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I would like to see more corrective action to cut off the buying market.
Licencing bikes and keeping proper record on a national register will help with this. Make it compulsory to have your bike (with unique serial number) registered and force people to varify ownership on a national register before buying the bike, as well as having to do a FICA type of verification when bikes are sold.
I think there is a more sinister side to the whole story too. A while ago I heard about a syndicate in the States that was paid to hijack a particular high end car brand. They were told to destroy every vehicle hijacked. Why? Because all the owners of these high end vehicles would claim from insurance and simply replace the hijacked or stolen vehicle with another one from the same stable. By having the vehicles destroyed it became very difficult to track it back to the syndicate and ultimately back to the dealership that ordered the hijackings and theft of the vehicles.
The syndicate and dealership got traced due to the high volume of hijackings and thefts in the particular state and this correlated with the unusually high volume of sales from hijackings from the dealership.
The same may be happening in the bike industry. Most of us are insured, I get the impression that the hijackers are targeting specific people or bikes too.
Maybe some of the bigger bike shops needs to be investigated on how many insurance claim replacement bikes they are doing every monht...
Just saying...
Hey morewood mad. All the things you mentioned are in the pipeline. It just takes time. Trail maintenance is done by volunteers who actually spend their own money on materials , transport etc. Signage coming soon i think. Till then ride safe.
The key here is MANAGEMENT. It costs money to have a good trails manager in place, much like a golf course needs to pay for the services of a good green keeper or a ski resort needs a good resort manager.
I have never had the opportunity to ride Fort William, Whisler or any of the world famous trails. I also know very little about the management of these parks, but I can assure you that they have competent people all earning good money from doing what they love. I think that relying on volunteers to build and maintain trails is simply not sustainable. Sanparks / Cape Nature don't have the expertise or resources to have good private sector trial managers in place. They also use the revenue from mountain biking to cross subsidize other services (fire and rescue to name but one).
With private management, Sanparks / Cape Nature can still get their share, competent people can put together a preventative maintenance plan and trail building, grading and marking programme, safety on the mountain can be improved etc. I didn't bother reading through all the "who's dick is bigger" posts on here, so excuse any repitition. Assume half of maximum people use the trails on average every weekend, so 600 x R50 x 40 good riding weeks per year = R1 200 000. Assume half goes straight to Sanparks / Cape Nature as rent, it leaves the program with R 600 000. A good trails manager will probably earn R25 000 per month, accounting for half, so R 300 000 is left for labour, materials etc.
Say a private programme can secure the facility for 10 years, this could actually mean a world class facililty right on our doorstep. It would mean that we are going to have to pay a bit more.
Jeez you's can whine! The roadies on thehubsa are all sniggering saying "devide and conquer!"
Its simple. If there is a no entry sign, you have the right to tell people to respect the signage on the trail. If there is no sign, warn people in a nice way that DH riders are using the trail at high speed.
The only real solution is private management of the trails at Tokai, but this would mean that we each are going to pay R50 a ride. SANPARKS / Cape Nature simply don't have the means or the inclination to run the trails like a business.
Just out of interest. Who will rather pay R50 a ride at Tokai and get reasonably well maintained trails, a proper website with updated info on the routes, proper signage, grading of single track trails etc?
Eat regularly.
Eat a 1/4th energy bar every 45 minutes instead of a whole one after 3 hours.
Use the right race nutrition in your bottles.
Experiment with various products and find one that works for you.
Simulate your eating patern during training as well.
The closer you are to your race eating patern the better.
Try unprocessed carbs like baby potatoes in a ziplock bag with some olive oil and salt.
Still deciding whether you's are stoopid or just crazy... 
I had the Aerozine cranks on my Zula. Loved them but had to change after an insurance claim as the insurance insisted on me replacing the cranks with Nior cranks (I gave then 2 quotes for cranks for comparative reasons). The Nior cranks don't have the bling factor the Aerozine's had, but was probably a better bet.
Does anyone know what the status is of the roads in the Baviaanskloof? It seems like road conditions is going to be tougher than usual and I'm guessing that riders will not be allowed to have support vehicles drive through the kloof either.
Try Vermarc's bibshorts. I have 3 pairs of these and 4 pairs of Assos FI13's. These are more comfy than the Assos shorts
Jeez dudes. Why all the handbag slinging on a Monday morning? Save it for the I HATE ROADIES comments. Are we not all supposed to get along? Or is this still related to the jealous DH riders that can't ride up the single track vs the jealous XC riders that can't make the jumps going down?
Love and Peace!
Stainless steel with coated cables.I clean them with Finish line degreaser and then lube them with Finish line teflon lube.
Still on original cable inner and outers.
I usually get 12 months out of my cables (continious housing) with my SRAM XO shifters (gripshift) with no cleaning and lubing required. I hardly have shifting issues ever unless conditions are REALLY wet and muddy.
Got a feeling I'm going to enjoy all 120mm of travel on my Zula in 6 weeks time...
Ok cool, thanks for that. The sessions last for half an hour?
Do you use the trainer more for technique of the various exercises or more for the motivation?
Its a 50 minute session with 10 minute stretch as well. I do my warm up for 15 to 20 minutes before the workout.
Technique is one factor, yes. Motivation is another, but variation is the biggest factor. I don't know what's coming next, so I'm never in my comfort zone. Usually I stop when it hurts, with the trainer I usually have another 5 to 10 reps to do after the hurt gets bad.
What does it cost for the services of a personal trainer, I undertsand the prices will vary, but what could I potentially be looking at per session( R150?)
Just looking to do it for a couple of weeks till I get the hang of everything and can manage on my own ( I train at Virgin Active)
My trainer charges R160 per session and I pay for 10 sessions in advance. I started off with one session a week (legs only) a couple of months ago and doubled up after Sani2C. I will probably go back to one session a week after Pioneer
I have sourced the services of a personal trainer twice a week to help me with my Gymwork. On Mondays we do legs, core, back and abs and on Thursdays we do Upper body, core and abs. She changes the routines every week to ensure that you don't get used to one particular excercise. A typical legs session includes:
15 minute warm up before we start with the workout.
Superset 1:
Lunge walks with 2 x 15kg weights (about 25 lunges per leg)
with
One legged stand-ups (sit on a bench and stand up using one leg only, no hands or use of other leg, its more difficult than you think) while raising 5.4kg medicine ball above your head, about 10 to 15 per leg (one leg at a time)
with
calve raises on a step (take a 15kg weight in same hand as calve that is being trained), 30 on each calve.
Repeat 2 to 3 times
Superset 2:
V8 leg raises (lift your legs and move it in a 8 figure while lying on a slightly inclined bench) 20 full 8 figures
with
1 legged hamstring curls (15 per leg)
with
Squats on a Bosu ball lifting a medicine ball above your shoulders with both hands.
Repeat 2 to 3 times
Superset 3
one legged leg curls (15 per leg)
with
lower back raises (15 to 20)
with
donkey calve raises
Repeat 2 to 3 times)
Superset 4
side plank (30 seconds per side)
with
One legged lunge, while back leg on a bench (great for the glutes, 15 per leg)
with
jack knives (20)
Stretching for 10 minutes
I was expecting to see a helmet with cover on the left side only 
I also subscribe to IMBA rules but I usually still move out of the way if I'm going up a singletrack and I see someone coming down because it's easy enough for me to do. I've been wondering though, if this is the wrong thing to do - should one rather stick to the rules and not let others get the wrong idea and think you're obliged to move?
I've been thinking about this too, but if trail owners communicate rules clearly, it becomes quite simple. I love thehub on days like this: Flogging a dead horse when there is a reasonably simple solution here.
If you can ride up a Downhill track, its not a real downhill track 
Just kidding guys. What amazes me is that this matter can be resolved with perhaps having Tokai trails getting a proper website where the rules of the trail, maps and profiles, emergency contact numbers etc can be communicated to everyone. Then we wouldn't need stooopid polls like this one. I subscribe to IMBA rules where no rules are displayed (think Jonkershoek, Tokai, Majick Forest) and trails are more or less a mix and match affair. Other trails with clear directional sign boards makes life easy (Oak Valley, Welvanpas, Meerendal, Hillcrest, Kliprug, Lebanon etc) and where up and down riding happens on the same trail (Oak Valley black route, just before the A frame where you hit the same section of trail up and down) I again subscribe to IMBA rules.
Common sense should also prevail so if you see someone coming from the opposide direction on the trail, make sure you both understand who's going to do what, and when in doubt give way to the other rider.
Can someone please check if he stocks a stolen black and red Morewood Zula with red hope hubs on Mavic 819'? Would love to have my bike back!:-)
Any chopshop would have rebuilt your Zula with different groupset, seatpost, stem and handlebar (taken from 4 other bikes) and would have replaced the wheelset with the nice SLR's from the 5th bike that came in that morning.
That bike would be on its way to a participating shop up in Pretoria, Joburg or East London by that evening. Hell it may even be on the Hub by now, and don't be surprised if it is now a white Zula with serial number altered as to not match your bike's
Howmuch did it cost?
I think they were about R220 for a full set. Not sure. I just took em and swiped the plastic.
The first rule is not to change anything:
- If you are eating a balanced healthy diet, stick to it.
- Don't change anything on your bike setup
- Don't fiddle with your race nutrition. Use what you use on training rides
- Don't service your bike too close to the event. If its working well, simply clean and lube the bike.
- Don't buy new equipment or spares. If your tyres were fine up to now, they should last the race too.
The second rule is to get plenty of rest
- Try to get 8 hours sleep a night
- Go for 2 quick rides at about 80% intensity (less than an hour each say Tuesday and Thursday)
Go prepared to the race
- Pack your race number, timing chip, cycling kit etc the night before
- Get there at least 30 to 45 minutes before the start to enable you to check the bike, get your cycling kit and spares on the bike and register
If only SRAM would bring out a 2x10 gripshift... <sigh>
Get his Cel nr and ask 50 of your friends to send him a "take me off your stupid SMS mailing list five times each.
I was about to claim that I don't buy fakes, but then looked at the anti inflamitaries I am about to take. Its a generic (fake?). How do you's rightous folk feel about Generics?
How about renewing your 2011/2012 membership so long. Then you've crossed this bridge?
Carte Blanche expose
in The Bike Room
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Its only a theory, but if you think about it, it makes sense. Why have a stolen bike traced back to you when you can get the "new" business anyway? Second hand sales are treated with suspicion if the price is low and you don't want any direct link between your shop and the hijackings.
Somewhere in SA there may be a stockpile of high end bikes stuck in a container underground.