Funny Carp

Rest in Peace Andrew. My thoughts are with your family.

And I didn't know that I was riding with the famous Skubarra & Breezer :-) . Great work! I was the dude in the red and blue kit. Hitched the Savage train after a brief stop on Botmas.

Found this on the Arrive Alive feed. Rider hit yesterday and in serious condition, so soon after Randall Februarie :-( Kinetic Cycling Club member Alroy Davey was hit by a Double Cab bakkie on Klipheuwel road near Durbanville.He went on a training ride to Malmesbury yesterday at 12:00.He is now in Cape gate hospital with serious injuries. Broken Pelvis and ribs and back injuries.He had his first operation today and more to follow.The driver of the vehicle left the scene.Body Parts of the bakkie was still on the scene.Come lets see if we can trace this vehicle.(White Double cab with a missing fender)Please share this post.Please keep the Davey family in your prayers for a speedy recovery.

My heart broke when I heard this devastating news today. The Cape riding community lost a passionate cyclist and true gentlemen today. My thoughts are with his young family. R.I.P Randall.

Thank you ASG and Best Med for supporting and staging an event for road enthusiasts. The Tour of Good Hope was the toughest race I have ever undertaken, and I include MTB excursions in that, attracting a strong amateur field which made for safe, hard racing that was as hot as the Boland heat. I suspect that being in such close proximity to the pro-athletes makes every amateur rider bring their A-game, translating to new depths of daily suffering on a demanding course. The venue, the pro-teams' vibe, goodie box, facilities and daily lunch made for a memorable few days away from normal life that will see me return in 2017. My only request? Please do address the timing issue as it detracts significantly from an otherwise fantastic event. I'll even bring my own bog-roll next time so that you need not worry about that minor detail.

RIP Dolf and condolences to your family for their tragic loss. Thank you to you, and your kin for your selfless service to cycling.

Hi Vivek - I've ridden the DH 50mm clinchers with a G3 power tap for the past 16 months and have been very happy with the combination. Great value for money as my training, racing, raining, wind-blowing, cruising, coffee shop riding set-up.

I attended last night's charity event with the Ettix riders, so can confirm that they are in the mother city. Moreover, they've brought out a development team to assist and Renshaw confirmed that he will be riding to put Cavendish into pole position for the sprint finish. Make no mistake, they will be racing. If for no other reason than to keep their star TdF sprinter near the front of the bunch and out of danger.

Tragic and very worrying. R.I.P Rider and condolences to those who are left behind. I commute daily from the 'Burbs to the CBD and had a near fatal incident with a one ton truck yesterday. The vehicle was conspicously branded, so I took pic at the traffic light and contacted the business via email. The operations manager and the owner contacted me directly within minutes, offered an unconditional apology and a promise that their drivers will be formally disciplined and educated on how to interact with a vulnerable road user. Kudo's to Mark and Mischa from Dampmen for their very positve and professional response. I'd like to encourage every Hubber to do the same in order to raise the awareness of commuting cyclist in the minds of employed vehicle operators.

Hi Hubbers, I came across Bicycle Power on this thread a few weeks ago, contacted Dave and took delivery of a demo G3 laced into my road bike wheel earlier today. Great service deserves acknowledgement and he has exceed all of my expectations. I have no reservations in terms of recommending either this product or this delivery channel! Thanks Dave! FC

LOL - I ride Chappies weekly and I still crack a smile every time I descend past 'Wez-O's right hand sweep' as I recall the comical sight of you and your bike disappearing into the fynbos right before my eyes. ...again, glad you're okay. It could have been nasty.

Hi We zo Glad to hear that you are okay. You went over the wall a few metres ahead of me and watching the Chappies fynbos swallow you and your bike was as unbelievably surreal as it was almost comical. I was so visually fixated on the sight of you vanishing before my eyes that I nearly followed you over the wall. Safe travels back. I think the most dangerous part of your journey is over ;-)

Hi Skistar - glad to see that you and your sense of humour are still intact. After surviving 103 km of gutter grovelling, the wind, the heat, the One-Tonner flashbacks; I came past Skistar on the Simondium Road in the A-C bunch. I glanced over and shouted a few words of encouragement...and that is where it all went pear-shaped. Nary 100 meters further down the road the 'little Chihuahuas' (AKA cramps) bit down hard and turned my quads to lumpy porridge. I yelped and whimpered at the sight of the bunch going up the road and then spent the longest 4km of life pedaling into that wind. After what seemed to be an eternity, my fighting spirit and my sense of humour failed me as I crossed the line a broken man. I was soon to discover that I was about to plumb new depths of cycling despair when I realised that the timing mats were on the distant horizon. Well done to all finishers. This morning's race ranks as one of the most enjoyable and toughest that I never wish to repeat :-)

Hi Dre This unfortunate cyclist went down in front of two office colleauges of mine who witnessed the incident and stopped to assist. Their first hand account over a post ride coffee was a fractured leg (tibia) resulting from a collision with the road barrier. They were riding behind him and from their perspective, it appears as though he was surprised by a gust of wind which put him into the barrier post. (Capies who regularly ride Victoria Road will know that gusty right hand sweep well.) Other than the broken leg and properly wrecked bike, the injured rider was taken care of by the paramedics and seemed to be okay. Interestingly enough, the colleauge who stopped to assist happened to be back on his bike for the first ride after recovering from a broken tibia sustained in December, so knew how to assist. What are the chances. Wishing the unlucky cyclist a speedy recovery.

Hi Garreth, I weigh 68kg and have been riding 50mm clinchers in the Cape for approx three years, most recently the DH wheel set. Like all handling skills, getting comfortable with the wheel set is simply a matter of acclimatisation, so stick with the set and pick progressively windier conditions until your confidence grow. As it does, you will relax more and the issue will resolve itself. Cape based experience has taught me that the deep sections don't get blown about very much more than my Easton EA90 wheels and if really, really gusty conditions become a safety issue, then I simply transfer my weight onto the front wheel by riding in the drops. This position both reduces your 'wind-profile' and improves front-end stability. (If riding in a group, we also give one another more room to squirrel around, but will still keep our lines predictable.) Those omni-directional Cape Town wind gusts will still catch your body and shunt you around a little, but not dangerously so because you will have better front-end control. I know it can sometimes feel like the Cape Doctor is trying to tear you off the bike, especially on the Chappies/ Llundudno descents, but rest assured that neither I, nor any of my riding partners have ever been blown over in windy conditions. Good luck and stay safe. P.S. keep a listening-watch for buses and trucks that sneak up from behind, draw level with you and suddenly make the cross-wind disappear. It makes for interesting corrections if you happen to be leaning into a steady cross wind :-)