dave303e

I would say 30-59 hours of gps tracking. My frame of reference is a 100mile trail run- a proper ultra event. Leaders in 14-20 hours, cutoff usually around 36 hours. You want something to track heartrate, gps, navigate you and help you pace. When you compare to something like a fenix pro or an epix. You realise it is well out gunned. I charge my fenix every 2-3 weeks, currently 8-15 hours a week training

So essentially it is a great upgrade to an Apple watch to give it a good battery life and make it a lot more practical. But calling it an ultra is a little bit of a stretch when compared to proper ultra watches. There is definitely a place for it and a lot of advantages though, especially if you are an apple sloot...

47hours since charge, or 47 hours of gps logging training?

So it turns out Ironman bought UTMB. Hence the new series and the qualification changes...

the caliper spacer/washers/universal join spacing is incorrect on the bike. The caliper is sitting probably 3-4mm too close to the center of the axle(point of rotation). Your break pads should only contact with the outer circular part of the rotor and not the break rotor "spokes" for lack of a better word. My 2c is that someone removed the caliper at some stage and didn't put washers/spacers back in correctly...

I think there is also a lot of a sensual overload that puts your head in the right space. We used to start 20 per row at the Offroad bike harescrambles. Nothing quite compares to the scream of 2 strokes, roar of 4 strokes. The smell of 2t oil burning and the dust smoke and dirt flying everywhere as 20 of you all gun for the same corner at the same time. It is a sensory overload that really puts your mind into race mode. I battled when I moved to mtb and it was just silence and the clicking of gears off the line. No aggression, no sensual onslaught. Just click in and start breathing. It really took me ages to get around to it. Back on motorbikes my heartrate was 140 before the start just with anticipation and excitement. MTB races I need to warm up properly to get it to 120bpm before the start. Tell you what, For a training bike I see this as a no brainer. Bent derailleur hangers are the worst, like 0.5deg bent and good luck getting anything to work. I have also seen someone say no the bike shop straightened the hanger but it is still not shifting right. It is a bit like a putter, rotate the grip on someones putter just by like 3-4degrees, they will have a mare the next time on the course.

who the actual F, broke google maps so badly? While that is technically part of Bronkies, that label should be nowhere near there and certainly not with the same hierarchical ranking as the Bapsfontein label.

Stan's crests were almost a necessary devil at one stage though. I think I went through like 4 rear ones( one blew up with over inflating, the rest cracked from going too hard). I was between 60 and 70kg at that time. But it was still bang for buck the lightest cheaper setup around. Great article though, really appreciate it. A lot easier and more up to date than digging through weight weenies listings....

There are also really lekker small bar bags called Mango bags. Also made in the cape, I used them for EA just to simplify life. I had 2 extremelights batteries in there and then during daylight hours I popped the light in there as well to keep it a bit more protected. Easy way to keep bars a little less cluttered esp if you trying to mount a few batteries.

I think we are not getting each others real points- my issue is the timing, not the process. I am happy with the process, glad protocols and discussions are had and it is fair. To me- it just needs to match the pace of a season. In the work environment if there were performance reviews, decisions of promotions and raises due within a week of the incident. They could delay the decisions on performance reviews/ promotions/ raises until the matter is resolved. Then once resolved they can make the correct decision going forward and not have to correct for those decisions at a later stage. In sports terms- They cannot pause the racing season until the matter is resolved. So either the athlete is competing when they shouldn't, or not competing when they should- and there is no way to correct for the latter. By having so many important events in short succession they need to have the equivalent turnaround on the doping control. Formula one needs to be able to test for every vehicle regulation on a week by week basis and make decisions to ban illegal cars in an instant. Hamilton's wing failed a test by 0,2mm on Friday night and he was dropped to the back of the grid for the start of the sprint on Saturday. They have had to optimize their mechanisms and build a process to allow for that fast reaction and decision. Wada needs to do the same. Because unlike an office pencil theft- they cannot delay the next event while they resolve the issue so they need to react before the next event.

I agree with that. But the slow turnaround guarantees some or other conflict going forward. If he gets the decision reversed and is cleared. He has already missed rounds of the season and possibly a 3rd this weekend. Imagine being in the best form of your career and missing out on the chance to race. Now it is easy to make an athlete pay back prize money. But if an athlete is missing races on a false positive, or a suspension instead of a warning. That athlete is out the running for prizes and has no leg to stand on to claim them after the fact. If he doesn't get the decision reversed or cleared- There are 3 rounds where he raced, but shouldn't have been racing. And they need to then get a court to order him to pay back prizes, then the new winners are announced and their sponsors don't get the true coverage. Either way the slow turnaround will affect the athlete or other athletes. In your example of stealing at work- doping is a lot more clear cut- is the substance in the blood, is the amount over the limit? If yes then give them the chance to test the B sample. There is no 'he said she said' that you need to go back and forth figuring out. There is a legal amount(often 0) but if it is over that then offer the B sample. The slow turnaround means- you find the pencils in the desk, because it takes so long to figure out you have to do a performance and salary review while investigating and then you need to correct for errors in the performance and salary review once you have decided if the theft was valid. I get the procedures are there and they protect, but they also cause massive loss to one or more parties in the mean time and cost everyone including UCI more in the long run...

think I know the one you talking about.... I have seen a few cutting boards go through a 1,3m drum sander at Made in workshop. Boy is that a beast of a machine Edit- added said youtubers makerspace listing link https://www.blacktailstudio.com/makerspace-database

just push harder....

I get that, I jus think either way this ends up being sorted out by lawyers, and the only ones who win then are the lawyers. Because either an athlete in his peak is missing out on wins, or an athlete in his peak doesn't get the coverage of true wins. I think a week is not a ridiculous time period to return a test? Take craven week 2018. 12% of SA's doping cases for the year came from 1 week of schoolboy rugby. Every one of those boys played the full week of rugby because the testing took so long. Who is to say if or how much an impact that would have had on the tournament as a whole? Take the rugby championship- a positive test in the first week means a player can play literally the whole tournament before being banned if they have a 7 week turnaround. 36mg slow release in an 860kg bull is probably not going to have much effect on you. Unless you eating it's ear while the implant is still there. You can also get non hormone treated steak if you buy carefully. But if you think vegetarians are healthier- in the EU at some stage you will eat fruit or vegetables that comes out of the sea of plastic in Almeira Spain. Where the ethics are so bad illegal immigrants have literally died from pesticide poisoning in the greenhouses. They pump so much water out the ground the salt water is leaching into the water table. They also happen to dump something like 20000 tons of plastic a year. So pick your poison...

locally known as Ralgro, you buy it as an implant tablet that goes in the back of the ear. If you eating feedlot beef(which you probably are) then the cattle you are eating probably have said implant. It is like R20 a dose or something like that.

I am sorry, but WADA need to pull their finger out and operate like a commercial company would have to. They took nearly 6 weeks to return the result for the initial test, 3 weeks later the B sample result has not been released. There have been 7 UCI world cup rounds since his initial test. If his B sample is negative then he has lost the chance to race 2 rounds, if positive then he has raced 4 rounds illegally. It is a joke, test on Sunday, results before the end of the week - how hard can it be?

We getting R5,30/litre off the farm. Before they skim the cream and sell that at R120/l and put the rest in a bottle. Find your nearest dairy farmer and buy direct if you are on the urban fringe

You need to remember, we have a whole generation of 1st time drivers who never saw their parents drive. So the only driving behavior they know is what they saw growing up catching rides in taxis. Now they are making money and owning cars( which is awesome to see that upliftment) but it is 100% a case of they know nothing else. While their actions may be wrong a lot of the time. It is because their perceptions are just skewed by experience. Now the next issue is that if you see how parents drive in school carparks and at drop off zones- you will know the next generation of drivers will be even worse...

100% agree. I also know the signs don't stop them, same goes on a stretch of the N4 to Harties. Drove chappies on a sat morning Jan last year and decided it is not worth it to be anywhere near that road on a weekend morning in general. But what I do realise is that a lot of cyclists expect runners to be on the left hand side of the road moving with traffic. Which is pretty much against the international standard of running and walking against traffic so you can see the traffic oncoming and get off the road if needed.

Define the 'wrong' side of the road? Left or right side? My2c on the entire thing- much like the cradle, the spruit and other popular riding places- avoid them like the plague on weekends. If the cyclists and runners or dog walkers don't irritate you, someone in a car will. So you may as well go find a quiet spot to enjoy some time on your bike or run...

You can also just let rip with the windscreen washers excessively. Often you look back and see the tailgating car behind having to turn on their windscreen wipers and then eventually backing off. I imagine it would be more effective on a lycra clad tonsil.

Comrades has just had their qualifying events tied down for many years and in a formal structure. Like I said, qualifying events are purely money making rackets, and comrades is also guilty. because a 7 hour marathon at Ironman is apparently good enough when a 20 hour 100Miler isn't... I think a lot of the date comments for comrades are just people battling with change and having to train the whole way through winter other than hibernating the 2nd half of winter. @Jewbacca we know you would only go to UTMB for the PTL event anyway

Any race that has qualifying events just turns into a money making scheme for someone. But onto important things- do you think Walmsley can break the American curse at UTMB? Got to give him respect for the commitment, moving to France to train for the race for the year. He has only done 3500km this year

I am assuming it is road and mtb as the 2 bikes? I would honestly just load up the mtb and send the road bike with the household contents. Going to arrive in time for Toronto winter anyway so road biking in snow and possibly ice could be a rude awakening. You can get away with using the mtb on road for a few months and then once your other bike arrives you good to go, it will jut be a few months with more limited riding.

No way you will get 2 bikes boxed for under 23kg in my honest opinion and from my experience... The locally made and really solid travel bikebox is 5kg. Cardboard ones are like 3 ish from my guess. Then you add in a bit of bubble wrap, some extra protection, a rag here and there, a pool noodle and then a helmet and a pair of cleats and it all adds up fast.