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Why? Nolan has done something illegal. Nolan was caught. Nolan has co-operated with the powers that be. Nolan has been given an 18 month ban. Nolan will (God willing) be back. A lifetime ban? Jeepers' date=' that is harsh. The reasons for this transgression are well publicised. Even if he doped to get an unfair advantage instead of helping him over an injury, why would you want to take away a man's earning potential by using his talent. "Let him who is without blame cast the first stone" and all that. If you have never in your entire like broken any rule or exceeded the speed limit or shuffled figures around for tax purposes or even walked out of a shop with more change than you were entitled to, then go ahead. Come on people. Let it go. Let him serve his punishment and then take a wait and see stance when he returns. If he learns from his mistake, then all in all a good thing had happened. If however there is nothing learnt from this, then there is another issue at hand here.[/quote'] @Gasping - Someone with something in between their ears and open to idea's. Not just single minded and media sh*tted into the "doping" storm. Thanx man. If you look at it from different angles you see where the issues comes in with lifetime bans. Yeah, my post might be a little too naive, but a small percentage of people get caught for thing they didn't do - YES the rest is positive and they knew what they were doing.

why ? You don't agree but do you see my piont ?

Except they are in Italy and US. What about Burry Stander Conrad Stols (sp?) they pro as well. Kevin Evens surely get a decent salary ?

shot. Then its prob just *** truck driver - not knowing how wide this truck is and bamm. My ride only starts as soon as I leave that area and Stellenbosch traffic. Hate riding there in traffic. Would have like to have more timeslots available, but its either before work or after.

And we wonder why motorist hate us.... go figure. Its actually amazing that not more cyclist are killed , especially early morning and late afternoon/night

sh*t. Team rider or funrider ? Judging by what you've seen ? Aprox age estimate ? Heard nothing up till now. weird

Take it to LBS. If you don't know and WANT to do it yourself - go on a small course. If you don't know anything you'll just waste your time and maby even screw up. One can't do everything yourself - my motto. So focus on what you wanna be good at and leave the rest to the other pro's

Jip , also agree with the above. Start slow for a few km's. Then work into you training for the day - climb sprint, TT or whatever intervals etc. Then stretch while muscles are still warm after the ride. Not sure what the correct thing is to do but reading different view pionts just confuses you more - cause like most things one can always give reasons why your way is the better option. Some say you get poorer performance when stretching before a workout/ride. Some says that your muscles need to be warm to stretch then (then you get better results with the stretch). Some say stretch lightly before and then more intense afterwards. Go figure. I just ride my bike slow for a while until I feel comfy/warm in the legs then I hit the drills or up the tempo. Stretch is GOOD , so either way, you have to stretch. Stretching can sort out alot of problems in the muscles and prevent injury big time. I also do a bit of swimming and running just to keep things in balance. My legs don't like the day after day routine / repedative motions of cycling so need to keep them busy with other angles of attack on the muscles as well.

+1 for Flandria, Stellenbosch

It is not about the bike And more on topic. You can promise me all the Dogmas and bikey bits I could want for the rest of my life (and the fame etc etc that goes with that) to try and make me choose between sport and my son. I will choose my son every single time' date=' without hesitation! Are they hard work? Yip Are they expensive? Affirmative Are they ungrateful? Most of the time Are they a pleasure? YES YES! Will I have a kid again if I have to go back and make that choice again? OOH YES!!! AND MORE To be honest, there is nothing that compares to your children. Not any posession, not any accomplishment, nor legacy. The choice to choose between a bicycle and a child is an absolute no-brainer, and until such time as the choice becomes a non-choice you are not ready yet to be a parent. Raising children should not be a chore, but it should be part of who you are (not what you do)[/quote'] Obviously you should not be choosing between your son and something else! Shame on you . Were talking - Cycling/Bikes VS (having children) / starting a family The its a dif story. But I guess you first have to have kids to be able to comment on that. If you had the option 5 years back (after having kids) would you have done the same etc etc. Its a catch 22. For me with no Children its simple really. Fight it off until it creeps up on you and when you open your eyes again one day your married with kids and guess what - your still happy. But for now - not thinking about a wive or kids - so enjoying it while it lasts.

If your "spinning" the gears like Jan Ullrich did, surely your quads will feel a bit sore after a few min. Watch old footage and see the machine power the big blade up the climbs.. not saying its the best approach but surely looks awesome Try spinning more, higher cadence. obviously should setup be 100%, to low saddle can surely be your prob ?? Good luck man

ok 1up for you (on that cool part (18+) but .... Tell the other side of the story (when they were younger below 14) Then the Dogma was/ or could have been your refuge / a home away from all the stuff / a place to be yourself, relax and enjoy life, before returning home to a screaming, hungry and a-mind-of-it-own baby I'll stop stirring now. haha. I get you. Both have good and bad times. It all works out for the best in the end though

Amen brother' date=' Amen![/quote'] my apologies Like the saying goes -- if you dont try, you'll never know (even if you know its not a good idea to try, but still you have to try, just maybe ) good one.

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No its not that bad, its just that if your used to a routine of being very busy (office hours) and organizing training around that (morning and afternoon) and one day its super quite (like today) its really gets on my nerves and I feel that "work" is wasting my time - i wanna go and ride. I'm in the fruit export industry. Also from a fruit farm, so its what I do.