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<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have not been on a road bike for some years now and have got used to a Garmin Edge off-road. So, is it acceptable to the style gurus for a Garmin to be mounted on a raod bike, or is it like a Camelback only for the dirt?

Prevention is better than cure and the best way to stop the growth of fungus is to rince the bladder after riding and then put it in the deep freeze. The fungus needs warm, wet conditions and cannot grow in sub-zero temperature.

Still open to interpretation in my opinion. "Used only once" could be around the block or for one 100km ride through mud' date=' and once used it's no longer new. If it's advertised as new then it should be unused.[/quote']

An old Columbus SLX steel MX-Leader Merckx beautifully re-done ......... Thank you guys !!!

and Joost...............

The seven steps of project planning in the corporate world:<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Project initiation Wild enthusiasm Disillusionment Search for the guilty Punishment of the innocent Promotion of the non-involved Definition of the requirements

About R18 000 was what I was quoted

Take it to Mike and Jason at Mike's in Greenside and they will tell you. Quicker and cheaper than trying out all the alternatives.........eddy2007-12-20 12:26:47

I lent an old Steel Eddy Merckx with some fancy paintwork to a colleague to do the Argus on and got it back stuffed. Scratches everywhere down to the steel so I had to have it fixed. Cycle Art did a job as good as the Belgians did. I could not believe it when I saw it. I have NO hesitation in recommending them.

Surely you mean Dogma.........

Ja, but I was the Hubber who could do it for much less. I only needed a bakkie so I could sleep in it the night before and not have to pay a hotel bill as well........I am timing the event with vapourware that hadn't cost me anything to develop and costs me nothing to run. The point is simply that to get to an out of the way place to do marginal business is seldom worth while, because the fixed costs can not be distributed across a large enough base to make the unit cost reasonable to the consumer.

Let?s be reasonable here:<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Lets assume that CC or WT or any other person ?who can do this for much less? is based in JHB and agrees to time a race in <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Limpopo. Say a round trip of 1000km. Lets further assume that he drags himself and his equipment there in a 2.5 l diesel bakkie, that costs him R200 000 to buy and in which he travels say 25 000 km per year. Say his diesel costs him R6.5/l. The AA will tell you that under such a scenario, the rate per km is R4.12/km. Therefore, before you have bought your stopwatch and note pad, paid yourself a salary, made a profit you have spent R4 200 just to get there. If the race attracts 100 riders, that works out at R42 a shot. Tough but true. I think that for a small local race, a small local solution is the only way to go. It is not second rate, just appropriate.

Buying a camera because it can shoot more frames per second, is like choosing a bike based on the number of notes the bell can play. <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I have just researched this subject as I wanted to get back into Photography having been quite serious about it some time ago. Lots has changed between then and the Digital now, but one aspect has remained constant. Your pictures are determined by firstly your technical ability, then by the quality of the lens and only then by the camera itself. Buy the best lens for your application you can afford (or if you are serious about it, one you can?t afford) as a great lens is for a lifetime. No amount of technical wizardry will record a great image if the glass only let a poor one in?? Canon L-series lenses are probably the best investment you can make, but they are expensive. Also, Lenses are like bicycles, there is no such thing as ?the best?. It depends on what you want to do. Just as there is a more suitable bike for each type of riding, there are lenses for each type of photography. It doesn?t matter that Greg Minnaars bike costs more than my house; it is still a cr@p bike to do the TDF on. Sure, you get general purpose lenses, and that should be where you start, but even there you have to decide whether you primarily want to do action, or landscape or portrait or happy-snaps or etc. type photography. There are however a number of photography type websites which give user and professional reviews on every lens under the sun. Google them, it is worth asking the experts. Or PM me and I'll give you some URL's to start with.

I see that L'equipe have just announced that Floyd Landis has blamed his raised Testosterone levels on his recently dicovered 3 testicle......

I try and do 40 minutes. 20 minute warm-up followed by a 20 minute cool down , but mostly only manage 15 of each. Actually I am doing most of the riding at a steady 60 - 65% of max HR and will only start doing " interesting training programmes" when I have more time later in the year. That is what the trainer was originally bought for and as far as I can remember, nothing works better to do the final peaking that controlled interval sessions. No fun at all and required a huge amount of concentration.

Ja, Ja, I know..... Have put in the hours for a comrades and a few two oceans so realise how when one has to, one can find the time. However I am working at a new initiative (as well as a new marriage) and my time is not my own. Asuming I can do 30 mins in the morning, is there any point of doing a second session say 20 mins before my bedtime shower , or is the marginal benefit not worth the efort ?

I can multi-task on the wind trainer as I am not doing hard intervals which requires concentration. I can read, and that makes the time pass quite quickly. I am just wondering if it a waste of effort if I only do 30 odd minutes ? I will ride like that 4 days a week and do an easy hour or so on the weekend.

I am getting back on the bike after quite a long lay-off, and hope that someone can help. I can find time (have family and work time tables are quite tough) to only do about 30 minutes a day on the wind trainer. Will this benefit me, or do I need more than this a day ? Is there a significant differnce if I manage 40 minutes ? The intention is not to start racing but to improve general fitness levels and to lose about 10kg by mid year at which time I will be able to do more.