johnpat

I finally decided to spend an extra thousand bucks to protect my far more valuable bike, and bought a Thule Euroway (platform carrier), after my "hang-bike" carrier got dinged up. Best decision ever. I find myself nowadays wondering how I justified riding a moderately expensive bike, but then just leave it hanging there on my car. Pool tubes, tie downs, whatever you use, there is always going to be friction and abrasion - you're just haggling over how much. Since that day, my advice has been that if there is any way to scrounge the cash, pay it, and get a platform. And more importantly, get the Thule. 4/5 years down the line you won't feel the extra bucks spent, but I reckon your bikes will still be benefiting.

Pal, nothing you've said suggests you're unbiased. You are a USN brand ambassador. You are by that very virtue extremely prejudiced in your perspective You can't simply "take it out of the equation", since it appears to be the foundation for your approach on this topic (versus TimHenman rather than the merits of his point). Wear the hat; you bought it.

As a parent, some of you have the choice to provide your children (be it in the morning, or whenever) with: A balanced meal, from a generally well controlled and regulated fresh food, produce and cereals industries. Or A "shake", from what is an essentially unregulated industry with proven questionable ethics (in the form of marketing strategy and product quality control), promoting a product based around ingredients with relatively untested long-term impacts on health, and with untested compound effects on supplementary nutrient uptake (referring to @Jarradvz's link to the US standards article). Now there have been instances of "...moms know best...", "...my informed decision...", and I think I even came across the old faithful "...you don't have kids, so you wouldn't understand" (funny how procreating seems to have a direct impact on your ability to disseminate information and/or have an opinion on a matter); so parent folk are clearly punting their much vaunted judgement in this issue. My relatively tepid point is this: I take the odd supplement, both in the form of recovery assistance and the odd meal replacement. I also use a sports drink for longer rides, hoping it will push back my (inevitable) encounter with the "wall". However, I do this to my own body, I'm informed regarding the (unknown) potential side-effects, and I try to do it under circumstances of necessity rather than pure convenience. Those of you who decide on the latter of the two nutritional choices; when exercising this judgement of yours, what aspect of these shakes trumps the responsibility you have to try and ensure your kids health (as far as is practicable <-- yes, that is a word)? I truly see little value in them, besides convenience. Drips are also convenient, so too are catheters (ok, ok; bad hyperbole). I'm not fishing troll, nor a trolling fish. It's a genuine question, looking for a perspective that I lack on a decision I don't understand. Danger Dassie was quite vocal in his support for the product (being a brand ambassador and all), and got stuck into TimHenman's conduct and integrity during this pelaba, so that'd be a nice one, but anybody would do really. In hindsight; this subject is getting old, I feel TimHenman has made his point pretty clear regarding his reasons for raising the issue, and congratulate him for doing so. So if you want, ignore this post, and have a look at the sharbeartopus.. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/3950935746_1282896877.jpg

Good grief, holier that thou? Hubbers, we are honoured to have an archbishop or similar weighing in here... You really could do with some of that perspective pal. The laws against "roadwork" are in place to stop folk from digging up the tar to effect their own repairs; effectively destroying the road. Whilst the repairs are still illegal in the true sense of the law, they are not the reason for the law. Proper pothole repairs most often require replacement and recompaction of sub-base layers prior to the blacktop. However, as a temporary fix to a now deadly problem, these guys have done a stellar effort. For the record; the scenario you've just imagined is VERY unlikely. What is more likely is that you're just a self-opinionated, sad troll, with little or no compassion, let alone a sense of responsibility to other road users. And the responsibility I'm talking about is that which makes you change something which is already having a profound impact on peoples' lives. People have been hurt, maimed and killed because of these potholes. Your scenario, well, let's just say it's unlikley to have happened. Ever. So sure, sit down, keep trolling, but know you're a chop for saying what you did, in the manner in which you did.

Anyone with a modicum of medical knowledge will tell you to keep it clean, keep it covered and keep it moist. The paraffin gauze strips together with some Bactroban (topical antibiotic), then covered with Elastoplast is a sure fire way to ensure you get a quick heal, with minimal scarring. The guys that say "let it dry" could not give you worse advice, other than perhaps to make sure you pick all the scabs off too. Seriously; don't dry it out. Just a word of caution; the paraffin gauze can "ooze" slightly, and might get onto your clothes. Depending on the brand, and the potential ooziness, you may just want to give it some form of cover.

New school of thought in chiro seems to be getting better - they take a more holistic approach to treatment, as opposed to simple manipulation. Alignment etc. is only as good as the tendons and muscles around it. So while manipulation may work, without a proper integrated treatment regime, your chances of success could be limited. Hence the stretching etc. really needs to be properly done, if not accompanied by some physio. Another point to note is that when considering back pain etc., get scans done prior to seeing a chiro. The absolute LAST thing you want is manipulation when there's a chance you could have a bulging/prolapse disc or something similar. Personally, the fact that medical council opinion is still out on them, due to what seems to be a lack of empirical trials, I'm a bit iffy about using a chiro's. Undoubtedly there's some benefit to be had, but it's a bit "black box" for me. I accept that that could simply be due to my own ignorance, although the whole medical council thing suggests not so.

Noobs rule. Crusties drool. I reckon after, say 100 posts, you can't possibly have anything constructive to add/say/sell, and you should just move on to online crosswords...

My understanding is laws are made to remove subjectivity from the equation. I hear what you say about discretion, but when you already have two sides of the same law being applied in the scenario at hand, discretion can't really form part of it. A rain jacket, under those conditions, could've had a material influence on someone's performance; it was that horrible out there. You can't tell me those people suffering from hypothermia wouldn't have been better off were they insulated better. May not have altered positions or times, but nobody is really in a position to judge permutation of what may or may not have happened if Burry didn't get that jacket. The suggestion that 360Life were denied this "luxury" is what I have a problem with. It's not the racers' fault; as per normal it's the organisers', and their reluctance to make tough decisions. That being said, it would've been a massive pity for K&D to "steal" a victory like that, and I have massive respect for them not making a scene out of it. (They won the next day, didn't they? Perhaps more to that than it seems...)

Bit late here, but Morningside cycles ordered them for me for around R150

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Dammit *tactical retreat

Let's break this seemingly tough Sani2C thing down a tad: Sani = kwaSani (as numerous people have already said) C = coastal region, as in sea. This leads us to the following mindblowing conclusion: The Sani2C is from the Sani area to the sea, AS THE NAME IMPLIES. By all means guy, have a rant, but also show a bit of humility to accept when the point you were trying to make is proven wrong. You must see that it's your fault for confusing kwaSani region for a simple road. And it's doubly your fault for now harping on about it. Getting all defensive about it now is not heck of a productive either. @facmp; thanks bud; that was snaaks...

Come now; you're being a bit petty about this... (a) It doesn't say "SaniPass2C"; as Ranga said, Underberg is in the Sani area. It's accurate, deal with it. (b ) I don't know how or why or where you've picked up on this "trend" of race naming. Is this something you find interesting? I also disagree with you; I think the name "Sani2C" was in fact a pretty good idea for naming convention; it's allowed for the direct development and familiarisation with "Joberg2C", as well as "Berg2C"; it's basically created a "...2C" brand, in which lies a fair amount of power. The popularity of the 3 races with sponsors might attest to that.