Pickles

Morning Morewood....this CT Mkt rider would have been one of the 4 boys (also only 18 years old) who did the 2nd lap with my son....so, thanks for pointing that out. They aren't all monsters....just some of them.

Sis! Don't be ugly now. His post is clearly, "tongue-in-cheek".

That outfit is a bit lame. Actually it's not a bit lame..........

I'm not even remotely angry S.L.O.W...B.E.E ! Just for interest's sake tho, where on earth did you read that I ASKED WHAT IS WRONG WITH SECOND LAPS? Julle mense lees sommer goed wat nie eers daar is nie! Anyway, I have made a DIVINE rissotto for dinner....and I'm going to sit on my front stoep now and stare at the lights and fireworks at Sahara Park while I eat it! Lekker slaap xxx

Fun...he's 18 years old! I am 46. I've done 11 Argus's and I didn't know the rule existed. But, you are right - ignorance is no excuse. That's probably why he hasn't offered any excuses. He actually said, "What the Hell!! I'll ride from $ again next year." He doesn't exactly struggle on a bike. He certainly didn't just "scrape into" $ either. It's not as if a no-result will affect his seeding or anything.

Remember this part of the post Slowbee?

If anyone cares to read my original post, the kids were simply UNAWARE of the rule. Riyadh, you seem to know a lot...about a lot of things. Were you aware of this rule? Bloody brilliant if you were. I went and Googled Cycle Tour rules and regulations AFTER the lady at RACETEC informed me as to why my son's result wasn't up. Right or wrong or indifferent....my question was, "How many of you are aware....?" He has accepted the consequence in a mature way. No arguments. Just disappointment.

What? Like good ole South African laws? They apply to some, but not to the chosen few? It is NOT allowed!

The boys IGNORANTLY broke a rule. Granted. But, pray tell Eistein, how did they "spoil it for the slower riders"? As it happens, the 4 boys who rode together the 2nd time replaced many a chain, fixed many a puncture and pushed many a fat old lady up the hills. They had FUN with the slower riders actually. The organisers would never have picked it up without computer technology...so no kudo's necessary to them. I was not looking for a whole lot of negativity. I was simply making people aware of what happened, so that, hopefully, it doesn't happen to them. Ignorantly. Geddit?

LOADS of people do it twice for charity (for example). They are sponsored per km. I personally know of 11 from $ and half a dozen of VA's and VB's who did it. If I can name that many (not that I EVER would, I can only imagine 100's probably did do it twice. Anyway, quantity of double lappers wasn't the point.

How many of you are aware that there is a rule that says "You may not ride The Argus route twice"? My son (and HUNDREDS of other cyclists) did exactly that! Some, like my son, did not remove their transponders before commencing their 2nd lap. He rode a 2hour 34 minute Argus (from $) and has been disqualified! A brilliant result for an 18 year old. And all for nothing! So, beware!

I am a very experienced driver. And when I pull out of a R5500.00 service at Mc Carthy Motors, I DO NOT believe I should have to check ANYTHING I have just paid some blue-collar to service! Geddit. You EXPECT to get what you pay for. And I TOTALLY agree about the post-matric brain surgeons, having a gap-year, getting grease under their thumb-nails...treating the customers like half-wits. It's VERY bad for business.

When I got there at about 2.30pm this arvy I was met with rather a foul stink....and there, in the basement area, was a HoneySucker siphoning some sheee-ite up off the floor. Looked and smelt like the lavatories above the area had imploded. I nearly choked on my free Mentos!