I FLY

I read that an Algerian team took part in 1950 TDF http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/retro-the-1950-tour-de-france-and-the-forgotten-first-african-team/

I cannot eat Weet-Bix. When I was doing border duty during my National Service we often went out on convoy duty with only bully beef and Weet-Bix for rations.

The herd of Water buck on our estate

My dogs are on the raw food meals from Dog Matters

So you are the guy from Komatipoort that gives me kudos on Strava

Morning sky in Witbank at start of ride today

8 pro-vita biscuits and cream cheese

Mine was R13k for frame, Chris King Headset, Lynskey seat-post and handlebars and two spare sets of dropouts. I still can't believe my luck.

My one. Bought it 2nd hand at an "impossible to refuse" price

I had an old repainted Gary Fisher that I used to leave locked up overnight at the Rhodesfield Gautrain Station. I did this for nearly a year without mishap. Bike has now been donated to a Hubber's gardener

Commuting by bike past the "Back to School" traffic chaos at our local school was very satisfying

We stayed at a B & B in Klerksdorp last week. They also ran a small game reserve and Arabian Stud on their land.

It's my jug for cold water to drink

Survey worked for me

Uber organised. I ride to work with my cellphone and my office keys.

Hard to believe that it's only a month since our adopted labradors arrived. I thought that I was getting watchdogs to protect us from intruders instead I got dogs who watch us for food handouts.

Jhb has taxis, women in little black cars and egotisical men in SUVs. Witbank has coal trucks and white bakkies. I think our white bakkie drivers are the worst of the lot

One gets out of practise of riding in the rain. I was talked out of riding to work this morning because it was raining too hard. Instead I sat in my car in traffic for 35 minutes ( instead of a 10 minute bike commute)

It always amazes me that people want others to sponsor their leisure activities and how many get it right.

As a middle of the pack rider my preparation was:- 3 hours spinning during the week 2 hour road bike ride on Saturday 4 hours mtb ride on Sunday. That's all the time I could spare. I did take strain on the initial long stages but your body adapts very quickly.

IceID now have one for dogs. It fits on the collar and costs about R110 and has space for 6 lines of information

My NMG consultant had a information brouchure which listed the races when she came to explain the changes for 2015. She only had one copy so I could not keep it.

I went through the list of races that this 50% discount applies to and I could not find one that I plan to do. No Stage races appear on the list

We are doing the trip from Witbank so add another 360kms to your 70kms. We think it's worth the trip

At last they have arrived from Port Elizabeth. Our two adopted labradors:- Duke - Chocolate Kheera - Black This is their 2nd rehoming since July 2014 and they are understandably a bit clingy.