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This ^^^^^ From your name I take it you are aligned with those machines that stay airborne because they are so ugly that even the earth rejects them .......

No, that was Big-H. No. Wait .................

K@k idea. If the North coast is your thing, take the deposit, the monthly bond payments, the insurance payments, ,the levys, the rates and taxes, the maintenance payments, tuck the cash under your mattress and use half to spend a month at the Oysterbox each year..

I definitely agree with Wayne...

A surplus of 700Kcal a day * 365 days has given me a nice layer of sub-cutaneous blubber that, like a walrus, keeps me warm in all temperatures.... I just need a pair of gloves

I haven't read all the arguments about whether he was going too fast or whether we should all be riding slower, but in flying we say that any landing you can walk away from is a good landing and if thereafter you can use the 'plane again, it was an excellent landing. Based on this, as he walked away and the bike looks rideable, he rode the corner in excellent fashion and we should all commend him for his skill.

There is nothing stopping you from riding to GRTP from Sedgefield, enjoying the trails and riding back after a slice of carrot cake and an espresso or two...

Where else would you store your parachute ?

No. Someone calls the Nigerians to visit him in the restaurant...

Well, only some guys. I personally don't want him to get off that lightly....

Do this.

No, I'd also get one of the new 4-seater highwing Slings for that.

I'd point to the consumer protection act and get a mate to sue them on a pro boner basis.

Yes

Base yourself in Hoekwil and ride to Oudtshoorn, spend the night there and ride back the next day. Ride to Knysna, overnight and ride back. Would work for me.

I have previously done overnight trips on the Oudtshoorn to Calitzdorp and Calitzdorp to Vanwyksdorp legs solo in both directions. A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I rode from Knysna to Hoekwil on the Seven Passes route and back after an overnight stay. Pudding joined us on day one and for a few beers in his part of heaven and I can attest to the beauty of the rides. Logistically it is easy to do an out and back overnight ride on any of the legs if you want to get a taste for the bike packing thing.

Most importantly, Richard uses his technical skills and years of experience for which there is no substitute.

Bliksem. They told me that they would do it discreetly.......

Only if I chip in ......

I suspect the OP feels more like Kenny.......

Don't come here on the interwebs and display your ignorance. The saddle bag and Bonaqua bidon was appropriately dealt with in season one, episode one of the saga. Even my SO, noticed the bidon and mentioned that it looked siff on a Cannondale.

Hey, OP. At least your bike was not in London: Video shows would-be bike thieves attempting to steal bikes in broad daylight - Cycling Weekly

Thank you for finally naming the shop. I will go and spend my money there when I go to Cape Town in April to compensate them for having had to deal with a customer like you.

The Americans say that in automotive performance there is no substitute for cubic inches. In climbing on a bicycle, there's no substitute for (lack of) kilograms. As a vetgat who periodically sheds the weight myself, I can testify to that. Training is obviously important as is peaking at the right time, but nothing can benefit you more than having less to carry up the hill.