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that will just take a fair amount of time to digest though surely? It is the whole bioavailability of the food as well, not just components. I read a study about eggs once. Basically a raw egg has a lot more protein than a cooked egg. But you can barely digest the raw egg's protein. So by eating a cooked egg you end up with more protein even though it has significantly less protein purely because you can digest better.

So there is enough evidence for him to lose all reputation and lose his right to work in a profession due to allegations of serious criminal activities. But it doesn't have to go to a criminal court? Would it be the same if it was for murder and a relative didn't want to testify in a court of law and only took it to a governing body? If it was SAICA and it was a CA who cheated the state out of billions which was anonymously reported. If the state hadn't realized it and didn't lay charges then what? It just raises more questions than answers about logic and law in my mind. I guess that is why we live in the wild west, plenty of grey areas to lurk in.

In what world would it be logical to stop him working in X profession because of an incident like this and not automatically have criminal charges laid? This basically means he can do his water polo/swimming/hockey/whatever coaching qualification and have at it again with someone else's daughter a few months later?

There is an interesting choice here though. Surely he could take it to a court of law to get it over turned if he was in the clear. But he would then run the risk of criminal charges if he was found guilty? Not challenging it in a court of law would surely be an acceptance of guilt? I don't want to imagine what it must be like for those poor girls.

I know exactly how you feel. Also spent a lot of childhood in Durban and my first winter at Tuks was a rude awakening. I got used to that quickly, then this year due to the odd commute and a young child in the house I was running at 3am some days. In March there were a few really really cold mornings and after a few weeks it was just short sleeve and gloves. If you watch paddlers, they are the best at managing cold and wet. It is always an interesting one for me watching the die hard Dabs paddlers go through winter time trials. From Adventure racing we have built big experience in managing the cold and what layers work where. The biggest thing I have found is calorie intake and glycogen stores dictates a lot of what you can manage. If you have a good supply of energy you can burn it to keep warm. When you are exhaustion point you will really need more and more layers and will battle a lot more. Watch events like Race to Rhodes and other multi day events. The kit that the guys would cycle in a 0 deg training ride is not always enough for when they hit 0 deg on the third day of riding non stop. Last year at ARWC, the paddle was "chilly" some would call it "fresh"... Our team mistimed it. This meant we had to start the paddle at 8am on the 3rd morning of the race. We did not sleep on the 1st and 3rd nights, we slept 2 hours on the 2nd night. So we started the paddle having last slept 28 hours before that and the night before the paddle was miserable, there was a ridiculous storm which hit as we were on an exposed ridgeline. The next morning we all paddled with all our cold gear, gloves, rain jackets and pants on. When we finished the paddle we were all borderline hypothermic, like battling to open backpacks and shivering uncontrollably cold. Teams that had a good sleep and a warm meal before starting the paddle were fine and had minimal issues with the cold. So you get used to it to a point, but your physical state also has a massive impact on the cold. Cotton Kills(or so they say)

You can bant it away from what I hear... Personally found a Sawzall was a win for this job

And be careful following big groups of riders around 27 Nov, you may end up in the Republic of the Western Cape

eish be careful, plenty of swine flu around There were Boston 11's for R1250 on adidas website last week

Tough choice, but often the best choice. The race will be there next year. Welcome to the bench, we can cheer from the sidelines for the year. I have been between Nike Pegasus trail and Adidas Terrex trail 240's for a few years now. Honestly value for money daily trail shoes they are hard to beat. Adidas sale shoes are stupidly well priced

As per your disclaimer, that is not enough info to determine climb speed, especially on a mtb. I snuck few KOM's in my area the one day because I literally went out the morning after the grader had graded the roads and I sent it on slightly damp graded roads, by that weekend it was soft sand again and no one can get close to my times. Never mind headwinds, tyre pressure, bearing condition and many other aspects. As for bike weight, unless you are unable to punch your way out of a wet paper bag you are carrying too much weight on your body anyway so that last few kg on the bike is pointless. You do feel light wheels and they feel better and you can feel a pig of a bike is not fun to ride. But those last few weight weenie changes are usually a waste of time. Get a light enough but reliable bike. If you chase weight too much you end up with reliability issues

i have to agree on the hard under foot part with Brooks.

One guy shot a bike jacker near old parks on the spruit from what I recall. 2019ish

Western cape works in certain areas. But a lot of it is not on your doorstep not your issue. So it is just worse inequality Ya if they are on the way out, let them go. Take down as many details as possible and let someone else sort it out before putting yourself at risk. We live 25mins from the nearest policy station with no private armed response company. It is an essential

subscribe to their mailer. They have a lot of sales through the year. Last week you got 55% off all winter clothing if you spent 3k. Last year they had buy 3 pay for 2 on bibs. Last month was 50% off win packs. It is worth watching their site. I absolutely love their bib shorts.

Even reloads are barely affordable to be honest. Unfortunately we don't have a security company with armed response in our area. So I can justify that budget for not paying for armed response into my own training and ammo for it. But ya the costs are astronomical. We were at the range last weekend and someone walked in and bought 800 rounds for him and his sons to shoot for the morning. I think half the people in the gun store were asking if he wanted to adopt them as children...

You need to be 100% certain where you stand legally before going for your weapon, never mind before you pull that trigger. But if you have been doing your training and thinking things through and understand your laws(not just learn them enough to pass the test). You need them verbatim. You will pull the trigger, you will phone the officials and you will phone your legal advisor and the insurer to pay that legal advisor. But you will be alive to manage that. You will not be the one climbing in the ambulance and that is the main benefit. There is a saying don't bring a knife to a gun fight. Criminals don't ring you up to tell you what they bringing. So bring the best you have. These self defense pepper balls, batons and knives are more dangerous than guns. They will escalate the situation with a much lower chance of winning. No one should know you have a gun. Grey man concept for me. I can talk here relatively anonymously. But the staff on the farm don't know I carry, In fact my parents haven't realised even though I see them weekly. No one must know about it until you need to use it. That is why it is tricky in tight cycling gear. Hard to hide the gun from printing. It absolutely irritates the daylights out of me when I see people in public with a 9mm or 45 on the hip loud and proud. Those are targets. Training is key. See too many people blowing loads of cash on optics and lasers and lights instead of ploughing that cash into ammo at the range. It is an interesting one. We have a farm swap set up. If we need an animal euthanized another farmers comes to do it. I go to sort their animals out. So the staff don't think we have weapons on site. The fist few times you do it, it is a little emotional. Especially a cute cow and you walk right up to it, look it in the eye and end the pain. But after a few times it does get easier and easier. You do desensitize yourself very quickly. I had to put down a donkey a few weeks back and if I had to do that one the first time it would have wrecked me emotionally. Now it was not too bad. But I think going from nothing to a human would put a lot of people in a very dark place after the fact. That is why no one should know you have it. If they know what they doing you will not know someone you are riding with is carrying. Neither will the bike jackers. I would be more concerned with people carrying less lethal options like knives and batons. If the perp pulls the gun on you it is too late for talking. They didn't bring a gun to talk, neither should you. Honestly training with guns is a heck of a lot of fun. I get a lot didn't enjoy it due to Army service, but for some of us it is just relaxing. For me to pop into the range after a stressful work day is a treat, you quickly forget work and get home relaxed. I have signed up for a full year of training with a monthly course and honestly I am super excited to learn the various aspects. The mrs is thankfully supportive so I have an ammo budget each month for playing and training on the 9mm. It has no effect on the hunting ammo budget. But training is super super important. Like riding a bike, you can't do nothing for months and expect to klap a big technical ride. You need to stay bike fit and if you carrying you need to stay gun fit and alert.

I am in KZN for the week. Flew down and left my EDC in one of the safes on the farm. I have felt lost all week without it. Scary how something that was a mission a year ago is a hollow gap now. I do carry on the mtb from time to time(usually testing) and while running most of the time. Running has become easy with my decathlon running belt. It holds the gun firmly. Loose shirt covers it in the 6 o clock. I was running between 3 and 5am for the early part of the year so it was an added comfort. Only drew it once so far when I startled a jackal next to the road and it jumped out the long grass. Thankfully that reaffirmed my carry method, draw speed and control over my decision in the moment. On the bike I have yet to find a good spot. I am more confident carrying it deep cover appendix with the idea of handing over the bike straight up and then building space before drawing. The key there is that they better only check back pockets and take watch. Also requires larger baggy shirt. Appendix turns into halfway up your stomach with the seating ppositioning bib on the bike though. Wearing my running vest seems to be a good option as well. Stops printing. Phone visible in a front pocket means I can hand the whole vest over. Build a gap and draw. But I am still not sold on it either. I was doing a lot of testing on the IDT in my gym last year as well. For now I will run carrying. But I will probably save the fight for insurance on the bike. Seems like bike hijackers just want a bike to sell and maybe a watch and phone. I can also jump on the IDT in the early hours and have it ready. I am weary to take training from someone on it. I would like to vet both cycling and firearm experience...

honestly the hidden gem could be Stihl Imfolozi mtb. Not a race, but a really cool ride and really affordable IMO

I do the shower thing as well, especially with IDT sessions. My hr strap goes in the shower and then hangs in the bathroom between rides. Muck of foam fresh does wonders on a helmet. used to use it on my MX helmet a lot. That and then sit the helmet on a fan to air and dry after big rides. You get those floor fans, aim it straight up and rest the helmet on it

there I thought teal was just something we hunt with 12 gauges

Small world hey. You are a lucky bugger to have the highlands to play in. Tough conditions but spectacular. I am sure you are going to have a lot of fun when your dad is there( and just every weekend if you want) Have you gone to ride Applecross(Bealach na Ba) yet? There are lots of sections from that race that I would kill to run/hike/ride again for fun. Just mind blowing terrain. We stopped to regroup and shift some kit between the team on the top of a mountain in the fisherfield forest(not actually a forest) and looked around to realise we couldn't see a single sign of humans in any direction. Just spectacular. The 5 sisters of Kintail are also mind blowing. River Garry white water rafting is also really really good. You are blessed to be in an outdoor playground of note...

This also erks the daylights out of me. Let's attach a heavy bag to a dropper post and then make sure the strap is chaffing the stanchion tube as well.

yes. 2 Infact during my ultra weight weenie days... The one was the Specialised one that held a bomb and a few other tools on the seat post, the other was a lezyne or something that held a tube, 2 bombs and levers. Both I hated for a few reasons: You can't take an individual item out fast. So you can't just open the zip and pull the bomb and adaptor out and everything else stays in place. Or you go to put it back in and now you need to loosen the strap and readjust. If you slip with that strap then everything hits the floor all over the place. With a saddle bag it was a lot easier. The other thing was I carry smaller spares. Valve core, adaptor so I can pump up tyres at petrol station, quick links, dropout, 4x4 plugs. So with a saddle bag it all sits in one place. With a wrap strap you end up trying to strap in another small bag for these or box or storing stuff in pockets or elsewhere. Then you forget the other stuff etc, it is admin. Now: Every bike in the house has a multitool that covers it's bolts and it's own set of spares on the bike, all the time, you just get on and ride knowing you are covered. Lastly was the bomb adaptor on the specialised one was just screwed onto the bomb with a spacer to stop it puncturing. Even though I tightened it as much as possible after 3 rides the adaptor fell off and was gone forever. In a bag unless the bag is torn it will still be there.

Lekker lekker, now that is a run that seriously peaks my interest and makes me jealous. Glad you had a solid day out. As part of Itera Adventure race in 2019 the last leg of the race was the first day's route in reverse, Fort william to Inverness. it was spectacular, the sun rose as we dropped into drumnadrochit. Those great ways have got to be the most under rated trails around. I still want to do a few of "bike packing" in that area. Using the great ways to cycle 40-60km a day town to down, staying at backpackers and checking each town's pub. Fort Augustus is very quaint. Very jealous of your run.

with you on this, absolutely pointless.