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Kelson Elena Da Cruz

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  1. Thanks Guy and I hope we get a team , sounds like a perfect race for Diesel engines ๐Ÿ˜‰ looking forward to ride with you again ๐Ÿ‘
  2. Thanks, I can ride DC under 5hours and I a team looking for a solid , reliable Diesel engine ๐Ÿ˜‰
  3. Morning, I am looking for a place on a team for this race , please if you have info contact via WhatsApp 0630356503 thank Kelson Da Cruz
  4. Thanks everyone for the reply, the hub community rocks !!!, someone from JHB had a new set and posted to me today ๐Ÿ‘Š
  5. Morning, I been having a issue with my etap TT clicks right button , not clicking properly , Any advise of a mechanic with experience with this kind of electronics or any place in CT I can buy a new set ? Sorry I send messages to few shops and unfortunately no reply. Thanks Kel
  6. Hi , the last race I done the (Durbie Dash)my result isnโ€™t showing at web site , I contacted racetec multiple times ( info@racetec.co.za and did send few Sms to the phone on the site and no response at all ???? does anyone know someone inside I can contacted directly via WhatsApp? Very frustrating! please be in touch via WhatsApp 0630356503 Thanks kelson da cruz
  7. Thanks everyone and I am sorted, got my substitution ????????
  8. Hi Everyone I looking for a substitution entry for the Cape Cycle please if you have one be in touch via WhatsApp 0630356503 thanks Kelson Da Cruz
  9. Hi Stephan , I need a entry if your still available please be in touch via WhatsApp 0630356503 thanks Kelson Da Cruz
  10. Hi folks, looking for a team under 6 or 5 hours , be in touch via WhatsApp 0826887399 thanks Kelson Da Cruz
  11. Event Name: Time Trials When: 24 September 2017 Where: Red Hill Scarborough, Western Cape Category: Road Join us to time trial our 16 km once a month from 7:00 am to 9:00 am ( usually Sunday , we'll keep you posted of the dates ) . Start/finish at the bottom of Red Hill , Scarborough side . These solo against-the-clock races can be worth their weight in gold, often providing the best 30 minutes of cycle training youโ€™ll ever do. Cycle time trials replicate the type of riding you do in a triathlon, where itโ€™s just you versus the clock, without the advantage of being shielded by a peloton. So it makes perfect sense to do them in training. Go to Event Page
  12. Hi Eduard , very sorry dude , I can truly say I know the feeling and if I can give you any lead will be the 2 guys I did meet in the car parking , I don't think there are many guys in Stelle with the same description . Rastaman on his 30 , skinny , 1,70 , dreadlocks down to his knees , mouth with front teeth exposed . Frogman on his early 30 , flabby , around 90 kg , 1,75 , round face , the car is the give way , opel corsa lite dark green . Rastaman and Frogman are the guys that received the stolen goods and resell for some quick cash they are not the guys who steal the bikes , your bike probably was stolen by some tik head leaving on the street ... Good luck man and don't give up !!!!
  13. Thanks Dave the second one look very good and only 87g
  14. Can anyone recommended a person to fix my Scott CR1 cracked frame in the Cape Town area .
  15. Hi anyone know a good value for my Cash of a GPS anti-theft device that allows you to precisely locate your bicycle and retrieve it in case it gets stolen.
  16. Hi Fellow Cape Town rider ,I'm looking for a lift from Cape Town to Bonievale Bonanza race this Saturday 31/10 , happy to share travel costs , only one car in the family and my wife need this weekend so I'm stranded and would love to race in Bonievale again ,done last year and enjoy a lot !!! please contact me at 0826887399
  17. Hi , sorry , the above post happen with a friend ( Nic ) I just forward so HEAD UP !!!
  18. BIKE MUGGING - Saturday 24th October at 09h30 - Oceanview Hill On Saturday 24th October at 09h30 I was travelling in my car with my family towards Oceanview from the Soetwater turnoff over that small hill. We were in the process of a conversation about our friend Kelson having his bike stolen when we witnessed a cyclist getting pulled off his bike by 3 adult males who attacked him with rocks and ran off with his bike. - Specialised Carbon I drove at them hooting but they ran up the jeep track towards the reservoir. There is a boom there so I jumped out the car and gave chase shouting and bellowing at them to drop the bike..... the bike owner ran with me. They started throwing rocks at us - we threw rocks back. We just kept chasing them and shouting while my wife, Jules, flagged down another car. After about 400m they realised that we were not going to give up so they dropped the bike but they ripped off his Garmin 810 GPS and his tool bag before disappearing. There was 1 larger male with dreadlocks in his 30s and 2 adult males in there mid 20s with short dark hair. This place is perfect for ambushes as there is a blind spot and there is no cell reception. We need to stop this ..... any suggestions? Maybe we need to set a few traps. I am keen to catch these scumbags. all the best Nic
  19. THE GRAND FINALE ( PART 4 ) Yes ONE LEAD , so immediately I pick my cell phone ( NOT smart ) and contact my lead ! someone try to sell him a bike around Stelle and he checked on HUBSA web site ( where I advertise my stolen bike ) and he thinks could be my one so he forwarded to me the one (only) photo of the bike in the cell number of the bad guy. I need 100% positive identification but the photo is dark and very bad quality but I can see clear the bike got NO SEAT !!!! so finally I understand why the seat fall off in the race , why I had to suffer so much for 90 km , why I had to listen the verbal abuse of the B group riders , finally I understood , MEANT TO BE , is all for a reason ..... So I make contact with the bad guys, and I introduce my self as a bike buyer and he bite the bait ,eventually after long negotiation on the phone, we settle on a price 8K so he wants to meet me at some dark hally outside STELLE but I refuse saying I am not from the area and the downtown is the only place I know ( 100% true ) . I got pumped up , got dressed up for the meeting and I need to blend so put on my shorts , my hemp T shirt and flip flops , NO NO kel flip flops no good if you need to run for your life ... so I got my running shoes . As I was leaving home inside voice hit me , kel , what are you doing ? , are you crazy , you gonna get killed ... but my bike , my bike , I'm so close , OK I need one back up plan someone to watch over my ASS , but who ? off course my mate from STELLE, he is solid like a rock, so I pick my phone and chat with him explaining my plan but I can feel by his tone in the voice that his legs are jelly, but eventually I managed to convince him ( I think he like the James bond part where he follow me from far way ) but he tells me the meeting with the bad guys need to be between 1-2 pm out of business hour off course my mate works, not like me ... so I reschedule the meeting for 1 pm and drove to STELLE. Plan A is very simple, when the bad guys arrive with my bike to meet me , my mate and his friend arrive at the same time ( both are looking over my ass at a close distance ) and we push the bad guys way and I rescue my bike . plan B - get the bike and scream very loud ( not so good , I'm terrible screamer , I wish I had my wife super powers when she screams in the bed because one bug got in, I can hear bells inside my head for days ). plan C - pay the bad guys the cash ( I don't like this one !!!!! ) plan D - if **** hits the Fan , throw the cash into the air and run for my life. My wife advise me , kel just go with the flow and adapt with the situation ( smart women !!! ) , some told me , hey kel just contact the cops set up a sting operation and catch the bad guys with the hand on the cookie jar BUT my GUT tell me NO kel you have ONLY one chance if the bad guys smell any rat here is ALL OVER my poor bike will get stripped and sold piece by piece ... so I decided to face the bad guys without the cops but I had the plan A,B,C,D . So I wait , wait and wait 1 pm come and gone my mate sms to tell me he needs to go back work, so there goes my back up and plan A , but finally I get a sms to go to the STELLE rugby field car park, the grand stage is set ! so I rush there and wait .... Very soon arrived one skinny RASTAMAN , about 1.7 , dreadlocks down to his knees but empty hand so he explains the bike will arrive soon and the deal can be done , we gel well, I think we share the same taste for music and he likes my Hemp T shirt I think he want roll and smoke , I check out his physique, and he had the potential to become a true cycling climber , trim his dreadlocks (10kg off ), stop the intake of doobie and maybe , maybe .... come on kel wake up this guys will never stop the intake of doobie so I let go of my thoughts of social responsibility and focus again in my bike . After few minutes another bad guy arrive , driving a corsa lite sport ( avocado green / frog green ) , and I can see on the back seat MY BIKE , he looks nervous , his physique had NO hope to be a cyclist if we work hard on him maybe a average runner , he was about 1.7 early 30 , weight about 90kg , flabby , FROGMAN .. so he take my bike from the back seat and throws it in the floor and mentions the value " ALL CARBON, 80K, remember 80K , mentioned at the police station? maybe just a coincidence " I clinch my teeth I want to jump on to his jugular, but hold on kel don't blow your cover now you are so close ... My bike need some attention the chain is off so I managed to put the chain in place and set up the wheels took some time to get the chain working and frogman started to grow impatient he want the cash and out of there so he try to help me to fix the bike and I just look at him and say I know what I'm doing I'm a cyclist and this is my bike, so F off your dirty hands of my bike ( thinking loud ) finally I get the wheel spinning and I know she is ready ! But the odds are against me , 2 against one so I need a decoy ( false sprint ) so I send the bait " hi Rastman and Frogman I need to ride the bike so I can check the carbon frame for any crack and if is all good , is done deal and I show them the stash of cash in my pocket " so they agreed to let me try the bike so the bait worked !! I stand in my bike look around and access the situation , FROGMAN got no chance in a short sprint he is just too heavy but if he created the momentum could be a problem so the SPRINT can not be too long Rastaman he is the dangerous one , light , agile , but his lungs ( all that doobie ) can not sustain one SPRINT longer than 30 meters so I set my strategy , the SPRINT will be around 100 meter . I look around and spotted a door of a sport club ( around 100 m way ) and I know that is the finish line , my goal , no second or third I need to win only win will do this time !!! I drop my legs over the pedals check the gear ,and, holly **** no SEAT , but come on kel you not doing a tour here only 100 meters you can stand 100 meters easy so I relax !!! I was ready for the sprint of my life ( or rather say for my life ) , so I drop all the power over the crank ( years of training ) the bike responded beautiful almost if she was waiting for that moment the Sprint was so powerful that frogman and Rastaman had no chance ( both was numb ) , I look back and I know I'll win this race , so I cross the finished line and NO signs of frogman/rastaman so is all over , VICTORY !!! , so the receptionist on the sport club look at me and say " what a hell going on " and I reply , call the cops !!! I just retrieved my stolen bike So after few minutes the security company arrived and NO signs of Frogman and Rastaman , so I packed my bike into the back seat of my car , and drove home. On the N2 freeway , I looked at back seat and there it is MY BIKE resting in peace so I cranked up the music volume , look at the mirror and I had the broadest smile over my face because I just won the most important race of my life ... THE END
  20. Yes shaper you correct the bike was retrieved ! but the big question , HOW ???????
  21. Long version PART 3 Yes kel you are alone , So I pack my things , say good bye to my matte and start to head home , was hot like hell so I try the air con but remember I lost cabin pressure and the N2 noise , had a **** trip ! Arrive home , my wife hug me and I can see in her yes she is feeling my pain ( we have very strong connection ) and she tell me , no worries "amorzito" I'll buy another bike for you with my saving ! WOOOOOLLLLL fellow riders can you process what she j...ust say !! , this is TRUE LOVE !!! for the NO riders out there , to understand what she just say , is like : I have a mistress and my wife is truly happy with the triangle relationship and on top of that she is prepare to pay for all costs ( mistress groceries , flat rent , etc ...) , she managed to get one smile out of my face ! All I want is to go under the duvet and sleep , I'm down BIG TIME , but suddenly STAND UP STAND UP DON'T GIVE UP THE FIGHT so BOB M my guru talk to me so I quick get my act together run to my computer and started to bombarded the Internet ( twitter , facebook , hubsa , cash crusader , bike shops , etc ... ) I flooded the network with photos of my stole bike so my bike become instantly famous ( hummmm , thinking back FRONDRIEST should pay me for some free advertise ) so I get hundreds of reply , I so excited , maybe few lead to the road of recovery , but as I go thought my messages all I can see is heartwarming messages of sorry for me ......so I get under the duvet and sleep . Wake up , and decided to go for a ride on my training bike ( all I have anyway , no much choice here ) nothing like a ride to lift up the spirit , as I hit the road I started to feel better , slowly making peace with the idea of never see my racing bike again , even contemplated to race with my training bike .... hummmm will be like to go to war ( against the shaved leg army ) with a butter knife and my enemies got the latest , hi tech BAZUCAS , so ZERO chance of top 20 and I'll be luck if I don't get dropped after the first corner .... so maybe I should consider my wife offer ... So I arrived home , check my messages and YES one lead , hope never die !!!! Long Version PART 4 ( THE GRAND FINALE ) coming soon .....
  22. The long version ( Part 2 ). YES kel the bike is gone , so what to do now ??? , well go to the police station and the cops will get my bike back !! so I shout out to my mate , straight to the nearest SAPS !!! and we left the crime scene. As we turn in to the main road , I spotted one agitated security guard on a bike , I immediately stop and asked what going on ??? his reply , I was chasing some dodgy guy carrying a bike ( so must be my bike !!! ) I shout back to him, jump in my car now and you can show me the direction ( remember I not from Stelle and by the way directions is not my strength and off course my wife the co pilot is not with me SO I'M LOST !!! ) . The security guard did not want to get into my car because his bike ( now as I think back , he had a point ) , but all I can think is MY BIKE so I shout to him GET INTO THE CAR so he left his bike with some other dude in the street and started to give me directions , so few blocks way we meet another dude also chasing the bad guys so I shout JUMP INTO THE CAR and show me directions by that time the first security guard want to leave the car , I wonder why ? maybe because my driving ... looking back I never drove so fast in my life , cutting corners , jumping red robots , fast over speed bumps ... My nickname in the village is 2 leg turtle, you know that guy in the front that drive 40 km/h on a 50 km/h road stretch and everyone is Q behind , yes that me !! middle fingers left ,right and centre sometimes can get funny when the finger goes up and they realise I'm the friendly neighbour ... So back in to the chase , eventually we found one SAPS van parked close to a open area , but no sign of the bad guys so the cops suggested I should go to the police station and open a case ( but my gut tell me "stay with the cops" so I tag the cop van and we drove around the town and informal settlement but no luck ... I went to SAPS to start the paper work ... my mate sms from the police station and he already started the procedure as I arrived at SAPS car parking I noted a lot of broken car windscreen in the floor , not a good place to park my car so I decided to take my bag with my cycling kit with me ( not a good feeling ). So the case is open , filling forms , a lot of questions by the way the value of the bike is mention for the first time here "80K" ( remember 80K and SEAT both have very important part to play as the story progress ...) In the back of my mind , the bike is very close ! Mr policeman you should look at cameras on the crime scene , question the bad guys, and we can recover the bike very fast if you get on with it! ... but Sunday afternoon feeling was in the air NO ways this guys will do anything today ( maรฑana amigo). So I had to come up with something to lift the moral so I suggested 5K Reward for my bike , so immediately been broadcasted on the radio network and I got pumped up and hope is back ... few minutes later the detective arrived the one who will be looking after my case so I'm ready to go back to the crime scene check out cameras , interrogate witness and so on .... but all he want to know is : Q- where was you bike ? A- back seat Q- How they got the bike out ? A- Broken the passager glass Q -How they could get the bike out from the glass window ? A - Welllll maybe they open the door Q - Where is you car ? A- Here in the parking Q - Can I see ? A - Yes So the detective had quick look into my car and left ( so I think he was more interested to find out if was a false insurance claim , by the way I don't do insurance ) so suddenly I had this sinking feeling and I realise kel you're ALONE on this ... The Long version Part 3 coming soon .....
  23. After big demand here goes the long version ( Part one ) All started with the one tonner race ( 160 km ) in Stellebosh with extra 10 km bonus , so wake 3 am done my stretching session , left my quite suburb Scarborough ( all the pumpkins farmers and the hippies that missed the Woodstock bus live there ) , in my right hand is my power smoothie ( loaded with super food that will brake your bank balance and make any carrots eaters out there very jealous . Arrived safe in Stelle ; registered , dressed up , warmed up , say hello ( the normal routine ) and next minute we're on the way , awesome weather for riding , no wind , not too cold , just perfect ! Around km 80 i start to hear some noises from my bike , look everywhere and could not find out where was coming from so thought I could keep going with the peloton because once you are in the draft you will give your small finger to stay ON and no noise will change my mind . So as we approach the 2nd longest climb and I stand in my bike to climb , I noted my carbon seat is gone and as I try to seat and realize that is REALLY gone , so any doubts I had in my mind of some kind gayish feelings was gone forever I did not like the feeling So you may be asking what the hell the seat got to do it , well hold your horses riders, soon you will understand the connection ... So I manage to retrieve the seat before a car went over it, i just save 3K and unfortunately game is over for me NO SEAT NO RIDE , but a good Samaritan on the road had a medical kit in the car and we tapped the seat back into place , so I can finish this race and don't have to wait for the bus at 4 pm collecting all the dead bodies , so I did look into the horizon and there is coming one fast pacing B group "break way" so I managed to get into the draft but the number of riders in the group was not in my favor ( maybe 10 -12 riders) I could not hide so of course they want me do the work in the front "SHARE THE LOAD" , so after intense negotiation , bad looks , swearing and I even show them the injured seat they left me alone in my back corner . I managed to finished the race , removed the tapped SEAT , loaded everything in to the car and after my recovery drink , phone my old matte from Stelle for a meeting and maybe lunch together so we meet , drove to downtown and parked our cars one block from Colcachio pizza place , had great lunch , good chat and when back in the car , I noted my bike IS GONE , had been forcibly removed from the back seat of the car ( broken the passage window ) , very strange feeling almost of disbelieve , they took the bike frame and the set of wheel and left my bag with my kit , shoes , and my SEAT !!! Part 2 coming soon .....
  24. YUPPPI GOT THE BIKE BACK , unbelievable day !!! , the short tale ; went back to Stellenbosch and stolen MY bike back from thieves
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