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SwissVan

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  1. For the CE the costs end up being so much more, and if you are traveling from overseas it gets really silly expensive....hell i even went on holiday to the Maldives just to get an entry by entering from an exotic IP location like the Maldives šŸ˜.... factor in air travel with a bike, hotels, renting a car in ZA šŸ˜¢
  2. Increasing the cut off time for comrades from 11 to 12 hours in +/- year 2000 helps those stats, the majority of runners finish in that last hour, now they can do it a bit more "comfortably" Ultimately like Shebeen suggested, trying to compare the 2 is silly unless you've done both and even then it will be a personal opinion, me I'm far more comfortably cycling for 10 hrs a day for a week than running for 11 to 12 hrs in one day... my legs feel sore just thinking about.
  3. Jinna I dunno budā€¦ Those runners sitting in the Avis busses and those trying to make the various cut offs might disagree, whilst never actually been there myself I have followed friends and my SOH on the route for many many years and have seen first hand the stress and 1000 yard stares when you try cheer them onā€¦.. Iā€™ve done a CE at the back squeaking in on some stages just before the cut off, (and once even after the cut off (it was luckily extended) most of the time the other riders around you are still in good spirits, and bar technical issues know you can make it. Basically any cut off in any race is a B***H for someone. just wait until you have a broom-bus travelling at a fixed speed of 34kmh following youā€¦. Thatā€™s a tad unpleasant
  4. What Buff said, I doubt Burry or anyone meant it was the only race.
  5. Daryl Impey is a natural story teller and funny as hell, love his cycling videos
  6. IMHO If it aint broken donā€™t F*** with it. Replace it a week before CE and during the epic give it a clean and lubeā€¦ without removing it. Bicycle chains donā€™t just break, and when they do itā€™s usually down to human behaviour, excessive cross chaining or chain removal. Removing and installing a chain everyday is a recipe for failure, even when the work is performed by a professional mechanic. Rant over
  7. A year ago when lots of people entered not even sure if they would get a ticket...it seemed like a great idea. Unfortunately once you have entered and paid, its hard to take it back
  8. I think itā€™s Owen, it sounds like Owen. Iā€™m watching the actual Supersport Grandstand channel 201 through ipt tv
  9. Even when the sunshines, the temp is a nice 25 degrees, blue skies, a nice refreshing breeze blowingā€¦. You know those perfect daysā€¦. Thereā€™s will always be someone who will whinge that the weather is crap ( Iā€™m comparing the weather to the CE tv coverage). I'm sitting here at home in šŸ‡ØšŸ‡­ ( itā€™s a public holiday where I work) watching supersports live coverage listening to Gerald, Sabine and the doper ( šŸ˜‡) Owen, geez what is there to complain about??? Maybe Sabine could sound less German šŸ¤™
  10. About 10 years ago I suggested to my wife that we take up golf together because of this and also it was a sport we could do together without having to worry about one having to wait for the other like when we run or cycle. It turned out great and she constantly beats me, unlike running or cycling where I would beat her šŸ˜ Sheā€™s always bragging about how she started and finished with the same ball, unlike moi who has to carry a bag of spare balls in his golf bag
  11. Sooooooā€¦.. which club colours will you be striding out inā€¦..ie which club did you join?
  12. Weā€™ve been to a few different TDF stages (Monaco, Paris, London) and I prefer the start of a stage as you can stroll around all the team busses while the mechanics get the bikes ready and where the riders warm up on their rollers. We went to Monaco when LAnce was riding for Astanaā€¦. By pure flook we booked into the same hotel as LA and a host of other riders were staying in. My tip for anyone going is not take too many pictures of the actual racing, usually the pics come out quite blah and you miss seeing the riders. July is my birthday month and wifey has just this week booked us into a Monaco hotel very close to where the team busses will be parked for the start for the 2024 tour. Hopefully Vroomie and a few Saffas manage to find their way into the tour.
  13. I wonā€™t admit to years of riding for years with unwashed helmets, but I I do know where you coming from šŸ˜† Occasionally Iā€™ll take it into shower and give it a good shampooing Maybe the OP could try that with an anti itch (dandruff) shampoo? Even Mathieu vd Poel does if the Alpicin adverts are to be believed
  14. /\ THIS /\ and stay away from the same at the finish each dayā€¦. I still get nauseous thinking about those Woolies sandwiches they used to hand out each day. Try prepack your own food and snacks for each day, put some real food in your gut not just gelsā€¦.unless youā€™re used to living on gels When / if you get sick šŸ¤¢ REHIDRAT is your best friend, make sure you take enough sachets with for the whole week, if you donā€™t need them there will be someone who does and youā€™ll have a buddy for life.
  15. Luckily itā€™s 7 days and not a 365 challenge
  16. šŸ˜— did someone mention millions šŸ˜—
  17. I reckon anyone with blue skies like that and temperatures above the 20 deg C should have to do double the distance / 1000km. jealousy makes me honest šŸ¤™
  18. Iā€™ll raise you Wham Last Christmas sorri I canā€™t bring myself to post the video
  19. My pleasure I tried to donate enough to round it off to 20K, but fell a bit short with exchange rate conversion
  20. Itā€™s possible in Rouvy, as I recall there is an option where you can choose to ride with companions (not other real life people) but a computer generated image of other riders who circulate around you just like in a bunch, and you can choose to benefit from drafting. I think there is also the option to time trial against a cgi ā€œbotā€
  21. ā€œWe saw a whopping R237 million in sales proactively confirmed by users. Thats nearly R20 million a monthā€ Sooooo šŸ˜‡ How much does le bike hub make out of this?
  22. The funny thing is even though I could put out major power / speed if I wanted to, there were often other riders who were going much faster and impossible to keep up with. ā€œOnline dopingā€ is real
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