Chris Willemse

What has CSA done in the last 2 years for cycling in SA? Nothing although I must say that the Tour of SA was only endorsed by them. They came to chat to me a few months ago and asked me to help them with the Tri Nations track event. I gave them a price and have not heard anything back from them again. What has Greg Till done for cycling SA except maybe a few free trips abroad.

Dear supporters and clients. The draw for the V W Vivo competition has been delayed to the 19th November. The reason is that we are planning to open a new MTB track as well as a track for kiddies on the 19th November. Sorry for keeping you all waiting another few days but we would like it to be another great day for all of you.

Hallo 101SCC Thanks for your question. Coffee Republic is new in SA and we are the 1st cycle store to have them on our floor. We have just done a deal whereby they will have space on or new CWC online kit and we will soon make an announcement regarding more sponsorship from their side. Hope that this is what you wanted to hear from our side.

Ja indeed a sad day for SA cycling. Hendrik is one of the few okes who tried to do something but without enough support. I can recall a few years ago, only about 2 or 3 years we had a few people on the Hub bad mouthing Sylvia Dale about money been misused ect ect. Sylvia won her case with cost in court. The CSA at that stage were financially strong with road teams going abroad and track teams coming to SA every year.I believed that CSA had no bond on their office / house in Table View. So they got rid of Sylvia and what is the end result: 1. I believe that they now have a bond on the property in Table View. 2. Hardly any teams representing CSA abroad. 3. No more Tri Nations for the track cyclist. I can go on and on. CSA is only going one way and that is down. They did not even had the guts to announce that they were wrong and that they lost the case. They had to pay Sylvia plenty , money that could have been used for the benefit of the cyclist. We lost Sylvia and now she has a great big job at SA Gymnastics. So sad that those who worked her out does not have the balls to say YES we were wrong.

Let me close this chat from our side. We as one of the biggest Scott dealers in SA do our best to get the product in time. What can we do if Scott SA [ Probike } do not get their order as promised from overseas ? What pressure can we put on them? Cancel our order? That will not help us at all nor will it help you. They are only in the hands of the supplier abroad and so is Cannondale and some other brands as well. We do allot of imports from abroad and sometimes our orders get postponed for weeks just saying sorry products delayed. Now the good news. Please pop in at our shop and I will buy you a nice cup of coffee from our new Coffee Republic coffee shop that is opening tomorrow. I am sure that you will understand it better after chatting to me personally.

Hallo IBruegge Thank you for this mail. Let me assure you that you are not the only client in SA that is disappointing in not getting his or her Scott bike. We get information from the local rep when certain bikes will arrive in SA. [ That is with other brands such as Cannondale ect as well] We then place our orders and if possible pre sell them to our clients. We normally take a dep as well, unless the client does not want to give us a deposit. The next is we will get a mail from Scott telling us when the specific models will be in SA and believe me Scott is on the ball with this information. They always keep us informed about which model is coming when. We have ordered 29er and were told that it would be here as promised. Believe me the competition is so strong out there between the different wholesalers and dealers that I can assure you that all of them is upset if the bikes does not arrive as promised from abroad. They are also only in the hands of the component suppliers. We have the same problem with 29ners from Cannondale. Bikes that would have been here end of September has been moved to end October and yesterday we heard that it has now been moved back to December. I ca only apologize for not getting you your bike but we are only in the hands of the wholesaler who is depending on someone else again. Hope that you will understand our frustrations as well.

Call your number one ONLINE Store in SA. I will make sure that you get the best deal. My personal number is 083 6404823 .

Sorry for all the long wait BUT you will not be sorry. We are going to keep the pressure and will do our best to bring all prices down from time to time. What you seen here is nothing compare what we are planning.You the cyclist are going to be the winners.

Swift 01. What shorts do you need. Sms me on 083 6404823 and I will see what I can do for you.

We are going to the Euro bike show again starting on the 31st August until the 3rd September. We will again take some stunning photos everyday. Follow us on Facebook. Click here CLICK HERE FOR OUR PAGE to view the latest products for 2012 We will also place some photos on the hub as well but not all.

Happy birthday jnr. Mag hierdie vir jou sommer n lekker en suksesvolle dag weees. Gee so bietjie ekstra " verjaarsdag" specails vir jou klieente vandag. Van almal by CWC

We will only do trade inns , but will also sell bikes on be halve of clients.

Just a bit of info. We will be having a section for good 2nd bikes at our new "Mega" store opening during September. Keep your money. You will not be disappointed at all.

Eddy Merckx - Tour de France winner - Son Axel - also road the Tour de France Stephen Roche -Tour de France winner - son Nicolaas also rode the Tour de France Francesco Moser - World champion has a son who was also a top international cyclist Patrick Sercu - best 6 day rider ever and world champion s few times has a son as a cyclist. SA Riders: Tony Impy and his son Daryl [ Springbok ] Hennie Wentzel with sons Rudolf [ Springbok ] and Conraad Myself with son Chris [ also Springbok ] Rodney Fowler with his son Wayne Fheifer with a son [ Also a Springbok ] Then we have many ex cyclists who have sons such as : Andy Theron - former Springbok Martin Stockitt - former Springbok Herman Kroff Jannie Brand Jannie V den Berg - Rapport Tour winner and Springbok also has a son - former Springbok Ag man - I can go on and on.

Hallo UDXCOB Yes we were in Stanhope road many years ago. The shop was managed by me old partner Micheal Rabbits who now lives in Australia. We were is Durban road close to the station in the late 80.

Azonic You will let me have a heart attack with your heading. Jnr called me and told me to read the Hub about our shocking service. I immediately called all the sales staff to my office telling them about the neg article on the hub - even before I read it. Then I opened the hub and saw the heading. Start reading and then everyone started to laugh and caught me like a sucker. Azonic are you going to pay for my heart operation? Thanks for the compliment. We strive NOT only to give good prices BUT also the best service.

We all new that Raleigh has spend a lot of money in marketing the "Raleigh" brand in the days when they were sponsoring a pro team in SA.That never paid of . Then lately we learned that Peter Miller and Brandon Els sold Pro Bike to Scott International. What a brave move by Peter and Brandon. I can assure you all that Brandon knows exactly where he is going too.He is very clever - one of the few accountants in the cycle industry that I know who became a successful M.D. of a company. I am looking forward to the new name in the industry and is sure that who ever is going to take the Raleigh brand will have a hard time in making money.The okes from Pro bike have years of experience in buying bikes abroad and supplying the chain stores in SA with bikes. Good luck to the new owners of Raleigh in SA. I think that who ever you are you need much more that good luck.

It does not matter if we import it. We carry the same guarantee as the manufacturers. Our suppliers abroad is the official agents or distributors of the products that we import. We just replace it and they replace it again in our new shipments.

Chris Willemse Cycles and Online will be closed on Friday 6 Th May from 13.30pm until 15.30 due to the sudden death and funeral of our father and grandfather , Maans Willemse. My dad passed away on Sunday 1 st May and the funeral will take place in the N G Church in Vasco Boulevard tomorrow.

Hi Hubber We received a massive SixSixOne Shipment, all the latest 2011 stock! Keep a eye on our site throughout the day!

Well done JJ. Last years road training ride was well organized and I am sure this one will be just as good if not better.The feedback was magic. Good luck. How many riders are you planning to take on this training ride?

Hansom Cycles was started by Gotty Hansen and Ettiene Somerjay. They started their plant in Cape Town in the late 60 and eventually moved to Alberton when they were bought out by Peugeot. They then bought it back and moved to Babelegi. Gotty built most of the bikes those days such as Hansom, Zini, Peugeot, Le Turbo ect. Most of SA riders were on his products such as Alan van Heerden, Ertjies Bezuidenhout, Alan Dipple, Mark Beneke, Gary Beneke, Jannie van der Berg, Robbie Mc Intosh, Willie Engelbrecht all Rapport Tour winners and most of SA champions like Wayne Pheifer, Hennie Wentzel, Robbie Dale,Martin Stockit, Johny Koen and even myself. ect ect. It was a fantastic bike winning the most titles in Sa of all makes ever. 2 Great guys that done a lot for cycling in the early years.

Thank you all. Helmets will be fantastic.Lou Zealand please try and help me getting helmets for these children. It will be great to give them each a helmet.

We have just given the 1st 10 cycles that has been donated by Chris Willemse Cycles and Mauritsio Fondriest [ Fondriest Cycles } to the Attie van Wyk School in Durbanville. On the photo from left to right is/ :Mr Hans Lukas - Head master,Melanie Willemse - Head of Marketing at CW Cycles, Divan Serfontein, former Springbok rugby player and now Marketing director of Cipla and myself from CWC. Another 2 schools will receive during the course of cycles next week and we will keep you all informed who the lucky schools are. Thanks for all the help and support so far.

We at Chris Willemse Cycles would like to wish all the riders a safe and wonderful Argus Tour 2011.May this be your best tour ever and for those who are doing there 1st ride - Good luck. Then for those who have to return home again after the race - be careful and drive home safely. Thank you all for your support and our record braking day at the expo yesterday. Jissy, you okes and girls can spend. Please pop in at out stands and come and say hello to Jnr and myself. We also have a nice stand and please come and meet Mauritzio Fondriest on his Fondriets stand. What a nice and down to earth guy. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE A SAFE RIDE