Red Bird

Sorry to hear that. Heal up soon!

Heard there was a massive crash 5km into the men’s elite race. Anybody know what happened? Someone I know broke his front wheel, lost car key and got some nasty roasties.

The first official Gauteng Cup race is on 22 February. More A-lines. More climbing. More stoke.

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It was a scorcher. More than 30 riders in the youth category - a record number of participants. Masters and vets categories also increased a bit in numbers. More competitors, more fun!

Results will be posted by Sunday evening http://www.xcosa.biz/xcosa-events/

Route is the same as previously, only in reverse. This increases the technical demand: 1) start off with technical climb which will spike your heart-rate 2) recover on a tar section 3) the dragged out climb along the fence is now a fast downhill 4) more punchy climbs 5) A-line drop-off and gap jump / B-line with logs to slow you down 6) sprint to the finish line on a slight incline

No changes to age group start times, however the amount of laps has increased for some groups... Course profile to follow soon.

A Kenda Hellcat is similar to a Vittoria Agarro. It comes in 2.35 and 2.6. Tried it in the wet and it GRIPS and is so much fun to ride. The 2.35 is not as wide as you’d expect though. It measures just as wide as my Mezcal 2.25. Tiny negative aside, the Agarro is my new favourite trail tyre

All race results available at http://www.xcosa.biz/xcosa-events/

Development league #2 is on 1 February. It will be even more fun than race #1... More technical features will be used to challenge the riders... Enter at https://www.cyclingsa-events/

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Some of the action that took place. Muddy and slippery in the rock gardens...

2020 GC XCO League #1 on 18 Jan 20 - in other words: "The exhilaration never stops ..." > Online entries www.cyclingsa.com (closing today) > Late entries & number pick-up at venue on race day (late entries R250 + R50) > Vital stats of track: 4,2 km, 97 m vertical ascend per lap > NO jumps, drops, rock gardens this time ... > Enquiries Pierre - 0797171209

Registration should be done one hour before your start time.

During the entry process, people can select whether they want to race for podium or just ride.

Track for the first XCO introduction league race will be ready for practice from 6 January... It is a less demanding track to ease into the racing season. 4,2km / 97m ascent per lap

Modders is in a very good condition at the moment - the best I have seen in a long time. Did the red route and while it was sometimes not ridable, today it was. Enjoyed it very much. The berms that they built had a short life span...already washed away so I doubt that we'll see many fun features due to the erosion. I still love Modders. Good way to train if not in the mood for techy stuff.

Event Name: Gauteng XCO Cup Series When: 18 January 2020 Where: XCOSA Bike Park (Voortrekker Monument), Gauteng Category: MTB 2020 GC XCO Series dates. The 2020 GC XCO season starts with a bang on 18 Jan 20! With 2020 being an Olympic year, the peak racing season is somewhat condensed to ensure maximum potential until May 2020 for accruing UCI points to our Elite riders. We are in the process of finalising race tracks for the GC events and have a tender procedure we follow for event organisers to ensure events comply with the physical and technical demand pertaining to provincial type events. GC XCO Cup Series & SA XCO Cup seeding. Please take note that results of all GC XCO Cup events will be incorporated into the SA XCO Cup Series seeding for determining starting order of these national events. Although the GC XCO Cup results will not directly impact on the SA XCO Log, it will contribute indirectly in that it will offer better starting positions in SA XCO Cup races and consequently a much higher probability for better race results! GC XCO Colours. All point towards 2020 being the 1st year for rewarding excellent mtb performance with prestigious provincial colours. The GC colours criteria document has been drafted and will finally be considered for approval end November 2019. The premise, however, is that GC Colour nominations are dependent on regional colours as well as nomination by the respective regional mtb and executive committees. More details (route, start times, laps...) will be posted closer to each event... Go to Event Page

If that had been the case, I would have been furious. But, they apologised for the mistake, very late only after it was proved, and initially thinking I did not have my personal affairs with SARS in order... WRT the tax savings for cash flow, I don’t think that was the case. All employee costs are bundled into a set “cost to company” amount. Whether they worked it out correctly or not, it would have costed them the same. The ratio between salary and tax was just incorrect. Initially, the travel allowance was not loaded, but they paid an accountant to fix and reload with TA to SARS correctly. Don’t know how much that costed, so could it be called fair game since all parties had to pay a price? ????

My suspicion as well. I just hope they will actually allow me a TA for 2019-2020. Can't exactly force them to.

Thanks. They paid zero tax on the TA. Currently, I am paying tax on the full amount. Will ask for them to load the TA to SARS come next year.

Not at all, unfortunately. They worked out PAYE based on a lower tax bracket. Gross salary was in higher bracket, but they were trying to get basic salary to a lower tax bracket (lower taxes paid) as they thought the TA does not count as income.

Bad luck hey. At least they adapted my salary in April already because I was ganning aan about the TA so much. Now there is no TA. Managed to claim back on traveling but it was not enough to balance it out. Guess there is lots to be learned here and time to deal with the aftermath.