 5 year old plane with carbon composite structures in the wings, tail, engine housings etc.

Some good advice thanks! Spoke to some running buddies today, they dont rzte the 410, all recommend the 310. Difference from 310 to 910 looks like some swimming features, but I dont swim.

Would you ride in an aircraft with wings/tailplane/fuselage made from carbon? ;-)

Lite solo, plus trial run lite :-)

Im looking for a running watch with gps. Im leaning towards the 910xt, because I think the maps would be helpful when I go for a morning jog in a foreign city. The disadvantage is: monster size, for a watch, cost. Another option would be to go for a cheaper 410. I would like to hear some comments and advice from users of the910, 610 and 410.

Ive already bought a second Nespresso machine for taking along on vacation. I have a collegue who had a coffee shop, with a mega high end machine, grinder, etc, and he was very dedicated to brewing perfect coffee. He now has a Nespresso machine in his house, and speaks higly of the quality of the coffee from Nespresso. To sum up his point of view, I think one could say: It makes a 90% perfect cup, 100% of the time, with no fuss.

+1 for caad10, wish I had one :-)

There was an awesome looking Ellsworth DH rig in the classifieds abour 2 weeks ago, for a good price - perhaps worth a look.

I wonder how I would feel when the news broke today if I were Nico or Gawie. Sounds like they got cheated out of a win by a dopehead.

Its not that difficult to get decent results in the amateur ranks with a bit of training, perhaps 10 to 12 hours per week of the right intensity. (depends how you define decent results, I know). If you have to dope to get there in the amateur ranks, the reality is that you suck at cycling, and should try something else.

From news24: "His biological passport, which analyses the athlete's blood profile, indicated suspicious activity and that triggered a targeted test for EPO."Galant said EPO testing had a window period of between six and 12 hours, as that was the length of time during which it would show up in a test." If the passport and out of competition testing is the only way to catch epo dopers (6 -12 hours is a small window), how many other dopers are riding in SA? Also, if DG was doped to the gills, how did KE keep up with him? Or is DG just a bit low on VO2max, and needed epo to keep up?

@ Buzzman My recommendation for mild(very relative!) creamy would be: Vivalto lungo or Roma. The Vivalto lungo is the weakest of the 3, but flavourful and smooth. The Roma is stronger, but very versitile imo, works well in cuppachinos, lattes, americanos, one of my favourites. Also consider Rosabaya, it is in between these 2 in strength, perhaps not so creamy, but makes a super nice cup.

I'm out, sorry guys & girls My sport pass for Saturday just got curtailed, I'll have to make do with a 60 min run from 5 to 6 for training tomorrow.

Imo the ex-Barloworld riders now with Sky probably were not clean in the past. The dope stash found in Duenas' hotel room in 2008 was enough for the whole team for the tdf.