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  1. I was at Lake Garda last year for just over a week watching the Giro and riding some of those climbs. My word, what an absolutely stunning place to ride a bike. Garda and Como have bike rental shops on almost every corner of the town, it's a cycling mecca.
  2. Keyboard Epic riders are the best, they're always quick to point out what you should & shouldn't be doing πŸ˜„ to quote Theodore Roosevelt β€œIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
  3. Eish, sorry to hear. You really need an old banger to get around in Stellies, these high end bikes are just targets for those thieving bastards who troll around the town.
  4. Proof that 26ers were better and the younger generation are getting softer πŸ˜‰
  5. Damn that's beautiful, congrats πŸ€™ Please give us some feedback on the ride.
  6. And you're fully entitled to feel & think that way. Many of us don't however, much as we don't believe in the "spirit of gravel" BS that floats around.
  7. It still holds water for me. Burry never mentioned that was the only race that determined whether he classed someone as a true mountain biker, merely one of them.
  8. Bike packing trip through the Cederberg this past weekend. This is the view from the Pass going out of Wuppertal.
  9. Pretty sure they'll extend cut off today due to the abortion on the climb
  10. I just mentioned to some friends that the thing most Epic first-timers fail to train for is the hike-a-bike sections and they absolutely kill your legs for the next days stage. You end up with massive muscle stiffness because you're only conditioned for cycling so the glutes, hammies & calves take a beating. It sounds inconsequential but believe me, you pay the price. It's literally only the Pros that can climb those massive mountains on the bike, for the rest it's a 30min to 1 hour hike, almost every day.
  11. That's total BS, everyone knows that all KTM's are Race Ready >> It's their slogan after all πŸ˜‰
  12. Yes, 2 x Lead motorcyclists on scramblers that ride well ahead and check trail markings are correct, gates are open etc. etc. They would have given those hikers ample warning. Certainly not an ideal scenario though and heads will probably roll tonight 🀣
  13. I bitched and moaned about the price last year as well (see old thread), until I went and rode the event. It's pretty damn amazing and this year I'll pay the R700 without complaining πŸ˜„ Those Lourensford trails are incredible... oh, and don't forget the "free" Spur burger afterwards πŸ™ƒ πŸ€™
  14. As someone who's been part of that media crew for a few years (okay I only rode the motorbike with the cameraman on the back πŸ˜„), I can promise you that they won't be happy with that feed today and will be doing everything in their power to improve it for tomorrow. BigShot media take what they do very seriously and no one is harder on them than themselves. That media caravan is not the place you want to be during a stage if you can't handle stress πŸ˜„
  15. Gees, we're a hard bunch to please... live streaming for free, from multiple choppers, motorcycles and e-bikes and we still bitch about all aspects of it 😲 1st world problems in a 3rd world hey !!!
  16. As some who has both, IMHO the hardtail is a more versatile tool. I'm about to depart on a Cederberg trip on mine after using my Gravel bike on the Plett2CT trip previously.
  17. Bettiol won Milano - Torino on Wed πŸ€™
  18. I suspect you never had enough beer, hence the cramps. I had 5 and had zero cramping issues β˜ΊοΈπŸ™ƒ
  19. No one is low balling anyone here, the market dictates what the bikes are selling for. There's a C40 in CT for R13K that's been on the market for months, hence my price suggestion. The fact that yours aren't selling is an indication that the market can no longer support that price point, at this moment in time anyway. That of course might change in a year or two... hopefully anyway because we all want to see the vintage bike market flourish.
  20. Wrapped up my 21st Argus/CTCT with a time of 3:18:31 on a tandem with a very good mate who wrapped up his 36 Tour. We had a great day out despite the wind and I think we did alright for 2 okes who lent a tandem from a mate to try something different for a change ☺️ Only thing I'm struggling with today is a sore butt from not being able to stand on the bike without falling off πŸ€ͺ Missed one big fall going through Ocean View by a few millimeters after someone collected one of those chevron boards and took some riders down with him. The rest of the ride was pretty incident free and enjoyable πŸ€™
  21. Looks like he was dying for a drink πŸ™ƒ
  22. You almost make the suffering sound like fun πŸ˜„ Well done πŸ€™
  23. Thanks for the updates Mamil πŸ€™ I was keen to give it a dig in Masters this year until my fall in Oct derailed my preparation plans. Hopefully I can join you there in 2025. All the best for the next few days πŸ€™
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