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  1. Keith, Powertap is expensive. It is a power meter. You should definitely try and get a comp with a cadence sensor. Sigma have an entry level one. Alternatively Cateye is also very good.

     

    If you want max info, go for the Garmin edge 350. Great if you are an info junkie. You can then download all ride data to your computer, shows heart rate, cadence, gradient, speed etc.
  2. I agree with ML. My Garmin 305 gave my time as 3:01:45 and the WT time was 3:02:03. The reason for the difference is becuase I stopped when my chain came off on Suikerbossie (could not click it back in and completely lost momentum) and there is also the delay between when the group starts and you actually start moving in beginning of the race.

     

    Regarding your battery, get it checked out. I ahve had my unit for 1 year and only replaced the battery once.
  3. Stupid winning time... they've got me a minute slower than I had on my garmin... oh well... 347/28669. slightly better than last years 5313/28641

     

    Same happened to a buddy of mine with a Garmin

     

    The Garmin loses sattelite connection for a bit of time around chapmans peak and thus does not time for that period so your riding time is less by a minute or so.

     

    Thats why you need to get a polar.Smile
       Tell your mate that is what the magnet is for. Ensures that the Garmin continues to record when satelite signal is lost.
  4. 2 observations:

     

    1. You now stay on the highway and go all the way round on to the M2 and off at Simmonds street

    2. They have taken out that horrid little road before the dome (steep sucker with a billion potholes). Now you go straight from Witkoppen onto Hans Strijdom completely bypassing Boundary road
  5. This morning whilst out on the tandem we saw a Taxi driver throw a bag of rubbish into the grass. I accosted him and he picked it up...... maybe only to dump it somewhere else!!!!! ...... but we need to to cjange our own mindsets and start FIGHTING BACK!!!!!!!!!
    Looked up the word accosted:

     

    ac?cost  http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif  http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/speaker.gif   (ə-k?st', ə-kŏst')  Pronunciation Key 
    tr.v.   ac?cost?ed, ac?cost?ing, ac?costs

    To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

    To solicit for sex.

    Now since we have to assume that you did not ask for sex, you are very brave to speak boldly or aggressively to a taxi driver.

     

    They must make you okes tough in NigeriaLOL
  6. Be carefull of Bruce's' date=' Club 100 and Cyclelab as they do not stop at robots or 4-way stops. When I am in their territory I normally stop at all crossings ..... even if there is no regulatory signs.[/quote']

    STRONGLY DISAGREE!

     

    Cyclelab marshalls on the saturday rides have been instructed to stop at every red robot and we do. In the past when the groups were smaller, then there was a tendency to quietly ignore red robots but now that does not happen.

     
  7. I dont know... i think i am going to have to take that award from you.

     

    My road bike is in the shop so I took my dikwiel out for a spin. Met up with Latrinus emmer and cycled through to GB. Stopped @ petrol station to change tube with 3 punctures. Ok' date=' so there goes my spare tube. I noticed that my back wheel was a bit flat, but rideable, so i rode back to the LBS where i noticed my front wheel was flat as well. So I replace front and back tubes (2 more tubes down the drain). 3 duiwels in the front and 4 in the back. Was going to catch up to latrinus and ride to stel with him, but by the time i got to lord charles, i noticed 9 more duiweltjies in my front and back wheels. fortunately i live about 2km from lord charles hotel so i just sprinted home. 2 more tubes down the drain. In the space of 90mins i just wasted 5 tubes...

     

    Told you i win Angry
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    Dang..I think you are the new frontrunner lol. Now I feel better knowing God hates someone else more than he hates me   lol

    Thats because you changed religions twice. You need to pick one and go with it LOL
  8. Given the topic of this thread, I thought you were going to say 208 punctures (that would be 3.467 punctures every minute).

     

    Then I read it and now the question is - Just how fast do you ride????

     

    In one hour you rode 50km, got 12 punctures, drank 2 lattes, blacked out , walked 2 km and changed religions twice. IMPRESSIVE!
  9. You guys are off the topic. Ok' date=' let's ask it slightly differently.

     

    If you currently had a 7.4kg non-top-of-the-range-frame (but excellent stiffness) set-up would you rather choose to lighten the frame or other components on the bike such as pedals, cranks, wheels, etc?
    [/quote'] I would chose to lighten the rider - could do with losing about 2 kgs LOL
  10. That is the nice thing about being shelled by you fast guys up Jan Smuts. By the time I get to Marie road I am on my own anyway so I stop although I ahve to admit, it is almost imposible to stop at the intersection of Sandton Drive and Grayston.

     

    What do you do there?
  11. Problem solved Clap. Found a company called BIKE MIGRATION. They will transport the bike to the Argus by CLOSED truck, you do not need to dismantle your bike, they are parking at Greenpoint Stadium (same as the others) AND......they only cost R525.

     

    This is a small premium over SAA but you dont need to keep driving to the airport (SAA have to drop your bike off before saturday and you can only get your bike some time later the next week), no dismantling and packing up of the bike, bike is placed back in the truck at the finish line etc.

     

     

    Just booked my bike and there are only 20 more spots available.
  12. smileys/smiley7.gif" align="absmiddle" alt="Angry" /> I'M NOT NOT ANTI RED. Some of my best friends are red.I mean what I said! It really does look fast.

     

    Some of your best friends are RED??!!

    So how are PAPA SMURF & Rudolph?! ???? Papa smurf is BLUE

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