Paul Ruinaard

It was truly a memorable book. I also put it up there as a very impactful read. It ended too quickly but more because of what happened to him.

We have seen freight costs also go through the roof. Its going to be a very different world out there for imports in the future. The bold truth is that if you want one you will pay up.

Where - looking for a steel frame to use some of the bits i have accumulated in my garage...

I put my downstairs trainer in the driveway every two days. At least it feels like outdoors for the warm up to my gym session. We are now doing a Zwift coffee ride once a week with the group. You do 24 kms round London with a stop at 12 kms to go and get a cup of coffee. You need to send a photo in to the Whatsapp group of you and your coffee. Its actually quite a lot of fun. I will NEVER miss an opportunity to ride outside again. I have vowed i will, from release from lockdown, ride through the whole of winter.

Agreed Mine is a special bike - almost had it for 20 years now. Bought it new from Alan in 2001. Has a 10 speed Campag record groupo on it that is original - think i changed a couple of clusters as i got older and slower and a small chain ring as well. It's still a hard ride from the stiffness of the carbon. I want to get its paint job touched up when i can afford to and keep it for the occasional ride. The Ferrari F40 of road bikes

Express vPN has local peering point in South Africa which is pretty good and pretty fast. Worth it IMO.

Which ETF's were you in - i am looking to put money in to a similar sort of fund.

Maybe read this article if you really want to know the answers without taking thr risks. Simply put its effective and often has long lasting results for a fit recreational cyclist which is likely why a lot of people are doing it. Like i have said in the past if you took urine samples across the recreational spectrum of cyclists you may need ceramic test tubes as there is the finer line of rocket fuel in there. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-32983932

Sandworm: Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers https://www.amazon.com/Sandworm-Cyberwar-Kremlins-Dangerous-Hackers/dp/B07RGRTZM6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=sandworm&qid=1578648378&sr=8-1 the problem is to try and describe to the mere mortal what this bok is all about. Kind of makes you really worried about the future of what warfare will look like especially in the light of drone strikes. there is no framework like the Geneva convention to govern this.

awesome photos bud

My boet was is about 6 years older than me. My dad decided my older brother needed a project so as he was in insurance he got him a scrapped Cub 50 cc Honda auto clutch 3 gear as something to tool around the garden on. He thought it would take him months to get it going. Took him days. Thta was built in to a scrambler (with whatever could be scrounged) Then the next iteration (which is the link to the above) was a B 120 delivery bike which was also scrapped from a crash that was modified to go around the Darrenwood dam scrambling track. It was a lot more rapid than the 50cc Honda. Non existent suspension and ramping over disused car bonnets to see who could get furthest - circa about 1974. there was a track around there ins the areas that are now essentially offices which all the area lighties raced their home made machines on. No sight of anyone on a proper MX bike unless your old man was rich . I also inherited some of his hand me downs and spent many an afternoon trying to catch my mates around some of those sections of track - all of which are Cresta parking lots now. There were a coupe of pretty hairy corners and the like in there and when they built Cresta centre they had to compete with us using their excavations for our tracks. Got chase doff site many times by the guys trying to build a shopping centre. there was a drop off on the corner of Judges and republic called "Gravity Cavity" if i remember correctly - through the river and up the other side - many fond memories of a youth spent riding these things around the dam there - "Scrambling"....

I once gave my excess karting fuel with Castrol R in it to the gardener. He ran his weedeater on it and wanted to know what was in it cause it made the thing a lot more powerful.... He wanted to get more of it so for a couple of months whilst i was racing i gave him my excess and the whole neighbourhood smelled of Castrol R. He was all smiles....

would it not be a place where you could farm fish - they grow fast in "nutrient rich" waters.

The Shiz....

You have a come a long way since thta first post....

wow you took me back there. Often drive past that place and wonder where it was. Was a skate lighty in those days. That and Cresta parking lot which was down the road from my house. Used to build old bicycles and ride them on the tracks around Darrenwood dam - this was 1976 prior to BMX becoming a big thing. No brakes, fixed gears etc. Broke many rims. then got in to motorbikes. But in between played on skateboards. Snowy Smith M1 wheels, Alfa decks etc - all local.

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These are the new ones?

Not an MM fan but he's in another league of late. Rossi is not on the pace with the Yamaha any more. Fascinating race in Mugello. Dukes are super physical as machines so not everyone can master them... IOM TT ratchets it up to another level of insanity. THat's just really hard men who have no fear of dying. Having ridden Superbikes on track days i even struggle to watch some of those guys. Airtime at 200 MPH ?

Formula 1 super license now includes a section where the drivers get a legal class on how to lodge protests over the radio. And get told off by the team principal (Haas) which was hilarious. Bunch of snivelling entitled kids using Daddy's wallet to get them a seat seems to be a trend. Sorry but pure driving and tactical knowledge should encompass the full ambit of what you can use to win so it's a new era, but something died in Canada when the stewards adjudicated vettel's join as being dangerous. Villeneuve (whom the track is named after) would have permanently be in front of the stewards. I have been getting interested again even though its been years since i watched intently and must admit Lewis has Seb's number punched. But they are back to all the decisions happening at the stewards and in the pits. Compare the last MotoGP race to this and you will see what racing is about....

Taping it on your girlfriends vcr so you had lekker vids to watch... We were too poor for VCR's

Wo - OT but It takes big berries to keep the loud pedal flat when looping around an oval at upwards of 245MPH. Respect to anyone who then decides to take the outside line on to the marbles. Indy is coming up this month in May. Qualifying at over 230MPH and that's after they have slowed them down from the insanity of some years ago - that means an average speed of over 230 MPH for a mile oval. G forces that will rip your face off on the turns... I would love to be there on the day of the final - the sound of 30 Indy cars rumbling in to the first corner must be something that will make your hair stand up on your neck. Attendance is something like 300 000 people...

I have my program from the 1976 SA GP at Kyalami autographed by Jackie Stewart. We were part of the scouts that did the scoreboard opposite the grandstands. It was right next to the VIP enclosure on the pits roof so we had access to almost all the luminaries and were completely star struck by them all (those we recognised).

I am running 10 Speed Campagnolo Record group on my bike with a 10 speed Shimano body on the Kickr. It works fine - a little clunky but the alternatives around freehub bodies and the costs are horrendous. I was on it yesterday and it shifts fine...

I got the call when I was driving to court for the divorce case. She thought we were making a mistake.