GoLefty!!

food poisoning?

Since 2010 Suss, Langvad, and Bingham have been at the top of the ladies Marathon. The only two missing are Dahle-Flessja and Spitz. I think the ladies race certainly has the worlds best in it.

Urs had form last year. The Epic is the first race in the season and maybe its just too early for him to really want to perform. I recall Alban Lakata is also one of the top marathon racers but he never really performed in March... Makes one wonder if the Epic is maybe too early in the year to attract all the top racers in top form. It would be great to see all the heavy hitters gathered on the start line.

Make no mistake the man is one of the very mountain bikers over the last 10years. His consistency at the marathon is almost boring (he is swiss afterall). But lets face it, he and Rabon are still the favourites and everyone else are just there to nip at the heels. The other teams don't seem to have taken it as seriously as Sauser. I'm keen to see how centurion-vaude get on over the rest of the week.

Perhaps, just frustrating to not see any of the action live like you do with the TDF. Probably an unrealisticexpectation but I would have thought it would have advanced to this by now

Road racing and MTB are so different that moving from one to the other requires a long period of adaptation. It took Miguel Martinez 2 years to adapt to road cycling and he never achieved the same success as he did on a MTB. Thus far Cadel Evens is the most successfull cyclist across both disciplines having won the World Cups (XC) in 1998 and 1999 (3rd in 1997) and also having won the TDF. (although that came 12 years after his MTB success) Success in one discipline does not guarantee success in the other

Yeah but generally in such circumstances the organisers will make a plan to get them an entry for the next year if they pay in the difference. Once you start and you don't finish the money is gone......pooof

would have been great to get live coverage from the course via streaming TV America's Cup style.

17h00 I believe. its a 10 hour day. I hope we get some good close racing tomorrow and Wednesday. Would set it up nicely for Friday's killer

ah thanks for the correction. Mr Geerdts called Marathon champs during the tv coverage yesterday

so Joe average is running about half of that at 11-12Km/hr average... That non finisher list is going to grow leaps and a bounds tonight Anyone know what happened to Schurter? really disappointing that the World Marathon Champ is not mixing it with Sauser who is a lot older than he is. really disappointing

I wish other MTB manufacturers would send their teams out to ride this race. Having Sauser dominate it every year against half teams just seems a little hollow. Dare I say it but 11years on and road racing is still more exciting. Why can't they cover the event with live TV?

absolutely rubbish trying to follow whats going on. Whats with all the riders going off course. How can they still have route marking issues when the entry fee is R50,000 per team???!! Live tracker seems to be useless too.

repair of the light is possible but you will need to check out the driver board as well. It is highly unlikely the LED burned out. More than likely it is a dry joint or the driver board.

I always liked dealing with the smaller owner run shops. by and large they were always cut form the same cloth so there was already a bond. Once you have a relationship with the shop it gets a lot easier. Although some shops are just snoooty and the attitude of the sales staff makes me want to moer them. They don't get my money ever

I parked at the Virgin Active. Had a shower afterward as well, then checked out a bit of eye candy over a Kauai muffin before heading home. No parking fine because planned ahead and am not opportunist scumbag driver with a don't give a ****attitude.

I tend to avoid titanium axled pedals. Titanium is exhibits a greater deflection for a given load at similar dimensions to steel. This means the bearings are having to absorb load through a greater range of dynamic movement and thus they don't last as long. If you're a out and out race snake looking for the lightest bike then go for ti axles. If not,save yourself a bundle of cash and opt for the best steel axle pedal in the range. Ti axle pedals will require much more maintenance.

They are hygroscopic which means they can absorb water to an extent and still perform their function of transmitting force. The absorption of the water leads to a lower reflux boiling point and reduced performance but they can still function. Problem is water will increase the corrosive effects of the fluid. Mineral oils in an automotive application are simply not good enough to provide the necessary performance at very high temperatures that these brakes need to absorb. Mineral oil is fine for our bikes because the operating temperature just never gets high enough for any water to be a major problem and there is no additional corrosive effects.

THERE IS NO CLUB.

this BS marketing is beyond tired. Why can't these greedy baffoons just be honest and say they're looking for new ways to drag their customers over a barrel for "share of wallet". R110K for a Mtb, 29 and 650B saddles,.............really.....!!! they must be real proud of not being creative anymore

This pedal offers no stability for your feet. The platform is non existent. I wouldn't touch em. TIME ATAC LOOK S-Track CB Eggbeaters Shimano SPD all have "wings" on the side to provide stability to prevent the foot from rocking side to side. All the stability in this design comes from the cleat. thumbs down.

I farted on my ride this morning. I may have violated the clean air Act at this point. Please don't tell the bunny huggers

Or a bakkie / double cab/fortchjuna

Alkyl ethers of ethylene glycol or Diethylene glycols are highly corrosive i.e. they tend to be acidic. They are also good solvents and can soften certain plastics and rubbers hence the choice of seals is important with these fluids

being a total sucker for marketing