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exuberance of youth!!! they should still be able to handle a bike. we had a "F" rider in our group , whenever he changed gears depending on what he was changing the bike would move sideways by a least a metre or so. guess what happened to him on the Perdeberg bumps he dropped a chain (big blade big sprocket mistake).

i'm sure it used to be a longer distance in the past but they might have taken out the flat section from Bonnievale to Robertson circle. if so , its going to be a hard fast 60 km with a lot of rollers of which 2 are short but steep.

the race was blown apart on lap 2 , about 50% of the starters baled in hot & windy conditions.

defintely a missing connection between brain and mouth. my all time favourite(s) are the clowns on 204 local psl. its almost impossible for anyone to discuss anything serious without one of them making a humerous comment. Shakes & Zane were great players in the SA context but they have the maturity of 16 year olds. Mark Williams talks a lot of sense but doesn't have the voice or face (if u know what i mean), and then the pseudo pommies on 203 talking as though they live in in the UK. Ashwin Willemse on any rugby topic just talks too much without saying anything of consequence.

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who won the various categories?

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3rd email Hello good folks, I am sure that those back home aren't missing the riffraff that Dave and I have here with us?? Are you?? ---- Surely not? It was a lovely sunny day here today, first one that we have had since being here, as such the athletes all went for a bike ride. Sprint riders did about 40 Km, whilst the track endurance cyclists rode for two and a half to three hours. The reality is they would have all had to ride even if it was raining…... "note the evil smile" On returning home at just after 11h30, the team all dug straight into the tuck box - flatten, and off to the shops we go again…. after lunch a shower, fresh clothes and a short rest before they had to depart for the track leaving here at about 13h00, everybody cycled to the track, naturally they got lost on the last leg when left to their own devices. Our track session today was from 14h00 to 17h00, which we shared the facility with Welsh Cycling. (This is immensely kind of Welsh Cycling - thank you so much). Darren their head coach and Mike their Junior Coach were an awesome help with both taking turns to ride the bike for us, and assisting with the lap scores and timing. The track sprint lads, (Bernie, Jeanne and Jean) proceeded with their own set of exercises including some flying half lap team sprint efforts, Dave had Maroesjka behind the bike which included some 250 meter individual sprint efforts off the bike. The Team Pursuit lads had it quite hard, having to do 4 x 4 Km Team Pursuit efforts on a 101" gear. This was done from behind the bike to get the team to feel what a race pace of a sub 4 Minute for 4 Km felt like. This is the time that the leading nations all post of sub 4 minutes. I will be downloading these efforts onto uTube. soonest Have a great day

to all the hubber's that contributed to getting the boys and girl to the UK. Roger Bouton sends a daily update to West Cape Cycling. they have given me permission to post the email on public forums (uncensored). i think it is great that we are able to keep tabs on their dreams of qualifying for c'wealth & olympic games thanks to you hubbers. Bernard Esterhuizen has joined them and they await Nolan Hofman later. see thread on 'track squad in trainin'

2nd email: Morning Africa, Well I certainly upset my finely tuned apple cart this morning by still being in bed at 08h00. I thought the knocks on my door were the lads playing silly bug…rs, by disturbing my relax time, whereas the reality was I had set my watch two hours backwards instead of one hour- oops-la. Still we arrived at the track before nine and proceeded to build up the track bike in time for the 10h00 track session. There were quite a few minor issues with the bikes, previously used by the juniors, which provides a clear indication that a bike and mechanical course is imperative for our young athletes. Many of the screws were fastened far too tight, if not stripped. There were bolts missing from the crank sets, seat posts, and time trial bars, which has served as a further learning curve. The endurance lads are a little tender and suspect at this stage, which showed in the early parts of the training session. Yet all things considering including that two of the riders have never seen board track before, and none of them had ever ridden a front disc before we ended off on a high note posting a 1.01.09 for the final 1Km effort on a 96” gear. The sprint lads were in high spirits, as usual, whilst Bernie supports a new Mohican hairstyle. I didn’t time their efforts, yet they spent a good amount of their session practicing skills. We returned back to the hotel for lunch, and spent the afternoon visiting Terry at his bike shop as he repaired some of the minor issues that athletes had on their track bikes. Once back at the hotel, each athlete completed their afternoon’s training sessions on the rollers. Supper at 19h00 was lasagna accompanied by boiled potatoes and veggies, a salad bar, fresh rolls, and fruit juice. Towards the end of supper I received a call from Darren Tudor the Welsh Head Coach whom wanted to come and pay us a visit. There after I received a call from Shane Sutton whom said he would advise Darren on our training session for the day, and would travel through to Newport to assist us with our training session on Thursday. How AWESOME is that? a training session and advice from the maestro himself J) I spent about an hour chatting do Darren whom confirmed that he would meet us at the track at 14h00. Although the team appears to still be in a slight holiday mood, which is cool as they are all relaxed, Wednesday’s training session will be a wake up call for all. But this is for tomorrow. Best regards to all Rog

i am on Roger Bouton's mailing list and receive a 'report' on the daily activities of the track squad who are currently in Newport Wales before they move onto Manchester (i think) for the W Cup. i thought it would be appropiate to post the email here as we are partially responsible for getting the full squad over there. this is his 1st email Hi Folks, I am certainly proud of the way the lads embraced the training camp last week, especially the track endurance lads, with no disrespect to the sprint lads intended at all, as they mostly followed their own program. The week flew past in a flash, with it being an absolute pleasure as well as motivating to be interacting with the elite squad. Certainly I encountered a couple of moans and groans during the course of the week, yet these were made in the best possible spirit, as can be expected from the likes of Evan Carstens, whose final answer will always be OK cool, before he gets on with it. Marco describes him as a sweetheart – yeah right………………… Friday and Saturday’s racing ensured that Sunday arrived rather rapidly, with the team and their supporters meeting at Cape Town Airport at 10h00. I thought that check in was a little tedious as this took close on an hour, yet was concluded without any major drama. Breakfast at Mug and Bean was all too short an affair before we had to depart for boarding. Unfortunately just prior to departure it was discovered that the plane had a flat tyre which proceed to take about an hour and a half to replace. Cutting a long story short, we ended up missing the interconnection in Dubai and had to spend an additional six hours waiting for the next flight to Heathrow. Shoooooo this made for a longggg day which was felt by all. The flight from Dubai was certainly pleasant enough more especially as the plane was half full/or was it half empty?? Luckily yours truly had four spare seats in my block, so I had an awesomely relaxed flight, except when Theuns came a visiting for chitty chitty, chat chat, probably because he was lonely on his side of the planeJ, always calling me uncle, indeed I will need to fix that. We landed at Heathrow, after circling for an additional 15 minutes due to a traffic jam. Customs and baggage clearance all went without a hitch. We collected our two hired vehicles one a large van to carry all the equipment, the second a Ford Focus. The journey to Newport was uneventful and took just under three hours including a stop over for some refreshments. Bernard was here at the hotel on our arrival and is suffering from a bit of jet lag. Booking in and unpacking was a smooth process, which needed no supervision. Yay J, my lady and lads. Dave’s backpack has gone astray since we were at Europcar, which has added to his stress levels. Dave doesn’t travel well as he struggles to get comfortable and sleep on flights due to his size. He is rather a large lad, not short and pleasing plump like yours truly. He has been awesomely supportive over my hip operation and moans at me the moment I leave my crutch behind. I can’t explain how nice I feel after the operation, compared to managing the Junior’s “ where I was in constant agony all the time”, this is a breeze as I am walking almost normally and without pain. The airports have been a pleasure in comparison. Indeed modern medicine is amazing and I am truly blessed. Prior to supper, I went shopping for tomorrow’s lunch, whilst at the same time trying to catch the daily closing specials, as well as to purchase some toiletries for Dave. The team seemed to really enjoy supper, the most vociferous being Smittie, whom really is a bundle of enthusiasm. Whilst the reality is Jeanne Nell is just as enthusiastic. Lots of love from all of us to all of you back home Rog

can anyone give me a contact number for them. my emails to their orders and info addresses go unanswered.

although we had a few die hards riding throughout the cold months , we have now started in earnest again. some of our elite riders have entered the real world and now only train when their jobs allow it. this means that the pace is more manageable for the average rider. we meet at the Edgemead BP in Letchworth Drive and LEAVE at 5am to be back at 6.30am. every Tuesday & Thursday. the distance is about 45 kms. we ride on the road even though there is a cycle path. with the S'easter blowing a bunch of 10 along at a good click means that oncoming traffic, joggers, pedestrians,poles and intersections would jepodise (spelling) the safety of our bunch and other users. we obey traffic lights.

get a training group together , it's always safer in numbers. put a piece in the community newspaper. we started with 4 riders afew years ago. now we get close to 30 riders every weekend.

it looks like an allround parking abortion in that parking lot.

when i am sick - no matter what i paid i won't ride. u can't put a price on your health.

creatine is found naturally in red meat but you have to eat a lot of it to have any effect. the side effect of creatine is water retention and cramps - like in cramps all over , hands,toes,feet use it for recovery with plain water, and half a teaspoon is sufficient. a few good intense races and intense training sessions with adequate recovery periods will cure cramps. cramps are your muscles telling you to slow down.

i see this question over and over and i always ask .what do you want them to do? and i never get a reply.

just completed a ride to sea point / camps bay. supposed to do chappies, wind too hectic. feel for the 1 tonner riders. reminds me of one of the earlier 1 tonners from Vic verster prison, wind pomping plus big fire in French Hoek made for a very smokey and unpleasant ride.

since december 2012 i have tried to follow a lchf diet and have cut out breads,rice,potatoes,pastas & junk food snacks like biscuits,potato chips. i also avoid fizzy drinks. family meals have stayed the same but i have just cut the portions down. december 2012 i weigh ±74 kgs , i just have just dipped under 70 kgs this morning. i still climb like a bag of cement but will start to incorporate some intervals into the training and i will try my utmost to stay with the young guns on the rollers on our morning training rides.

yes, that was also the case about 25 years ago when i first started riding. the reckoning was you were more visible by riding 2 abreast. personally , i didn't like it , especially if i was not on the 'inside'. even the ppa advocated riding at least a metre into the road and not grovelling in the gutter.

correct page for results : http://www.about2time.com/?page_id=223

the races aren't private, the current series LbL is hosted by Boland CU. next year, i can confidently predict that there will be 3 series of racing available. the Wpca & Boland will each be hosting a series in summer and i believe the ppa will revive its 'league'. the biggest winners will be the cyclist. at yesterday's race about2time introduced their timing system for races by wpca & boland, so things are looking up for the racing scene

hardcore with a Big H

RIP