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I think "The Hammerhead" looks sick...!

Yeah, the 700 points I did manage to get were from going to the gym, unfortunately, card swipes only get you so far. And thats because I'm a member at Virgin. What if I was not, like last month...?

I have a question regarding the active rewards story. So, all the rewards (shoe boosters, watch boosters, gym boosters etc) are based on achieving a weekly goal of X amount of points, in order for the benefits to "pay out". I'm on the Endurance & High Performance scheme, so have a fixed points goal of 1200 per week. Most weeks I'm at almost 2000 points or more, (Some even over 3000 if I've run a marathon etc). Last week i had a bit of an ITB strain, and was only able to get 700 points, missing my goal. Now, surely the fact that one is generally surpassing the points goal by quite a margin on a weekly basis, should count for something, and in a week where you're injured or ill, some sort of leeway should be granted. So if my points goal is 4500 points a month (1200 x 4), and I'm off for a few days in one week, but I'm still close to 6000 or more points for the month, should i be penalized...? I understand it's "Weekly" goals, but surely if the billing runs monthly, then they could look at your points over the month...?

Myself and a mate share the KOM down that Bomber Downhill (I don't know how to say this, but I'm kind of a big deal). We averaged 52km/h for the segment, but hit a max of 77km/h. That tightish right hander needs a late entry and tight apex, and some confidence in your rubber. It has a hole right on the apex now, that messes with your mind, coz you cant see it till you're just about to drill it, flat out.

I'm sure that initial 25% (If you have the Healthy gear card and have done the fitness assessment) is not 25% of the purchase price of the shoes. My 25% is on a maximum of R2000, so at max, i get R500 back. I looked into this when purchasing my Forerunner 735XT. And even then, i don't know how many times one can get 25% off of how many R2k purchases. ie, I'm not too clued up on how the billing cycle works.

Aaah, 75% on the shoe portion being 2k max, gotcha. Cool, keep us posted.

On the Shoe Booster story, if you want shoes that are more than R2000, do they still pay you back on the value of R2k, and you basically incur the additional cost...? Sportsmans must have a blind person choosing their colour options for them. I want Nike Vomero 12's (R2100 from them, sub 2k at Totalsports and many other places). SW only has them in a lovely avocado green colour. Who the hell buys avo green shoes...?! How about a simple black n white option...?

I'm really hoping that with this more focused foray into the marathon crazy S.A market, there are plans to release an XC/Marathon oriented, steeper geometried full suss bike to rival the likes of the S-Works Epics etc. After the Tallboy 3 went a bit slacker now, I'm left wondering what to buy after my TB2, which I've done my best to get to be as sharp and "twitchy" as my Highball...

Also, why does the race medical shed even have banned stuff to administer to competitors...? If your condition is bad enough to warrant requiring "the good stuff", then you should need to pull out of the race and declare requiring banned meds as the reason.

The fact that it takes 8 months for these clowns to find things, makes me take them far less seriously...

It's a 1 way loop through the reserve...

Anyone doing the Two Lap Shuffle...?

Just enter on time...

It's injectable, and therefore contravenes some sort of no needles policy, (though that policy became less clear to me in the Rourke story, when it was stated that its only "no needles" IN competition.) It can be injected intra-muscularly or subcutaneously. All it really does is make you feel hot and tingly in the face, which a strong dose of L-Arganine does too. I cant say whether or not it had a positive effect on cycling performance, as i only tried it before i took up cycling...

Hmm, look at the budgie smuggling, lycra wearing, leg shaver casting stones... Easy on the generalisations, tiger...