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Currently they're still at the bottom of the PRT pile as it's their first season, so might still take another year to build up some points. crucially there are 4 spanish teams and 3 italian ones here, so hard to get those invites.

Which is great, was useful information.

sure, you saying they're legit means a million times more for me than what their website does. By contact details I should have been more specific. an email means nothing to me, if i was more invested I could have called. if they have a physical address that can be verified to be n actual business then I'd be happier. The instagram has been active since dec, but not linked from their site - weird. Any online store i want to be able to go find some Ts and Cs with an actual CIPC registered company on it at a minimum. if there's an actual person, i'll go look them up on linkedin and see if they list this company as their workplace. but ja, pogi shoes for R10k - guys let us know how it goes!

You'd have to be stark raving mad to spend money on a shop with no track record, contact details or physical address. Looks like a clone of this international brand. https://mbocycling.com/pages/about-us i would ask them first before clicking on anything you fancy.

@Also-oldschool - any update here? originally it was said that kids would go to copshop on monday - did that happen? PPA get anywhere either?

Apart from AH at the upcoming Giro, I do wonder who the next SA rider will be to do a grand tour? main cheese did giro/vuelta last year, and 20 in total. before that gibbons/de bod did a GT in 2024. take your pick from this list, this might be the last time for a long time we have a rider at a grand tour.

I'm a little confused, a second thread on it is lank helpful too....is @SoloCyclist the original owner, who crashed it and insurance took it off him (only to put it back into circulation)?

19 years later.... If i understand that it means no more cycling at the velodrome, but vygieskraal gets some two wheeled love

Oh hell! How close did you come to going up die leer rather?!

Drikus is on his way to finish RASA now. has had some fun in the rain, very grateful for my non leaking Cape town roof this past weekend. Being 250km+ in the lead, he has been able to chill a but. was doing 14-16 hour days moving time only. Going to paraphrase a message from Mike Woolnough, who has done it all. good perspective to follow.

I assume SAfricans are considered international (discounts for east africans only). It's EUR270. so hardly a barrier. anyway enough said about that!

7:42...well the quick guys went quick. this oke makes us normal people look bad. just did the epic and now klaps ironman win https://www.instagram.com/matthewdmarquardt/reel/DPThvFcDbMo/

okee dokee, we're going down this road. If one has an opinion and it is respected then anything they say can be considered to be influential. but the term "influencer" in social media context is anyone who has an online platform and is supported by companies that get promoted on this platform. It can be free merch, actual $$$ or just a way to be associated and then increase the reach. obviously one can be both. I would consider you to be influencers ubder the broader term. That is not a bad thing, if you identified as this your main employment then it's really hard to keep it balanced and fair. ok, thanks for spelling it out. But if you really consider me as a "social media influencer" I'm really not doing it well. but you do make a good point, my wife might stop moaning about me buying all these fancy pricey beers if I told her that I'm an influencer and it's for my followers. Will try that.

saw the latest vid suggestions - bit more commentary on where/what you're riding. bit random going through the swartland if you didn;t know much about filthy fondo then you'd be confused. also, what drone do you use. it is a drone, right, to get pics of yourself actually riding. during a race? fancy

if you're referring to the IG post, that's a running/cycling blogger so probably just her pushing the story to her wider circle. Not sure if this is fair request but @andretraut is potentially one who could provide more information from the SAPS side of the story.