Spinnekop

You set up your bike as an e-bike. And then you link your "MTB ride" as defined by your garmin as connected to your specific bike, in this case the e-bike. Hope this makes sense.......

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Quick question please: Can the out-of-towners pitch up at the gate and pay for a day entry to cycle inside?

See you there. 😎

1) Pulling a bull**** add apart is what made this place cool. Asking stupid money for an item you can get halfprice new......... Many people saved a LOT of money not buying crap for stupid prices because seller got called out openly. 2) The "regulars" are not here anymore. And yes, I remember fondly about the 2005 era where people HELPED me get my first road bike up and running. A community stood together and many people helped the less fortunate. Now its just everyone for himself. Business. It that is what makes this place "toxic" then bleh. Interesting to me to see a person "Standing by his name" slate a group of potential buyers because they were once the good guys with good intentions. Just. WOW.

This. I could not have said it better.

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Will it be a crappy goodybag? Why is my seeding wrong?

2020 was the BEST. we got to ride our bikes for 5 days with good weather and beautiful climbs. And then got locked down the week there after.

First time in 10 years. Returning for #11. But making it a trip...... Wednesday Swartbergpas. Thursday Prins Albert Friday and Saturday long 100km+ rides to explore Sunday August on the gravel bike. Sub3? At least when the pansies' cancel-culture kicks in, I would have already had a decent amount of Cape prettyness in the bag. Looking forward.

Nah. Kit per province wont work. Not enough (zero) funds. The idea will not be to ride as a team in provincial colors. The idea is to be selected per province to ride SAs. Once you are in SAs, your ride is your own and your normal......lets call it trade team.......John don't laugh.......will help you or you help them, same as per normal. Just the selection of who rides at SAs is a bit more complicated and the way to earn provincial colors is structured around getting selected to represent your province at SAs

We did. Motorbikes gave us times every 10 or so km

On that note. I have mentioned it to a lot of people and constantly get dismissed. Would it not be beneficial for CSA to host SA's based on Provincial selection? Each province gets to select 50 riders. Or perhaps 10 in each age cat. Based on your best performance in any one of two provincial races. That way the provincial champs get riders and that way you "earn" your spot in SA champs and not just buy it.

The SA champs in Pretoria was special. Very. Nothing that I have ever experienced before or after. Maybe the Giro del Capo hill climb.......that was also awesome with the crowds opening up the road and screaming next to you, running faster than you can pedal. 🤭

Well. I was there on Sunday. I was pleasantly surprised. Negative: The route is FLAT and fast and helps the sprinters. With the Vets I sat in the bunch and did nothing. Just got sucked along. The local Rooiwal race which is about 30% shorter gives you a better workout. The flat easy route then basically aids in making the race negative. Everything gets chased down with no real challenge for the strong guys to get clear. Positive The organisation was perfect. Faces took over this year and it showed. Markings was good. Route was one of the safest I have done. The racing bunch could use the full road, gutters, attacks etc. Marshals kept us safe all the way. There were quite a few supporters along the route which was very nice to see. Feed zone was packed and cheering etc. I quite liked it. @DieselnDust hit the nail on the head I think. The hub these days pretty much consist of MTBing and stage racing and funride events. I go through all the "new" threads each morning and road cycling in SA does not feature on chat forums. We in SA are 'participants'. Compare the Hub with Weight Weenies and it is just the opposite. News on product launches and leaks (not the marketing articles we get on here). News on world tour riders. Technical questions around bikes and components. Totally different. On WW I learn something every week. The fact that Saffas and hubbers in general are obsessed with 50km funrides in the dust(or the the opposite 500km gravel ****) does not mean road cycling is spiraling downward. It just means that is what people on Hubland are interested in and what they talk about on here.

Personally I absolutely love my Magura. Have been riding the MT8 on previous bike for about 4 years and the current bike I have the MT7 on with no issues going for a year.

I've had my fair share of crashes. Went through windscreen and bonnet once. Another time went through a windscreen and over. Hell knows how am I still alive. Motorists dont care. They dont look. That said, as cyclists, we should do EVERYTHING in our own power that we can do to keep safe out there. If that is doing a front light, sure, do it. For me, commuting hundreds of km a month, I cant say that the front light helped. Every time a car dived in front of me was when they were $()%$# around on their phone or just did not give a @$(@# about you and "you can break for me" mentality. The radar helped ME in seeing roughly what is approaching from behind but as for cars passing close by........I cant say that having a light makes the motorist give me more space.

Obviously you need lights for riding at night. So talking about DAYLIGHT time.......: I see the French have banned all flashing lights. And Germany implemented law that only allows for lights below a certain lumen count. Lights can be both good and bad. As for safety. Having ridden for 30 years plus mainly as a roadie covering around 15 000km a year, I can honestly say a light dont mean diddly squat. It is not that cars dont see you........their attention is just not out on the road.....light or no light. Cellphones made it worse and uber in SA doubled the problem. Again. Talking about lights use during the day and these are just my experiences as a roadie

Dankie tog plaat en nie saad nie. London? Eish wena. So jou bearings roes gereeld? Pieman het so stil geword en my begin ignoreer. Ek blameer hom nie. 🤣 Die beeste hy loop. Saam die varke en skape. Mos een groot Simunye die kant.

Leef jy nog ou?!?!?! Sexy bike that.

I was a big supporter of the GP5000 until the pricing just killed me. Crossed over to the Goodyear F1 R in the 28mm. https://www.goodyearbike.com/tires/eagle-f1-r/ I got on my previous GP5000 5700 km before my first puncture. This is normally the first indication that the tyre is getting thin. (Besides the markers that get faint on the tyre) With the Goodyear I got 7749 km. Very impressed. Currently I am trying out the Vector R tyre from Goodyear in the 30mm. Cannot feel any huge difference at the moment between the Vector and the F1. Have around 1300km on it at the moment with no issues.

If you are doing stuff like this then you are (in my opinion) missing the whole point why the festive 500 was created. Back in the day indoor did not even count as an activity. The idea is to get out. Face the elements. Do adventures. Feel the sun (or snow) on your face. Brain dead, chasing kilometers, indoor sessions are just that. Kilometers. Its good but it is not what the challenge is about.

Ai jai jai wena. My nuts just went straight up next to my kidneys.

Going for #13 Weather in Gauteng does not look too great for the week ahead though. And then the "double up" with the Versus Back to Base challenge starting 1-10 Jan. Legs should be toast by middle Jan...........😬