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I would go Garmin 310xt or 910xt. I have a 310xt and it does the job extremely well. 20 hour battery life, works brilliant for cycling, running and swimming. I was also worried about the size but i haven't had an issue.

Is is available locally yet in SA?

Just follow the route we did last year. All of it is legal. The m3 is freeway from n2 to princess Ann and then wynberg hill (trovato link) until muizenberg. I can send the garmin file if anyone wants it.

Thanks for the ride guys. And for waiting on the hills for me. I guess I'm being punished for having been off the bike for 8 months. Hopefully my form will return soon. Are we doing another Tour de Peninsula this year? Correction: next year before argus

You going to get sore with any shorts I reckon. The only thing that may differ is the comfort and chafing. One's body also has to get used to the longer rides. You're definitely gonna hurt in something like the DC.

i have to agree! All our club kit has been excellent from rapid sport. The bibs with the blue chammy were the best.

I'm keen for the ride on the 27th. Just starting to train again so it'll be a good day of suffering

+1

I've also used them. Even had a problem with the one unit and they delivered a new one the next day and picked up the old one. Really excellent service!

Can't wait!!!

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A friend of mine now has an A seeding and it says the group goes from -100 to 10. My seeding is now B and ranges from 10 to 15. Seems the group indices have changed completely.

Cool, will probably end up doing that as I'm gonna ride with some other buddies in group G or H.

Yeah, oh well I'm not too concerned as I'm focusing more on triathlon now. I should be time trialing races from TEMP from now on.

my perfect 0.76 index for West Coast Express has gone to an index of 9. All my league buddies who had A seedings now have C seedings so I guess my move from C to D isn't too bad.

it seems the seeding run did take place. I've managed to drop my index by 5. Do they penalise you because all the races are from last season?

you could also have a look at the books by Joe Friel: MTBer's Training Bible and The Cyclist's Training Bible

hi, the uct jump track is situated just below upper campus on the north side of Woolsack drive. it is on private university property and the sports administration office has a permit system in place. I'm not too sure on the process but you can inquire at the sports centre admin office on upper campus. hope that helps.

alternatively try bikeinn.com http://www.bikeinn.com/bike/garmin-edge-500-pack/7443/p. I ordered from them and got my package 2 days later. I was also considering the CS400 but it started getting expensive because you have to buy the cadence sensor extra as well as the irDA USB device to download. Also the speed sensor would only work on the front wheel and I wanted something to also use on the IDT. The garmins are so feature rich that you are much better off saving up a bit longer.

The garmin will use the gps to calculate speed and distance unless your're using a speed/cadence sensor for cycling or a foot pod for running.

updated but no change for me. My sub 3 argus gives me an index of 18.41. I don't think I'll ever improve again.

my garmin calibrates my speed sensor based on gps and depending on which stretch of road its done, it varies between 2050 and 2100. I then did some time trials a few weeks ago on a computrainer and my computer always hit 40km before the computrainer did. That means the circumference is even smaller. ??? I now just leave it to recalibrate every time I start riding but the margin of error is quite small over a large distance. maybe a few km's over 1000km.

www.bikeinn.com - very good experience with them

my gmail works fine still.

Unfortunately I haven't taken part in any major triathlons and those I have done were fairly short. I swam competitively at school but for the last few years have just been cycling. My endurance in cycling has been excellent and I've ridden some strong double centuries. The thing is I'd like to attempt an event like this when I still have time (I'm a student) and before the rest of life takes over.