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I sense some competition here, time to get the Buggy comp onto the podium ceremony! (logistically impossible because it's already a long day)

well that's not some average dude coming from 1D, he probably would have been in the $ batch if he wanted to. Looks like he pulled two more along the way, kudos to them for hanging on to the beeftrain. Some people take their Argus finish SERIOUSLY, and if you're going to have seeding from races then it's not that hard to police it. If someone jumps ahead of their batch, the software will pick it up, just annul their result. even disqualify them. Make a scene and you will be able to stamp it out. Comrades takes this pretty seriously, it does of course have qualifiers that get ratified by your club. It is VERY embarrassing for the club to have a cheater exposed. Last Feb 2024, they said there is ZERO tolerance and we're serious about it. Did a bit of a cleanup, and banned 58 people for transgressions. Going on memory, I think they even gave you a window to withdraw before they named and shamed your ass so there was probably more initially fingered.. https://www.sabcsport.com/news/comrades-marathon-association-refunds-cheating-runners-due-to-fraudulent-information Then after the race, they got some tip offs. Some people got notice, those that didn't follow it got publicly named and shamed, don't come back next year! https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/kwazulu-natal-athletics-names-and-shames-comrades-marathon-cheats/ar-BB1pdXSa Argus has had similar issues, the Liss story early 2000s involved the ladies race winner not doing the full course. They also got very excited by a Borat outfit. I don't think they've ever done anything about batch jumping, or falsifying seeding going into the race. Moving from strict qualifying events only seeding to the whole season index has improved the quality of the batches as it rewards more recent performnce. It used to be that finishing in the top80% of your batch was enough wheelsucking to keep your start group for 2 years. The Ebike thing seems to have calmed down a bit, and the 3:50 is clearly the stick they use. This sort of thing is never going to be able to be policed, but on the road every knows you're a (read the shirt). Dad on his ebike dragging the kids up the hill, they weren't even pedalling. This is suikerbossie and after the new battery did the business up chappies first.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG9_leAKaEA/?igsh=ZTR4ZWMwcXg1bGll

Best suggestions for getting the bike park sticker and residue off back of phone? I have meths ready, but figure there might be a gentle option that is effective

It would be cool if there was a hand signal you could give to cyclists that indicated you were also cyclist, but currently driving your car.

Thanks for your perspective, amazing to see how a culture can change over a generation. *the bike touring trip(s) were amazing. I just didn't feel like it was a thing we could do here at the time, unless you were a cape to cairo type. It was an incredible way to visit BC/Alaska/Yukon territory. I wanted keep going. Happy to say we now have this happening locally and the options are endless.

Interested to hear your source!

I spent the summer of 2004 cycling this $25 Diamond back around Vancouver. Then I took it loaded to Alaska on this trip. I rode everywhere and experienced the start of bike culture being seriously embraced as a transport solution, separate lanes/traffic lights even vehicle restricted residential road routes (grid structure makes this easy). Putting your bike on the bike rack on the front of the public bus is an awesome way to unlock huge parts of the city. They do like their laws, but in my memory cycling was not policed like you describe above. Maybe this is a time warp for what 20 years of behavioral adaption does. I don't see vehicle drivers and cyclists locally working together in the future, we are at war. We don't need more rules, cynical me doesn't see traffic laws of any type ever being seriously policed in sunny south africa.

also didn;t see it, but law abiding cyclists need to do our best to stop this sort of thing. Guys are gonna be d#$%s, we don;t have to defend them if they are cycling, driving or on the internet. We need to call them out, and do it when we see it on the road. Any cyclist who reacts aggressively to a vehicle when there is no contact is a problem

great initiative https://www.instagram.com/p/DG260kWMRAO/

this! they must go jump in a lake

72hours out from raceday..conditions look partly cloudy and mild.

probably a slightly apples and lemons comparison, but ASA does seem to run the athletics calendar quite well. the road running races are well spread out and don't seem to clash within a reason, not even over a weekend. The trail running events then seem to fit in amongst themselves despite not being regulated.

This bicycle, called the "RELATIVITY Special", if pedaled at 90 rpm, is designed to travel faster than the speed of light. This is proven by a description of the gear ratios on the sheets seen on the wall behind it. One revolution of the pedals sends the bike 6 times around the earth. (It is part of the art exhibition "Circle of Time" that Pat Chirapravati curated now on display at California State University, Sacramento).

I don't think DSTV even knows if DSTV is covering it.

since this is where the chit chat is happening, i just removed the year from the topic title. I haven't followed it too much, but Beers looks like he's found another diesel to klap it for the Win again.

ma ha ha ha ha. you okes and your optimistic longterm forecast with 5% certainty factors. wait till 4 days out, if it is SE from sat to monday, then you know it will be SE on the day. just the time it picks up and severity will move. if not. wait till 48 hours out. no matter what, you still have to ride!

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bikes/797011/specialized-s-works over specced unicycle

don't ask!! Chappies strava segment. the fastest time set here not on Argus day sits in 170th position. BO'C on a DDT training camp ride. https://www.strava.com/segments/942035?filter=overall

these again

power combo.

i have not checked my messages for years So you used a spare/new number and could see an immediate deluge of spam calls? Good work, please name and shame the race organiser/entry system. In unrelated news, I had to use webtickets the other day to enter a race. They use your id number to fill in the date of birth/sex field - I support people who do their best to make things easier for you.

https://www.entries.thebicycleleague.co.za/info/league/about anyone playing?

Since we are in the 14 day window, it's time to post the 5% confidence factor weather predictions. Accuweather has a south Easter. Booyakasha

Imagine the guys at Grandstand are trolling him? Just took his money and he rocks up to the registration and they tell him he's not on the list. If I was one of the many, many people still owed money by this guy, then I'd kick up a fuss that he's now doing this very premium race and can no longer claim poverty. What he is done is bad for the industry and this is a public way to bring that all to a head. *Then again, maybe his lucky partner fronted up the cash and the mighty B has promised his share of the ticket for the past 6 months already, but you know "things have happened".