Winstonian1984

The idea of 35000 people descending chappies towards Kommetjie is pretty scary...

Don't know if it's the same, but I built a bike and flew back to SA with it from the USA. Collected my bike bag at OR tambo and walked straight through nothing to declare.

Does WPCA still have problems "seeding" riders for winter league??

So i'll be buying a power meter soon and can choose one of the following: Stages 105 5700 (with cosmetic damage) - Silver or 4iiii precision 105 5800. The 4iiii has not been around as long as stages and reliability of the product is the only doubt. Im not fussed as to whether the crank arm looks weird being different colours, as long as its funtional.. I can get both at the same price Which one of the two would you choose?

OK cool.

Doubt it. Im willing to give my entry to a friend as I wont be here, but they dont want to do it.

Full road closures. Interesting

I blame this all on strava WRT establishing ones FTP, would it be better to do it on my road bike with a power meter or on a wattbike/indoor trainer?

Hey Dirtypot, Nate was the rider in the Team Atlantic kit, I conveyed this post to him.

LOL....off topic I know, but had me laughing

If you have a CSA membership, the insurance should cover it whether k2c was sanctioned or not

Have a look at SRAM front mechs too. They will be compatible with the Shimano shifter

LOL....I'll second you on that

They have lots.Most gran fondos(funrides) there arent timed as there is no need to seed riders, the more serious riders are in racing catergories, but most of the time these events arent run together. The criteria to move up in categories only apply when doing sanctioned races, like WP league etc With PPA its not really the same, as is the reason for this thread. 1 Hill climb and you top of the pops. Even if it was just doing funrides, you can do 3 or 4 good times and move up quite substantially.

Agreed, it goes further than just pushing out watts. A noob can join PPA, do a hill climb and get a high seeding due to fitness levels. Again, seeding is just a way of seperating the masses in funrides. Last year when I enquired about racing in the USA, they told me regardless of FTP, training volume etc, you have to start in CAT 5(lowest). To get to CAT 4 you have to finish 10 Mass start events. Then to get to CAT 3 you have to get20 points or have experience in 25 races with a minimum of 10 top-10 finishes with fields of 30 riders or more; or 20 pack finishes with fields over 50. With PPA seedings we have a phenomenal tool to overinflate already inflated egos