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The vertical garden in its second season:

All my Dublin club members knew and ask about 'the big sportive in CT', never used 'the Argus' as people would here in SA

ditto. A ride like this morning place the mind in a very good state. Cant say in words how much the tracks are appreciated!

Mulmi, I see now you are also from CT. Where do you get the hens from? - I want to use an old aviary as a starting point here..

I think ~1 inch square 'sparre' with edges rounded. I could go and dig out my animal husbandry study notes of 20 years ago, but googled rather now. Seems it is indeed the right forum to ask the question... "The hens are voting with their feet - the bike inner tube provides the most comfortable perch." Seems the url builder is broken so I just paste it here: http://www.yourchickens.co.uk/care-and-advice/the_perfect_perch_1_2842822

Megan is the best in my experience.

That is the only thing that I'm scratching my head about. (I'm glad that DI is able to ride and although the reasons supplied is unlikely, it is still possible. I accept that. ) My feeling is more a 'sigh, what was he thinking' :trying to capsule his own chemicals. Surely that is risky, even more if I look at the missus's bottle of bicarbonate of soda, its source information & packaging quality. I would not trust it if my income depend on it. Hence my question if it is standard practise, do OGE doctors have a quality source and recommend it to its riders? If they do, surely the team doctor should handle this sort of task to ensure quality?

Honest question to the people that know the pros - is diy capsuled baking soda regularly used? Does it work? Seems Livestrong recommended it dissolved in water though. Interesting to see the warning regarding its use and doping as well: http://www.livestron...r-sore-muscles/

It appear that my 29er wheels should start to turn backwards when it notice a dead stop ahead

What I do now is go back up on the green to the pine trees, then left on the green to purple (you can add the shorter pine ST loop that exit back onto purple) then follow purple to yellow/red back to the bottom of the new blue. That cut the 'keien' sections out

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/08/25/yerka_bike_the_best_bike_lock_impossible_to_steal_maybe.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

Finished at 6 on the hour together with another single rider that I met on Bergplaas. Became good friends quickly Weird to hear the 'hane kraai' in the morning while still riding. What played with my mind was the Jaybay lights that I had seen from #7 was gone after 5am. So you felt like 30km away from a town. To see the mall when entering the roundabout was a pleasant surprise. well done to the quicker people. Respect...

I'm already hungry #6 is a bit worrying though Refreshment Point #1 (Vero’s): Rooster Brood, Powerbar Isoactive, Coffee, Tea, Coke. Checkpoint #2 (Geelhoutbos): Marshmallows, Bananas, Powerade, Coffee, Tea. Checkpoint #3 (Smitskraal): Sosatie, Sausage, Potato dish, Powerade, Coke, coffee, tea. Checkpoint #4 (Bergplaas): Soup, bread, Coffee, Tea, Coke. Checkpoint #5 (Midlands): Potato chip roll, Powerade, Coffee, Tea. Checkpoint # 6 (Unmanned): Nothing. Checkpoint #7 (Zuurbron): Jaffels, Coke, Powerade, Coffee, Tea. FINISH: FREE Spur Burger & Chips, Restaurants with beer and some sleep!!

+1 - Thanks Dirtman, Hellwarp & co The amount of ST combinations to play around with is very nice. Plus the condition of the trails after the rain is very good for 99% of the distance & take a lot less traffic than Tygerberg or Jonkershoek = lots of 'me time'..brilliant

A moment for Ryan Cox (9 April 1979 – 1 August 2007). Was and still is one of my favourite SA cyclists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Cox