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Yeah I have a good very expensive lawyer. He’s confident but I’m still nervous. I’m already trying to save money and talk less about some of the details. The first time we spoke I spent a few hundred rand hearing about how much he loved his new E bike.

Thanks ICM I’m not sure what she is entitled to but she is asking to take a a lot of items from the house which is mostly fine by me even though she hasn’t contributed much towards them. She wants the car registered in my name which she drives that is financed for more than it’s worth and a lump sum which I don’t have. So it’s very hard to see how I’ll ever get an agreement. Meanwhile she’s living rent free in my house while I rent a flat so I cannot wait forever. So it’s really worrying how long these things can drag out yet hard to see how we will ever agree on an anything.

Hope all you divorced Hubbers are enjoying better times. I'm also currently going through the process. I'm married out of community of property with no accruals. Thankfully there are no kids involved. After funding my wives business I'm about as close to bankruptcy as I think a guy can get and this has been compounded by all the recent interest rate increases. I have nothing but a little asset value left i my house. Does anyone know what happens when the settlement agreement goes absolutely nowhere? I simply cant afford to come close to meeting her requirements. I'm already relying on family handouts just to rent an apartment for myself which is a bit depressing to say the least.

I use a music stand I paid very little for from takealot. But as a solution its no where near as practical as the kickr desk or the Cyclops equivalent. A work colleague and I are thinking of building one using our current suppliers but it has become a long term project.

I've been a set of 60/80 DH wheels with the ceramic hubs for nearly three years and I'm extremely happy with them. The service at the time of purchase was excellent. A friend of mine also bought a set and damaged his rim which was replaced no questions asked.

It was a pretty well run event and I think Challenge lived up to its reputation. The route was interesting and very tough in places. We were very fortunate with conditions for the swim and it went ahead pretty well. It was little bit hard to follow the route and with more swell and chop it could be quite challenging to hold a swim there. The bike change meant we rode three laps up and down Blouberg beach front and into the nature reserve. Its the flattest route I have ever done and for me personally it was a long time to be in the TT position. The run was not a scenic trip through Cape Town the bulk of the effort was in the ascents of the unused roads in what I think is District 6. I was expecting lots of ascent but I didn't realise how steep some of the climbs were and found myself walking on each of the three laps. I enjoyed it and will be back if it goes ahead again. Pros; Great swim venue Well organised practice swim Big transition areas Easy access straight onto the bike course Full road closures Regular and frequent aid stations Great finish area Nice to see family able to finish with Mums and Dads Cons; Swim buoys a bit hard to see despite good conditions more sighting buoys would help Changing areas are a little small in both transitions The ride into cape town had a rough surface in places and in a SE would be pretty awful The run route wasn't great.

I went and bought a new coffee machine as an incentive to stay awake for the whole race.

I'm entered. As a pretty average climber on the bike I chose this over the Cape Ultra or Race 2 Stanford. I hope this one doesn't get canned if the interest is low.

If a driver illegally cuts a corner after a mistake and impedes another driver on re entry, why shouldn't he receive a penalty. In other sports intention or fault will not excuse punishment like it does in F1. It made for a disappointing end to the race, but surely the rules are evolving for safety. As has been pointed out a similar thing happened last year with Verstappen and Raikkonen.

I had a great weekend. My swim was 2230 long so added a few minutes to my overall time. The cycle was beautiful with hardly any wind the second lap was very busy. I think most people were playing fair as I didn't notice the big bunches I have seen in the past. I have put in a lot of extra effort on the bike recently and It paid off. I was then very pleasantly surprised I could keep up a good pace for the run. I finished in 4:57 which is a PB for Durban and my second sub 5 hour 70.3. I'm super happy and looking forward to a month or two of taking it a bit easier.

Biogen will be in sports bottles, and water will be in Pump bottles with a little squeezed out so they fit into a bottle cage.

There are only two rails for bike racking. Last year I was racked right at the end so after running up the beach and through the changing area I still had about 3-400m to go before I reached my bike. I always go barefoot and keep my shoes cleated and help upright with rubber bands. In this race the rewards are greater than usual because of the long transition.

As far as I remember from last year the rule was pretty relaxed at least from where started. There were lots of people adjusting shoes at the beginning so passing was difficult to avoid. Then when I encountered some very slow riders I did the right thing and held back until I got passed by masses of other people and decided (after checking for martials) to do the same.

I was going through a pair of goggles every few months because my eyelashes are long enough to wear the anti fog off the lenses. Now for training I use a pair of Aqua Sphere goggles with no anti fog (I learnt to put a drip of soap on each lenses to eliminate fogging), for racing I have two pairs one clear and one tinted. This set up has lasted me two years now. I also always buy the ones with various nose bridge sizes to get the fit right.

Years ago when I joined the hub I had no idea how to make an avatar and this one was about the first one I saw. Its just an interesting picture with two mildly amusing instructions I think some people could do well to follow. I couldn't care less if it was depicting Moses, Jesus, Mohhamed, Thor or George Bush. It would be a good time for slowing down on the going forth and multiplying as this instruction is aging badly. I hope things change but right now more people is one of the last things humanity needs. If the Earth is here for Man then why is he not fuming about the fact that we are destroying it and the most successful eco systems on earth exist where there are less or no people interfering. I fully respect your perspective but mine is fundamentally different. I feel we don't have any more right to life than the other creatures on the earth. So there is not much point in our discussion I just wanted to put my position out here.