Bub Marley

I dont think the opening poster had concerns about the demands on the body. From what I can tell, he’s already an experienced mtb’er. It’s more the transitioning into road cycling seems to have had an adverse effect on the mtb fitness. That’s what I got from his post.

It shouldn’t cause a loss of fitness. Of course the effort level on a mtb is much higher compared to a road bike but as long as you mix it up the 2 should complement each other.

Trails are running beautifully now.

Option 4: Spend zero rand and just stick with what you have.

I don’t think jewbacca was being serious.

Society will blame the cyclists. We are the evil with our 8kg unlicensed havoc wreaking machines. Such a menace to everyone these cyclists.

Hoogekraal yesterday. Seems like the canola’s are out in full swing. They were everywhere.

How much is shipping?

And it’s here boys. Strap in for 2 hours of goodness🤗

Also part of the issues in the world is people taking offence to everything.

People can wear what they want mate. I hate this elitist mentality in cycling.

After her performances this year, I’d expect shes already got some nice options for next season on her table.

So anyways following on from my initial question regarding trail conditions. I went out and did Bloemendaaler this morning as recommended and then back down Rooikat. It’s been a while since I’ve been down the ‘daaler but can I just say that trail after the refurb is absolutely brilliant now. Basically bone dry as well, so much grip and with the refurb it’s been completely flattened and redone so no ruts or anything. You can really have fun down there now. Rooikat, if anyone is interested, also pretty much completely dry. They were also busy flattening out the second rooikat descent so once that’s done it should ride quite nicely as well.

I like this as well. Would like or even more of it was the actual medal that was different and not the ribbon.

Sounds like cheating to me😂. I think I should maybe test one out proper before I comment on it but yeah I dunno I’m still old school I think. Wont be buying one anytime soon as well. Bikes are so blady expensive as it stands just maintaining 3 of them is enough for now.

If this is the case then yeah, I don’t think they’re gonna be doing there reputation any more favours in terms appeasing everyone. Whether they care or not is a different question. I guess this is what Patrick keeps rambling on about in every update he does. I’m not really sure how I feel about this. I’m all for e-bikes assisting people especially going uphill. But slamming the thing in turbo mode on a descent to accelerate out of corners, i dunno man.

Forgive my ignorance here but why would you need turbo mode going downhill? Or have I misunderstood?

Chat with someone using the chat function on the website instead of sending an email. They normally respond quickly.

Problem is if you dont test it beforehand, your stomach might not be able to handle it in a race situation. And then obviously getting your gut accustomed to it costs a whole lot of money. I’ve made the switch to Tailwind nutrition and haven’t looked back. It’s so much easier on your gut and if i do go on longer rides i try and supplement it with proper food instead of just sugary stuff.

Is the entire upper bloemies good to ride or just bloemendaaler? I know most of upper bloemies was in dire need of maintenance before the rains already but can’t remember now if that was actually repaired or not.

It’s also a 600km round trip to make for that event. I was kinda hoping to just ride out from my house straight to the trail which are located 10km from my house.

Fantastic

They need a proper signing to be honest. Obviously getting Tadej or Jonas is impossible so you’d think the next one in line is Remco. Im not sure what his situation is with Quick step but i feel like he needs to a better team if he wants to get close to the Pog and Jonas. To me this is the most logical move. Otherwise they’re gonna have to try and get the next big thing but it seems like even that they seem to be getting it wrong in comparison to UAE as an example.

So with the weather looking good this weekend, I really want to get back out on the trails. We still have rain till wednesday I think but hopefully dry weather after that. Taking into account all of this, any suggestions on what the best trail to hit would be? I was at Hoogies couple of weeks back and that farm road before getting to the trails was full of mud. Im assuming going down welvergenoegd by diep river will be clogged as well. Conties perhaps, but cheeky corners was closed last time i went. Not sure about supertubes. I did Hillcrest 2 weeks back and because of the rocky terrain actually had a tumble as the rocks were still damped so slid out. So yeah anyone that’s been out recently and can confirm the best trails to hit purely on current trail conditions. I dont really care which farm tbh, Im just desperate to get out but obviously would prefer to skip the trails where more damage was taken.

Yeah ofcourse the race I didn’t enter will have perfect weather 🤦🏻‍♂️