Lucky Luke.

TheHub Mythbusters go to work. SA's largest brains debunking dubious claims again.

I read some choice BS about some glasses I actually like this morning. It was so bad I think I felt a tinge of buyers remorse to see a picture of my sunglasses positioned above such blatant horseshit. Where they could have just said it in less than 20 words : "The new shape prevents sweat on the lens and makes for a wider field of vision", instead we are presented with a steaming pile of impenetrable nonsense: The stuff about air circulation just seems like total crap so I didn't bother to paraphrase at all there.

2.50 will be tough from E, even in perfect weather... good luck though!

I thought the Thule shop was opposite there.. maybe not Bridge Cycles 56 De Waal Road Diep River Cape Town 7800 Tel: 021 712 0974 Fax: 021 712 4841 Email: fayaz@iafrica.com Contact: Faza Opening times: Mon-Thurs: 09h30 - 19h00 Fri: 09h30 - 12h00; 14h00 - 19h00 Sat 09h00 - 15h00 Sun closed

Yes I thought that too. We can ask but we cannot produce the historical data to answer. The tour is not the best comparison - probably more interesting to compare a race using the same route, climbs and distance every year.

With all the aero and power percentage improvements now readily available to us over the counter in the form of accessories, supplements, helmets shaped like spaceships, etc, you would think guys would be able to finish the Tour de France at 80km/h average by now. And yet how much has the average speed gone up by since the 80's? In le tour or any other big race? You will probably find a drug-induced spike in the mid-nineties that lasts nearly ten years, followed by a slump back down almost to 80's level again - not quite that low, mostly due to bikes getting lighter.

nothing wrong with it at all I'm just trying to clarify, not for the first time, that there will be boyes drive for this argus and several others to come. I even posted the construction bozo's pdf showing their projected completion dates a few weeks back. Maybe somebody could merge the threads or pin this info somehow.

No you misunderstand. I'm not actually posting you a prize. Seriously though, all the best for your commuting.

I don't mind the road works so much, it's the random power, phone and water outages that have become tiresome. Nothing like a fridge full of food going off and an online business that has ground to a halt. Latest projected completion date is about 18 months away, so expect at least 3 more boyes drive arguses - based on the historical accuracy of these estimates.

Littering and not waving at each other to boot It only takes a second to wave at your fellow roadie. Flap an empty gel wrapper as a sign of solidarity.

They are building an eight lane flyover that bypasses the Deep South and offers an overland alternative for polar explorers. As a local resident I can assure you this is the only logical explanation.

I think the effects are non-denominational.

I was riding into your bike at 40km/h. Thank you for yanking it to the left 0.1 seconds prior to impact. Moses and the red sea immediately came to mind. Get well soon!

No man, come on, everybody knows we all meet secretly on a wednesday at Vida in Camps Bay. How else would we conspire to block rush hour traffic and desecrate the environment?

I wish Jesus would come and walk on the water at Kalk Bay harbour, the **** he could collect there if he had a spare moment. Not to mention the number of swimmers who need saving over the christmas hols.

So you are not a roadie, just a litter-activist who participates in every scheduled road racing event. Kudos to you and your social conscience. "Forum user solves littering epidemic by tarring all road cyclists with same brush" - sounds unlikely no? Please send us a pic of your shoes so we can check for bloody entrance wounds. I think you'll find you have one per foot.

Yes, I can vouch for this. The accidentally discarded saddle was collected at the expense of his final position over the line. Not piglike at all. Pigs are more likely to feature as part of the saddle than to sit on top of one, or pick one up off the road. I myself returned home with two empty gels in my back pocket. Pigs don't have pockets. Unless they have been made into handbags. That is a different story.

Sorry for my puerile comments. I was clearly misled by the thread title. I thought childish name-calling and silly outbursts would be welcomed here. Refer to several earlier threads on littering for my more mature contributions. Please carry on, I will move along and leave you to it.

Good points but you must please use a larger typeface and consider capitalisation if you wish to compete with initial piggy assertion in the thread title.

What is more shocking.. the littering, or the astounding revelation that moral outrage on the internet achieves nothing

What is getting worse? the littering or the ad infinitum discussion?

Yes, I know what you mean. Last year I was on track for the win. Missed it by 2 hours in the end and my mom had to stitch up my jersey pockets as the seams had split from all the gu wrappers.

Yes, we are pigs. oink. Great thread

I was also hoping for another hunk of chinese scrapmetal to drape proudly about my neck. Otto says it best:

Nowhere does the law state you must cycle in the gutter. Perhaps you are confusing actual law with hub law as laid down ad nauseum by certain members. Cycle where it makes sense, for you - as someone who must arrive home in one piece - and secondary to that - for the rest of the people using the road. If you think that is travelling in the opposite direction to everyone else then as oom says, best of luck with that. Darwin award in the post.