Akon

Chin up! It is actually Tuesday already

Think I might even keep her in the dark!

Nope. Math(s) is simply short (slang) for mathematics, so you can use both...

Kagga Kamma also does one, more or less same price, if memory serves...

I would have loved to or your comment, but I think Eldron's responses tell me he was not hyperbolic when he jumped from my response to "something very specific", to imitating that I am looking for or wishing to view porn?

straw mannounnoun: strawman an intentionally misrepresented proposition that is set up because it is easier to defeat than an opponent's real argument.

We had one... It was "moderated" away

I'll do the red pill! You are not going back 40 years (or however old you are now, minus 10) You are restarting your life now, living forward...

I would hope he thinks it is cool too, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten it? (Remember, no one said: "Cool, I am going to cut of my leg so that I can get one too..."

So, why did you enter in the first place? Why not rather volunteer as a firefighter, and sit at home over week-ends, rather than ride your bike, in case you are needed? Why not skip that nice steak the next time, and donate the money instead? Give your bike to somebody that can use it to commute to work? Or... Rather just grow up...

Don't you think the problem is: They are not doing the Cycle Tour anymore. It is a different race now, just happens to overlap part of the Cycle Tour's route...

That's for the plebs The disciples got the opportunity to enter about 3 weeks ago already...

tubless? It is usually pretty easy to spot. First, there will be carrier on top of the rear tyre. Then there will be a tub strapped onto the aforementioned carrier. So, if you don't spot any of those, I'm pretty sure you can assume it is tubless...

Not as magical as you think. With Baycity, you were still building for the Argus - probably had a hard ride on the Saturday and crammed intervals and hill training the week before as well. You'll probably start tapering now already, with only 2 or 3 shortish rides next week, vegetating on the Saturday, to arrive at the Argus well rested. Then, when you perhaps do get "dropped" on the Argus, you usually get sweeped up quickly by the next group - and they have no real interest in having you help in front - they are better than you after all So, from there onwards you also travel faster for longer than you would in a normal funride.

I (really) don't see any clarification. You say that Louis is not (Ipso Facto) Elite, which implies he gets the U/23 jersey. But how can he then get the Elite Jersey (as well)?

This is a topic on its own --> why would you (anybody) need to replace a frame that many times?

There's your problem - take a leaf from Tax101 --> often when you increase the tax rate, you end up getting less tax in total. Remember for this type of "cash cow", it is really the marginal entrant that super-boosts your profit. So lower the fee, increase the number of entrants, and Bob's your uncle?

there's the problem - why should there be more than one, and why should he be paid a month's salary, for a Saturday morning's work?

If you are running specials on Sundays, me and the missus will be there! (It is one of my carrots to get her out with me... --> breakfast, especially so if it is an omelette-to-die-for, or a milkshake, if later in the morning)

(Although I was amused by your phrasing ) Same thing happened to me recently, except I had mine for close to 6 (if not more) years. A guy in Tulbagh is selling one. With any luck, I can get him to drop his price a bit, and be on wheels by the week end again - argus is around the corner and I've been of the bike for 5 weeks now...

Most replied with bikes that are way too expensive for those purposes. Go for Silverback lower end or even cheaper Merida lower end

I get conflicting information: Could you please confirm the times of all events? I had it: Plebs on wannabee-bikes 18:00 start. Race 30 minutes plus a lap Pros on proper-bikes 19:00 start. Race 60 minutes plus a lap. Now your picture above indicates a change, as does some media reports I've seen.

The irony is that whilst riding, you don't need any special GI product --> Team Type 1 being prove: Some of them are diabetic, but whilst on the bike, they guzzlewhatever like crazy, even Coke. So, don't fall for that bit of marketing hype (I am not saying avoid the product --> just don't let "low GI" sway your opinion)

Sorry Slowbee, nothing personal, but this is the kind of view that gets my hackles up. On a "theoretical" level, choice (and competition) comes from choosing between A, B or C, not between A or not-A. On an ethical level, complaining about a rip-off does not require a holier-than-though approach --> even if you choose not-A, then you might still be pissed off...

You put up a typical strawman. Nobody is arguing that or whether "too much" should be replaced with "too little"... (at least, I am not )