Gerhardc

"it was the best of times....it was the worst of times"...(can anyone forget that crap that came out of his mouth the previous time...!!) jipee....I see that with this it my 1,000's post!! to myself!!

That's why he's getting a new Scott....

I would say it's only the rails...one K:ium (229grams) other Manganese (255grams)....thus weight!

My average heartrate at SBR was 158...bietjie gas gegee teen die opdraendes!! thanks....yes, I really feel like a bike rider @ 75-76kg's!! I felt REALLY good during CraterCruise ....wil nie windgat klink, maar die Cruise was 'n breeze!!

uhm...uhmmmm...Gerhardc here...my weight is 75kg (it was 101kg on 1 Jan 2011)... ....road bike weight 7.6kg's....age 43yrs....my conditioning is very good at the moment....the only thing with me, is that I have an extremely high heartrate....my max is 194 and I easily ride between 170-180 average in races over a 3-4 hour strecth... PS: I did the CraterCruise in 5:40 on Saturday and I did not race, only "rustige" ride, seeing that I'm doing Mankele 3 Towers Stage Race from Friday! (at CraterCruise, my ave heartrate was 152...very low for me!!)....officially they show me a doing 6h15min....but I did not start in B-batch, but F, as I was riding with others and we took 15min out at the halfway stop....by the way...my Garmin Edge 500 shows 3065 calories for CraterCruise...

ITB is a tendon and not a muscle....thus it can not be streched!!! ITB problems start due to weak glutes...thus strengthen your glute muscle.....

Thanks guys! I wanted to sit on those 2 climbs, one at start and one at 48km's.....but I COULDN'T....had to STAND in order to turn the crank....my upper legs are just too weak at this moment in time....and off course by standing my heart rate went through the roof as a result of it..... As a MTB'er, I think I've become too accustomed to my GRANNY gear!! I got new respect for roadies.... Will do SBR more often!

Eldron, WOW, sub 2 hours....eish!! Please see my question about gear ratio on road bike? Thx, G

What is a good time for the 57km loop at the Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve on a road bike? or what have been your guys (gals) times....? Why am I asking, cause I'm a MTB'er who recently got himself a road bike....yes, that's right...i got a roadbike.....boy and did I suffer on some of those Suikerbos climbs....my bike is the 2011 Scott CR1 Pro with Shimano Ultegra 20-Speed 53 x 39 T crank in front and 20-Speed 11-25 T casette at the back....I just could not sit and climb...I had to stand the whole way to get up those climbs in my easiest gear....the above is as it comes out of the box....do you guys go bigger (11-28?) at the back for something like Suikerbosrand?? Just a MTB'er asking, cause he knows boggerall about road....my Garmin profile for anybody interested... http://connect.garmin.com/activity/118309314

WOW!!

anybody know the results?

done

have imported 5 pairs of Giordana Tenax Carbon bibs from CRC for +- R1,100......nothing comes close to their comfort!!!

Just to correct Cycling South Africa press release...current UCI Mountain Bike World Champion (2010) is.....José Antonio Hermida (Spain)!!! ......at least they tried!!

RHR 56 MHR 194 43 years old Yes, a FREAKISH MHR! ......but I don't mind

Absolutely gonna do it!!

found it.... the long and winding road down into the fjord Musandam, Oman

Chili ??

the a-venge-r.....

jip, CU soon!!! October around the corner!! :clap:

Can't wait to do it again....2nd time Challenge last year...race this time around.. Team Whiskey and Eish..ready to go!

clip in those grasshoppers!!!

Thanks awesme...will try again tonite....did log issue with Garmin Support....no feedback as yet..

Awesum!!