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My My we are touchy' date=' I never singled you out as being aggressive, Nancy Drew's calmer answer to what was being said in this thread just made more sense to me. Woman, to me, generally have a much less aggressive reaction to such situations, sorry just my opinion.[/quote'] I agree that Nancy made a sensible comment. I just don't believe in collectives - so I think her sensible comment is as a result of her being a sensible person not because she happens to be a woman. But not offence taken - your entitled to your opinion as I am to mine. As cyclists we ride in packs, and unfortunately pack mentallity takes over. The bigger the pack the the more arrogant the pack become. In this situation its a collective attitude and not an individual one.

Takes a woman to see the situation for what it is' date=' and not just respond with agression. [/quote'] There was no aggresion in my response eventhough I am not a woman. Implying that you have better judgement just because you are a woman is a collectivistic idiosyncrasy. You have hit the nail smack on the head & I would go so far as to say we are wrong most of the time! There's a thread on the motoring forum again on the same subject & frankly I kinda agree with them. There is no short term solution or quick fix, but untill cyclists as a whole change their attitude the problem will only perpetuate as more & more of us take to the roads. Cyclists as a whole will never change their attitudes, as individual people and not collectives have attitudes. Only through sensible legislation, education, adequate resourcing and enforcement, can we hopefully increase the generally level of adherence to the law over time. My My we are touchy, I never singled you out as being aggressive, Nancy Drew's calmer answer to what was being said in this thread just made more sense to me. Woman, to me, generally have a much less aggressive reaction to such situations, sorry just my opinion.

I chased a click for three weeks only to find in the end it was the gear cables at the lugs on the down tubes. You cannot believe how noises travel through a frame sending you on some wild goose chases !!

Thats me, one of the the miserable old men!!

No more cyclists taking out lic just for early start then being dropped and overtaken by blue rinse grannies on shopping bikes. You better believe it and you must realise we are a bunch of real grumpy old men who barely tolerate each other never mind any outsiders who don't belong

I've been in the game 35 years now, been on all the committies, done all the politics, and to me things just seem to go in circles, same ego's, same hidden agendas, nothing changes, who knows maybe oneday someone will get involved and change things for the good of the sport.....maybe......maybe......who knows!!

You will be allowed to ride in the vets category if your seeding is good enough but not for provincials & nationals or SA champs.

You only need the R300.00 racing licence if you intend doing SA's, nationals & provincials, otherwise the R75 cyclosport licence covers everything else. A reduction for most !!!

Went from Shimano to Look Keo pedals,(Trade in offer) was a bad move but stuck with them for now

Looks like Prepsol in disguise to me !!!

I've been using Muscle works (the internet shop) products for the past couple of months, besides being cheaper and very convenient, one never really knows if any if any of this expensive stuff we put in our bodies really works. Does anyone have an opinion or know how good the quality of their products are ?

Its amazing how big & invicable a guy feels when he's in his car. A couple of weeks ago we were pushed of the road & sworn at by a couple of jerks who then sped off like real men would. Knowing reporting them to the revenue collectors would come to nought we traced them from the car reg. no. and paid them a visit one evening. They went from big men to sniveling little boys in seconds, the satisfaction was well worth it !!!

They will be bringing out a complete new product range under the label "Campano" apparently the quality will be vastly improved on the existing campag stuff