SurferChild

What would the uptake of something like this be?

Swelling of the foot is a definate possibility, especially this time of the year when things are warming up, but brings me back to the year question again. Did you not use them last summer? I'm no expert but I do have "some" experience with getting the right shoe, as I went through 3 pairs of shoes, quite a number of shoe inserts and of course a Bike Fit setup before I found the right recipe that works for my feet. A few things that i picked up along the way.... you need to have proper foot support (from the inners) especially if you have a high foot bridge (like i have). It may be that the foot bridge support on your soles have gone soft because of wear and sweat. Check the inners for wear or flatness under the ball area. If you exersise to much downward pressure from the ball of your foot without any padding between your foot and the cleat, it is bound to get eina after a while.

I got myself the Sidi Mega shoe, of which the toe box is much wider than the normal shoe... bye bye numbness and never had cramps in my toes. It's weird that you had the shoes for a year and only picking up issues now? Can also be worn inner soles. Do you have enough foot bridge support on your soles?

Thank you very much to the Edenglen Club for an amazing ride around Pretoria yesterday. The weather was perfect riding weather and the group of guys are awesome!! It's only a pity about the two guys that fell about 100m from where we would have finished. It's ironic to cycle for 120km without any issues and so close to home bad luck strike. I hope the guys are doing alright

And as mentioned I went and said howzit on Saturday afternoon. It was great to see The Hub Kit and i'm pleasantly suprised on the quality. The show itself was a bit small, but still very enjoyable! And the food was really lekka as well

I'll probably be making a swing past on Saturday, and be sure to say Howzit at The Hub stand

As the guys said above

You don't need to be a member of a club for the R75 license.... You do however need to for the racing license

I only have rollers at this stage and was still looking at getting an IDT as well for some varriance. Used the rollers every now and again in winter when it was really icy outside, and now just every now and again if it's raining maybe. I understand that the IDT is hard on your rims and tyres, hence you can buy a spare trainer wheel. In my opinion, the rollers isn't that hard on the wheels (your opinion?) I get a good workout from the rollers, but i must be honest you need to push high gears to get a decent workout, otherwise it's just a easy spinning session, and that's it. To answer the top speed question... i have to stop at 74km/h otherwise the bike starts to hop uncontrollably and that's never a good thing on rollers. Still an awesome workout for ballance, it stiffens your core, improves concentration and really gives you a good ride using your own motor skills

I at least received the phone call and the guy told me that I will receive an sms with my new number. I've actually just sent them an email to follow up on that particular sms as the down loadable number form from their website hasn't been updated as yet either

Thanks Dazshell, Yeah i also only caught a glimpse of the oke... I was more concerned of getting out the way and trying not to hit the guy head on.

I'm sorry to see that the bike marshal did in fact cause an accident amongst the cyclists. Dazshell Do you perhaps have some info/description on that motorbike or the rider? Gerald as mentioned in my OP is looking into this situation and am trying to identify who this guy was. I unfortunately couldn't provide much detail on the bike or the rider & passanger barring a few descriptions. Gerald asked for any information that might help to identify this guy. You can PM me the details (or post it here) and I will mail all the info to Gerald

Lekka!! Looking forward to some opening specials

Any latest updates on the opening of this store?

A word of appreciation and big thumbs up to the Amashova Organisers!! After the Amashova (which I enjoyed thoroughly being my first one) I sent the organisers (Annie) and email thanking them for an event well planned and executed. Part of this email, I thought it good to bring 2 issues to their attention that we experienced on the route about some marshalling inconsistencies and a marshal motorbike that was coming straight towards us close to Durban in our racing line. Immediately Annie acted upon the mail and even went the distance of getting the Chief Commissaire to contact me and getting us talking about the marshalling issue. Julian and I spoke and managed to resolve the entire issue. Gerald is now also looking into the motorbike incident as that could have turned out quite disastrous... luckily without and issues (or what i know of). The fact that the organisers started communicating with me directly after my email to them and resolving all these aspects shows that they really take this event and the safety of the cyclists to heart. Thank you once again to the Amashova Organisers. You guys show that true personal touch!!

I race with exactly the same tyres... Vredestein Fortezza Tricomp. They are great tyres and with no mesh, it saves on a bit of weight as well. I used to have Schwalbe's on my bike, but it was one puncture after the other... just got gatvol

I'm in VB group (licenced vets 35-39)

I received a phone call this morning to say that my re-seed application was successful after I had sent them all my previous results and racing group.

I'm probably going to treat myself to some SBR hills either on Saturday or Sunday morning

No worries bud... glad i could help and meet another fellow hubber

It was an amazing race, besides a few marshalling inconsitencies and a marshal motorbike coming straight towards us in our racing line on the highway It was still an amazing race and a fantastic route. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will definitely support this race again.

That 4.5hours of rain is a bit worrying...

What's the bet?

I was looking so forward to this race... but wet weather and wind is not my friend. I believe there are some serious down hills on this route as well... downhill and wet weather... now there is a lekka recipe for big DWANG!

We'll also be leaving on Friday... I will most probably make a swing past registration on Saturday. Who's all in the VA group?