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obviously someone took notice, cause on last night highlights on the TTT, there was no commentory, just silence. Just an aside but the couple times i have watched the coverage on RAI, how awfully bad is italian regualr TV, corny corny game shows and suitably ugly preseners. Italy is th land of style, elegance and beauty but their TV is piss poor

not good news at all. Thoughts with the family. I thought riding at suikerbosrand was the only safe place to ride road....not any more I guess

also doing my 1st. Had an ok base but have now stepped it up. Ride wed/frid 1 1/2 hours usually off road or mountain bike on road. Tues/thurs either ride or do a boxing class. We did a hectic 2 day training ride in dullstroom on the weekend. Sat was 120km (7 1/2 hours), mud and crazy hills. Sun only 80km but included a 12km road climb. Will try to get in both a sat and sun ride of atleast 3 hours. more than that is tuff time and family wise. my legs are still tired but the training will hopefully pay off.

110km sat off road in mud an rain and 2000m of climbing 80km sunday mainly off road but did include a 12km road climb up the highest paved road in the country. did an hour this morning on the road and the legs were sore !!!. ...hope it helps for sani

bought vanilla recovery from dischem yest. They had quite a bit of stock but few flavour options. was listed for R399 but when nit was rung up paid R360. happy to buy from you in future !! (price dependent)

rudi rydon. They may not look as cool as say the jawbones but they work well and are light. Only gripe is that they fog up so quickly. I have a pair of oakley sunglasses and have replaced the lenses twice due to pealing. crap lenses great marketing

think brown is now the new black. its going to be everywhere soon with matching shoes

Any good deals on road shoes or saddles ?

I generally slow down expecting the dog to have a nip at my ankles. I like dogs, am usaully in a good mood on my bike and dont let it worry me. Dogs in the park are like most bad car drivers, if you anticipate them going for you/turning infront of you, you can usually avoid an accident.

Dischem never seems to have stock of the cytomoax recovery drink. Their staff has almost no knowledge of what a suitable alternative would be. I have tried wasp in the past which was quite nice but I always felt better taking the cytomax after a hard ride or workout. I ended up buying the biogen recovery drink (strawberry). I has a bitter after taste and left me feeling a little "under nourished". Its mostly a matter of personal taste but I waswondering what are the better drinks on the market. The biogen does have quite a high protein content 20g per serving but what are the key ingredients to look for when buying a recovery drink. Thanks

I must have go lucky as purchased a top from CRC recently and they marked the parcel as bike parts and paid no duty just vat.

CWC are not greedy or needing to be closed down. They are simply going about their business of trying to make money and attract clients. Its quite simple that people look for value and service when shopping and if CWC offer this then good on them. Trying to make a buck by being cheaper and better than everyone else is simply good business and in this day and age of dog eat dog its survival.

My 1st MTB race and really enjoyed myself. There was enough of everything to keep things interesting and I will be back next year. MTB races are way tougher than road !!!!!!!

Like him or not, La certainly does bring more colour and excitement to the tour and I do enjoy seeing someone my age take on the youngsters. He is an amazing rider and total quality and looks to be in unbelievable condition. He will however not win the tour. The mountains is where it counts and its here that contador, schleck, sastre will show their class. contador is the best time trialist of the contenders. AC did lose face in the split yesterday and it was brilliant to watch the brake get away and have LA in it. its a great tour so far and I think its only going to get better !!!!!!

shop service levels all reflect back to the store owner. If they firstly employ the right people who have some bike knowledge and then are the type of people who can actually sell its half way there. having been to so many bike stores its no wonder many of them are battling to stay in business. Good service goes such a long way and can even allow higher pricing than say importing goods from CRC. prob is owners are not around all the time and staff who usually dont give a sh*t either way simply destroy the businss.