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Can't use MTB? Is that based on race rules fvb?

...whee hijack. Was also considering a 1st attempt at junior ironman but was giving serious consideration to doing it on my MTB (maybe with slicks). Do the regulars see MTBs at ironman from time to time?

...and on the Epic 'Fred' a 30 seems to be the sensible consensus... Horses for courses :-)

Eish...sorry - what's the saying - "opportunity knocks"! Gone with an upgrade on my Air Niner HT. Warranty replacement on the frame so paid in to graduate to the Jet9RDO. Really like the look of those Cube MTBs though

Am eyeing out an upgrade to a suitable Full Suss 29er for next year's Epic. Just stumbled onto this thread and now the shortlist she is growing... Potentially see 2 worthy candidates in the Cube stable. This baby and the AMS 100 Super HPC Race 29er. Which model would be better suited to an Epic challenge? Any Cube agents in Durban?

Tried out eyewearsa.co.za...very easy - decent pricing - good service. Not sure of the extent of their selection but they had what I needed. Ordered my replacement lenses 20/05...received today. delivery fee only R50. Will def use them again!

haha...beginning to understand now why the steaks are 'nuked'! Could it be that the 'gatkrypers' are oiling the chef's too much and consequently a short while later the cooking finesse she is lost!? Blue is the new Rare man

Sniffie...you got lucky (or maybe they saw the 'insider' coming) 4 Sani's in a row now and every year my Steak is way overdone and tough as hell. Our group resort to taking our own steak knives along for the tussle Good Beef - yes certainly. Flavour great - but boy are they destroyed.

Hi Maxxis Still collating? Keen to join. Need a set of Polarised Stealth Black for my Antix. Would you be ok sending on to DBN?

Sounds like you've got the top-end frame there Banna. There's a new one in the Tall Boy spread - identical in all respects ito appearance. Also carbon but heavier. Think if we're going to compare apples with apples this is the model to compare with the Scott 910 (that is if marathon is the bias). Will be a fair bit heavier than the Scott.

Ja...that Scott will be a fair bit lighter. Was looking at the TallBoy towards the end of last year and was a little surprised at how heavy a decently specced SC TB was - even on the top-end frame (C, CC? I forget). To get your SC to a similar weight to the Scott 910 would prob be around a 30K diff on your pocket.

...and what was with all the signs on the left of the road??? Lots of blokes had close shaves with those! As for the uneven surface...MTB the answer

2 x 1hr 'opvok' sessions midweek (days rest in between) 2 x 30min core & upper body workouts midweek (alternating with riding days) 1 x 3hr+ ride on the weekend...done at solid pace. If not a Pro - this is all you need in my opinion. Been riding for 4yrs now and this has been my program in that time - still the gains keep coming. If stage race is coming do some back to back rides on the weekends leading up to the event - 3 to 4 weekends enough.

Looking to take the leap from HT to FS next year sometime. Is this Giant's 'top-end' package guys? What would a medium kitted with these specs weigh...yes a bit of 'weight watcher'...sorry

Anyone know a little more about these Munn (Mung?) kids bikes? Googled - but nada! Our youngest is turning 4 and now ready for 1st bike. These look like great starters. Sadly "Ou Boet's hand-me-down" hasn't quite made the grade!

General program for me...2 x 1hr sessions midweek and a 3hr ride on the weekends. We were headed for about 25th overall but my partner had the craziest day on a bike on Day 3...early crash, then broken chain, later rear-wheel self-ejecting, knocked off bike coming out the JoJo tunnel... Awesome experience though - must be very close to SA's best 3-day!

H2H was a disaster on this combo...cramped hectically from 55kms already! Perhaps I should've opted for Accelerate from the get go??? Intensity was there from the start. Ended on 4:49 but missed out on finishing with the usual suspects on 4:30 or so. Not saying 32GI is to blame after all the body is a funny thing and there will be bad days. More trying to understand the range.

Garmin showed it was shorter this year...95 on mine. Thanking my lucky stars though as the cramps infiltrated way too early! From 56 already %$#^! Was expecting around 5:15 and ended on 4:49. Like I said lucky the mileage had been chopped. Not one I'll look back on in fondness.

Drink of choice for Hill 2 Hill 105 on Sun will be 32Gi Endurance 1st bottle and then onto 32Gi Accelerate for the latter stages. Thing is everyone's always banging on about the importance of including real food along the way. Would the Race Food nougat blocks qualify and would they work in conjunction with the 32Gi products?

Drink of choice for "Hill 2 Hill" on Sun will be 32Gi Endurance 1st bottle and then onto 32Gi Accelerate for the latter stages. Thing is everyone's always banging on about the importance of including real food along the way. Would the Race Food nougat blocks qualify and would they work in conjunction with the 32Gi products?

Too many cocktails there son...

The Mercury's rising...2011's heat was hectic - resembled a warzone that last 10km or so.

My 1st Argus. Saw this section on PPA when I entered just ignored it. I got confirmation after paying for my entry. Is PPA membership compulsory?

Think everyone should enlist in something like this somewhere along the way...such a different animal! Did Trans Baviaans (Langs Baviaans) with a few mates a few years back and it was standout memorable.

Thanks Dale, Any idea what kind of seeding I could expect with those results? Can't try improve on Shova this year...in the sticks riding Berg & Bush.