sadamhussein

looking at the advert below for a new film, i find it peculiar how they describe mountain biking: haha, cross country isn't even included! it goes to show that despite what the majority of south africans may think, there really is a LOT more to mountainbiking than turning every ride into a boring endurance race where we try and show our so-called friends that it's all about getting there first. it seems we are obsessed with cross country because we lack imagination, but surprise surprise, there is a whole world of fun to be had out there people! wake up!

am i the only one to notice this, am i on crazy pills?!!?! but why for the love of all things holy is it called the sani to sea if the race doesnt include sani pass??? it's like having the new york marathon in miami, or back in the day, calling it the paris dakar but starting in london. maybe they should rather call it the - nowherenearsani2c i'm also gonna market a mountain bike race using a spectacular natural phenomena to boost it's credibility. i'm calling it... The Kilimanjaro 2 C ! the route will be from breedts nek to wemmer pan.

cable discs??? white tyres??? not practical. i like the look though

the million dollar question - do you have bar ends????

i have the opposite problem, they wont leave me alone - whenever i walk in there i get swamped by 4 guys at once! while we're on cycle lab, i recently had a wheel trued. not only did they put all the other jobs aside when i said i needed my wheel back in a hurry, they also sent me an sms the second it was ready for collection, with the amount due and a contact person and number. great service!

oh c'mon, they do!

sportsmans warehouse has some really decent bikes for under 5k

i might just be

well it seems that everyone here has his own definition (and opinion ) of what a WW is

life shouldn't be so serious that we cant laugh at ourselves. we ALL in one way or another fit the criteria of my description of what a WW is, myself included. I'm glad some people found it entertaining!

sorry

if i was a weekend warrior i wouldn't be sitting here typing on a saturday, now would i?

oh boohoo! cry me a river! does someone identify with the underdog here? on the contrary, a weekend warrior is actually the one who thinks he knows it all because he spent the most money on his gear

the term "weekend warrior" usually refers to someone who is a chop or lombard (lots of money but a real ****) whom through lack of skill but over-enthusiasm gets in the way of serious riders, and in doing so endangering themselves and others. they are usually found causing bottle-necks at races whenever the course gets remotely technical, forcing them to get off and push. they are the guys who think mountainbiking is about riding a gravel highway for 60km and bragging about it to their work colleagues (who dont give a ratts-ass either way) on monday morning, while the rest of us know that the true measure of a mountainbiker can be established in a couple of metres. they have all the latest gear, carbon, spandex, oakley radar's, and think they look like bury stander when they see themselves in the reflection of car windows. they hardly ever go offroad, and pump their tires to 4.8 bar so that their average speed on tar can be that much higher when they go ride in the cradle with their 29ers (the ride for them is about quantity, not quality). you get weekend-warriors in every sport, for instance, in aviation they are the guys slamming into mountains and killing all on board because they dont fly enough to be current and take the weather serious. in kayaking they are the guys who can't do a proper roll, bail out of their boats, and have to be continually rescued by the other paddlers.

haha, that's what you get for wearing pink....flippin pansie

still, why would sanral listen to cyclists ??? they're not the ones affected by a toll road anyway. it's like a gay rights activist pitching at a march against rhino poaching. it's a stupid idea.

probably not, but that's only because the corrupt bastards have not thought about it yet. so keep it quiet, just now they get an idea and we all get arrested for the insignificant act of riding a bike offroad.

haha, people are too scared to protest like this and put themselves on the line. not even during the holocaust did people stick out their necks and stand up for themselves, and they were facing certain death - in this case we are talking about a toll road, hardly enough cause to expose yourself to abuse and arrest by the infamous metro police thugs.

no it's not probably illegal, it IS illegal. with speed differential between slower and faster vehicles i find it a hair raising experience to ride on the highway with a 250cc motorbike that can average 120kph. cycling on the highway = certain death.

i've started riding the pavements with my motorbike too, it's a great way to avoid traffic, and pedestrians literally jump out of your way when they hear the 650cc single cylinder coming at them!

i'm with skylark, dude, just do what you want. ride the pavement!! it's life and death riding with the cars in the road, SA is blessed with some really nice single-track on sidewalks in urban areas, it would be stupid to NOT make use of it. if we were debating riding on the sidewalk in say, New York, i'd be inclined to advise against it, but seriously, nothing is cut and dried here in third world africa. rules that make sense in the first world cannot be applied here. dont expect a motorist backing out of his driveway to yield to you because you shouldnt be there and he's not expecting you, by the same token you must yield to pedestrians because they are as predictable as headless chickens. all in all, these "threats" make riding the sidewalk so much more fun!

who cares if riding on the pavement is legal, this is africa! and forget bells and noisy hubs, only one thing gets the attention of an earphone wearing single track shuffling moron when approaching from behind at warp speed on a sweet section of urban-downhill..... it's called the acme thunderer. blow this thing like a ref in the world cup final and pedestrians will clear before you like the red sea did before moses! ps. it works just as well for peletons of dirt-roadies riding 29ers on the spruit when they wont get out of your way

thanks, wise words. it still hurts though...

i've got a lot of aggression from a recent divorce, the US armed forces would do well by hiring me right now, i'll kill everything i see!

I am the jerk giving all other cyclists a bad name - i have a bad attitude not only towards motorists, other races, other cultures, the opposite sex, gays, lesbians, muslims, jews, but also other cyclists too! you can blame me