Ingo

Is there a cycling (MTB) club in Parys? I am there over the weekend and would like to join an outride tomorrow morning.

I am interested. I will PM you. Ingo

Ahh.... so that's why when one of the Elite ladies dropped off our bunch she ended up waiting for us at the finish line. How easily do they get things wrong every time...

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback.

I'm normous :-) LOL!!! +-1.77m

Hmm... seems like wise words that will save me a lot of pain in the future. Thanks, Ingo

So here I am, thinking of getting a road bike after a few years of MTB'ing. I got myself measured up at the LBS and I was told a size 54 is right for me. Is it just me or does a 54 road bike feel like a tricycle compared to a Medium sized MTB? I like my 96'er with lots of space and I don't feel cramped at all. Sitting on a 54 road bike I first of all feel the thing is going to break - well, it's just a mental thing anyway, those thin wheels just make me nervous. Anyhow, the question is actually... If I buy a size 56 frame what would the drawback be, if any, or should I stick to the PC program that spit out the magic number of the universe (54) after being poked and proded in all the sensitive place :-) Ingo

Ok, het nou net 'n eMail vir Judy gestuur so nou wag ons vir resultate. Julle 'Team GS' moffies moet julle self geniet, Rex het my so broken gery met laasjaar se CPT dat ek hom sommer ge'fire' het as spanmaat. Hy doen nou CPT met 'n sterker VET so hulle behoort goed te doen. Julle moet maar nogsteeds ligloop as ek dit so kyk, Rex en sy vrou ry volgende jaar Sani so hulle tyd sal seker nogsteeds beter wees as julle s'n... LOL!!!

Sorry, Adventure only.

Hi, I have a Sani2C 'Race' entry to swap for an 'Adventure' entry. If you want to upgrade then give Judy a call @ www.sani2c.co.za and say you want to upgrade. She will then swap us around without too much fuss - except for a R250 admin fee of course. Alternatively PM me and I'll give her a call to arrange everything. Thanks, Ingo

Groenies is great, was there both days last weekend and went like the clappers until I catch slower riders and then wait my turn to get past. No mess, no fuss. Only once in 3H did one lady just park in the middle of the single-track so I don't feel bad going (safely) past her at warp-speed and 'buzzing the tower' a bit. Some guy even caught me on the back-end switchbacks, which I wasn't doing slowly either, but he never asked to get past so I kept on pushing. It's also great for training depending on what you want to train on the day. If you want to do technical LSD (I know, those two are mutually exclusive) then take your girlfriend or family there and have a great time. If you want high intensity technical stuff, take your teammate there, look for all the ups and downs, and let the fun begin. Ingo

I rarely cramp in a bad way because I can feel something start to twitch and then I back it off slightly. Last weekend I did the SA Marathon Champs, ran out of 'juice' and had to ride 45 minutes on empty to the next waterpoint. The combination of 38 degrees, high humidity, lack of juice and probably not enough to eat caused me to get a severe cramp in my right calf when I brake slided into a corner. This was 5k's from the end and I screamed like a girl while holding my calf. Once cramping starts there is nothing you can do, just try and wait it out and try to use your fingers to try and get the muscle to let go enough for you to limp home. After that it's survival and streching, ice and massage oil will let it heal over time. So, make sure you hydrate well, eat enough, have enough electrolites in your drink and watch for the signs of cramping. Don't overextend yourself, a cramp is the body's way of telling you to backoff a bit - a lot actually because you didn't listen to the subtle messages that came before. Ingo

That's awesome. I tried my best to get a sub-3, my knobblies sang sweetly all the way but I only managed 3:16. Perhaps next year I can move up a group or two just to get a harder initial pull. Trying to pull in front doesn't always work so lekka, the skinny's come flying past just because I am on a MTB and it's a sin to slipstream a MTB in a road race, someone might just recognise you and you will never hear the end of it :-) Sub-3 on a MTB with knobblies? It's possible, it hurts, it's just out of reach for now. Ingo

Also many thanks to the bunch of guys allowing me to tow behind on my MTB with knobblies. Our bunch maintained a good pace up to 75km where they fell off the pace. Thanks for helping me do an unofficial (no chip) 3:04. Ingo PS. The guy (and I know your number) that took a drink from his waterbottle and then, right before my eyes flung it into the bushes - you're an #$$!! PPS. And the really funny guy giving me stick about my knobblies as I passed him - I liked your attitude

I believe in basic common sense. Buyer, if you say you will pick it up at a certain time, be there otherwise the sale goes to the next guy. Seller, if you are not happy to hold the stash for a day or two, say so so that the buyer can look for another one while you sell it to the next guy willing to collect - at the agreed upon time obviously. It's all 6 of the one and half a dozen of the other. I haven't had a bad experience yet but I am usually not so hardup to sell something that it must go today anyway. If you are, drop the price and Bump it a lot, the right guy will see it eventually. Ingo

And what do you know, I got my picture in the Ride magazine where they explained the skills to ride a steep hill. Funny enough, they explained exactly what I did there and even with little grip, lots of small loose 'Katot' rocks and in my smallest (22/32) gear I made it up there without falling over. For those of you wondering, Yes, my front wheel was at a 90 degree angle at that stage and I saved it. This was the steep hill (13.3% slope) right after WP1 on the Cape Pioneer. And while all this was going on I was overtaken by a snail and an earth worm... Ingo PS. Picture courtesy of Oakpics. Sorry for the advert but I haven't got a scanner to scan the magazine one.

So I finally got myself the Tacx T1925 PC Upgrade Kit for my Flow trainer and hooked everything up. Everything looks quite spiffy and decided to Calibrate the brake. The PC told me to start cycling at 30kph, no problem, I go big blade/small blade and go like I stole it only to see that my speed is 1.4kph on the computer. Thinking my Flow unit is busted I reconnected the original head-unit just to see everything is working perfectly. Has anyone ever come across this problem? It's not rocket science to connect everything (unless someone proves me wrong). I tried both TTS2 and TTS3 and they both do exactly the same. I will probably try and connect it to my teammate's Flow unit just to see what happens there but I thought I'll ask the question anyway. Ingo

I also tried it and it didn't work for me. The documentation did say you get a 3% increase in something but I need a 30% boost.

It might be temperature. I put new stans in for Attas and when I got there the front wheel had no more sealing properties and the rear had the biggest coral reef creation I've ever seen. The bike was on a plane down to George and I had to bomb the rear twice but the front wasn't bombed at all and the very first puncture spewed out all the non-sticky juice without sealing. On my training wheels, that I use on a daily basis and NEVER bomb, I've haven't found a new lifeform in the last six months. Perhaps it's because of daily use and higher temperatures... will have to wait for winter again and the sub zero temperature riding to see if that theory holds. I remember something called 'No-Flats', has anyone tried that and had any bad experience? Ingo

Yes it will haunt her. a 3 year old ran infront of my car once while I was watching her and anticipating something stupid. By me doing only 20kph I managed to stop but that image of pure innocence and that little life in your hands will stay with me for a VERY long time. I hope the driver recovers from this as well and that accidents are just that, accidents. Ingo

Measured 44 at van Gaalens at around 11:30. But ask the same question again after Attas...

I would even pay the advertised price if you guys can get stock of the Tacx T1925 Virtual Upgrade kit.

Hmm... It's not all MTB miles, I do lots of road work on my MTB if that counts.

And I rest two days a week and was off the bike after CPT for probably 4 weeks... The weekends make up for it all, LSD's mostly.

10524 MTB km's.