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Road Hog

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  1. If you have to ask' date=' you're obviously not getting near any. [/quote'] Road Hog ....... Hog ...... are you family??????? NEE !! NEE !! 'n Vark bly 'n Vark - 'n Padvark is heeltemal 'n ander dierasie - een sonder 'noombies'!!
  2. Tomtom is hitting hard !
  3. Traffic must be hectic. No bikers or hikers on that photo !
  4. .....now I know why they're called 1time !!! You only use them 1time !!!
  5. .....and then some of the hubbers logged IS in PMB !!!! Makes me feel more lonely !!
  6. Great pics !! Keep them coming for us at home !!
  7. HR do you take your laptop with you on the course !? Then 20 000 + posts makes sense !! But, please keep us posted - I really feel 'home alone' with only 30 hubbers logged - seems everybody else is in PMB !!
  8. I'm not a historian, but as far as I know the PE cycling club is also the oldest cycling club in SA, so it probably makes this race the oldest race (not MTB) in SA.
  9. As we all know events like the Cape Eppic, Sani-2-Sea, and Trans Baviaans took the principle of endurance racing to a higher level, a level of difficulty at which very few of us are prepared to compete and a level we thought (about 10-20 years ago) were impossible. For me, this also posed questions like, how far can we go, where did it all start, when did people became this mad to do these events ?<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Then I found this book (historic) which referred to a cycle race from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town, a little bit further than the Cape Epic. What amazed me about this event was that members of the Port Elizabeth Cycling Club took part in it and it happened in 1885, a full 124 years ago !! Even more amazing is that they used Penny Farthings (the original and proper version), which was the most popular bicycle at that time, to do the trip. The distance was 700 miles of which 150 miles had to be walked . I can only imagine that the walking was due to steep inclines on the route where the Penny?s could not be ridden up or down (and most likely due to a lack of proper brakes !!). Another amazing thing was that there was no highway and the old road between George ? Knysna ? Humansdorp were only completed in 1886 !! Adding to this, there were many wild animals around at that time, even lion, not to mention the wars with Zulu and Xhosa at that time !! One can?t even outsprint a lion on a modern day bicycle let alone a Penny Farthing !! This journey was done without any back-up (motor cars weren?t invented yet !!) and modern day medical assistance. Propably the reason why the President of the first ?Kaapstadse Fietskorps? and author of a song called ?Bicycle Galop?, George Silver Darter, was hurt on one of these events and had to give up his ?velocipede' as these bikes were referred to. Imagine what can happen falling from a Penny Farthing at 20km/h. This journey was undertaken without the luxury of pneumatic tyres (solid rubber was used ? at least no punctures), no gears, no full suspension, no water tables on the route, and without GU or VOOMA to boost the energy levels. Upon arrival in Cape Town these braves where met 7 miles out of town by members of the ?Kaapstadse Fietskorps? who then escorted them into the city. The illustration show these early cyclists and pioneers arriving in Cape Town (check out the head gear !!). Unfortunately no information is available as to how many riders took part and what time it took them to complete the trip. This answered my questions and made me realize that the human race are suckers for punishment and that enduro racing are no new concept nor was it invented by modern man. We are merely following these early cycling pioneers. Hats (or is it helmets) off to these cycling pioneers !!! <?: prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /> Illustration by: Heinrich Egersdorfer (1853-1915) <?: prefix = w ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" />
  10. I'm a hiker-biker - like 90% of Epic riders this year - can't vote ?! Road Hog2009-04-03 05:34:29
  11. It also does not reflect the amount these events receive from sponsors !!
  12. Looks like ET !!
  13. fine.. why was she out of the kitchen in the first place Cause Nico's got 'egg beaters' for pedals !!
  14. Shows you how tough MTB'ers really are !!
  15. Won't it be better if they get a tandem ?
  16. And what do you call an Ultimate Hubber fallen of his bike ? A fallen star !!!
  17. I think they do it on purpose, I mean, if they don't podium at the end of the stage, they must have some excuse !!
  18. These are the 'optimistic' bunch, always think that this is the race where they going to 'peak' and show everybody else what they're really made of !!
  19. These side loaders also irritate me tremendously!! The reason why you only see them at the front when they side loading is because it takes so much effort & energy to push thier way through the bunch to the front, they have nothing left to perform !!
  20. Will definitely do !!
  21. Hey Sean, great stuff. Looking forward to it. What a nice fish-eye pic of the Montagu Pass close to George. Does this mean that the mag will cover more far-away (further than 200km from CT or JHB) races !?
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