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No worries I bought three of them- very excited!!

Not that this is news, but spent my Friday morning very productively after i spotted this (obviously dodge deal on Gumtree) buy three Trance SX 27.5's for R30 000, yes please. Alas- our Lim(paw-paw) seller didn't keep track that the internet never forgets (ps add is placed from Cape town, yet the selling company responds in email and phone from Limpopo- and they are actually registered as a company.... Told you i was bored) Exhibit A: http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-sports-bicycles-fitness/century-city/3-2014-giant-trance-x-advanced-27-5-xtr/1001087122590910213809009 Exhibit B: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2014-GIANT-TRANCE-27-5-SX-LARGE-DEMO-PERFECT-ENDURO-MTB-5-5-FULL-SUSPENSION-/331112640062 A dime a dozen.

Cycle the Delvera routes, jump over the R44 and peddle the route over Delheim, Muratie and Knorhoek- done, so save yourself R220 entry and the absolute mayhem of trying to find parking anywhere close to le bonheur on the Sunday.

What is Momsens & Specialized frame guarantees like?

I shaved 4 seconds of my Jonkershoek climb PB by not partaking in this conversation and actually cycling. (Kidding, my PB's are so slow the garmin shows hours instead of minutes, never mind seconds) Lighten up guys, there are seriously way worst things happening in the world than being touchy feely about "what i find offensive" also a healthy dose of keep a guard in front of your mouth (keyboard) will also go a heck of a long way, if you feel the urge to take a low blow at someone else, rather ask yourself "am I going to feel better after pressing submit". If so - go for a ride instead or buy a punching bag, you obviously have unresolved issues to sort out. Happy trials or whatever else it is you ride on.

Not sure if half of their site is still 2013 info with some 2014 in between- but the maps on the website www.mtbchallenge.co.za still indicates Boschendal. @Skubarra, i am sure you are 100% correct on entry

Eventually got a response from the media@ email but they said- not our problem, ask the info@ guys.... Not instilling a lot of confidence.

Does anybody have info on when they will actually start accepting entries- the site only says, online entries open January 2014... Well its January 2014.... Also the info email address doesn't work, so no joy getting a answer.

I owe someone a bomb and 29er tube.... If you are listening. Drop me a pm. Hot as hell (plenty of waterpoints though) and 5 flats later, i made it to the finish.

Yikes. Canoe time

Its a bit of drive to hear its not happening, tough call by the organizers to make. Lots of factors to weigh up and safety probably top of the list.

Did the organizers indicate that a call will be made?

Hey guys if someone knows who Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat is, please sponsor him a optometrist visit. When the light is red - it means you wait, especially turning right from Lourensford str onto Main road, only 4 lanes crossing that intersection. We are quick to go ballistic about cars but it goes both ways.

Didnt have the nuts for the 57, so settled for 38. Some serious chain sucker mud patches but course looked in fine shape after all the rain last few weeks. There was a bit of a issue at 29km mark, route markers were basically non existing, one black arrow to left and from there..... We couldn't find much or to deliriously tired to see anything! I'll be back next year for sure, 57 is wicking.

The super wide angle does make the positioning almost fool proof, except when its so wide you catch brake and gear cables hovering around!! Agree on changing settings though, those gopro buttons are stubborn and taking it out if the case each time. @Michael remember to check what your default settings are before filming... Had one to many shots which I believed should be great ones turning out to be a time lapse series of photos...

I have the black edition and running the app on iphone, in all honesty as nice as the app is, its more a useful tool to "see" if your camera mounting is rght. For remote use, rather spend the cash and buy the go pro remote.

Tongue in cheek, will probably be raining (again) "dry" as in nothing around

What a crock of .... When you have so called experts making statements based on biased research. Seriously they determined 3.5 % of cancer was caused by moderate alcohol intake??? Would love to see that data. On weight gain, some simple back of the envelope math blows a few holes. 7 calories per 1 gram of alcohol ( 1,27 ml = 1 gram ( second thing alcohol does not "drink" other liquids, its chemical make up just makes it less dense, like carbon dioxide is more dense than oxygen) ) so a 13.5 %wine will give you 13.5ml of alcohol per 100ml serving = 10.6 g of alcohol. So 375 ml ( half of bottle of wine will give you ) 39.75 grams of alcohol or 278.25 calories. Well, chow 100g of chickpeas - 440 calories or plain youghurt 186, 100 grams of Nutella... A sweet 2240 calories. Seriously guys two teaspoons of sugar and 2 slices of bread delivers more crappy sugar to the system half a bottle of wine. Stuff like this drives me to drink.

It seems like a dry weekend for doing a race this weekend, as Val de Vie got postponed. Any other 40 to 60km races this weekend in the Cape Town / Boland area?

Man, I wish tomorrow was Friday!!

Is it not verboten by admin to have more than one hub handle.... OP seems very familiar with the Hub and where to post his / her gripe. Just asking.

Make sure you do this just before your Strava segment, then hoof it!!

After 13 years of use you have a solid case for trademark & intellectual property right to the name, (if not the route of the race itself! ) Sure there must be few legal eagles in your cycling club. Excuse my ignorance but why does a race need to be endorsed by CSA?

http://www.outsideonline.com/news-from-the-field/Report-Outlines-Corruption-at-UCI.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweet

A bit of a 180 degree on topic, but how do you guys deal with fellow cyclists disregarding road rules at will? Seriously guys, not a single day goes by when I dont see guys cruising through Stellenbosch with complete disregard for road rules. Turning left at intersections on red, jumping stop streets whole sale, riding up one ways you name it. Sunday morning had three guys going over the R44 intersection on red at Mercedes garage, the car in front of me drove up to them 500 m down the road and obviously voiced his opinion about their stupidity, two of them flipped him a bird off the bat and the third laughing. Making it more embarresing the guy had his 1.5 m sticker on and a Thule stacked with bikes- a fellow cyclist telling them its not on. And getting told bugger off!