The Pirate

Good luck and well done to all hubbers that are competing in this event. I also did it for 3 years between 1994 - 1996. It was great fun !

One of South Africa's most iconic stadiums - Ellis Park - has reportedly sold its name rights for a massive R45-million to Coca-Cola International and will be known in future as Coca-Cola Park

In the news paper today : GM's shares hit a record high of $93.62 on April 24, 2000, but fell at one point Monday to $11.12 dollars, marking its lowest level in over half-a-century. Its shares subsequently closed down slightly at $11.50. Since the beginning of June, GM's share price has tumbled over 35%. That sounds like BIG trouble to me.

Shares in GM endedlast week down just over 17%, the worst weekly performance for the stock since September 2001. With a market capitalisation of $6.5bn, GM is now worth less than a third of Renault SA, the French carmaker that was spurned when it sought an alliance with GM in 2006. The leading US carmaker is worth just one-fifteenth of Toyota ($99bn), which overtook GM this year as the global sales leader by volume. Once seen as a bellwether for the US economy, GM is also in danger of being eclipsed in value by the likes of India's Tata Motors ($4.4bn) and Russia's Avtovaz ($4.6 billion), home of the Lada brand.

No way ... At over 40 years plus ! Not bad at all.

Hey you guys in Louis Trichard, how's the weather today ?

Dankie bateleur, meer tolgelde verwag, nou is daar bietjie meer drinkgeld vir my

Very nice bike, 1998 was a good year for Bianchi and the Pirate

Very nice ride ! Giant is a very good buy.

Jammer om dit te hoor spinnekop, sou lekker gewees het om saam met jou te ry in die bondel.

Great pix Crux, that was about the time I also started cycling, when I was in std 9 and Willie Engelbrecht was the main mac in the pack !

Congrats Backlash !! It will give you hours of fun and time together, and a bit of sweat as well We've been riding tandem for almost 2 years now and it kicks ass. Nice race to start of with ...

Just a quick question, how many toll gates do we have between JHB and Louis Trichard ? I need to do the budget for the weekend

Great news !!! I like this pic, two of my best cycling buddies are on this pic !! Jaco (infront) and Hennie (black,red & white). We are all going to be there this weekend again

Like your explanation of a tandem mdk Have been cycling for 16 years of which the last 2 years was tandem. It is much tougher than single bike racing ...

Is the Spur still open in Louis Trichard ? I remember we used to go there almost every Friday when I was in the army camp in Louis Trichard. I can recommend their food and portions. Yummy.

Take something sweet like jelly babies or jelly beans and then you can also take some raisins and 2 bananas. If Contador can eat 2 bananas on a 6H30 stage then we can probably to ...

My goeie genade dit is skokkend ! Ons gaan die naweek oorbly in die lugmag basis vir die Kremetart fietswedren en ek sal dan by my fighter pilot pelle uitvind of dit regtig so erg gaan ...

No longer an amateur race he ? The pro's are going to make it difficult for us ... Eish Eina !!!

So unnecessary,very very sad news. It's almost becoming a daily occurance now, my condolences to his family.

I agree with muddy. We need to start adressing those individuals in our bunches that throw their rubish on the roads or in the ground. If one or more people take that person on, he/she will think again before they do it again.

Veels geluk Spinnekop ! Mag die Here jou seen met nog jare se gelukkige fietsry ...

Will post it next week, promise. She is also a beauty !!

Thanks Joss. I'll take a few pics this weekend of her bike and the tandem and post them all next week. Our tandem also looks very nice

Almost a 1000 people doing the long distance, that must be a record ? How big is the sub-vets bunch, maybe you will know Cheetah or Wheelie ? Just a bit interrested