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rattlesnake

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  1. On Octavian's comments about "still having muscles like a horse" .... I have to chuckle because I recognise MTBaaisikilist from 3 towers last year..... and then I remembered what I thought when I saw him..... I said to myself that dude is gonna K@K up the hills..... I would be happy to race against anyone with his bulk regardless of how much steroids they take, because that bulk don't roll up hill so easy. Anyways no insult meant to you Barry, just commenting on really stupid comment.
  2. I see the "Please help a lady" thread survived ........ tenacious.
  3. I use them, they are fantastic, best bang for your buck bibs in my opinion. Have some mates that ride with them too and they agree.
  4. My 2c worth - As Dangle said, cops not doing their jobs properly in enforcing the law, especially w.r.t taxi's. Also, as cyclists we are not doing our cause much good. Every time I get on my bike I ride past guys who are riding 2 or more abreast, or 2 abreast with a 1m gap in between them. And if you politely remind them to ride more to the left you are generally greeted with hostility. Maybe if more cyclists out there politely chastised offending cyclists the peer pressure would help correct the attitudes / behavior of the cycling community at large. 1 part of the equation solved? Also, when I'm out on the bike now, and a car stops at an intersection while I have right of way, instead of riding on head down because it was my right of way anyway, I give a courteous thank you to the motorist. I figure, trying to improve motorist/cyclist relations can't hurt the cause.
  5. Now this sounds exciting!!!
  6. Thanks.... can't believe I missed that
  7. Anyone got a route profile on the ultra route? Or a profile of the Marathon and the half as these two make up the Ultra route. Thanks
  8. RANT - don't like that the home page now has an advert where the forum feed normally is. Anyone agree?
  9. Yep had this on day 3 of 3 towers this year, riding down a 4 km off camber singletrack decent was no joke! Lost 1km on my partner, couldn't keep my bike in a straight line!
  10. http://app.strava.com/activities/20051669#360388626 Sabie mamba. Not so fond memories!
  11. Ok joined!
  12. Flagging takes effort, get notification emails almost daily lately of lost KOM,s to guys going up 7% gradient climbs at 80km/hr!
  13. Love strava, best ap ever, but......don't love some of the newbies; So in the interest of promoting peace and love in strava land, I thought I would take it upon myself to put together a few pointers on using strava (for the newbies out there with errr let's say less time to think things through properly) 1. When you finish your rides press "stop" on your garmin device BEFORE getting in your car 2. If you forget to do so, and its ok, it happens, do NOT upload your ride file....... Why? Because you screw up the leader boards on every climb that you have driven. Rant off, thank you.
  14. https://www.bikehub.co.za/classifieds/category/35-race-entries/ Keep watching this space, closer to the time there are ALWAYS entries advertised, sometimes at a discount.
  15. Flat and fast and yes.
  16. Convince yourself of this one thing and you will be fine.... hurt is your best friend.
  17. www.cyclelab.com/race entries / road events
  18. Liking the idea of a longer route. curious about the N3 part....
  19. I hope the driver gets charged with manslaughter and does time. And I sincerely hope that he gets to share a cell with bubba. So tired of having to live our lives with such selfish idiots. Society will be better off without this idiot.
  20. Bottom line - we should all make an effort to ride closer to the LHS of the road!! Seriously all you guys flaming the StevieL for having the audacity to name and shame a few guys riding unsafely, its that kind of attitude on the bike that will leave your wives as widows some day. It's also this kind of attitude that makes motorists our enemies. No matter how tough or opinionated you are, you ain't no chuck norris and you WILL lose when a car hits you. But hey, ride how you want to, as for me, I'll avoid playing chicken with cars.
  21. Better get that climbing training going asap!
  22. Eish
  23. Did the Sabie Ultra last year, figured (hoped) it can't be worse than that
  24. Thanks
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