Danger Dassie

I refuse to discuss anyone’s gooch! 🤢

Well then that’s a bold statement to make by naming an actual brand/product without the offering of any proof. There are also no hearing docs on any of the four case that I could see, so if contamination was a concern, why not exercise the right to a hearing. There is no way there is 3-4 steroid contaminations in a single supplement. The one case say RAD140, which is in lifestyle supplements. Sorry, but your posts are wildly open ended whilst throwing a brand under the bus. It’s almost as bad as CSA and Gauteng Cycling keeping quiet and just quietly editing documents over team announcements. We have to find out from Instagram and BikeHub.

Almost every supplement is at risk, particularly cheaper/smaller brands. Unless the product goes through an audited batch testing process such as informed sport. Which is a large cost to carry.

@Red Bird What substance? There’s a whole bunch listed on the SAIDS link.

For all of them? Which substance?

Ja definitely, just had some personal goals for racing this year in MTB and gravel and to support the efforts of the new crowd. Gauteng is enjoying a full provincial XCO, enduro and marathon series of events in a long time.

Mooist

Saw same, screen grab on Benky's Instagram stories. Nothing communicated by CSA/CGC. So, vok nees ...

They look at the same weather reports as you and are consistently in comms. At the end of the day, if disaster management makes the call, it's out of the organiser's hands. What do you expect them to do? This is an outdoor sport and entirely part of the risk. Chill and enjoy a weekend away for what it is.

This, not that I do road events, but I know the challenges organisers face. Gravel and MTB are more my focus when I can get to events. This year Ride Jourg seems the only option, we've run an informal support station on Jan Smuts for the last few years. Unrelated to the topic, but, for next year I seriously doubt that I'll take out a full race licence and just stick with the normal membership. Really didn't take advantage of it as planned this year and also some recent concerns leave much to be desired.

Money, everything else is secondary, including safety it seems. Things like mixing MTB and foot traffic on the same trail in section that can have dangerous consequences. Ie the return descent from red route to the waterfall. Was raised previously with a promise to sort some out and nothing happened. Not sure if it’s still the case. At the end of the day, it’s their property and their prerogative on where to focus. Unfortunate because the riding has good potential alongside the running/walking trails.

Road conditions. Event organisers cant keep patching hundreds of kilometres of roads.

Well done, well thought out bike that with plenty room for upgrades further on. Wheels are spot on. Gears would probably be the first thing, Altus works well but as it wears look at Deore when replacing. Also the bottom bracket should last a lifetime being a sealed unit, just be sure that the cranks are properly and carefully tightened. They look like square taper axles, which are fine but should be checked now and then for tightness. Keep an 8mm allen key with your toolkit. Other than that, awesome decision and happy riding!

All this talk of moist conditions and rain certainly has dampened my fomo … 😋

This is actually asked and answered within the last posts from Shebeen. Also there is NO relevance to transgenderism.

Legit and relatively normal crew, they're based in Cape Town near the CBD

Ciovita and Enjoy I'm sure?

Early days but Ashleigh is competing incredibly well, 3rd on GC and wearing the green jersey. Astounding how asleep at the wheel we are on our local coverage, easily one of the highest-performing riders from SA.

More importantly Tucker is also at pains to emphasise that Caster’s case shouldn’t be conflated with doping and/or trans. All completely different issues on their own.

Ok so going on this, mostly open roads/paths not so gnarly rocky trails? As far as camping goes, overnight rides upto two three days? If this is what you’re looking at, most entry level hardtails will be sufficient. Really depends on the style/terrain you expect to be riding. Given your size, key areas to keep an eye on would be the fork (I’d recommend a coil fork) and wheels, even a basic wheel can be good enough if properly built and run with larger tyres. Helmet, nothing wrong with an R800- R1000 lid, plenty good options around. Decathlon do some decent trail helmets that are well priced. As far as frame weight limits go, don’t get too caught up in that. Practically all brands have a similar ‘rating’ since the factories have to have an ISO standard to work within. So, partly marketing.

@dasilvarsa seems a bit stuck somewhere, it will be ok tjom 🤌

What on a earth are you talking about?

Nope, used to be across categories and disciplines, relatively consistently. The last few years seem to be case of ‘let’s not air laundry’ attitude.

Nice Johann, stoked for you. Many happy, safe and memorable moments!

Suppose CSA no longer publish these when notified by SAIDS.