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  1. Shebeen
    That's a lot of low numbers. He's contracted for the next season still, which kid of points towards them throwing him to the tour, hoping they hold him back from the TDF this year as the french are really good at hyping and ruining their best GC riders. - hope he has an agent that has a long term plan in mind and doesn't chase $$$$ now.
  2. Shebeen
    He hasn't logged on the forum since that thread, but it must be time for the next installment of the The Secret diary of Adrian @Mo79, aged 13 and three quarters:
  3. Shebeen
    I can just imagine the mental jeopardy! I've done it during FC. It wasn't really that bad and that was after riding from PA. Fresh start would be maklik!
  4. Shebeen
    Includes 10 GT and 15 Classics DNFs. Oke was a total quitter! (Tongue in cheek)
  5. Shebeen
    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.
  6. Shebeen
    Which is great, was useful information.
  7. Shebeen
    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!
  8. Shebeen
    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.
  9. Shebeen
    @Also-oldschool - any update here? originally it was said that kids would go to copshop on monday - did that happen? PPA get anywhere either?
  10. Shebeen
    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.
  11. Shebeen
    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)?
  12. Shebeen
    19 years later.... If i understand that it means no more cycling at the velodrome, but vygieskraal gets some two wheeled love
  13. Shebeen
    Oh hell! How close did you come to going up die leer rather?!
  14. Shebeen

    RASA 2026

    Shebeen replied to Shebeen's topic in Events

    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.
  15. Shebeen

    RASA 2026

    Shebeen replied to Shebeen's topic in Events

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

    Give it a TRI

    Shebeen replied to Beesrib's topic in Multisport

    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/
  17. Shebeen
    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.
  18. Shebeen
    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
  19. Shebeen
    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.
  20. Shebeen
    Only saw this now. How about laying the charges at ocean view SAPS? It's most likely where the kids are. It's more than one kid assaulted here so nothing stopping multiple complaints by parents. Also, I'm in the area so have seen the groups often. Were any of the adult riders on the scene, if so did the driver go for the adult too or just vloek at the kids? I'm guessing you got there after it had happened.
  21. Shebeen
    not really, the only beer I don't pay for is the stuff I make in the garage!
  22. Shebeen
    YES!!! but it's surely two ends of the spectrum. A)you get a pro athlete - Gerda. she has nice adidas sponsorship but delivers podiums and this sells shoes. this has always been the case and the industry has evolved into this relationship. B)The you get a fitness/wellness angled person trying to improve themselves and run side hustle "business" through instagram. they appeal to the netflix bound folk and hopefully go on a journey from couch to 10km. Adidas sends them shoes and they do a post and boom, if 0.5% of the 30k followers go purchase a pair of three stripes then they just sold 149 shoes than they gave away. Gets problematic when the two worlds collide, and B thinks they are A - and gives out crap advice that is lapped up. Or marketing dept sees more bang for buck throwing cash at B and A and that's the budget done, sorry we can sell you some stuff wholesale? Also while I'm jealous i don't get given much free stuff, I'm really comfortable I don't have to be a brand whore and sell an image to get it.
  23. Shebeen

    RASA 2026

    Shebeen replied to Shebeen's topic in Events

    sweeeeet! ja....but. look at a snapshot on the Race around Rwanda field. hopefully this kicks off big time. I suspect quite a few of this years riders will be munga alumni so let's see what they say as the better event (granted this is quite a bit longer)
  24. Shebeen
    looks cool, but not exactly a novel idea. i can remember these from the 80s
  25. Shebeen
    ok, running is not your scene so apologizing in advance for the mansplaining. Action photos AI* was not required here. Two oceans half is essentially the biggest 21km field in the country, The winner gets R50k. Even the 7th placed phantom runner would have got R6k. This is handed out that evening at a gala dinner at event sponsors Southern Sun. So when an unheralded runner with a temp license (and a father who is a springbok rugby player) with a half marathon PB of 1:59 suddenly runs a 1:24 and comes in the money and (in the top 120 of all finishers) it raises plenty of eyebrows. this was even on the headline radio news today, this boytjay is surely now regretting not holding back a little bit. *Action photos AI is from temu anyway, they still don't have my argus photos!
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