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dman2

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  1. I would say the first and last day of your trip are the danger days. First day: because you go mental with excitment and do stuff not within your abilities (or pin a trail blind) Last day: last chance to do a insane gap or get a strava time and do stuff not within your abilities.
  2. Sorry, did not read the orginal post fully. Scanned the top bit and jumped the gun...
  3. False: both US and Russia both used pencils but they were not ideal as pencil tips can break and flake off. http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
  4. There is no longer any reference in this thread or it's title for to my post needing to be awesome.
  5. This thread should be renamed to: Pictures with no context
  6. Problem: Race is easy. Solution: Ride faster, it is never easy you just go quicker!
  7. Speak to Pottie (when not oversea) or Chris Nixon. I believe they both do intermediate to advanced skills course. Speak to the guys at http://wpdownhill.co.za to get their contact details.
  8. There is no substantive evidence that Einstein made this statements. Einstein did say "It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity" when he was questioned about the atomic bomb. I have a different fear. I fear the day that individuals will believe that Einstein actually made one of these inane statements.
  9. Nailed it!!
  10. Consider Holdfast, local company in Cape Town. As good as any of the other companies and fair bit cheaper.
  11. Just make sure you leave enough time to get back, some lifts close at 5, some at 5:30. You do not want to muck that up, there are some big hill between Morgins and Morzone or a 180 euro taxi ride from Switzerland back to France.
  12. Or you can hire it!
  13. Look like the same format as 4X except the start is at the bottom of the hill. And the downhill does not have any of the big airs, fast loose corners and tight battles that 4X had. I have to say it was disappointing. Maybe if the course was more technical uphill with multiple lines and downhill section that actually required a dropper seat post, maybe it will be more exciting.
  14. Only got to sleep at 1am after finding these videos, so much for an early night! Thanks.
  15. Hope some more people donate, only R25400 to go until they break even!
  16. Tim Noakes is to sport science what Bernard Madoff was to financial investing!
  17. How many forum members does it takes to change a light bulb? 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs 1 to move it to the Lighting section 2 to argue then move it to the Electrical section 7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs 5 to flame the spell checkers 3 to correct spelling/grammar flames 6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ... another 6 to condemn those 6 as stupid 2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp" 15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct 19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum 11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum 36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty 7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs 4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's 3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group 13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "This" 5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy 4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?" 13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs noob" 1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.
  18. I agree! I hate running but enjoy the other two disciplines. So for the last triathlon, in the run section I attempt to wear roller blades. You would not believe the uproar it caused... it is not like I'm going win or anything!
  19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HRLvfbauA
  20. The correct Frank Drake equation (source xkcd.com)
  21. I always put a third water bottle in my cycling jersey for rides longer than 100km. I put it into the middle pocket, it feels uncomfortable standing off the bike but on the bike I hardly notice it. Try it on a training ride, it works for me.
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