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I wonder if he shat himself on a downhill and had to use something else Claudia reckons they were cool guys so for me they are ok.

That would be the rather portly Mr Sheldon Bole from GN. He walked away with the 3000m pursuit title (respect)' date=' imagine what he would do if he weighed 10kg less [/quote'] He would weigh 10kg less if he did not spend every track meet on wednesday nights in Pretoria and most sundays training and assisting the GN development riders and having then to try and fit a little training into the time that he has left. Also hats off to TCS in making it possible for the GN development guys to go to the trackchamps the weekend.

I always went for normal cycling shorts until I bought a decent pair of Santini Bibs shorts while in Italy last year. Man I wish I had bought more. It has its challenges when you need to hit the brushes for a nature break, but being a bit of an exhibitionist helps a lot, there is nothing like standing under a tree in your birthday suite with your shirt hanging from a branch and your bib shorts around your ankles while the bunch rides away from you there will always be a later bunch. I tried Vaseline, Sshammy cream and all the rest but hey they are expensive or very greasy for actually nothing so I went to the Farmers co-op (the advantage of staying in Pretoria) and bought a huge tub of the cream they use on the udders of the cows before milking...now that stuff works and is a pretty pink color and smells great as well and you can use it on your scaly feet and legs

Hi Pixie. Dunno why you even asked the question here as you have the answer to everything else except what you actually asked. The rider must make contact with the manufacturers and maybe she can speak to them directly as I heard the same story you did probably from the same source. Just do not speak to the sales rep as that will give you even more waffle which you can do nothing with. I am just glad the rider in question is getting better again and at least moving around outside again. Myself and my old friend Backlash just realised how little we know about broken bikes and broken people that day. backup rider2009-02-12 07:38:21

mason who

Its a matter of supply and demand. its their box to do with what they like and if they would rather sell it than recycle or dump it then thats their choice..its also your choice to either pay for it or tell them thanks but no thanks and then get it from your LBS. My LBS supplied me three boxes for Argus without even batting an eye...so guess where I go for my cycling needs..and I may even forgive them a mistake or two that they might make

Sammajoor from 20 May to 11 June should give you enough time to complete the Bela Bela race, maybe you should extend your visit for another month to be able to complete the Kremetart. I hear your wife has put training wheels on your bike

maybe I am the freak of nature I always feared that i was. I have seen my fitness and endurance pick up in leaps and bounds as my running training increases - maybe its the weight that i have shed that has helped as well. But I really need to sharpen the bike skills more, maybe Prozac or one of those will relax me more and allow for higher speeds with the bunches

Jy sien nou' date=' jou naam is nie verniet 'backup rider' nie!!! [/quote'] Ek moet vang dat julle teen my "op gang" ek bring my Taliban Tjomme julle moet die leier ken Ossewa Ben Lategan dra jy ook nou al n lang wit rokkie..weet nie hoe jy hom gaan vasmaak op die fiets nie

Jy sien nou' date=' jou naam is nie verniet 'backup rider' nie!!! [/quote'] cause i always ride at the back. As ek eendag groot is gaan ek ook goed fiets ry... nou moet julle nog net n paar races saam met my kom hardloop

Hello sammajoor! Ek het gister lekker daar by tweety gekuier! Ek en backlash gaan tandem ry met die bela-bela....en ek kan nie deel wees daarvan dat ek my maatjie laat verloor nie... so julle twee sal maar moet sien wie stick die langste! Krokkie jy moet net oppas miskien gooi backlash die race want hy en sammajoor is mos dik pelle... ek sal maar agter julle ry en die stokke oorvat as ons sien hy begin met n trick... ons ken mos sy tipe

Jy het gese jy gaan k@k en jy het letterlik en figuurlik en hier k@k van die koue, Backlash jy moet jou reg hou vir die Bela Bela ek gaan 'n paar ondersteunings elemente benodig vir daai race ek en Tweety het R5000 op die race sal met jou deel as ek wen moet jy nie nog slaap nie...jy gaan so lank van n fiets af wees teen die tyd dat bela bela gery word dat jy geen clue gaan he van hoe die fiets werk nie. Ek dink ek gaan my by "camp tweety" skaar.....

Still not committing to the run then big guy not even 10km. So you going to go home with a 1/3 of the medal next year. I mean if Krokkie can amble home so can you. Its a wonder that her throat was not sore from all the talking on the route - thats probably why they had waterpoints after every kilometer

Ek self wil nie veel se van die Ottosdal draf en trap of wat ever nie dit was net een baie, baie lang dag. Krokkie vat n kans daar was geen laat slaap nie want sy het vroeg al ons kom wakker maak vir koffie. Ek het die 100km agter op die tandem begin totdat die pilot siek geword het en moes ek hom stilletjies neerle onder n gazebo by n waterpunt. En daar gaan ek met die hele tandem op my eie tot groot vermaak vir die res van die veld vie sowat 27km. Ek sweer ek was nog nooit so moeg in my hele lewe nie. Ek dink ek sal volgende keer net n paar parte van die tandem afhaal en daarmee hardloop tot die einde, dit moet makliker wees. Met die 10km het dit makliker gegaan al moes ek downgrade van die 21 vanwee bene wat nog sat was van daai swaar fiets rondsleep. Ingeval julle geworry het die pilot is opgelaai en hy het herstel (lesson learned do not race if you had a stomach bug a day before the race want dinges gaan jy dinges) Maar die ou geheue is kort vlogende jaar sal ek weer daar wees.

Hy is so bang vir hoogtes daarom slaap hy nie op sy pens nie. (Sorry ek Hijack willie se storie maar die samajoor het gepraat). Die agbare lid het my daarop gewys dat die Bakwena die volgende dag is en die kanse is goed dat ons n blou kol of ses gaan kry wat gaan pla die volgende dag

Hey from me too glad Willie is alright. Must say its a very tricky bit of road even without a truck trying to take you out. Motovia are the dudes that transport cars/trucks etc all over the country, its their car park you see on teh right on the way to the airport after Olifantsfontein. one would think their drivers would be a cut above the rest...guess not

I thought the sport of the cross section of memebrs posting on this site was the abuse of fellow persons known and unknown and that cycling was just something that some practised or take part in now and again. It will be heart warming to see some sort of order returned to what I am sure started out as a good idea to have people that shared the same passion (cycling - hopefully) sharing ideas, thoughts, experiences etc. If members say anything on this site they should be prepared to say it face to face to the person and/or bodies that they have a difference of opinion with. Now I do not say that we should be a bunch of choir boys and girls and not have a difference of opinion but lets at least vent it positively to uplift the sport. My grandmother would have said "julle kinders moet nou mooi speel"