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Me to. I wonder how many people are only going to notice this at 7:00 tonight when all the shops are already closed, or even worse, only notice tomorrow morning.

I don't see it on the list of seeding events on the site: http://www.cyclechallenge.co.za/Home/StreamFileFromDisk/41

Ok, next topic: Helmets (/me runs and ducks...)

No. That does not apply here. If you read it, you will see the second scenario is a car hitting a immovable rock wall. A wall that is fixed to the earth, and so strong that when you hit it, it does not break. So when we need to calculate the impulse from the collision, the mass of the wall would be equal to the mass of the earth. This is not the case when comparing a car hitting a bike travelling in the same direction, and a car hitting a bike travelling in the opposite direction. However, this is all about when you have a collision, what side is better for you to be on. I believe a far more important discussion is on which side are you less likely to have a collision in the first place.

Please could you provide a link to such studies.

I have a mirror like this that I use when I ride in urban areas. It quick and easy to remove for when you are racing. It's really helpful to use it to check if it is safe to move in to the lane, or when making a right turn.

It always amazes me how if I ride as close to the verge as possible, motor vehicles pass with as little space as possible, but if ride more to the center of the lane, they pass with far more space.

Something not yet mentioned that I believe is very important: There are 2 situations where other vehicles are highly unlikely to see you if you are riding against traffic, as they don't expect you to be there. 1 vehicles travelling in the same direction as you and turning right. (I've had many close calls turning right into Centenary St from Modderfontein Rd. Many commuters ride against the traffic here.) 2 vehicles turning left in to the road your are in.

When it comes to matters of this nature, I always look for scientific studies. The only one on this matter that I have found is "Risk Factors for Bicycle-Motor Vehicle Collisions at Intersections" WACHTEL, LEWISTON - Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal - September 1994, pages 30-35 http://www.bicycling...riskfactors.htm For those to lazy to read it, my summary: This US study used numbers from police accident reports and number of riders observed for a given time period to calculate risk factors for various variables: gender, age, direction (with traffic/against traffic), and position (on road/on pavement.) For all categories of bicy­clists travelling against the direction of traffic flow are at greatly increased risk for accidents—on average 3.6 times the risk of those travelling with traffic, and as high as 6.6 times for those aged 17 and under. (If anyone knows of other studies on this mater, I would highly value that.)

Now we have people bitching about the people bitching. (So I'm bitching about the people bitching about the people bitching)

http://www.mavic.com/wheels-roadtriathlon-cosmic-carbone-ultimate I saw these at the 94.7 expo. New to me. Anyone know how long they have been on the market? Are the constructed in a similar way to Mad Fibers, i.e. spokes are bonded to rim and hub, and tensioned by pulling the 2 halves of the hub apart, and inserting a spacer?

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What storm? Mild showers with occasional lighting

I noticed some calculation errors with the split calculator on the website (total time does not match entered time, errors with avg speeds.) So I reused the data from it, but redid the formulas. Download here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4494367/94.7%20Split%20Time%20Calculator%202013.xls

The youtube link is not the video.

Well, the road closure signs are up. For me, that's a friendly reminder that the race is Real Soon®.

Check that the cable has not started the fray in the sti, i.e. remove the cable and do a visual inspection on it.

Hopefully the patents will be sold so someone who will continue to manufacture them.

Here I am at 14 months. Ok, it was not my bike, and I don't think I was riding, but clearly the interest was there... First photo I can find of me riding. 5 years old. My first race: Natures Valley fun ride. 25km with 800m climbing. I think I was 12. (I'm the guy with the yellow helmet.)

They should sign him...

Also, what is the deal about parking at Simply Country? Do you need to pay?

I'm confused. Why have 2 dates? I plan to tackle the 400. I would prefer to do 15 Dec, so that I can rest after the Ian Kernick.

I phoned them. 011 017 2700

See: http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/06/drop-bar-hand-positions-introduction.html

For which hand positions? On the hoods: You should be able to reach easily. If not, bike setup is probably an issue. In the drops: I like to loosen off the brake cables, so that I can hold the leavers with 2 fingers without braking. On some leavers, you can adjust the reach, on others, you can add spacers to change the reach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG_UwcqaAKw