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dannygirl

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  1. I luckily got to the last crossing behind some others, and immediately got off when I saw how deep it was. Managed to keep the drivetrain and rear shock (relatively) dry. Also following - keen to know whether special cleaning / drying of the bb / rear shock / other submerged parts is required...
  2. Aus in trouble here...
  3. R3400 for two days - without accommodation...sjoe.
  4. Is the longer routes on the Sunday (which is actually 8 September, and not 7 September as per their website?). Then one can ride Wolseley or Piket-Bo-Berg on the Saturday and Fedhealth on the Sunday? I find the info on their website very confusing...
  5. So...we won the toss and decided to field first...so our stellar batt(l)ing line-up can chase... Hoping they know something about the pitch that we don't...
  6. Do you actually use these pretty things on muddy trails?
  7. https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/48704114 Eloquently put... "As a team, they have batted with the fluency of a rhinoceros trying to play a Beethoven piano sonata during a rough ocean crossing on a slightly leaky 17th-century warship." Referring to SA...
  8. Price drop as the release of the FR 945 in South Africa is imminent... https://gadgetsandwearables.com/2019/05/06/forerunner-945-vs-fenix-5/
  9. Agree - poor captaincy cost us this match. If Rabada and / or Morris had bowled the last over (or even Tahir), we would have been in with a chance to defend 8 runs. When there was about 10 overs left, I started to wonder why they weren't 'using up' more of Pehlukwayo's overs earlier - you didn't want to leave him to bowl 1/2 of the last 3/4 overs, given his form on the night? The captain placed him in the worst possible position. I am normally a big fan of Faf, but he messed up big time last night. I do wonder if there is an Indian bookie somewhere smiling broadly 'cause he made a stash betting on Pehlukwayo bowling the last over...
  10. some proper names on that list there...
  11. Could we have some sunlads too, please?
  12. Not saying it's impossible - just improbable from here. Just can't see our batting or bowling lineup in their current respective forms making inroads into any quality side. There were so many times when we seriously just deserved a bit of luck to come out on top (1992 DWL fiasco, 1999 vs Aus with the Gibbs dropped catch and the Klusener / Donald run-out - I was at Headingly for that game). I just don't think that our current lineup / form makes a great argument... Would love to be proved wrong, though...
  13. Honestly, I think clutching at straws and depending on others to loose matches that they should in all probability win, is a little bit sad... The boys are not going to be making it to the semi's - we should make peace with that, and the way they've been playing, they certainly don't deserve to make it to the semi's either. That said, I do hope they pull off a few good, entertaining games with maybe an upset here or there...
  14. Are we going to be the first country to return from a CWC totally winless?? Or has one of the minion countries at least already achieved this feat?
  15. While we're at it...one of my favourites:
  16. I see what you did there...
  17. my 2c... did the 30, and quite enjoyed it, so I'll be back next year for a longer route. Positive: excellent route markingI found the water points more than adequately stockednice vibebeer and glass instead of medals. good and safe parkingfree secure bike park (should maybe be a bit bigger next year?) Negative: seeding sucked. Not only was seeding not accurate (just look at the results to see how far off it was), but there was also no control over what group you took off with (with there being no letter stickers added to the boards). So you picked a start pen, the omie wrote that letter on your board, and off you went... Except for me, who wrote my letter on my board beforehand, and then started right at the back with the about 20 others who did not leave with an earlier group...no on-the-day registration: I get that they can't administer all 2000 riders on the day (although - with the hugely staggered start times, maybe they could?), but there should be SOME allowances made for out-of-towners etc. my main gripe: start times for shorter routes. I get why you want to stagger the longer routes, but 10min between each start group for non-technical routes? 15km guys only starting after 11am?marshalling where there's a conflict of cars and bikes: I was involved in two very near misses - one in a car (coming in, the marshal directed us right into the start chute for the longer route!), and one on my bike near the finish. These marshals should really be trained well, or be accompanied by experienced marshals - was just not safe.
  18. Amla @ 50 off 49...the Hash is back!
  19. Interesting this new 15-man version of the game that seems to be emerging... Dale Steyn opening the batting and all...
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