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Anthem24

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  1. You certainly don't need to get the tests done in the UK. There are local services that do a similar panel. But it would be worth just starting with a GP, who can interpret the results for you. This GP is in Cape Town, but you can compare the tests he considers standard: https://www.dranthonysmith.co.za/patient-resources/ It would still be quite expensive, but at least once you've ruled out the basics, you could look at other things, like diet. And yes, you should be having prostate checks, and after 50, get a colonoscopy.
  2. When I saw this from Daryl Impey after watching his Epic videos, it was food for thought:
  3. I think it was removed, but I've only done it once and didn't notice. Was too busy trying to explain to the club member barking at us that he was misinformed.
  4. Start at Conties, buy a permit, ride there and/or to Hoogies and buy a permit. Ride Hoogies then ride back to Conties. And vice versa. There's Snapscan and Zapper in the carpark at both, plus the delis on both ends sell them. If there's not a book with hardcopy permits you're expected to show the receipt on your phone if anyone asks. If someone stops you in the corridor on the way to the second place, you might only have one permit so far, yes -- it is partly an honesty-based system but it's pretty easy to see which direction people are coming from, and they should have that permit at least.
  5. Unfortunately many of the members missed this info too, so you may still get some dirty looks or barked at for not having a board when you're on the AB corridor.
  6. Wotja mean? Yes, you have to buy two day passes but the traverse is the Anna Beulah corridor, which is the only corridor open to day permit holders.
  7. The Thule dealer in Retreat, Cape Town, Orka Paddles, says: Yes we can definitely help, we can order the part for him. Please ask him to get in touch with us either here on email (orkapaddles@gmail.com) or on 021 701 7913
  8. Did you try here: https://www.thule.com/en-za/thule-support/spare-parts I see the top line says no online shopping from South Africa. Where are you based? I am going past my local Thule just now -- I will ask them.
  9. The towbar options for Thule are all here: https://thulestore.co.za/catalog/category/view/s/towbar-bike-racks/id/116/ and Holdfast here: https://holdfast.co.za/towball-mounted You can find the simplest ones for R500 on Facebook marketplace. Just remember that a 2-bike carrier is best for one bike and a 3-bike carrier best for 2 -- otherwise the risk of scratching frames is quite high without major padding / pool noodles etc between them.
  10. You have lots of options with that bike, since it's a hardtail without a shock sitting in the triangle, although bottle cage placement can be an issue if it's a small frame. If your car doesn't have a towbar, that will be where the main expense is. You can pick up used bikeracks -- Holdfast and Thule -- very cheaply. Just avoid the old Holdfast ones with wheels for the clamps.
  11. So which direction did he ride away with your bike? Not easy to get it down Blackburn Ravine at this point, and if he'd walked down the steps that head up to Elephant's Eye from Tokai, he would have been seen by lots of hikers.
  12. What time of day was this please? Would expect Silvermine to be quite busy with hikers on Friday, given that many people made it a long weekend. I had considered that route for a solo walk later yesterday afternoon. I hope SANParks have been informed too, so they can consider stepping up patrols there?
  13. Yes, it's an experience "like no other" as he says a few times per hour! Vastly better than the narrator of this year's Cape Epic Route video though, which I watched last night. Would help to use a mtbiker, since he mentioned Time Trails instead of Trials and mispronounced many other words in the attempt to read the overly evocative script. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vbPEJsPHY
  14. At least Cape Epic is streamed live on YouTube,
  15. I bought snowbees off Takealot, but the window is 1.50. Not sure if they come in a +2 https://www.takealot.com/snowbee-polarised-sunglasses-matt-black-frame-smoke-lense-1-50-s/PLID72297910 I wore them twice but my astigmatism had got so bad that I couldn't see clearly through the unmagnified part -- I ride in +1.5 shaded readers from Dischem now for distance and carry my prescription glasses in my camelback. So if anyone in CT southern suburbs wants to try these, I'd be happy to flog them for R200.
  16. Off-topic, but I've been wondering what the ripple effect might be of the large tax bill and legal fees that Silverback, Omnico and Cytek have had after losing their appeal to SARS in the Supreme Court in October. Media summary here: https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/images/SCA-128MS.pdf and full judgement here: https://www.supremecourtofappeal.org.za/index.php/component/jdownloads/send/48-judgment-2023/4093-silverback-technologies-cc-others-v-commissioner-south-african-revenue-service-301-2022-2023-zasca-128-09-october-2023?Itemid=0
  17. Has anyone got a Thule bike rack adapter they'd be willing to sell me? To use on a hanging rack. The bar diameter seems quite narrow -- will the Holdfast rubber straps (or wheels) actually close down enough to hold the bike securely?
  18. Yes, I haven't done C'Nek to Newlands for almost a year, and can imagine the September flood took its toll on the rocky climb up to the K'bosch boundary !
  19. From a safety perspective, muggings on the greenbelt have been few and far between. At weekends, Constantia Nek to Newlands is quite busy with walkers and cyclists. There's no telling if muggers will shift to this area now that Table Mountain and Signal Hill are being patrolled. I wouldn't ride on the road from Rhodes Drive-M3 intersection to the 'stone cottages', but the route drops down into Fernwood for that reason. After the stone cottages the road is wider and there's verge to ride on, but the official route stays in the suburb.
  20. https://www.tablemountainbikers.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Table-Mountain-MTB-Club-Maps-PRINT.pdf There's only one legal mtb trail from C Nek to Newlands Forest over the top, then come back past Kirstenbosch top gate, can do the trail in lower Kirstenbosch, along Corks or the singletrack below Rhodes Drive, then down Diep River trail and greenbelt. Would be better to go with somebody else first time, and you should have an activity card to ride the C'nek to Newlands route.
  21. Stumbled upon this (apparently new release) on the Department of Forestry, Fisheries & Environment website -- seems an odd topic for them to be involved in, but evidently they had German government funding for it. Compiled by a KZN environmental consultancy. Posting here in case it's of interest: https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/docs/cyclingacademies_bestpracticesguideline.pdf
  22. Depends on the time of day. I regularly ride down the hill, but no longer come back up that way, partly because I wouldn't be able to ride away fast enough but mostly because the muggers generally hang out on the American Embassy side of the road so they can escape back into Westlake across the bridge over the wetland. And I think there is a camera on the fence now, monitoring the comings and goings there. I've seen taxis parked at the old flower farm next to the furthest Tokai Forest entrance, so if there's ever another attack from a taxi along Spaanschemat Rd, it would be worth asking SAPS to check there.
  23. Haha -- I wonder if that's a ChatGPT f-up or just somebody at PedalPower getting their wires crossed! https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630808-0
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