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Sagan picking up a bit of flak for this https://twitter.com/haseveleon/status/846009277592539136/video/1 and his post race dummy spit.

Every day good news for cycling fans http://tiz-cycling.racing/live-stream/

And I'm stuck with a whole lot of 680mm in stock. Who would have thought.

This on the other hand is a new level of coolness.

How could a guy who clearly has taste then post this? Am I a brand snob or drop bar snob, not sure of myself with such conflicting sentiments in a thread.

Trying to link my daughter to iHealth, keep getting this error. Any solution other than mailing disco and waiting for them to get aroundtuit?

1st crash in 6 years that didn't end up in hospital so I do see the funny side.

Arse over tit today when attacked by a pug. Ugly breed. I reckon if I had a nose like that I'd be too shy to go out.

I have found if you want drama in your living room either watch road racing like yesterday's Milan San Remo or watch a good movie. Definitely would not rate streaming this race as "drama". It competes with F1, golf and tennis as an alternative to chemical sleeping aids. Then again, looks like there is some drama actually getting it to stream. So title could be construed as accurate.

If only Sagan wasn't there it would be a pretty open race. I'm going to take a punt on Bling. He has a point to prove.

Does any one with even a single brain cell read this paper or go to their website? R10k bicycles and R1k sunglasses? Lucky they COSATU did see the self proclaimed hotshot posing on the hub. I suppose they do have a point with guys like that.

I have no idea. I'm an accountant. Not a lawyer.

Stick on my wheel, you'll find out all sorts of things. Most of then worthless things. But still things.

What proof do you want? 3 years ago I personally helped 4 riders through substitution entries, were your other half and her father not get able to get substitutions? It is a known fact that more entries are sold than turn up on the day. I could explain the tolerances to you but as I was you are only the question in an attempt to discredit my post and not for knowledge I will not divulge how I know. In EXACTLY the same way hotels and airlines overbook knowing they have a proven no show rate. Once again I will state specifically to you that I do not post wild speculation and state it is a fact. Clearly you don't have the same standards if you need to question this.

Go to http://now.dstv.com/catchup/program/50c34bfc-4241-4395-8121-7a85893f9088 and watch it as many times as you want. If you want.

How would you interpret the facts I posted as bitterness?

The reality is that the offer of preferential entry into the event for 2018 is worthless. No one who has wanted to enter this event for at least the past 3 or 5 years has been able to get an entry. Hell, I was able to enter a double lap this year on February 23 AND add a completely new rider to join me on the tandem. They happily took the extra R1,020. The only people who may have battled were those who were so fast asleep they were unaware of the cut off dates and probably were not very serious about riding. People who join PPA solely to get preferential entries to this event are wasting their money. It is a known fact that the CTCTT sell more than 35,000 entries which is the maximum allowed by the permits issued knowing full well that the WillNotPitch rate is very high. When last did this event see more than 30,000 finishers? The difference between the starters and finishers is a tightly held secret but is nowhere near 5,000 riders.

Exactly Gerald. When I saw an advert "up to 50% of fuel spend" I didn't read the T&C. I wrote about my own stupidity on this thread waaaaay back. But that was not my main gripe. It was destroying a tyre and putting in a claim to find I was not covered. I guess I had just got used to a broker who looked after my insurance affairs. Unlike the Active Rewards and Vitality itself, which are really easy to understand, Insurance rewards were really really complicated and once I read the stuff you have just posted it took me exactly 30 seconds to phone and cancel my vehicles from their policy. Even then, they refused to refund me the premiums paid and covered me for the rest of the 30 days. Pity I didn't have a claim in that time! Like all products in a capitalist economy, some suit some folk better and other suit other folk better. It is nice to have choice.

Same way they always have. The whole experience on being promised up to R800 a month back on fuel and getting R40 really put me off them forever. The small print was just to small to bother about. AF have looked after me really well overall for 20 years, I'm happy to pay a slight premium for first class service. When I had a home invasion they settled in a few days, when my bike was stolen in France it took 4 days from claim to be sorted. But I do accept that when it's not hidden in the small print Disco CAN offer a great service. Just not for me on insurance.

I could think of nothing worse than a call centre calling me about an event that happened in my car. As for the DQ points and 50% of your petrol back scam. I tried Disco Insurance. After 2 months of getting R40 back on my fuel I had a tyre fail. Not covered. Went back to Alexander Forbes. Since then I've had 2 tyres incidents. Both replaced with a small excess. At R4,500 a tyre that alone is worth not getting a smoothie for safe driving.

You couldn't keep your mouth shut, the effort of riding into that head wind up Nelson Mandela Boulevard had us all gasping for air. Particularly, and it's a 1st for me, being blown over BEFORE the start mats and having to chase. So far I'm zero from 3 since the The Argus became the CTCT. 1 short coke and bar one overload session, 1 in post surgery recovery from CTCT training and then a fun jaunt almost to Tokai on Sunday. Is that my sub 3 CTCTs? What will next year hold?

Showing your newbie status? Haha No disc brakes allowed so I'm out. Glad I asked before I pushed the button.

You ARE a clever chap. Were you even in Cape Town?

The only complaint I have is that it is disingenuous to use the wind as an excuse AFTER starting 4 batches of the race in the EXACT place where the wind is the strongest in central Cape Town knowing that the forecasts were for strong wind all week. Particularly after the experience in 2009 where the start was the problem. I have not once used any of the terms inept, incompetent or useless. I used arrogant. And I used it purely because of the lack of action around taking precautions at the start. Did the wind really increase in strength over the forecasts in the time between the Elites being in the chute before 6:15 and the time of the cancellation at 6:38? Or were they genuinely surprised that the wind accelerates through the Civic Centre like it does, despite using it as a start point for a number of years? Not once have I criticised the organisers ability to run a brilliant race. I have questioned using the wind at the start as THE excuse when it should not have surprised them. There is no option of me running the cycle tour next year. The organisers are extremely possessive and take no heed of advice or input from lay people. So I'm afraid you won't be joining a GRAND cycle tour as you so sarcastically put it. You de realise of course that Albert Einstein said "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." The wind blows. We start the cycle tour in the same place every year.

You clearly did not look at ONE weather forecast between March 1 and today if the wind was a surprise to you. Or you are cut from the same cloth as the organisers who hoped to ignore the forecast wind by holding the start in the EXACT spot where the wind is the worst in central Cape Town.