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Add pioneer also

Last year was a good race.Worthwhile doing .

My first road race .3h20 on MTB .Started in group mm and avoided traffic from the gun .Rode hard to get a better seeding for next year .Highspeed crash in front of me when fast female rider tried passing between 2 riding buddies riding abreast .Hopefully will be in better seeding position next year .I think I might get a road bike and do more road cycling

Train well ,but rest totally the week before and pace yourself well .Eat good food at every waterpiont .Hydrate with rehidrate or game in your camelbak to stop cramping .Rather walk often to stretch your muscles and give your arms a rest .Do all the things you do for a 70k race just a little slower.Do the Grabedoo race from Grootbrak on the 31december.If you have energy left then you are ready,You have just done the 2d part of the atta

Worn disc brakes it looks like

Saddle shape and angle is determined by your flexibility .Make sure this is correct.A raised saddle will put your pelvis at a shallower angle and is better for poor flexibility.My daughter had a similar problem and was solved with a riser handelbar and neutral saddle angle

So where can i find EPO?

Do core muscle exercises correctly .A army situp or pushup is not a proper core exercise .Get a gym instructer to show you how

SS brings out the better rider in all of us .If i am not in the mood for training i take the SS .You get into the mood very quickly at the first climb

Nobody is telling us what exactly he did

Please close this Boooooring subject

I am on my 2d anthem .Currently on 2012 model x 29er .These are wonderful bikes .Great package with the x model .Full XT and carbon frame with alu rear triangle,fox shock and fork .Proven geometry and maestro susp

Geax Rear .conti X -king protection front.Saguaro is too heavy for a front tyre

Cateye and then Polar

merida big nine 23' for u

FRM ds frame alone is 35 000. ???? At Pioneer there was a Giant Revel in the bike park on last day .Good for you on your 5k bike

How difficult can this be .your body needs both protein and carbohydrates all the time .If you burn more ,consume more of the same .Just done the CPT .My first one ,and when chatting to riders that have done plenty stage races ,it's always the same .Eat normal food .Nobody uses the same formula in their water bottle anyway .Lots of the fast riders still carboload on rice and bread ext.For weight loss ,you have to consume less carbohydrates .To preserve your muscle consume protein ,during and after hard exercise .

Just finished the CPT .MTBing does not get better than this .Last stage was wet from the start to the finish .if you dressed correctly this was still a blast .Better than 40deg heat .Best organized ,best terrain ,most scenic..As a middle marker I rode between 5 and 6 hours per day .Already sorry I did not stop enough to take it all in and take more photos .Will not miss another one especially if they keep the stages the same .Rain made 3 stages more challenging ,but all still rideable .Every stage was special .Well done Dryland team for making my life better

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Firemeister .I was ready for surgery ,any surgery in the first week .It was that bad .I am a MD myself and could not believe this is happening to me .Find a specialist with a good conservative rep .It all depends on the severity of each individual case .If i became incontinent ,i would have opted for an op .I lived on painkillers for 6 weeks and it subsided .PAIN IS NOT AN INDICATION FOR SURGERY !!!!Drop foot ,weak leg ,incontinence is .Get more than one opinion if you can .It is unethical to put DR name on a forum like this .E-mail me .

This time last year i also had a herniated disc from too much hard cycling 'Standing' running and carrying my 6 year old son down a mountainside .It took 6 weeks to the day to subside .Walking was the worst .Cycling was the most comfortable .Be brave and take the pain with the help of painkillers and fisio .I kept on cycling ,sitting only .It will get better with conservative treatment .Surgery only if you have neurological fallout in 2 months time .I still get a faint sciatic pain if i overdo standing cycling .Also your new hardtail can play a role and was just enough trauma to burst the disc .Consider DS bike

What saddle does he use is what I want to know

snakeskin on ,and you can do do the epic .Saddle also goes .I have conti protection combo at the moment .Crossmark is also good but heavy .Doing CPT with contis,s .They also sponsor the event ,so I can get a new set for R 900.0 at the event

Love the anthem.Doing the CPT on mine next week .I have seen them at cajees .Full xt is a winner .maestro yes!,Only thing I will change are the tyres .I prefer the Sid monarch suspension setup anyway to fox .Go for it !

To make things simple.Bread + peanutbutter before .Salted peanuts and raisins+water during .A litre of milkshake after with biltong .Take a multivit and MAGnesium and calsium daily