Azonic

Epic fail in the making... For tips, start by reading the previous 20 pages,

I'm more scared of near sub-zero temperatures than the water levels. Last year was MOER cold.

Senuwees...

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Shot. Yesterday I did a group road ride on it. One guy next to me asks.... "So what brand is it?". Is that what we've been reduced to? What brand do you ride? People find it impossible to understand that you don't HAVE to ride a Trek, Merida or Giant to have a great bike. If you do some reading, you'll find that nearly all carbon bike frames come out of one of three factories in China. Giant, Trek and even Colnago come out of the same factory. If someone wants to spend R8k on a sticket kit, that's their problem.

So by that definition, TdF sprinters are lower than snake ****'s shadow? How many of Cavendish's victories came from breakaways? 0 maybe? Please.

Hey look, another 29er thread!!!

I know Burry had to play catch up, but I still think he laid it down way too soon. When he and Hose caught up he just should have sat there. He even moved up to 3rd wheel which was great, but half a lap later he moves into 1st which lasted no more than 10 seconds before being passed again. Energy wasted. Then in the rock garden he had a bit of a blunder, but caught up again, and went to the front again if I remember correctly? None of us are in the position to bad mouth anyone fitter than us, but I do believe he wasted energy that could have been saved just sucking wheel - waiting for the exact spot where Jaroslav attacked up the last climb.

It's bucketing down in PE

I used to be a firm believer of soaping the rimstrip and tyre bead up before installation. I'd do that, then bomb it with a compressor to be sure that the tyre will inflate. Then I deflate it, pop about 15-20cm of the tyre bead off the rim and chuck in the sealant. Pop tyre back and bomb it again till it inflates. When its semi hard, bounce the wheel on the ground while turning it with every bounce. job done. BUT. I sukkeled my ass off getting my 29'er tyres to seal on AM Classic Race 29 wheels with the AM Classic tubeless tape using the method above. What I do now is this... Pour a cap-full of sealant into a bottle cap, and I mean about 50ml. Take a small paint brush and literally paint the rimstrip with sealant, make it lekker wet. Its not a loss because it'll end up inside your tyre anyway. Put the tyre on now. When the tyre is flat and the beads are soft and possibly pushed against each other in the rim channel, paint the bead with sealant as well. In other words, the brush is now between the bead on the one side and the inside of the rim. Do both sides. Now bomb the tyre, mine took first time, and because the beads are wet (with sealant) the tyre seats all around the wheel perfectly. With some tyres and rim combos you have to pump the tyre pretty hard otherwise it doesn't "climb out" all the way around properly. I found that doing it this way that there is allot less leaking around the bead before the sealant plugs things from the inside. So from here back to the old way, deflate the tyre and pop 15-20cm of bead off the rim. Chuck whatever is left in the cap-full into the tyre and whatever amount you want to extra (I usually put allot of sealant in). Bead on, and bomb it. Job done.

After months of buying pieces here and there, he she is. Runs like a dream. Put it through a pretty tough 115km offroad ride on Thursday and it held up just fine. When you get that 44x11 gear rolling on downhills you best buckle up... Parts rundown: Chinese Carbon frame Rock Shox Reba RLT American Classic Race 29'er Truvativ Stylo Team crankset Climax Carbon seatpost (very light) Selle Italia SLR 165g Saddle Ritchey WCS Stem PRO Carbon bars SRAM X0 Disc Brakes SRAM X9 Rear Jockey SRAM X9 Front Jockey SRAM X9 Rear Trigger Shifters + X0 Front Twist Shifters XPedo Pedals Maxxis Crossmark non-UST made tubeless Tek Barends Turner Bottlecages and seatclamp

Allot more than 24H to go to the start. The rain still has time to screw us.

Did a solid 115km yesterday on the new 29'er. After lots of soul searching I decided to stay old school, so I put on a 42/32/22. Guys on here said that a 2 ring setup with a 30/42 was too big and you'd struggle up the hills. Yesterday I pushed 32x36 up VERY steep hills. So ja, even with a 30 in the front you'll be fine.

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My new wallpaper.

Facts have now been posted, the best that is available to us outside the testing lab. Why do I care? I don't. Do you care if a cyclist dopes? Maybe, maybe not. Nothing we can do about it, it is still a point of conversation though. And the love letter comments were on page 2 or so, not sure where you get page 8 from. By your own admission, you don't care and prefer the Kumbaya factor more than whatever information was given. That's your choice. I believe differently. Two pages ago I said the prosecution rests. Having posted all the links I care to provide, everyone can make up their own minds. I'm really done now.

The entire 8 page saga sprouted from my question whether he has an advantage or not. Don't know why you had to, well not "argue" as such, but be pretty set in your beliefs - if at the end you don't care. Waste time much?

I try to support the small shop in Russel Road, Cycle Sports I believe it is. My friend's dad and mom runs it. Literally a mom and dad's shop. The owner, Theo has been cycling since before most of us was born. He is retired from his trade (demolition - pretty cool) and is doing this now just out of a love for the sport - not to make a living. You can be in the shop for hours listening to the stories he tells from racing back in the day, grabbing your fixed gear and racing a road race and still winning the sprint at the end. Even though they mainly only carry basic stock and spares, they are busy stocking up a bit. They can get you anything you want through, and Theo is a master mechanic and wheel builder. Give them a go!

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/08/london-2012-pistorius-and-unfair.html http://www.sportsscientists.com/2011/08/scientific-evidence-for-advantage-for.html http://www.sportsscientists.com/2011/08/pistorius-12-sec-advantage-and.html Nice reading in that 2nd link.

Ugh, you must have missed a few pages. I'm not going to go back and get it for you. Have fun.

1 report.... in which it was proven. Scientists that were involved in the "other" report to disprove it have started to sing a different tune since. Did you not read the article I posted?

Sure, I get it. I'm disappointed though as it seems you are not getting MY point in return. Somewhere on these pages it was stated that the carbon legs make him around 12-15 seconds faster over 400m, compared to if he had "normal" legs. So again, without that mechanical advantage he NEVER would have made the team at all in the first place. But he did you say? Sure, but was that Oscar or the 12-15 seconds faster carbon legs talking? Aaaaaaaaaaaand the prosecution rests.

You still don't get it. Doesn't matter if he got the best time, on earth, ever. Whether the carbon legs are an advantage or a disadvantage - the playing field isn't level. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/22/29506558_f5849df3c5.jpg I rate I'll just rock up on these bad boys at the next Track 'n Field day and have a go at the high jump. Why can't I? No solid proof whether they are an advantage or disadvantage? Point is it doesn't matter.

Any sport with chics in tight clothing should be an Olympic sport

Marshmallow.