crankbrother

There is a group of mountainbikers every year (me included) that rides allmost every morning from the stillbaai bridge @06hoo. Usually between 60-110km routes.

I'm an under-pronator and have runned with evey type and brand out there, and injuries kept coming. Bought a pair of terrafly 313's and havn't had a problem since. E-mail the guys from inov-8 rsa and describe your type of foot and running style/terain, they gave me amazing advice and service.

Nice! Iove this route! Looks like the weather will be over by tomorrow. Currently cloudy but nice temp in ceres. Think the front will be good to compact the odd sandy road in the forest station

Suggestion: put the raffle advert in the mtb classified section and pay the sticky add fee. Will get way more hits...and sell more tickets.

I'm in. please pm me the banking details. What is the exact frame inch?

DROOOLLLLL!!!

Slabs. There is more than enough mechanics at the race to help with any problems. Its not worth the money to get an mechanic. Your bike gets washed for free and you can just lube it afterwards yourself, and if you see any problems ask a mechanic to help. Way cheaper. That's how we did it.

Roughly every 30km. Food is provided by woolies- little muffins, fruit, pretzelz, jelly sweets, drinks etc. Was tired, so can't remember that well- was allways enough and good. At the end you get a woolies paper bag with a mini lunch- was different every day, but more than enough. Basicly the stuff you'll see at woolies in the 'take-away lunch" freezer.

Can anybody explane what difference tyre width makes on a 29er wheel. Ex 29 x 1.95 vs 29 x 2.0 vs 29 x 2.2 etc. Is it only more volume giving a softer ride or what? Kom julle slimkoppe daar buite, help 'n bietjie!

Hey Gill. Are you guys the "official" massagers for the epic?

Tarmac, I love this pic! Can I have the full size version?

Pack your stuff and move to Ceres in the Western Cape.

The apple is low gi and most prob. your bread was too. 20min after that low gi breakfast, the carbs absorption would have been very little. And as soon as you start to get hypo from too little carbs, you'll be chasing your tail, so to speak, the rest of the ride. Eat more carbs before you go ride, dont know your weight, but 50g 1 hour before the ride is a good start. Top up the glucose stores with a energy drink while you ride. If the ride is less that 1hr stick to water only, if more than 1hr, top up. No use in depriving yourself from carbs before a ride, and then riding like crap. You'll see better results if you eat correct and ride harder. But just for safety, let your gp give you a check over. good luck

Dave, some pics you might dig. The black and white one is some guy's tatoo! RAD!

Hey Dave, sorry for the slow reply. Chain ring and hub came from old track bike they had lying around @ a shop. So, its all track, no bmx.The saddle is bmx. The handle bars i got from King cycles in worcester, they're a very old shop and have lots of odds lying around. Rear sprocket i bought from an high school guy that raced track and decided to go emo and quit. Rims i cheated and bought an already painted pair...shhh. I'll post you a cool gear inch chart i'm using, usually i keep it in the mid 70's. Think i'm running 18-48 or some odd currently, i'll have to check.

Hey Dave. Don't want to hijack your topic, just wanted to show you my project, completed. Recently took off the front brake, got used to leg speed control and skidding. Have fun...I actually enjoyed building it more than riding it, HAHAha. Before and after photos:

a river runs through it. Just an idee how strong the river is running through the kloof, and this was before yesterdays rain!

Everybody doing trans-baviaans, pack your wetsuits!! Went through there yesterday, and its wet!! All the river crossing will make you wet. They're all about 30cm to 1,5meter deep! The road surface doesn't look that bad, but the river crossings is going to be a problem. Currently no vehicle can go through the kloof due to the deep water, but apparently they're going to try and make a plan that 4x4's can pass. Times will be much slower than last year! Pack lots and lots of wet lube!!

Bikeless- I spoke to a young prisoner at the place I worked last year. 25 year old white guy stealing cars in the stellenbosch area. He told me that he stole and drove the cars straight to a container in the harbour, and it got shipped the next day to the UK. Apparently they never stole if there wasn't a 'order' allready placed. The last Range Rover he stole had a tracker, so tracker caught him. So, bikeless, I think your bike is doing trails somewhere overseas....

Epic fail

If you have children, take out insurance!

Mechanic fired

Good bib shorts makes your cycling way more enjoyable!

Old Mickey blue eyes is good with knees...but only if you don't pay up

Mix, hauling 120kg up a hill is no easy task! If you want to go fast up a hill, you'd have to have a massive power to weight ratio. If Burry Stander had to piggyback Kevin Evans while he was climbing, he'd be slow too.