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jimmycool

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  1. I think I might have found another option. Electric lighter-than-air blimp s. Up to 4 hours flying time. Up to 10kg payload and max 40km/h wind! Check it out here. Eblimp.com
  2. Yup. One can't just go on time alone. I don't have scientific numbers to confirm my own performance but this was my 6th time and I know I am at a similar fitness level to when I did my fastest time based on strava times etc and yet I was 13 minutes slower than my previous best.
  3. So by my calculations, comparing 500th place, 1000th place and 2000th place to last year's times it would seem like everyone was around 12 to 13 minutes slower than last year for the same finishing position.
  4. Is it ok to throw a banana peel under the next banana tree you ride past? Especially in kzn, they are all over the place.
  5. I think you are right. I reckon he will go all in for the TDF next year.
  6. I am riding in budy batch with a friend who is doing his first ever bicycle race. It will be my 6th Amashova. My previoud best time was 3h32 so I am really hoping to get somewhere around 3h20.
  7. Agreed. Constructive debate is healthy for the advancement of cycling in SA. Wouldn't it be great if a CSA public relations officer or media personnel or such like had a presence here on the hub. What better way to keep in touch with what cyclists issues are in SA. (If csa is even interested in that)
  8. Whether one is allowed to race an unsanctioned event while serving a suspension is besides the point. The fact that a rider choses to ride while suspended shows his lack of integrity. A true measure of a person's character is when he shows consideration for others ie. the message that his participation sends to the rest of the cycling community. When a person can come to the place of choosing to not ride even though they are allowed, shows that they have won the internal battle of selfishness and self entitlement for the benefit of the sport in general. If we all could think of others a little more and a bit less of ourselves then this sport we love would be in a better place.
  9. What a wus. Surely his busted shoulder blade is healed by now.....
  10. I think you might be right. As long as he keeps the rubber side down as others have said.
  11. Although it's too little, too late But nevertheless, it's my first time ever in the top ten
  12. It would be nice if there could be a list of the top scoring teams for each day so that even if your score for a day is low you could see how you did compared to each other on the same day.
  13. Apparently it wasn't even in the top 100 fastest times.
  14. If only I had chosen JA rather than de Gent I would be sitting in 2nd place instead of 11th
  15. Perhaps time for a few breakaway attempts from de Gendt?
  16. 34th for me! That's gotta be a record. Not sure how long it will last though.
  17. Mine is slowly inching up! Now in 58th place. That's the highest it's ever been!
  18. I have 3 high value parcels sitting somewhere at JIMC They were shipped from germany 2 weeks ago but have not been scanned into the system yet in SA. To make matters worse, my local post office has had their doors locked by the centre management as they have not paid their rent for several months so even if my parcels do get through the system I don't know where they will go.
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