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I ordered on Friday and received in JHB yesterday, so no problems.

I'm guessing they're waiting until all the issues with the times and route change are ironed out... but also checking the seeding almost hourly for updates.

Keys found! Someone handed them in at Something Country, who by the way, make awesome lunch!! To the person who handed them in, I hope you have some good luck this week, you deserve it! Now, someone find my cute UJ girl...

Hey Hubbers I did a ride at the Cradle this morning. I lost a set of house keys on the roadside outside of Something Country where we parked (next to a very cute blonde girl in a UJ cycle top...) :-) If anyone rode out there and found keys, or heard anything, please let me know! Thanks!

I absolutely cannot see how warning people about a 5 minute rolling road closure would have made any difference. They weren't delayed for half an hour, they didn't have to take an alternate route, they just had to sit in their cars at the intersection for 3 changes of the robot instead of 1. There's no excuse.

+1, just one more reason.

I think the attitudes of motorists is SICKENING! These weren't all day road closures, in that specific area the motorists would've been delayed by 5 minutes, that's IT! Who the f*** do they think they are driving through road closures and throwing their toys? This is typical JHB motorist behaviour. Every day we see it, people cutting others off because they think they're the only ones who need to get where they're going, jumping red lights because they think it's ok, driving over 2 lanes because they feel they own the road. Until the JMPD get off their fat arses and start enforcing the law, instead of hiding in the bushes, this type of rubbish is going to go on and on, and more pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and drivers are going to die on our roads. This is a much wider problem than just a CSA stuff up, or the JMPD not showing up.

+1, and learn to use the bottle. The only thing I can think is that those novices don't do long enough training rides to use a water bottle. Because if they did, they'd know that drinking from the bottle is a skill to learn, just like cornering, braking, whatever. People just need to apply some common sense when they're in a bunch. I remember at 94.7 we had this idiot in the Q group who sat up and put his hands on his head, in the middle of a tight bunch heading down the M1. You don't have to be a pro, just use your brain a bit.

Where do people get hold of saddles to test? I've been struggling with my Arione for a while, thinking something with a cut-out like the SI Kit Carbonio Flow might work better. But I'm hesitant to go spend that much on something that might not work. Do bike shops have "loan" saddles that you can test out for a couple of days?

A big contributor to shin splints, and indeed overpronation, is heel striking. Think about when you're running, and you get tired (say after 7 or 8 km). Your foot starts to slap down on the tar with every stride (so you land on your heel, then the rest comes down and makes a helluva noise). The whole time, your shin musculature is trying to keep your foot from slapping down so hard, but there's so much force on it that it basically tears the muscle away from the shin. I moved to a mid/forefoot strike and haven't had shin splints since, and I used to suffer big time with them. Two more interesting points: 1. There are actually 2 kinds of pronation. One occurs in the forefoot, and the other occurs at the heel. They type of "overpronation" that you hear about when you talk to guys trying to sell you running shoes is actually the overpronation at the heel, which is not so good, but is caused in part by the footwear you're using, in part by weak muscles and in part by poor running technique. The other kind of pronation, at the forefoot, is totally normal and is a necessary part of the running motion. 2. There's actually no hard scientific evidence to support the theory that overpronation leads to injury, at least not from the research I've done. That's why the whole concept of stability/neutral/motion control shoes is slowly beginning to crumble. See this interesting article: My link

+1 Opinions like this are all over the place, and they come short when you start considering facts. I for one won't go near a podiatrist again. Only saw one once, paid a fortune, and it led me straight to ITB.

Ricky Bobby I've switched over to these recently. While I haven't run in them yet, I do all my normal walking around in them. The best advice I can give is to first ditch the shoes completely, then slowly start learning to run barefoot. There's a big difference between running in Vibrams, and running in normal shoes. But there's also a difference between running barefoot and running in Vibrams. My plan is to build up mileage barefoot, and then start using the Vibrams for racing and really long distances. There's plenty of research out there on the topic of running barefoot, and the more reading you do, the more facts you'll uncover and the more sense it'll make to you. There are plenty of podiatrists and biomechanists and physios out there who'll tell you that it's a fad (like the article posted above). But what they all fail to mention is this: you wouldn't replace someone's heart with a mechanical one at birth, because nature got it right. So why would you then say nature got it wrong with feet? They've adapted in the same way! If anything, the running shoes seen in the last 30-40 years are the fad, a fad that's cause more injuries than people can count, and been around far too long. Just take your time, do your research (sites like www.runblogger.com, www.sciencerunning.com, etc. are great) and sit down and think about things for yourself. That's what I did, and I'm realising new cool stuff every day Everyone's got an opinion; "try this", "stay away from that", "wear this but don't wear that". In the end, yours is the only opinion that counts for you. However, for the love of Pete, don't go buy these and then try to run 5km in them the first month... you'll get hurt and it'll be your own fault

Just for the record... I have no idea what you guys are talking about

Similarly, anyone found a Thule rack that works on a Citroen C4 Coupe? They recommended one from the States, but I haven't tried it... It might work for the Focus too.

Just remember that it's not as simple as saying R3k for a 5 minute faster swim. The energy you save in the water, both as a result of staying warmer and the increased buoyancy, will save you time on your cycle and your run. It's just like a time trial bike. It might only save you 5 minutes on the cycle, but it'll save you 10 minutes on the run because of the save in energy in your running muscles. So there's a lot more to think about, it's more complicated than such a basic approach. Nobody said it was easy