fanievb

almost 4 months for me!!! no more sinus, no more weezing up climbs and a happy WIFE!!!!!

IM 70.3 has arrived in Slumtown!!! Our wonderful municipality is even patching all the potholes along the beach front and clearing the NEX of all the rubbish, by hand nogal . Have a great carbo-loading week and rest up. Travel safe & see you all @ bike check-in. P.S. try and remember what time (clock time i.e. 12:45) you come into T2, this will make it a lot easier to find your bike again during check out as the bikes are racked as they come in and marked as such.

IM 70.3 Weekend

drunk driver http://www.dispatch.co.za/murder-charge-after-cyclist-struck/

this is why i can't understand why people CHOOSE to live up north....

+1

live chat with the race director in 30 min http://www.ironman703.co.za/information/live-chat-with-paul-wolff

Since I quit smoking (almost 4months now) I need to keep myself busy. I decided to resurrect my first MTB. The 16kg Mongoose Tyax Elite, like the one in the pic. (I know not the best bike but I was so chuffed with the “disc brakes” is just had to have it ) I stripped all the unnecessary parts and I’m going to fit an old shimano deore (M552) crank (middle ring is an ideal 32t) with a DMR conversion kit http://dialdbikes.co...ersion-kit.html Still contemplating respray/colour. I do however have a few questions for the experts out there. 1. What size (length) chainring bolts to use? The std ones are about 2mm too long 2. Is the DMR kit any good? Any alternatives? Thx in advance Will post pics as I progress

ha ha, no probs, i was so tired i probably wouldn't have noticed...

mine is insured for R12k

Good to hear. Good luck with the recovery Oom!!

results are up http://www.tohellandback.co.za/page/to_hell_and_back_results

i passed the injured man at the top of heartbreak hill. only found out at the last waterpoint that the chopper was for him. hope he's ok

+1 after going down elandspad & swartberg i need to replace my brakepads . i stopped halfway down swartberg to rest my cause my hands couldn't hold the break levers any more. i have a whole new outlook on hill's that's for sure

eeeiisssh. it was the toughest thing I have ever done in my life. Suffered for six hours one each day and the climbing was pure torture on day 2. The other participants made the most difficult sections a lot easier though. even had "tiger-man" walk up a few hills with me (he probably saw that i was FINISHED). I had a puncture just as you come off the section of farm road, i think it's about 4km from the finish, bombed the tyre and the valve decided to break. I popped in a tube only to discover I somehow broke my co2 adapter! No pump, no co2 I started walking to the finish, after a 150m sprint down the tar road a oompie with a land rover (full of bikes) pulled up and assisted by lending me his floor pump. So i was at least able to cycle over the finish line. Crossing the finish line rates as one of the best moments in my life!!

i put a pool noodle between the rack and the bike. and if transport more than one bike another one between the bikes. With the bike on the rack, check where it makes contact with the frame and place your noodle there. (hope it makes sense) Tie the noodle to the bike frame with a strechy/tie down strap to make sure it stays in place.

+1, just get the service instructions for your components from the manufacturers website as well and bob's your uncle (torque values etc)

nope was to early to start drinking

Yes i am FOR REAL. its not about walking an extra 100m it's about being messed around by IDIOT's in bloem celtic supporter shirts. The OFM marshalls tell you to walk this way and the moffie rugby marshalls tell you to walk that way.

just a pity about the idiocy of having 2 events at the same venue at the same time and having people walk all the way around the stadium after finishing a 107k event!!!!! o ja and having to pay 90 buck for a crap t-shirt!!!!!!!!

The cap is 3000, including the teams but excluding pro's which is usually about 40

http://www.ofm.co.za/downloads/OFM_Classic_2012_Map.pdf (road) http://www.ofm.co.za/downloads/OFM_Classic_2012_MTB_Map.pdf (mtb)

7:25 for the MTB?