Stefan Cremer

Hi Dale It is indeed quite rewarding! IBS is probably a better description, I will have to read up on it and LCHF combined. Can't see that it would be a successful effort, as I have it quite bad...

Sure do, I haven't had issues with energy since the change. Although you must remember that the change was noting major, just cutting back on the carbs (not eliminating it) and increasing the protein intake.

Rather buy stuff locally, sure it might cost you a couple more ZAR, but with that you get all the necessary guarantees - and for pete's sake don't go and try out the helmet at your LBS and purchase it in some other country or website. To get to your question, I also use a road helmet for MTB purposes - the only difference I have noticed is that MTB have peaks and road not - in terms of the safety, I have NO clue.

I have to agree with the Specialized shoes - I have the Pro version with the carbon soles, these are amazing and have the stiffest soles imaginable! I do imagine they are bit over your budget, but I would seriously consider spending the extra ZAR... Good mate of mine has the Specialized shoes with the plastic soles, he also is very happy with his shoes and reckons they are properly stiff. Both of us came from Sidi - NEVER again! Never!

Bad luck, I recently cracked a frame as well - luckily I got sorted out superfast! I have two questions though - did you have the seatpost in deep enough and did you buy the bike brand new? If you did not your chances of a getting a replacement frame are very slim, as the warranty on the frame only covers the original owner...

Fantastic race! Did it end 2012 and enjoyed every single mile of it! Climbs are long and tough, but there is more than enough downhilling and properly nice single track to make any grown man weep! Bit of a gamble with the weather, I think we were a bit lucky with the weather - only had one proper shower one afternoon...

Cannot wait for this - never done it before. Looking forward to some proper climbing and testing singletrack!

So, I am not on any diet and never have been - however I started noticing towards the beginning of this year that my fat percentage was getting higher than it has ever been before - at a time that I was training more than I have been during the last 5 years. I knew something was up, but just could not determine what the route cause of this was, as I follow a very healthy diet and have been doing since I can remember. As I have an extremely spastic colon my diet is quite limited, so there was not all that many different things I could try out to see what it was that was causing me to get fatter with such a heavy training and racing load. Around this time I also stumbled on Prof. Noakes' "drastic new approach" through the wonderful Twitterland - I read up on it and told my wife (awesome chef) about it all - she just sighed cause my colon cannot handle 90% of what goes into the LCHF diet. However, I drastically cut back on carbs and replaced it with proteins - what do you know, a skinny guy losing 3kg in 3months by making one small change in the diet. MAGIC!

Meent, you should rather have done the real MTB race this weekend - Magalies Monster. No worries with half a million other riders and batches ranging from A to ZZZZZZZ, etc. Plus it is a better test of a MTBer's mettle than the route to the east of Hazeldean. Sure there are some nice singletrack sections, but NO real climb... Easy choice really.

I must disagree with you on this, my finding in the time since the first SASeeding race I competed in in 2009, was that the results are always uploaded very quickly onto the SASeeding website.

Go for the XT pedals, they are hard as heck and also last forever. I've had three pairs of Crankbrothers pedals before, rubbish pedals!

Check out the new Bicycling magazine (April issue), really a great write up in there 10 x 29er full sus pitched! PYGA I say....

Guys, great bike for commuting is Giant Escape 1, I commute from Lynnwood to Technopark in Centurion daily, going past fountains on the way. The Escape is superfast (compared to Epic 29 with with Schwalbe Racing Ralph) and takes bumps, small jumps, bunnyhopping over obstacles, curb-hopping, etc. in its stride. Super stoked with this bike. Only R 3600 at Bruce Reyneke Cycles.