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Official Newsflash From SAOU MEDIA STATEMENT ISSUED BY DR JOPIE BREED, PRESIDENT OF THE SAOU ON 19 AUGUST 2010 SAOU TO PARTICIPATE IN INDUSTRIAL ACTION The Standing Committee of the SAOU resolved on Thursday, 19 August to participate in industrial action with effect from Monday, 23 August until Thursday, 26 August in the form of rolling mass action. The industrial action will culminate in the participation in mass marches in the nine provinces on Thursday, 26 August 2010. All members are requested to show solidarity with each other and the other trade unions. The SAOU decided on this drastic step after 87% of members rejected the State’s latest offer of a 7% general salary adjustment and a R700 pm housing allowance after conducting a ballot among members. The nine provincial structures of the SAOU will each decide on the nature and extent of the industrial action at the provincial level and information in this regard will be communicated at a later stage. With this decision the SAOU shows solidarity with the decisions of the Independent Labour Caucus regarding the rejection of the latest offer. Note was also taken of reports of an increase in planned intimidation and violence in an attempt to disrupt schools. School governing bodies are requested to monitor the risk of intimidation and the possible injury of learners and education personnel. Should there be a reasonable risk of intimidation and injury, the best interests of learners and personnel should be borne in mind and not to attempt to keep the school open at all cost. The SAOU also records its absolute condemnation of the actions of the members of other unions who make themselves guilty of the damage of property and the intimidation of learners and education personnel at schools. The flip side of the coin regarding the insistence on labour rights, goes hand in hand with certain responsibilities, and in this case, respect for the rights of learners and other education personnel. In the event that perpetrators find it difficult to honour the rights of other persons, their rights must unfortunately be limited. The SAOU trust that perpetrators will be identified and that the law will run its full course. Barbaric actions as that which have been witnessed during the last week, can no longer be tolerated.

You're right about sliding on the coat tails of clever. The dept has even officially admitted the failure of that new education program. Tut tut. Off my high horse.

Its pretty clear that most of you don't know any high school teachers (let alone ones that work hard) I'm married to a high school teacher who is government employed. Nobody at her school is striking, they have a proper work ethic and their responsibility is to the matrics and the other pupils, not their own pocket. Teaching is a calling. A noble endeavour that too few people (including a vast amount of local teachers) don't understand. If you become a teacher in this country, its not for the money, that I can assure you. Some teachers deserve increases, others definitely do not. Many people think teachers have lekker school holidays and such like, but alas poor me and my kids, mom has to present holiday classes for the reprobates that don't want to toe the line during class and pay attention. People in the public sector with my wife's qualifications would be appalled to know what a highly educated teacher gets for their many, many hours of mind breaking work. I have seen my wife go numerous times with NO sleep for 24 to even in excess of 48 hours before. The goats should be separated from the sheep in the education department and the rest of the country's parents should realise that education and discipline begins at home, not in the class. Children nowadays have 'rights' and you cannot send Joe Soap out the class for repeated disruptive behavior for more than 5 minutes because he has rights. What about the rights of the teacher to teach a class without wasting valuable teaching time on oxygen thieves?

Morning all. Having been on 29'er almost 4 seasons now, I have been rather vexed by the lack of available stock. It gives me great pleasure to announce the arrival and availability of Kona Hei-Hei 29, Hei-Hei Deluxe 29 and King Kahuna 29 on our floor. No matter if you are in Jhb or Cape Town, if you want to buy a great 29'er Kona and we have your size, delivery can be arranged (for a fee of course) King Kahuna HT 09 R21990 (has a Scandium frame that is 160g lighter than a Gary Fisher Superfly frame in medium) Hei-Hei FS 09 R23990 Hei-Hei FS 08 R22450 Hei-Hei Deluxe 09 FS R32990 Prices include VAT but exclude the likelihood that you will be able to believe that you can have a famous brand Fox equipped FS bike with XTR/XT for under R40000. Let the big wheels turn!

I've been on 29'ers since late 2007, am not tall, though I am taller than the Mouse. It would be imprudent to say that 29'er will cause 26" to become redundant, it just will not. There are way too many 26" bikes out there already and the cost for production of 29'ers is till too high compared to 26. This is in large part owing to demand. Last year I raced the National XC circuit aboard a 29'er full suss rig, weight was 10.9kg and it could have been lighter, but things get too dainty then. In no way was the bigger/heavier rig a detriment, not in the twisties, not in the climbs, and the bike loves singletrack. A 29'er is my weapon of choice. Any good frame designer would be able to "whip" together a good bike based on current ideas without having to ride the bike. The handling of a bike really boils down to mathematics/numbers for the front side. What the rear end does is another kettle of fish. Currently I am on a local brand's dual suspension 26" and its good, very good.So good actually that it cured me of being a bike snob, for the record, I thought that I was actually discerning, but call a spade a shovel. This company will also be entering the 29'er fray and I have seen the finished hardtail but not ridden it yet. It is a very good looking piece of engineering. Moreover, they will be bringing a 29'er duallie to the market too and that's the one I really want to ride. In total I think that there will be 7 models between HT and DS. With the laws on 29'ers competing in European races being changed now, the market will really start to open up. Most people won't buy what the pro's don't ride.

They used to in the good ol' days

The cables nowadays are so robust, that you are more likely to break your ergolever. Anyhow, very often cable drag is the culprit: Make sure that the shifter cable and housing is clean and lubed. If the casing needs replacement, you'll need to remove your bartape and put new casing on. If the casing is still good and smooth, not grittty, great. Next step, make sure that the bottom bracket cable guide has got lube on. Too often this little piece of plastic is ignored. I like to use Squirt lube for cables, it's really good. Using water as the solvent/carrier, it does not have any strong solvents that can damage plastic. Put everything together, tighten up and try it out. Don't forget to adjust the outer setscrew correctly to prevent the chain overshifting and falling off the outside of the cranks. Let me know how it goes.

In hindsight I can say that I enjoyed the ride. As far as I know, its always been 73/5km and not the advertised 85. I rode on a carbon hardtail 29'er and think it was great. After I blew sky high I was grovelling for my 29'er full susser. Too bad its in Europe right now. Early climbs were nasty, the rest was good, singletrack fantastic. BUT, I have my reservations about the structure....I'd like to see more mountain biking and less Epic-style, dirt road riding. But that's just being prissy. For me this ride was very hard, I'm only trained up for a max 2 hour mtb event and promptly heard a loud, double bang as I entered the famous singletrack. Turns out it was my legs....and my back....and my arms....and my brains got scrambled too from lack of suspension travel (or is it just me?) Finish time 3h12m

Well, actually there is a rule for that. SA law says that if you are riding on a public rode, then a cyclist must wear a helmet. Not sure where this puts all the labourers etc that cannot afford even a helmet. BUT, there's no credible excuse for the guilty guys spotted. Can say I always wear a helmet, but cannot point fingers on traffic light issues.

Like it says: 1) SRAM Top of the pile.

Good to hear. Silence = Sanity (for a bike ride anyway)

I agree with TechGuy. We've had experience patching damaged carbon frames, mostly mountain bikes and all had much bigger holes than what you've got, very close to the head tube too. All the bikes are still going fine, no troubles. Obviously, no guarantees are implied. PM me if you want the details.

After going through everything that the other posts have suggested, you may want to consider the following if your click has not been exorcised: Does the click happen whether you're sitting or standing? If it only happens when you are sitting, this could more than likely be a saddle/seatpost/seatpost-clamp or even seatpost/frame interface problem. All resolved by cleaning each part properly and applying some grease. Careful if your frame is carbon, you should rather use a carbon specific paste for the seatpost in the frame then. Grease causes the post to slip quite easily, whereas carbon paste has a very fine grit for extra grip. If the click happens both sitting or standing, it could be that your chainrings are a little dusty where they meet the crank spider. Remove, clean the spider and chainring tabs, apply a thin film of lube and reassemble and tighten. Finally, it could be your pedal bearings. Service or replace, whichever is needed. Make sure that the pedal threads and the shoulder of the pedal thread that tightens against the crank are well greased and tightened appropriately. Good luck. I have had a click that was a water bottle cage rivnut without a cage installed. The small amount of flex in the frame when pedalling was just enough to cause the rivnut to move and click each time. Tightening the screw in the rivnut fixed that.

Making everything fit in a fewer number of standard ways would not make the industry shut down. After all, you still have people make things that fit the same way, look different, use cooler or less cool tech to make and so forth. Bad example but, grips all fit on the same diameter bars, some are rank and others are middle of the road while others yet are way cool. As a singlespeeder onebynine, you must be aware of a miriad things that are singlespeed yet can fit almost every other singlespeed?

I think that the PC / Electronics industry has it right. Apparently its called an RTI or something like that, Refer To Trade. When they do have a new idea, they put it to the whole industry to get LOTS of informed opinions. That's why so much of the electronics world is PnP, Plug and Play. Why does the cycle industry not do this? Or are the informed opinions not those of the people that count?