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    Some could argue it is the land of milk and honey. Karkloof has some stunning dairy farms, I was drooling and taking notes when I last ran Karkloof 100 miler. Our little Dairy can only dream of such operations.
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    Can you imagine the if the guys had been klapped with the mud section from unbound 200 this year. Dairy industry would see an uptick they would need so much cheese to go with all the 'whines'
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    Battery powered impact wrench is a great way to remove them, it is a big enough bolt to have at it a bit. Same with the cassette as well, much easier to just loosen it with the impact driver. I used to only use T-bar sockets on my bikes and torque wrench a lot of the time. I did have a laugh at talking orangutans, when working on the tractor, the smallest socket is a 13, so I do literally everything with an impact wrench, and then it is how many uggadugga's tight...
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    and remember she takes 3 steps for every 2 steps everyone else takes
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    This^^^ Nix is an absolute machine. Looking forward to ARWC with her later this year. I think she has done more racing km than anyone else in SA this year to be honest. As for the first post. I think the warning was not at all for Tifosi at all. I think it is a warning for the knockoffs trying to make a quick buck on a scam using the premium products. Tifosi are legit and the previous orders I have done with them have been good, even delivering to the platteland
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    Bib Shorts

    dave303e replied to JJDT's topic in What bike to buy

    If you are very large or small, there are some stupidly good deals on castelli bibs on their website currently. Very good quality, just go a size up when you order as they are a small cut.
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    I was actually judging the venues the other day. hey should be advising people to stay on certain trails depending on how prepared they are. Or have a suggested kit list and Search and rescue numbers openly available. But ya it is good to see people getting out there at least. I have to agree with you on the trail running scene, and the sponsored athletes who pick and choose runs based on the field size so they always seem to win even though they beat no one... I must also be old and grumpy(likely just grumpy)
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    Shhhh we don't need golfers in AR, there will be too many deaths. But I do agree about the trail running going down the wrong path. More scarily for me is the hiking element. I was up on the magalliesberg 'trail running' and the number of hikers was incredible. Good to see so many out there but boy oh boy am I glad I am not part of search and rescue. There were 3 or 4 groups where I thought were ticking time bombs for getting themselves into trouble.
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    The endurance option will help in months leading up to big races and when you enjoy longer slower stuff. But the 1200 point targets can be a pain post big race. I have hit my 1200 points with just sat and sunday activities most weeks, but after world champs this year I will not hit that target for a good month or 2 while I reintegrate into society and not have every free minute spent training.
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    Growth Hormones are legal in farming in SA. A lot of dairy farms use it. Remember the farmers are only getting R5-7 a litre for milk, so every litre counts. When it was tight the last few years a lot of the dairy farms had to do it to get production up to cover costs. Also this is not limited to non vegan options- auxin for soya is also fairly common. Like I said above, a lot of these substances you can walk into co-op and get the plant/animal version. And beyond workplace. I know a few that were using it for junior MX back in the day, it was an easy one to get prescribed and get a TUE for. But it took fast kids and minimizes mistakes on the track. University it was a big money maker, kids on it would not take it early in the semester and stockpile their prescription and kept a little for when they needed it around test weeks and exams. The rest they would sell around the test weeks and exams and they made a killing. Plenty of kids on 3 and 4 day study binges on the stuff. If they tested at university the way they test at sports, there would be fewer professionals graduating...
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    WADA is only banning tramadol from 2024, it is already banned in cycling, but in other sports you are good to go till next year with it. As much as that makes sense. The stuff that Fluckiger tested positive for Zeranol, is available at any Co-op, works out at ±R20 a dose(3 month implant). The stuff is easily accessible, but like you said, mentally challenged to entertain the ideas...
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    So I don't trust glue for structural construction, especially when it is getting dragged through transitions and airports. So the first one I built I did with 5mm nuts and bolts, the 2nd one I used pop rivets and washers. I have built multiple because I like tinkering/improving and it is really dirt cheap to build. That is the exact "how to" that I started with, now I can wing it out my head to build them. The pop rivets and washers are just lighter and quicker. I use a little duct tape to make it waterproof. In Scotland we were not allowed to sleep in transition buildings at all. I am small so I slept dry in the bike box the one transition on the last night. I also make mine to open on the side. So that you have a large clean area to build the bike in. Takes the risk of dropping a screw/nut/part in the dirt. It also allows you to reach in the box easily. With the opening at the top you always reaching deep down into a box the whole time for stuff. That being said, protection wise- the bikeboxco boxes are really professional. The parts to protect disc brakes, derailleurs and other parts. They also support the bike really cleverly
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    bikebox company in Knysna makes ones that fold up flat, same concept as what I described, just done as a finished product. They flat pack well enough, I have a few friends who store their bike box under the bed or behind a cupboard easily. The how to guide I have used also has a how to for building a dolly so you can wheel it around, but usually I just use an airport trolley. Flying for expeditions usually means multiple large bags anyway. https://www.bikeboxcompany.co.za/ https://rogueadventure.com/a-bike-box-build/
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    We use bike boxes for AR. I have flown a few times with them. 0 issues. I make it out of correx, pop rivets and washers. There is a how to guide on the internet. Takes about an hour to make and a few hundred rand. Weight wise- Mine weighed in at 22,5kg in Scotland, with 4 batteries for bike headlight, helmet, shoes, 3 sets of cyclin kit and tools/spares.
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    What is incredible to see is the volume and diversity of hikers at other places as well. A few of the hiking venues in and around GP are packed most saturday mornings, even through winter. I know of one other place that used to be mtb mainly and now the hikers out number the mtb easily
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    because business deals need to be made on the mtb now, not just the golf course....
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    If they are running this scam to get guys out in dodgey areas to rob them. If there are so many of these scams being repeated there are definitely a few of them working/paying off. Comes back to what I said in the "where do high end bikes go" -It shows that people(probably even on the hub) are entertaining deals that are too good to be true and are definitely buying stolen bikes and parts left right and center...
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    and the NSRI jet rib that was stolen in May, parts were stripped and then it was torched which shows that they willing to sacrifice a whole vehicle for certain parts.
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    Take a top end bike, new groupset on the new axs is 54k on special. Sell that for 35k, fork and shock for another 15k, wheels another 15k and you have a tidy 65k income that is incredibly tough to trace. The frame has a serial number and distinct look so why risk it. The parts are hard to trace and high value...
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    Bellemore nearly broke his record a few weeks back. He lost a shoe in the first lap when a competitor fell so he didn't make it. But a 4:30 beer mile with 1 shoe on is a major athletic achievement...
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    If you look at 5000m and upwards running records. There are only 2 obscure records that have not been broken since the introduction of carbon sprung running shoes. Surely that is also questionable, a technological advancement that clearly gives an advantage. There are a lot of questions around the Sub 2 hour marathon shoes and their legality. So there is a lot of technical advancements also at play in running currently
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    Willing to put money on someone sitting at a coffee shop describing how he managed to get a good deal on a part or a 2nd hand bike. Meanwhile it was liberated from someone else elsewhere. Dirt bikes end up in Mozambique, this was well documented when a bunch that were stolen from a dealer were spotted in a trailer across the border. I have yet to spot a really top end bike being used as a commuter bike locally. Plenty look like older models that are given to domestics to use( we have donated 3 of these). But I reckon the top end ones are either parted out or adjusted and resold to people looking for a bargain. Commuters don't like high end bikes because they are a pain to keep running and don't take abuse as well. Same goes for a lot of our theft, a friend at a braai was bragging about getting barely used BF goodrich tyres for R800/tyre. We looked at them and they clearly had different amounts of wear on them. When I said there is a chance they could be various spare tyres stolen off bakkies(we have had 4 stolen over the last few years) the friend sheepishly admitted he did think it was slightly dodgey. He then went on to say it doesn't matter they could be stolen, if he didn't buy them someone else would have. Hence the issues in our country.
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    and make the X and Y axis the same scale when doing route profiles as well, same thing.
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    If you think that alcohol is a big one. Have you tried dropping caffeine? I have been on mostly no caffeine for 5 months now. It is quite a big shift and has a lot of really interesting effects. I realized how bad the reliance on it was in the first 2 weeks. Coffee is a big thing for me, switching to decaf has been fine, I still drink a lot of it and still enjoy it. The process of coffee from making to consuming. Nothing changed there- Just without caffeine. I do sleep better without it, the reflux symptoms are a lot less. I do feel a lot more level during the day in terms of energy and focus. I do tend to be better hydrated as well which has a bunch of benefits. I do add the odd coca cola on a ride or real coffee on tough days(we have a teething baby in the house) and I can feel the caffeine kick a lot better now. I do use it as a tool a lot more effectively for racing and training. It will be interesting at ARWC in October when I start dropping 100mg caffeine tablets to get through the night...
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    Sometimes for a month or so it is best to go to a pawn shop, buy a bike, and then sell it back to them the day before you leave.
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