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My guess would be: 1. Marketing 2. Packaging 3. Nestle doesn't have a horse's arse for a CEO

Guess a bit more than 25 people have seen the conversation now. Who needs a marketing department when you've got old Albe "foot in mouth disease" Geldenhuys as a CEO?

I think you meant "I", not "i"

What an arse. I'm surprised anyone still buys the stuff. They certainly wouldn't if they knew what a big **** the CEO is.

Some yummy stuff in there that I'd love to give to my kids: Fructose (fruit sugar) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose Brown sugar (more sugar) Medium-chain triglycerides (used for weight loss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-chain_triglycerides) Inulin (more fructose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inulin) Salt And that's not even to mention flavouring and stabilisers. Who even knows what healthy stuff they've put in there! Yip, definitely adding this to my kid's daily intake. Never enough chemicals, salt and sugar in a kid's diet is what I say.

Hope Carlos Barredo thinks it was worth it...

Roadies are much tougher than adventure racers. No chance, IMO.

Yes, I saw that second video of Macca nearly climbing on Marino's back. Any idea what Marino's saying to Macca when it happens? Sounds like "Haai jou mak p**s, nee jou m**r man" to me...

We on for this afternoon? Bike's in the car, hoping the wind won't be as bad as last week...

Me too, but I did the One Tonner yesterday, so couldn't stay up all night and watch the end Lots to say about Macca just stopping... Shows some bad sportsmanship on his part, IMO. Crowie, on the other hand, knew he wasn't going to win and despite that finished the race.

Yip, thanks for all the help, Fanie. I think you pushed me over most of the hills at the end Was a good ride, my time was around 4:48, which I'm pretty happy with, seeing as I missed my group and just started with whatever group the MC2 guys were in. The wind was howling at a few points and sticking that pass in the middle of the road after 100km must qualify as cruel and unusual punishment Close to the end the temperature started climbing a bit and I felt quite sorry for those still out on the course.

Ja, forgot about Faris. Would love to see him doing something, mainly because I think doing an entire race in your Speedo takes balls.

Eish, you can say that again... Was windy as all hell out there. Ashamed to say I got dropped 2 laps from the end.

Never bet against Macca. I'd love to see Rappstar do well, too, but I'm guessing he won't. He said himself that he's doing too many events before Kona to perform properly. Also, the Raelert brothers could provide an upset. So, my top 3: 1. Macca 2. Andreas Raelert 3. Crowie Sad that neither LA or Lieto will be there, could have been epic on the bike.

I've got the Suunto Quest. I pair it with the heart rate monitor, the mini footpod, the bike skewer and the cadence monitor. Then I use my android device to map my GPS through Strava. I guess if I wanted to I could get the Suunto GPS device, but I like Strava and Suunto isn't compatible with Strava. Anyways, that's enough data for me. Suunto has been very good in terms of honoring their warranty, even where it's been my fault they were pretty cool about replacing stuff. They actually gave me the Quest for less than a R1000 after I fell off my bike, cracked my T3D's face and went swimming with it afterwards. I do like Suunto's online app (http://www.movescount.com), but I have to be honest and say that I know nothing about Polar's equivalent offerings.

Yip, I thought the race was extremely well organised and well staffed. The routes were clearly marked and there were loads of marshals at all the right places. The food and drinks at the end were also nice. My only gripe is that the routes converge near the end (I'm guessing the last 15km or so). I felt really bad for the people doing the short courses as guys doing the long course kept whooshing past them, often shouting at them to keep left. Only one lane was closed to traffic for quite a bit of the course, and I saw quite a few near accidents with people on MTBs swerving all over the lane while packs of vet and sub-vet riders tried to get past.

Was a great experience. I wrote a race report here: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/121022-tri-robben-island-race-report/

Thanks. Chris takes awesome photos!

Don't think this is going to happen. Most cyclists who are even semi-serious about cycling would rather use the road in any case and not the promenade. I think this is more for families with small kids who're going really slowly, which is what I would use it for.

Sheesh, that was hard. Much more effort required to stay with a small pack Anyone know who the photographer was?

Dunno, assuming it is as no one has said they got the dreaded SMS... I'm leaving out of Stellenbosch in the next 5 minutes, so a yay or nay would be appreciated from someone in the know.

Ai... those clouds do not look good from Stellenbosch's side... Anyone close by? Is it raining?

Couldn't agree more, so tired of having to pay X amount extra for each flipping race. So far it's been (and these are the ones I remember): CSA PPA TSA WPA RaceTec Chip Spectrum Sport Timing Chip Whatever board thingy they're using at the MTN Gravel Travel Whatever armband thing they were using at Die Burger MTB Temporary License whenever the organisers feel they haven't sucked you dry enough I've lost count of how many times I've bought licenses and chips. I really, really wish there was 1 body to whom I could pay a yearly fee and get it over with.

Nice photos, Chris. You really have a great eye for the dramatic. Come out to Killarney on Wednesday evening and take some more

Thought I'd post a few thoughts and experiences on the race here in case anyone's interested in doing the event next year or wanted to know what happened this year. The ferry for Robben Island left at about 6:30 on Saturday morning and we arrived at Robben Island to the sight of our bikes left in the rain overnight. Despite the bubble wrap used when they transported the bikes, my bike sported a few brand new gashes across the top tube. I was pretty irritated by this, but at least I'll know next time to pack my own bike and not leave it in the hands of others. There were about 70 people who were taking part in the 2 events: 30 or so in the shorter 400m swim/14km bike/4km run and about 40 in the longer 800m swim/28km bike/8km run. The short course participants set off at about 8 o'clock and the long course participants at about 9:30 (after all the short coursers had left for the run). The swim course was a lot of fun with very little waves and reasonably clear water. The harbour is quite protected and swimming the 800m course took less than 20 minutes for most participants. The water was a balmy 17 degrees, and a lot of people did the swim without a wetsuit. The mountain bike course was a disaster from start to finish. The markings were extremely unclear and the few marshals that were on course had no idea where the course was and were giving incorrect directions to participants. My guess is that no one completed the same course. I met multiple bikers coming towards me, completely confused as to where they were supposed to be going. The course was supposed to be 2 loops of 14km each, but people were reporting doing between 20km and 32km in total, depending on where on the course they went wrong. To be honest, this is not mountain biking course: there was some offroad, but the worst was a 10m sandy strip that hardly required a MTB to traverse. I locked out my front shock and didn't release it for the entirety of the course. If I do the course next year, I'll put slicks on my MTB or borrow a cyclo-cross bike somewhere. The run course was a 4km out-and-back along a stretch of the coastline, to be repeated twice for the 8km participants. Apart from the fact that the scenery is really beautiful, the course was pretty flat with little variation. Due to the bugger up with the cycle course, I can't imagine anybody releasing results for the race, but I don't think that coming first or second was a priority for most of the participants. Everyone I spoke to had a good experience and enjoyed the day, despite the teething problems on the course. The medal we all got at the end was probably the best I've received in a long time and you could see that the organisers took some effort in putting it together. Overall, I think the organisers did a good job, given how few participants there were and the logistical problems inherent in putting on an event on an island. I loved doing the event. It was a lot of fun and an awesome way of seeing Robben Island. I'm really glad I did it and will be back next year.