Brogue

Money is a conduit to cycling, as with everything else. I like cycling more than I like money.

Here we go, Friday is off to the usual start.

The difference between the UK and RSA is the authorities there DO something about safety, here they just thumb their noses at cyclists and pocket the cash!

Hi Hubbers, In early September a group of 5 HOME OF HOPE adventurers and I will climb Kilimanjaro in Tanzania along the Umbwe Route. Umbwe is the shortest, steepest and toughest ascent. We chose this route purposefully and trained for it to signify the immense challenges faced by children afflicted with various preventable disorders through absolutely no fault of their own.. Our HOME OF HOPE Kilimanjaro team goal is to summit Uhuru Peak at 09H00 on 9 September 2013, which is International FASD Awareness Day. Across the world bells are rung at 09:09 on the 9th day of the 9th month to raise awareness for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Our Kilimanjaro team intends to share their plight from from the "Roof of Africa".. HOME OF HOPE in Table View, Cape Town, provides protection, education and support services for abused, abandoned and neglected children who suffer from FAS, FASD and HIV. Our Kilimanjaro climb has two goals: To raise awareness about the challenges faced by FASD children: To raise funds to build a school for HOME OF HOPE's project AMATHEMBA. Currently AMATHEMBA operates its primary school from the campus of its partner school, the West Coast Christian School, and its pre-school from the Home of Hope residential property. The size constraints of both current locations, coupled with the growth in numbers of the children, completely inhibit expansion for this project. With the overwhelming need for the specialist education offered at AMATHEMBA, building a school has been found to be the best solution but will cost an estimated R3m. This school will serve as a pilot model according to which many similar schools could be rolled out nationally. I plead with all Hubbers to open their hearts and wallets. No amount is too little. I hesitate to use the word “charity”, as it comes across as dismissive and condescending toward these brave and deserving children, although that is of course exactly what the home is. The Home does AMAZING work which focuses on equipping kids with debilitating hereditary disorders with the basic skills required to conquer life’s many challenges. It is noteworthy that all sponsorships are tax deductible (the Home is a registered Public Benefits Organisation) and paid directly to the Home. Each climber funds their own expedition costs (approx R35000), in this way the funds raised by the generous sponsors benefit the children without being diluted. All sponsorships and donations will be provided with a SARS tax certificate to mitigate tax liability, either personal or company. HOME OF HOPE's bank details are: Bank: Standard Bank Branch: Bayside Shopping Centre, Table View Branch code: 022209 Acc Name: Home of Hope C/Acc Nr: 272800988 Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ Please use MY HUB NAME as a deposit reference, and PM me if you require a SARS certificate. That way we can tally the total raised by hubbers monthly and I will post updates here. If you are in Cape Town, please visit the Home to see the wonderful work they do. The home needs all the financial assistance it can get in order to achieve it's goal of building a dedicated school for deserving and brave FAS, FASD and HIV children. Please also LIKE the Facebook pages, located at https://www.facebook.com/homeofhopeamathemba?fref=ts and https://www.facebook.com/HomeofHopeJTG?fref=ts. DSTv have kindly agreed to air our JORNEY TO GREATNESS advertisment, filmed right here on Table Mountain, over the next 3 months. I will poste the scheduled flighting times here daily. TinToy Productions donated their expertise pro-bono, to film and produce it. Once it's uploaded to YouTube, I will post the link here too. VodaCom, MTN and Cell C have donated an SMS line FREE OF CHARGE. All cash raised through the SMS line goes directly to the home, without any of the networks taking a penny. Each time you send a blank SMS to 48889, R10 is debited from your account and credit to HOME OF HOPE. PLEASE forward this invitation to everybody on your Facebook and urge them to do the same. Make the circle beeeeger Hubbers. The more, the merrier. This a cause very close to my heart. Surely we can all spare fifty bucks, or a hundred bucks there? We waste that amount daily on insignificant things like tobacco and alcohol. Make the next R50 you spend count, make a difference to the quality of life of these kids. Many "littles" make a LOT. It's as easy as 1,2,3 EFT Many thanks, a million times over in advance, for your kind consideration and generousity. I will post loads of photos of our journey, before and after. Warm regards, Brogue

Get on, hold on, stay on . Actually that's an instruction I received from my wife many years ago, I simply applied it to cycling .

If the seller is legit, and the machine in good nick, I'll make him a WAYNE AMOUNT offer!

The seller is located in Boksburg, it's gotta be legit

And richly deserved it would be too, would be great to see the likes of our very own FIRE tearing up the tarmac through the Alps.

Vroom va va voom boooom vroooooom, everyone else eats his rubber. In the wake of "Live Wrong", and others since, the sport in general and the tour in particular are under the spotlight. It would be pretty stoopid to dope with WADA potentially waiting for him to take a leak after every stage and the glare of the world's media monitoring his every move.

Also, whaaat eef the file corrupts mid stage or the screen cracks spontaneously or you drop it in a stream whilst taking a leak? Do the organisers lay down bread crumbs as an alternative to technology? So many what if's!

Don't get me started about the USELESS CSA, very happy PPA successfully showed them last week that leisure riders in the Western Cape won't be bending over for government mouthpieces.

I don't disagree, survival of the fittest. There should be a rule against ripping off youngsters though. Everyone else is fair game. If you're dumb enough to get caught ripped off, you're old enough to pay the price.

Cellular networks, insurance companies, medicals aids. The knowledgeable amongst us choose the best of a bad bunch. The same applies to cycle stores, the most experienced walk away with the best deal whilst the ignorant and naive (including the noob youngsters those very stores should be encouraging) get ripped off and laughed at as soon as they exit the front door. It's an expensive lesson for them, and not the way to grow a brand or encourage loyalty. There's "stupid" and there's exploitative. The latter always wins over the former. SAD.

I understand that Grumps. With increasing success comes increasing levels of trust, which in this case appears to be misplaced at best or misguided at worst. "Reputational integrity", or lack of it, if you will. The communities they service trusted and supported them whilst they were growing their footprint. They now opportunistically exploit that trust, and therefore don't deserve it. I agree with Dips, their behaviour is sad.

So the big showdown, scheduled for Tuesday 9th July turned into a damp squib. An insider friend took a look at the court file today, which was EMPTY. This indicates a legal ceasefire. Dates on the opposed role, dates are only available in November. . We'll probably hear/see an announcement shortly that the two parties agreed to enter into negotiations again, or have reached a settlement. For my money PPA's sabre rattling achieved the twin goals of showing CSA it won't be bullied and forced them back to the table (at the very least). PPA, jou doring!

Proud as punch, of the contributing hubbers and you. Let's not forget the "Wayne Amount". Good job Wannabe!

Congrats man, from tomorrow your hub time and cycling budget will decrease considerably.

Santa Cruz Carbon Tallboy 1 or 2 frameset. Fit your own group and wheelset. Sorry, any 3-way comparison should have a 4th wildcard to make it legit

Dont be ratty so early on a humpday

You get niche, then you get budnitz up the crack of niche. That's a 1 in a miljun masheen, OP can be forgiven for that omission.

I used to Scott, but it's overated and nobody practices it any longer.

I don't see Santa Cruz on the list, what's up with that?????

They say ignorance is bliss, but for my money ignorance is just stoopid ignorance!

Garmin upgraded my old FR405 to a 910XT for R2212, door to door, in 10 days. Sweet deal, great service!

Also need a multi-function (non-Garmin) wireless altimeter puta for my MTB. Bigish screen, easy to read (at speed), easy to use (without breaking my neck). You get the pitcha . Thanks man, you saved me the effort of opening a fred. PM me with the general consensus in a few days.