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all pro sporting codes have their dopers

City CC have an 8 day mtb ride back to CT from the Knysna Oyster Festival. its not a race but no=one else pedals that but you.

me , i'm pissed off big time - sent my polar hrm 720i in for battery replacement and service. followed instructions from polar service centre re sending it via P O counter to counter. hrm stolen, claim lodged with P O, still waiting to hear outcome. i wanted to take it up with polar at the argus expo as they recommend the P O as their preferred "courier service" but they were too busy. anyway i've made peace with myself, i'll just have to listen to my body in future.

City CC members meet on the new Burgundy Bridge at 5.30 pm every wednesday evening, some just go to the end of the gravel on malanshoogte and some do the occultsdale , spes bona circuit. they will look after you. lights essential.

is there a 3 m wide bike lane on each side of the road or just one 3 m bike for bike traffic in both directions?

keep on using yr imagination - a flatbed can't drop the vehicle off exactly on the spot where you want to store it - i'll leave the rest up to you to figure out, it's not rocket science. i'll check the email and see if it's for internal use only if not i'll post the other pics - they are only close ups of the hose and a bank official doing the paperwork.

stop jumping to conclusions: i received about 5 photos yesterday of this vehicle being inspected by bank staff - it is a repossession. its amazing how quickly this was distributed to the outside world. there was no explanation in the email why a garden hose was wrapped around the wheel other than to show us what the staff in that area had to put up with wrt to repo's. btw the vehicle would have been loaded onto a flatbed and not driven in.

same here , i was going to ride tandem with my son but to start at 9.40. no way. the new start process for the leagues 6.30 and then the funrides at 7.00 works because the leagues don;t get caught by the ab's funriders. but start the short ride straight after the long route have departed. the majority of the short should be finished by the time the long finishes. the best solution is to have long long routes ie 120+kms and short short routes ie 50 - 60 kms max. the problem with mixing long and short are not the last stragglers of the short route but the middle to high up seeded categories that are fast enough to hang in the long route bunch. they hang in there by the seat of their pants, all over the show. thats what causes the falls. < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall;" id="jsProxy" ="">

my 2c , i don't think that starting the short distance ride so late will be the solution. you will just get the less competent long route funrider meeting up with the less competent short distance funrider. even a bigger recipe for disaster. what i can't understand is the 1 min gaps between groups, which means groups can see each other on the road, inevitably they will catch and form a larger group. have bigger start groups and longer time gaps. start the short route immediately after the long, then the short should be finished by the time the long comes in. for eg if you take the s'vlei ride, i rode in H and my son rode in P in the short route and i caught him in the last Kilo, if they had started the short ride half an hour earlier i would not have caught him or the the other drips and drabs of the short route. btw the big crash in the subvets was caused by a rider in the subvets with no outside interference.the big crash in the H bunch was caused by a rider from the short route mixing in with the bunch. another solution is for longer distances of 110+ k's and 50-60k's for the short. < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall;" id="jsProxy" ="">

willy , thks for taking the time to post. Graham chairman CCC

keeping your clubmates riding in a responsible manner isn't easy. we have been quite successful in making riders in our bunch of the riding inside the yellow line where there is one and in single file where there isn't one. yes we do have the odd member that takes a bit of time to realise that he/she is in the wrong by riding to the right of the yellow line but they are told politely to "come inside please , its much safer". the rules of our rides are repeated at the start of every club ride and in newsletters. we don't shout and carry on if one of our riders shoot a red light , it just means that they ride on their own until we catch up and 9/10 someone will say "that wasn't very clever" and there's nothing lekker about being "in the eyes". all of our committe members cycle so we know whats going on week in and week out with our members and our rides.

its just like running. runners belong to a club and have to be licensed with provincial body, if you are a fun runner you have to take out a day license. cycling going the same way.

"repossessed"!!!! so you had this guys camera?

send counter to counter - no problem with theft.

David , glad to hear you got your bike back.

after villiersdorp and just before Worcester you need to turn right at Aan de Doorns Cellar , the sign should say Worcester/Robertson , that should cut off about 20 kms from the journey. pm worcester wheelers for exact directions.

hee hee hee.......my bike's faster than yours

Cycle 700 Report There we were , Friday afternoon, ready to depart 10 minutes ahead of schedule and club member Butch ? BP Letchworth ? walks over to the kombi with a case of cold Energade. Thanks Butch, we savoured every drop.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> We had a 7.00pm appointment with the rest of the touring party at La Piazza in Sedgefield but this was thrown out a bit when we had a blowout between Mossel Bay and George. Quite scary. Conrad maneuvered the vehicle to the hard shoulder and we replaced the tyre within a reasonable time. We all negotiated the Knysna Mtb races safely on the Saturday morning without no major falls or mechanical problems. Missed the Bokke getting a klap as it seems as if a lot of establishments are also feeling the pinch and cutting down on unnecessary costs. No DSTV at Myoli. The Tour kicked in from Saturday night with a scrumptious meal prepared by Rita Koch. We were all a bit nervous at the Grand Depart on Sunday morning . Family and friends wished us well as we bade our farewells to Sedgefield and headed towards the Vleie on our way to Wilderness. Robert, our youngest rider at 13 years decided to jump in the backup van as we discarded the warm clothing in preparation for our first test on the trip. I don?t know the name of the road, but it has a sign at the beginning and one at the end that says ?Map of Africa?, the steepest sections are13%, the average can?t be less than 10%. Enough said. Cyclists are tough. It was a long day in the saddle that ended in a long ascent up to Zingela Game Lodge above the hills of Bonniedale (not Bonnievale). News filtered back from our advance party that the owner of Zingela had 3 cases of beer waiting for us. The second day to Riversdale via Herbertsdale is a never ending series of switchbacks, some easy but many short but steep. My memory of the day is of a numb bum and very steep climbs out of valleys and of a town that just wouldn?t appear on the horizon. Day 3 was supposed to be the shortest day of 78 k?s but turned out to be the longest time wise, as we missed a turn somewhere along the road and ended up getting to Barrydale via the Tradouw Pass. We caught the end of the Tour on TV and Philip provided enough pasta to feed an army. I could of easily fallen asleep in front of the log fire in the dining room. It all happened on Wednesday. Some rode the additional 28 k?s to Warmwaterberg Spa, including Jaco our mechanic from CMC, the rest of us got ferried to the Spa in vehicles. A quick cup of coffee at the restaurant and then we headed towards the east gate of the Sanbona Games reserve to meet their head conservationist, Paul Vorster, as we were to be escorted through the reserve. Paul and his assistant gave a short lecture. and then took a few photos for their ?propaganda?. Our first fall, Kirsty?s front wheel gave way on a very rutted and rocky section and her thumb swelled up immediately. We spotted a few rhino and eland but none of the big cats or giraffe. After we exited the reserve the fun and games started. Our backup went ahead to Montagu to drop off our gear and then headed back to support us. The road to the end of the mountain is long and straight and climbs steadily in a series of steps for about 30 k?s. A strong head wind didn?t make it easier. Oubergpass, from the top its 30 kms to Montagu, all downhill. You think it?s easy. Its fast, terrifying, exhilarating. Oh, and every now and then you get the whiff of something burning. Why does steel turn blue? You want the answers? Ride down Oubergpass. 2 Kms to our destination for the night we had a fall, which resulted in Gary and Steve having to withdraw from the rest of the trip as well. Thursday?s 90kms flew by as half of it was on tar. We were having our fotos taken by the local Worcester newspaper at 2.00 pm. That night we enjoyed a lekker big T bone steak. We took the decision to call Conrad to ferry us to the foot of Bains Kloof thus cutting 50 kms off our 122 km trip to Bellville. We had a date with the Burger, sponsors and the organizers of FAITH who were receiving us at a restaurant in Durbanville. Tasted rain for the first time on the trip that delayed our arrival by half an hour. Glad to be home. In Summary: For this roadie, it was hard BUT the route was fantastic, if somewhat long and at times tedious. The scenery??I haven?t words to describe it, you?ve got to see it for yourself. The food was excellent. Rita, in sometimes difficult and unfamiliar kitchens prepared a 3 course meal every day except for the Barrydale stopover. Fantastic. The vasbyt meals at lunch time were absolutely delicious. We had our bikes cleaned, checked and lubed every day by Jaco of Cycle Maintenance Centre. They could not have received better attention. In fact no-one experienced any mechanical problems on the trip.

yes , we finished but i'm finished and my butt is finished. this was hard. you have to be mtn bike fit to ride 100+ k's a day on gravel. meandering thru the countryside also posed problems in that the road follows the sweep of the land and some very fast downhill always results in very steep climbs up out of the valley. on day 2 , Zingela to Riversdale via Herbertsdale , the switchbacks never stopped. doing this for 8 hours a day is not easy. the hardest day was day 4 from Barrydale to Montagu. we never stopped climbing after we left the reserve and had the added discomfort of a cold headwind. then it was a long, white knuckle, downhill into Montagu. another 8 hour + day for the butt. next year we'll do it again but(t) with some tweaks here and there to the route. i will post a report and photos when i have recovered ccc22009-07-12 12:50:37

a big to the organising team of the WPCA. a fantastic course, good racing, big fields for all the categories bar a few youth and women categories. We need more events like this especially this time of the year when the weather is perfect for racing

go to "my cart" and pay

helmet or no helmet - i'm more concerned at the general road behaviour of visiting pro teams. wearing B'world, Rapha Condor kit doesn't make you immune to the laws of the road. the general motorist out there does not distinguish between visiting pro teams or local training bunches, he just sees "cyclists" riding like they own the road and causing a tailback.