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does it come in 29er?

at least you have some confidence that if you left it outside on the pavement in the CBD, you would still find it there 4 days later.

I'm doing my first triathlon in 3 weeks, and figured I'd order an Orca trisuit. Pricing on Fluidlines was a lot more competitive than in-store pricing (e.g. Sportsmans Warehouse - almost 50% of the cost). Placed my first order with them Monday 5pm. Received the order now, 9am (cpt to jhb) Before placing the order, Bernard was helpful & responsive on pre-sale queries. Now it's just me that needs to get fit enough for xterra Thanks for the great service. http://www.fluidlines.co.za for their main online catalogue, and http://shop.fluidlines.co.za for clearance items (seen xs / s trisuits for under R500 there)

sort of sounds like apple patenting the rounded square rectangle shape of an ipad (Patent No. D670,286)

I've just started running (trail), and after 5 runs of between 6km and 10km in the last 2 weeks, I am starting to get ITB pain in my left knee (which is my dominant leg / knee). woke up at about 3am this morning with pain in my right hip, which seems to also be a symptom after some googling. I'm currently running on dirt roads / jeep track, nothing hectic, but i haven't run for years. What is a "proper resting period" ? I'm aiming to be able to manage a 12km technical trail run in 3 weeks, can currently manage 6. Does this sound too ambitious, or should it be easily do-able? What's the best way to rule out shoes vs. initial over-training as the cause? I bought a cheapish pair of power running shoes to see how I find trail running - similar to these - and don't want to spend too much more until I know whether i'll continue running. What stretches work best for other hubbers that have had ITB problems?

i bought the 1200 lumen from extremelights (who advertise on the classifieds here) for R700 and have been happy with it. I used to attach it to my helmet and had a Lezyne handlebar mounted one, but after loosing that, i find just the bar-mounted 1200 is more than enough.

Does anyone swim with an Edge 500? Apparently it's got an "ipx7" water resistance rating, and on some other forums have had successful submersion tests with it - ipx7 is apparently meant to be safe for up to 1m. re fluidlines - I couldn't find the shoes on their site, and you were spot on regarding the sizes - mostly small available.

I'll wait until after this one before i decide if I'm gonna stick to multi.

The ride will be fine I'm sure. Managed a 70km Monster in 5 hours or so last year, so 26km in the same area should be manageable. And the swim is probably similar to Midmar, but less crowded so that shouldn't be too bad either. Yoh. I nearly died at 25 degs yesterday morning, on a smooth / flat 6km run 4 training sessions so far, and 1 of my knees is already starting to complain. gonna have to suck it up and htfu to get through it. I wonder if I could do the swim in my riding lycra...

Who is in for this one? I've entered the full, it's my first tri. Any advice on training / gear? I've found 2 archived threads that suggest a minimum of 3 training sessions of each discipline. want to get a long legged tri suit and ditch it after the swim, would that be possible? Also, what about mid-event nutrition - load up on sugar / carbs during the ride? Does this rule mean that 650b's are not allowed? - All bikes must have 26” or 29” wheels. Can't wait for it!

so like joberg2c without the organizers. Would love to do that if there's an mtb route for it.

+1 on the spruit to start. The river route at VG ain't too bad either, though not as flat.

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Link fail: 404 not found. http://nationalmtbseries.com/entries/dullstroom what's the difference between the MTN and Nissan national series?

This sort of thing is starting to become quite regular.

Ya. Pizza e vino with no pizza. Until 10. At least keep the coffee going through the night.

One of my mates brought milking cream along. Worked wonders on Sunday morning!

That's why I don't do the naked lap eina!

+1 - super impressive riding CarpetDangle.

I would not mind this in the least. Weighing in at 8kgs, thanks to the Lauf fork.

Looking better than earlier reports. Last year was fun in the rain

awesome, looking forward to the update.

Here's a cost effective option for a big sprocket on a 1x10 setup (instead of going 1x11), and not needing to downsize the front chain ring. http://www.bikeradar.com/mtb/news/article/oneup-components-42-tooth-sprocket-first-look-39168/ at the cost of sacrificing the 17t sprocket.

I found this useful: http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/take-care-of-your-knees-part-2-17445/

The "can't find dustbin" comment was sarcy - 2 dustbins can clearly be seen, about 15m away - 1 brown and 1 blue.