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I am going to paste our list thing into number 17

Hey! It looks like it is actually there. Now to see what it is all about..... If they ask for suggestions, should we paste in this 1 - 20 list that we have so far? Link https://surveys.sun.ac.za/Survey.aspx?s=32ecd98f0a9548d1b2589ed97d69be72

You can "slowpoke" him all you want man..... just leave me out of that thread though

Enjoyed this comment from the above page. ? <DIV =com><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN> - 06/01/10 - 6:38pm Next we?ll be seeing close-up underwater video of Michael Phelp?s speedo' date=' showing tiny mechanical swim fins powering him to Olympic gold medals [/quote'] Dude, if Phelp's is cheating then let him be. NO WAY I am not going to be looking at any close ups of his speedo.

Did anyone find a polar heart rate monitor strap there after the opening morning? My bud thinks it may have fallen out of his pocket at the breakfast after his ride. He has called Meerendal, but they havent seen anything.

Here, I have corrected the statement

As I said. We are going to have to wait for the next seeding run to happen.

Welcome boet. Now we can meet up. I also am in there by the skin of my teeth. 0.34428 I am just waiting for our new numbers to come out and then they will probably shove us down to H or I. By the way, has anyone found this magical PPA link yet? Or are we going to have to wait until the next seeding run has been updated before we can see it?

yep, you do get the ones that fit into there already. Not bright enough and I am not going to use watch batteries with the amount of riding that I do. When this project is finished, it is going to be like having a magic shine light flashing backwards. Cutter electronics is where we are getting the LED's from. They have just made a new one - its called the XM. Gives out 160Lumens per watt. At full power 750 lumens at 7 watts. Compared to the P7 (magicshine - about 700 true at 10Watts.) So technology is moving quick.

Nope, there is actually a chemical reaction between the carbon fiber and the Al. I remember wanting to some carbon work about two years ago. And in my quest of becoming a expert on the matter (a few google searches later) I found numerous articles - even some nasa ones if I can recall where they speak about the problems of having carbon fiber up against a metal surface. Plenty of info on the web : http://www.google.co.za/#hl=en&source=hp&q=carbon+fibre+aluminium+corrosion&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=f242465d82a80e9c I think you are going to have to coat the metal surface with something first - I remember some people used polyester resin to coat the metal. Then you use the normal epoxy for the fiber sheets.

Just get the cheapest light you can that just takes normal AAA batteries. Get two or even three of them. One on you, helmet and bike. You really dont want to be rely on just one flasher and if it goes out you are going to be in trouble. Also having more lights = more chance of being seen. My bud is in the process of putting together some super bright lights. Once all of the pieces have arrived I am looking at building something to go into the drops. (Where the tape gets folded into) I will stick a XPG led or something like that in there. And so with 300 odd lumens flashing back, there is no-way that I will not be seen from the back. I will leave it white as well just to make sure. LEDS are going to be pretty cheap, maybe like R50 or something. But then the driver will be about R300 at least and the battery pack is where I will need to get creative because that + a charger will add up quickly. Thinking about just using normal rechargeables which I already have. Those will give me enough juice for a ride on flashing mode.

Wow, what a pleasant surprise when I read that email this morning. Well maybe we shouldnt hold our breath too much but it does look like this has done something. As soon as the link is up please let us know!

http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Cycling/Lance-enters-Tour-de-Suisse-20100601 Quote from article : Cancellara has said he is focusing on the time trials rather than overall victory, because he already achieved his season's top objectives by winning the one-day Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix spring classics. interesting

mmmm.....

The gruber assist is the only one that we know about. If it could be built for 31.6mm' date=' it could be built for anything. Making the conspiracy even deeper. Batteries could even be stored in the frame where it runs from the crank to headtube. Throw in some nice light batteries in the construction of the frame, no one will ever know about it. [/quote'] Maybe... the frame IS the battery! when constructing the frame they added a couple of Li-Ion wraps to the carbon!!! Genius! ? Even better, the frame is a solar panel ? ? Haha! This is so funny. We all seem to like the "science fiction" side of things! But back to reality. Solar panels embedded in the carbon maybe could give you a extra 20 watts. Solar technology has really made some big gains in the last few years. So, not a bad idea actually. How small do you think that they could build a motor to give something small like 20 watts or something? Small enough to fit into the BB itself maybe? It could then go totally undetected. 20watts over the duration of a pro tour could make a major difference on the last day. Well I suppose the motor could BE the BB... And by weaving a solar panel into the back of his shirt you could effectively double the "solar panel area". That's why he didn't stand up, because the shirt panel connects to the bike through his shorts and saddle... & maybe he uses transponder gel as bum cream so that the electricity can flow straight from his shirt into his bike. Being serious now. Has anyone else ever been shocked when cycling under power lines? It has happened to me a few times and to a couple of my friends. Not huge, but it makes you weary of touching anything metal for a couple of seconds. Why does it happen?

The gruber assist is the only one that we know about. If it could be built for 31.6mm' date=' it could be built for anything. Making the conspiracy even deeper. Batteries could even be stored in the frame where it runs from the crank to headtube. Throw in some nice light batteries in the construction of the frame, no one will ever know about it. [/quote'] Maybe... the frame IS the battery! when constructing the frame they added a couple of Li-Ion wraps to the carbon!!! Genius! ? Even better, the frame is a solar panel ? ? Haha! This is so funny. We all seem to like the "science fiction" side of things! But back to reality. Solar panels embedded in the carbon maybe could give you a extra 20 watts. Solar technology has really made some big gains in the last few years. So, not a bad idea actually. How small do you think that they could build a motor to give something small like 20 watts or something? Small enough to fit into the BB itself maybe? It could then go totally undetected. 20watts over the duration of a pro tour could make a major difference on the last day.

No... We don't have the technology yet... I agree. I think a cyborg would have been able to have won the argus......

The gruber assist is the only one that we know about. If it could be built for 31.6mm, it could be built for anything. Making the conspiracy even deeper. Batteries could even be stored in the frame where it runs from the crank to headtube. Throw in some nice light batteries in the construction of the frame, no one will ever know about it.

It could be true. At the end of the day even if it only provided 20 extra watts of power to the pedals it will make a big difference over the hour. A motor that size and a small lipo battery pack could be hidden away so so easily in the downtube. Small remote controlled switch could easily be consealed in the bars and under the tape. They are building bikes so so light that they could have easily chopped and changed some components to get the bike back to the 6.8kg even with the battery and motor. Maybe they should even start making motors an optional thing? Imagine the kind of technology that would come out of that in a few years. It would be the commuters ultimate dream. It would also add a extra twist onto road cycling, making it even faster and more entertaining.

No they are not sticky. How does it work - the steeper your angle the more responsive your bike? Hense racing frames will have steeper angles? or is it the other way around?

Always wondered about this as well. Always thought it had something to do with geometry. MTB, no hands is easy easy. Road bike is very hard and I dont risk it. Also I have noticed that the faster you are going the easier it becomes. Why is that? Is the wheel acting like a flywheel then?

Yep. Just on 19 and 20. We need to see the bigger events giving proper prize money to the winners. In that way the effect would trickle down more to league events as well. If we start paying good money it will make sure that we keep some of our pros in the country. Hense those pros will go to olympics etc and they wont be sucked up by another country etc. Also a big pay off is if we start paying proper money then we will have more international tours. Hense more tourism money, more international exposure. More upgrading of roads, better attitude from non-cyclists. If we had pro tours here, then cycling could become a household name in south africa like our other sports. More interest = more money at the end. As it always is, it takes a bit of outlaying of money if you expect to get more back. But thats how it works in life. Look at the Giro. They almost pulled the plug because they never had R150K to support the event. That is absolute chicken feed compared to the 5 million that they are supposedly putting back into development. They should be putting at least 1 mill towards having 2 pro tours a year at least for starters. That should secure some prize money and some decent international riders.

? Back from cycling, awesome.? No snakes.? I decided that the day is to nice to wait for 13h30., so left a hour early. I think I should come work for koeberg as well.