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The sensor is flush with the padding and is mounted on foam so would move the same way as the foam padding would in the event of a smash. I find it really good, picks up heart rate quicker than a strap does, no need to wet the strap and works on bluetooth 4 to strava on my blackberry and ant+ on my Garmin. Just one less thing to hassle about before a ride as I always have my helmet with me. Only drawback is that my pink helmet is being retired.

I bought it from the US (http://www.life-beam.com/product/lifebeam-smart-helmet/), used a voucher for $189 incl courier, R576 duty, VAT and local courier ransom.

I got the helmet, no need for a HRM belt around the chest now. Lazer helmet with LifeBeam heart sensor and brain, utilising BT4 and ANT+ The heart sensor in the front of the helmet

5 gold medals at the SA Champs last year, including 1 that was upgraded due to a cheating doper beating him in one race, costing him the top step for the medal award. Thanks for the support, it's nice to see proper riders wear the same message us hackers wear.

rolling road closure from google search Apparently one can race for years and still not be familiar with common terms used in the sport:

Aside from the attack, it really is an awesome experience riding in a bunch with 4 cops keeping everyone off the road just for the cyclist. Phil Liggett, Gugu Zulu, Liezel vd Westhuizen and Kevin McCullum but a few of the names in attendance. Overall the response to the new #staywider campaign has been very positive, the Expo feedback was great and we will persist in making roads safer for cyclists.

Interesting choice of picture. This was on Friday during a closed, by invitation ride, for media with 4 police escorts and rolling road closures...all approved in terms of an application process through the appropriate civic authorities.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/sep/29/bike-lane-sticker-campaign-canada-uk

Can I ask a valid question in order to establish your credibility in criticising "the major cycling bodies make money for doing very little"? What exactly do you do for your fellow cyclists? A detailed list would be appreciated.

BBM provides a live map feature through Glympse where you share your movements for a selected period of time with a contact on BBM. They can monitor your movements. I use it and it works brilliantly. Free in BBM across all platforms subject only to a data connection.

Sub 3 thread...

At a press conference a short while ago it was announced that the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2015 will go ahead with some significant changes to the route after Chapmans Peak drive is declared unsafe. Click here to view the article

Edit: Seriously off topic for this thread, but I guess it's appropriate to highlight safety on a CSA thread... Lobbying for all of the above. Sick of the standard email response: Dear Mr Booth TCT: Cyclist Safety needs- Pre Argus Cycle tour The Office of The Executive Mayor, hereby wishes to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence dated 18 February 2015. Kindly note; your correspondence is receiving the necessary attention. Please be advised, this office will revert to you in due course. Please quote our reference number #### in all future correspondence. Kind regards

For a clever guy you are really battling here. There are various levels of fee that CSA charge. Licences Come in 2 flavours for non pro riders, Annual at R120 or day at R35 per day per event. Every rider who rides in a CSA sanctioned event has to have this licence. So in your excerpt from CSA, as CTCT had not charged the entrants the day licence fee when the entries for World Funride Champs were paid, CTCT would be liable for this amount in order to get CSA sanctioning. Day fees CSA charges the event organiser a day fee of either R6 or R10 per day per rider. I have no idea which events pay R6 and which events pay R10. This is a levy on the organiser for the CSA sanctioning. Calendar fees CSA charges the event organiser to list the event in the CSA calendar as a sanctioned event. I believe the minimum amount here is R5,000. Commissaire fees The race organiser pays set fees to have CSA officials oversee the event, including travel, accommodation and grub. Prize money Not an event organiser fee this but every winner is obliged to pay a portion of his or her winnings to CSA for the privilege of being allowed to win a sanctioned event. Make of the press releases what you will, these are the fees required to be paid.

It's offensive that you a) categorise views conflicting with yours as greedy human behaviour and b) tell us to be grateful a big corporate is hoping on the bandwagon to make money from cycling. Facts are Discovery has done nothing, I repeat nothing, to stage funrides in this country, organisers have taken the risk and hunted high and low for sponsors. Sometimes successfully, sometimes not. Now that cycling is a big sport, Discovery is jumping on the bandwagon, not through sponsorship, but through using the events of others to make money for themselves. Why not just facilitate more funrides by providing sponsorship funding like Liberty, Momentum, ABSA, FNB, Nedbank and Coronation (to name a few) do? Sorry, I stand corrected, Google tells me Discovery actually does sponsor one cycling event.

National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996) stipulates, inter alia, that vehicles may only be adjacent to another vehicle when overtaking and that all vehicles must obey at traffic signals, In terms of the act a pedal cycle is classified as a vehicle. While there is plenty of research to suggest it is safer for cyclists to ride 2 abreast as it primarily reduces overtaking distances, the Act does not allow this practice. Ironically it is illegal for a motor vehicle to pass cyclists riding 2 abreast as if they are overtaking. Unfortunately there is a large amount of ignorance in the community surrounding the rules of the road regarding other road users as well as a lack of tolerance by both motorists and cyclists of one another. Compounding this is the willful disregard of some of the basic laws of the road by cyclists, such as stopping a red traffic lights at busy intersections and not indicating intentions. As much as we don't respect some of the laws, our deliberate flaunting of them does reduce our credibility when we request tolerance from motorists. While it is no excuse to endanger the life of a cyclist because he didn't obey the rules of the road, we must be seen as being respectful of other road users if we are to be taken seriously. Let's remove this from the motorists' arsenal against us. The PPA #staywider campaign is aimed at changing the mindset of the community enabling better laws that protect all road users. The criminal justice system in SA cannot cope with enforcement alone, we need acceptance by the community to effect change,

165mm

I have thru axle for this frame.

One of the anomalies of dealing with China is that you will rarely deal with the manufacturer rather than through an agent as the manufacturers do not have export permits and they deal in thousands of units at a time rather than the ones and two retail customers buy. But the positive is that the agents don't make massive markups.

At the moment EMS info is up to date as nothing has happened for 2 to 3 weeks. Unfortunately the post office is on strike, I've had parcels sitting in customs in Joburg for 3 weeks with no movement. But that is not EMS or any seller's fault. It is our workforce wanting more than they produce....

51.5 would be your frame. Most of the newer Chinese road frames are based on the compact design where the top tube slopes down towards the seat tube resulting in a shorter seat tube, hence size. My Cannondale is a 65, my BOOTH is a 60. Virtual top tube exactly the same.

Internationally iconic? I do wonder how many people tell their friends abroad they are going to ride the Argus rather than they are going to Cape Town? Research indicates the latter. The renaming eliminates the complexity of accommodating multiple sponsors and positions the Cape Town Cycle Tour factually based on where it occurs. As Capricorn points out "Changing the name wont dilute the experience one bit. Later generations wont even know what 'the argus' means anyway." Which is perfectly true for the worldwide audience that is so important for South Africa to attract now that striking has become our major economic output. The City of Cape Town and the Western Cape government recognise the unique opportunity that cyclo tourism offers the economy given the Cape's natural attractiveness to cyclists. The renaming has nothing to do with the Cape Argus wanting out, it remains as a major sponsor and a newspaper very supportive of recreational cycling and the benefits of cycling to the community it serves. Regarding the "ludicrous entry fee", this is a charitable event where ALL profits go to charity or the benefit of the broader cycling community. Is R430 or R400 if you are a PPA member really expensive for one of the best organised and fun days you can have on a bicycle, including being the world funride championships? I bet you spend more on energy supplements and post ride coffee in the weeks leading up to the event. With 40,000 entries all snapped up in days I don't think the market agrees with you.

No, Barking up the wrong tree here.

Hugely impressive to climb one hill that often in a day. Well done One question: why not just record the attempt on an iPhone with COGOF (climb one get one free) metres? They would have been done by early afternoon at 170kms.

No Van, you miss the point completely. Sport only happens because people participate in it. For whatever reason. Professional sport only happens because society is happy to pay to be entertained by it. Without this payment there is no professional sport. The participants take advantage of this fact to be rewarded but in the greater scheme of things our lives as spectators are not affected by the sentences specified by WADA on mandate from the IOC. Are we defrauded because we watched a guy win a race and he was later found to be cheating? No, we are not. Maybe 2nd place was, but as spectators we lost nothing. Are we entitled to lead the moral crusade against the bans agreed as adequate by the world anti doping authority?