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Yes! On passing it I saw (from the side of my eye) a flat head, then round, then flat head?and I was just thinking?ooooo keep your line snake, just keep your line! Ek wil nie noual bokveld toe gaan nie.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Then I tried to warn my partner (behind me) but all of a sudden I was like a fish out of water, only blowing air bubbles ? as I could NOT get a single word out of my mouth! Then as always after a snake encounter my partner had to hear the same line??ek wil NOU kar toe gaan?ek wil nie meer hier ry nie?ek wil huis toe gaan??like a toddler with heavy puffed up cheeks!

Even though I ?hate? snakes I must admit that at 10 cm?s spidy?s this little fellow is very cute! I sincerely hope he was not injured by the cars?<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> On Saturday my one foot was like in 30 cm?s away from a ?borrie geel? cape cobra at koeberg. He was super scared and I have no pics to proof it.

nO, it was taken in Tokai! Can you believe it. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Yes, Knysna routes are the best. When oh when will we be able to buy oakleys with build in digital cameras?! The technology development is just tooo slow for me. Just imagine the pic your bud could have taken of them buck eating big cat!

Screw the snakes. You need to be on da look out for them elephants! <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

This 'thing' they jump off from (I don't know the downhiller lingo for it) is like 2 meters tall! Even the chicken run looks rough to me. This shot shows what the area looks like where these guys need to land. There is quite a drop which the camera just can't capture - under the wheel. This guy (above): it was his very first jump off this 'device' and he aced it! Think he is Shaun Thomlinsin or something(spelling!) Well done dude. I guess next weekend this spot (in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch) will be totally over crowded...during the various runs. Had to compress these pics from 3meg to 30kb, so pics don't look soo hot here.carbon:gal2009-01-06 15:08:26

A factory reset? wow, isn?t that a bit hardcore?! <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I am like in not going to enter all my data and setting again for all my bikes and all my likes and dislikes. This sucks. Can?t I fit it to a drill and hit the reverse button? Hi nameless man. I do this reset totals once every month and it does not affect my odo. It stays the same... ?Mr Figg? could not conclusively answer this question at the argus expo earlier this year.

Excellent! <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Isn?t that what another dude did the other weekend when he saw mr puffed up adder next to him in tokai? Found the reverse gear on his bike and that it was indeed a super fast gear as well!! In jonkers I once did a bunny hop backwards (with my hands on my saddle) and pushed the bike into the snake. And then ?Eve? told the snake what she thought of him..screwing up her single track rhythm? but how about that odo?.. carbon:gal2008-12-15 09:10:44

Anyone out there perhaps know how one can clear the ODO of the polar CS600? <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Why do I have this nasty gut feeling that one can?t clear / reset it? And if it should be true (which I hope it is not) why in the world would polar not want you to reset your odo? I need to start 2009 with 0 kms J

Hey Rock I've tried but could not access your link at all...even with my password. Are your pics the same? Yes, oooo can't wait for Sunday's race!

I?ve seen sooo many wanabe ?versions? of the 2009 epic. <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I wonder?. would THIS be IT ? or yet another red herring? carbon:gal2008-06-18 00:53:45

My partner and I did it the Sunday before last Sunday. It is one glorified loooong downhill single track with minimum climbing. Easy flowing, non technical. Don?t expect to find a ?tokai? or ?Jonkershoek canary? type single track experience out there (maybe in the future?). No it is, in my opinion, a track made for the BIG blade for an unadulterated full out sprint effort leading to super fast single track speed?. mega enjoyment!<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I wonder, will those wooden bridges get green and slippery in a few years time? And those cows?ooooh?the one kept on checking me out?scary stuff. First do <?: prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Lebanonon> red route. Then head to Thandi and finish off with Oak valley. If you have energy left quickly pop to the Groenlandberg mast and back. These venues are not linked. Thus a separate drive to each.

Magic indeed! I find it very hard to concentrate on the single track there. The lower canary is littered with them and I can?t keep my eyes of them. Looking for a little kabouterjie! <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> This one taken the other night in Tokai. Bite marks by a porcupine (I am sure of it). It spit the bit out, probably did not taste as nice?

Lower canary

Ewep- ek was laaanklaas daar, maar met al die roadworks dink ek die pad tussen Vic bay se afdraai en Wilderness is 'n bietjie risky vir 'n fietsry met al die works by Kaaimans pas....mbaymike is daardie pad al rybaar?

Ek neem aan jy weet waar Vic Bay is (tussen Wilderness en George). Wilderness hoogte is 'n klimmetjie agter die hotel in Wilderness. Daardie jare was dit nog die Karos Hotel gewees. Hou nie meer by met al sy nuwe name nie. Wilderness hoogte (as jy aanhou met die pad) link jou met die pad wat vanaf Saasveld na Hoekwil toe gaan. Jy beter die regte ratte vir daardie klim he.

Mbaymike - wanneer doen jy Vicbaai en Wilderness hoogte? Dis mos nou regte bulte daardie! Glentana is 'n filletjie teen hulle. ENJOY dit. Jy is baie 'bevoorreg' om daar te kan oefen.

Use to do that hill like in nearly every afternoon after school (George, Glentana, Groot Brak, George) and on the way back home just a quick pop in down to Herold?s Bay as well. Ai, these pics bring back sooo many memories of endless hours in the sun with old buddies on our Peugeot Rapports, Le Jeunes, (spelling?!)! Every meter of that climb is sooo burnt into my mind, it is sooo familiar.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Those were the good old days? The <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Garden Route ? what a cycling heaven! <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> carbon:gal2007-10-30 06:32:55

_popupControl(); I am still at a loss for words... <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Although I do understand why these things must happen to us humans ? it still does not help to change how I feel about it ? death: what an immense cruel, scary, traumatic event. You come in with nothing and you go out with nothing ? makes me think: invest where it matters?eternal assets. (I am still saddened by the sudden death of Jaco Odendaal and Jaco De Witt (ex Barloworld riders) in Jan ?05. We will never forget them.) Condolences to the Cox family and peace of heart to all the people emotionally affected by this sad event.

_popupControl(); http://www.tdfblog.com/2007/07/rumor-of-yet-an.html I sincerely and utterly hope that this is only a rumor!!!!<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Anyone got more info on this? _popupControl(); So it seems to be hopefully (thankfully) false?<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> _popupControl();carbon:gal2007-07-28 11:55:58

_popupControl(); Want hilarious?..<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Gisteraand toe se Mart ??en Christoph Morau het uit die overaal klasiment gedonderen!? ??en Vinokorov die trap voort maar passop dat sy kniee nie oop barste?.?

_popupControl(); For the past few years I?ve been following their very interesting & informative late evening discussion program during the Tour de France with Mart Smeet. NOS sport zomer.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Last night was very special indeed - to see an international channel interviewing a Tour de France stage winner in Afrikaans! Wow!!! Some of the weird words I?ve pick up on during the years of listening to this program in <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Hollands, wat ?n snaakse taal! Tour de France ? Ronde van Frankryk Stage - ettape Cyclists ? wielrenner Team - Ploeg Polk dot jersey - bolletjies trui Team captain - kopman Water bottle - biedon

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_popupControl(); Hey Chunks<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> When will you and Morne Blignaut team up for the epic?! Come on - give us some real sprinting action and Mike da Mike something real to get all loud about! I can already see Mike trying to dodge these 2 giant human bulls screaming down on him while firing on all cylinders as he seeks cover between the ABSA banners, pale in the face. I would love to see a fishtailing mtb! Can a leopard ever change its spots?

_popupControl(); Can one then also buy your medal at the Olympics ? I wonder??.. <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> Where does one draw the line between right and wrong? Does such a line even exist? Or did mammon blind our vision?

_popupControl(); Actually I understand it as follows. And I have spoken to the JNB and CPT wildcard managers about it.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> The Cape Town WILD Card (the R45 one) is only applicable to the following <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Table Mountain National Park points: Cape Point (cycle), Tokai (cycle), Boulders Penguin Colony, Oudekraal, Silvermine (cycle), Newlands and Perdekloof. You can load the R200 mtb permit on it. Now for the good part. Every time you use this card (with the added mtb permit) and you enter with your bike then it DOES NOT use up one of the cards allocated 12 entries. Thus, you can enter unlimited amount of times with this card as long as you have your bike with you. If you enter without your bike then 1 entry will be deducted. Now for the funny part. That R200 mtb permit is ONLY applicable to the Cape Town?s Wild card (Table Mountain National Park) and NOT to the other parks. Thus you can still ride at ANY of the other parks, reserves with only your normal wild card (whether it is a cape, bushveld, dry, river or swazi cluster). You do not have to load that R200 permit in order to ride in the other parks ONLY Table Mountain National Park requires it. Many of the wildcard telephone operators are NOT aware of this at all. I discovered it by chance while debating with the wildcard JNB manager. Thus, to ride unlimited times in Tokai for 1 year will only cost you R45 + R200. All the others parks only require the normal wildcard NOT the additional R200.