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hehe I had absolutely no ideaaaaaaaaaaaa where i rode this morning. I went out with a dude that raced in europe for a dutch team. Good to ride with strong guys, I suffer while they take it easy. I know we passed somewhere by the airport.. but i cannot tell you how we got there and how we got back... yeah, I am starting my road training now I have got more confidence now. It took a while!

aikona ewep! quababba ke wintar!

mwhaha cool pics and crazy comments.. nice meetin ya'll!

i em heppy, eye got up et 3:20am dis mornin to do mah second eva training ride during da week on da road ekse (excluding da public holiday)...i am telling joo eye am soo heppy, joo must all clap now tomorrow eye will do again.. i em sooo heppy! epoh2006-08-29 00:38:04

Yeah, I reckon if you ever need encouragement to keep on cycling, just look at Houtbeen. Wel gedaan! Ek is nou nog uitgefreak oor hoe hy aangehou het met fietsry. Geen meer verskonings! Ook baie cool van die TCS ouens wat hom support het. I was a bit late getting to the startline and as I made my way to the A bunch i bumbed into a TCS person but didnt know who it was. Welcome Beee!

mwhehehe! Good one ! Slowpoke, me dopping.. never I heard rumours about another race on Sunday and a VET oke apparently broke away after 10km and stayed clear until the finish. IanJ please tell us what you did on Sunday?

My Lost City Race report: The Chase....... I did not move to the front right away and sat in the middle/back of the group to warm up. Thought it was very flat and didnt need to warm up eh! So not too long into the race there was a crash that happened just in front of me. I hit the brakes and skidded into a guy in front of me with two other people falling on top of me. Not sure how, but I managed to remain standing in all of this. My bike scored a few scratches ! The one mofo fell on top of my right leg and gave me a dead leg.. One guy apparently broke his collar bone. Ouch! Thank God I survived that crash :-) I looked up and there goes the peloton...I struggled with my leg and thought for a moment I am going to abandon.. no way catching that group in this wind. Stuff that I chase, anyways not fun closing a gap with one leg that doesnt wanna work..After quite an exhausting chase me and some other guys managed to pull most of the crash survivors back into the leading group. So I moved to the front, was a bit of a mission, after the crash everyone then wanted to ride in the front. It did not last long... There was one point in the race where you turn with hectic wind from all sides and then a lekker short climb. The guys went hard around that corner and opened up a gap, i was sitting in the gutter trying for dear life to catch up.. they got away and I was so tired by the time we hit that short climb I just could not get back on.. too much chasing eish! I was stuck again between the breakaway and the guys that got left behind..I waited for the chasers and tried to get something going to catch the break.. I did not get much help from the guys unfortunately, Cyclelab and New Horizons had people in the break so I accepted their strategy to sit and let the other people do the work. Hmmm... not good! I was the only TCS guy on the day so I thought stuff it I will give everything to catch the break and if I bonk so be it. When you go so hard that you want to throw up you must know you are riding hard :-) A couple of times I would go mega hard and when I look behind me I lost contact with the rest of the guys in the chasing bunch lol! Was anyone in that chasing group? Why not help a brother out? Thanks for the club 100 guy that made a few turns. We want to beef up the A bunch riding so I will accept the guys that played out their strategies to let me work. Afterall I did not have to I wanna get stronger so stfu all Mission accomplished, we caught the break about 15km from the finish and I finished 22nd in the peloton. There was just no way I would have attempted to sprint, too dangerous and not worth it. Overall I did not enjoy the race, too dangerous. Nevertheless, a good work out It was good meeting everyone and also people I havent met. Perico dude, did you make it to the start? Let's ride hard again at Monte Casino

Happy birthday bru! It was good to chill out on Saturday, hope you had a rocking time!

I see Cruxie did not get a clear shot of me but I am the dude in the middle http://nudle.org/images/girlies.gif P.S. Not sure whether this one has made the rounds yet? I am sure it wouldnt hurt to see it again

From thecoolhunter.net Finding smart ways to get around is an ongoing quest. First there was the humble scooter, which had a cult-like following among inner-city execs in 2001. Coming up next is the Yamaha Divide, an electric commuter bike that folds up at the touch of a button to become more sculpture than scotter, more modern art than motorbike. Powered by a compact "smart power" electric motor, the Divide- which is still at concept stage (Yamaha hopes to put into production next year) - uses no petrol or oil so it can be stored inside where friends can view the "new art". http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/stories/design/yamaha%20divide.jpg

heheh... okay it is me on my own again Lets have a showdown

lol! What showdown? There is like two TCS guys competing in the A bunch, me and Man With No Name Dunno if IanJ will be joining?

All the best!

I can recommend Jaco, go to his website at www.mytrainer.co.za for more information. You wont look back smileys/smiley4.gif

Hubbers group photie http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/1Groupstart.jpg And was it cold.. http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/2Ice.jpg More ice http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/3ice2.jpg MichelleH and Slowpoke doing the Ninja Kung Foo pose http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/4michelin.jpg Tea break! http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/5teabreak.JPG MichelleH getting a taste of Suikerbossie http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/6opdraandes.JPG hubbers making their way up the drag http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/7thelooongdrag.JPG James making his way up. http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/8james.JPG Is it just me or is EWEP smiling up that hill ? http://www.nudle.org/images/25_June_2006_Social_Ride/9ewep.JPG

Spidey! that mountainbike is weird smileys/smiley17.gif but very neat.