Comrade J

His Lawyers can send 1,000,000 Letters, I don't care. Taun you know who I am, (you scammed me) If the thing is said that is TRUE, then it cannot be defamation, that is the way the law works ( go and look and the Judgement in the recent "Alex Mafia" case........

I agree with Spinnekop, SA's are SA's, It should be harder than normal races, (just look at the Elite Men's race at Worlds as to what the attrition rate is, if you want the stripes you need to earn them (even Tadji said it was the hardest race he has ever ridden...) My plan was hopefully to be in the top 10 this year, (grand Masters) training was not sufficient ( Work is still a priority) and I was undercooked for the weekend, so I just stayed at home (I still had FOMO), we try again next year.

this feed popped up on my instagram during the week https://gravelstar.co.za/, wonder if anyone also got it Not sure who the event organiser is, they are clearly from another planet and have a good stash of 420, or better. You pay R900.00 and you get nada in return. See some of the rules 👇 Athletes may resupply at local businesses and stores along the route. Athletes may receive “neutral” support from residents at a stationary location from which any other event participant could also receive aid Each athlete MUST have at least one support crew person present at the event to fetch them should they need to abandon the event. You may use businesses in the checkpoint towns as your support for resupply. However, we recommend having a support person on call for the day should you choose to abandon the event. Support crews, friends, and family members are not permitted on the course except for moral support or to fetch a rider abandoning the event. They appear to have just copied info from the Unbound site https://www.unboundgravel.com/officialrules/

Matt was born in SA, he raced BMX from under 6 to under 10 (which would have been about 2012) when they left for Aus, Matt's dad was involved in property, and then if my memory serves correctly, he was involved with Clearwater Mall

My gut feeling, and has been for a while, is that they are stolen and broken up and sold as spares.

Just another piece of useless information, by chance I discovered there is another SAFFA in the TDF this year, Matt Dinham riding for DSM, born in SA and left when he was about 12, used to ride in my BMX Club https://www.team-dsm-firmenich.com/team/matthew-dinham/

Just last night on Instagram, that this year's event is being held on the 13 August at Karkloof https://www.gogravelmidlands.co.za/

Did a recce ride with Cycle Nation on the weekend, no sewage on the new route. Route has also been changed slightly.

It is not about the Bike.. it is about the legs and the mind ........

So why is no one calling out Annemiek van Vleuten, she only trains with the men, that's why she is so much stronger than her fellow cyclists

On these Stats, I don't see anything strange, me thinks some people's partners are miffed because they cannot beat her.... CSA and SAID must do their testing ( we know that they also do not have the funds to test so catch 22) https://mtbdata.com/riders/yolande-de-villiers

I found this youtube site JamowTV with plenty of live streaming, no adverts, free of charge. Right now I am watching Vuelta a Andalucia 2023 | Stage 1 |

Seems Benky loves a tight finish, currently three riders fighting over place 4/5/6/ With 10km to go Benky in 4th

Rowan now in 31st with 66km to Check point 3, Benky is in the mountains with 222km to go

Benky is now only 40 km, away from taking third place 300km to go

Race Update day 3 Benky now in 4th place, with 300 km to go, still some climbs ahead then a nice Gravel road along the coasst to the finish RACE LEADER SCRATCHES! Atlas Mountain Race Day 3 evening update

Please dont forget this race, which started friday night at 6pm in Marakesh There are two Saffers, one being Benky....👌who is slowly moving through the field, tsetrday he was 14th, currently lying 6th, and A gent by the name of rowan Matthews who is lying 37th about halfway https://amr2023.maprogress.com/ For the Dot watchers Into the Rift : The Story of the PEdALED Atlas Mountain Race NEW LEADER? Atlas Mountain Race 2023 Day 2 race analysis

If it's in your outbuildings and you can install one of those Whirly Bird exhaust fans above your inverter, it does make quite a differeance and increases the Air Flow

Thanks Chris For the other hubbers here Failure of a lithium battery may cause thermal runaway, which is a self-sustaining uncontrolled increase in temperature within the battery. Thermal runaway often results in fire caused by the ignition of the flammable gases vented from the battery.

Just going to add a bit o the thread, my son is a Firefighter with Fire Ops SA, from January this year about 70% of the structural fires have been indirectly caused by Inverter and Lithium Battery issues. The early summer lightning storms, saw may houses being indirectly struck via Palm Trees, Vibracrete Walls, and into the batteries (If COJ get to house first and they water on hand they do not assess the cause of the fire and are intent on putting the "Wet Stuff" on the "Red Stuff". We all know how Lithium reacts to water.......(now the whole house catches alight, Fourways in December) Beware of the cheap Chinese batteries Use a proper electrician (yesterday’s fire the wires were under spec) DO NOT PUT THE BATTERIES IN YOUR HOUSE Place a highly visible sign on your property that you have Lithium batteries, and indicate the Type, as each chemical mixture reacts differently, and requires a different response. When the batteries burn (which they are going to do at some point) they emit a highly toxic gas, that will scorch your thought and lungs. My son has been burnt twice now) Forget about trying to use your Fire Extinguisher, just get out

It was about two weekends ago in cradle, and there was a "Aunty" in her "see through" ciovita's🙃 I am still in shock.......

My 2 cents I have used both brands they were fair, First Ascent definitely does not last, and not made for long endurance events. Made the change to Monton, never looked back

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Just saw this now

My 2c,, having just been down the road, check for tyre clearance it makes a very big difference, to comfort on roads with corrugations , if you can 50mm or wider get that frame now (have a look at what Abdullah said about his bile on the Rhino Run and Benkys bike. I built up a Winspace G2 with SRAM XPLR AXS, and have just put on a Quarg Power Meter. Winspace are running stupid black friday deals at the moment This bike is Super super lite. Also think about gearing, make sure you can easliy change your chainring