steve

If Finish Line Cycles didn't stock bikes and accessories I'd still go there for the ride, but for how long would there be a shop if they had nothing to sell? I lost an expensive camera lens between JHB and CT. It was sent via a small, read cheap, courier for repair but it never got to Sigma ....... if anyone finds a Canon mount 70-210 f2.8 let me know. Courier co said they aint responsible for theft, damage or any loss so that's why I buy from a real shop and not somewhere they have to post the stuff.

As a customer I'm free to shop wherever I want. Cajees isn't far away, but they aint cheap. Another cycling shop is 4km away but the one I choose is 11km away. They organise weekend and mid-week rides and I get a cup of cofee. I have yet to see the Post Office or courier company organise a mid-week ride or offer me a cup of cofee that's why I don't buy on mail order. Cycling is a social sport/pastime/hobby and I enjoy the social side of buying things from Finish Line Cycles. I can also walk around the shop, touch things and ask questions about the thing I'm about to buy. When I've paid for it I take it home and for that priviledge I'll pay a bit more!!! But if the shop was full of arseholes I wouldn't go there ....... I'd find another one.

nobody ever went to the moon ............... it was all a ploy by them plutonium snorting yanks!! If they did go, how come they haven't been back now that technology has come so far in nearly 40 years??

Sorry to hi-jack this thread a bit ................ but if I wanted to commit the perfect murder in SA I would make sure I'm over the limit and simply use the vehicle as a murder weapon. Chances are you won't even get to spend a night in jail, but if you shoot someone you have a problem. Bullet might miss, but a car is much bigger than a bit of lead. I don't remember a month of my life after suffering a head injury thanks to some drunkard who got off scott free!!! Its time drunk drivers faced the full force of the law.

wanna know something about helmets you never would have given a thought about. They can also prevent drowning. In 2003 I sailed gracefully over the bars into an old quarry full of funny murky water about 1.5m deep and guess what .......... the helmet kept my head afloat until I figured out which way was up or down. Bet that's a safety point about helmets no one knew - now you know why mtbers should always wear a helmet!!! Sometimes rocks fall out the sky as well ............ but I don't think that's why we have to wear a helmet at the Crater Cruise!!! Goodnight and merry xmas!!!!

I like dogs but perhaps there's an alterior motive................. Force open front gate, steal dog. Know the gate won't be fixed by xmas and there won't be a dog either ............. great opportunity to comeback and ransack the house. Be careful and remember thieves these days prefer robbing a house when the occupants are there to help them tell them where the valuables are.

Perhaps authorities and all the 'do gooders' should put the same effort into getting some respect for cyclists in general as they do in trying to get people to wear helmets. Once cyclists are shown some respect on the roads ..... and show some respect for basic laws ...... then we perhaps wouldn't need to wear helmets! I say: support Shaun who is doing a great job in creating awareness for cyclists.

Most motorists don't know its law for cyclists to wear a helmet, but they do know all road users must stop at stop streets and robots. I wear a helmet and obey traffic signals ......... well, I do 98.7% of the time!!

There are statistics to prove everything and anything. I prefer to wear a helmet, just like I prefer to stop at red traffic lights. Not to do either is illegal, but people still do it ............ I also have no desire to play russian roulette. Its also widely believed that medical aid companies would prefer to see the the wearing of motorcycle helmets left up to the individual, like they would with seat belts because its cheaper for them when their member is killed instantly rather than spend weeks or months in hospital. Just like tow truck drivers fiddle robots so thy don't work or work strangely ...... it aids their turnover!! Its a wierd planet we live on and all I can say is that I have a deeply embedded sense of self preservation so I wear a helmet and ride cautiously. nothing beats the taste of airbags

I see there's an mtb race scheduled for Emperors Palace on 8th Feb and the road race is on Sunday. Sunday's route has been very well publicised in Cycling News, but there's no details of the mtb route apart from the fact that it starts and finishes at the casino complex. Knowing the area, I would like to know how much of this 50 km race will be on tar and how much will be on dirt. I certainly don't want to pay R100 and discover half of it is on tar. Surely the organisers (Edenvale Pedallers) can give some indication of where the route will take riders .......... or will it be called the 'Magical Mystery Tour'.steve2007-12-22 09:18:47

.............. no! take it to Arthur at Finish Line

Sorry, but it is illegal to ride without a helmet. So if cyclists continually break the law then how can they then turn round and say but the car was breaking the law by riding in emergency lane, not stopping at a stop street etc. If a car skips a stop street and hits me while I'm cycling on the road helmetless, the the car driver could always say "he shouldn't have been on the road and then there wouldn't have been an accident. Who is right and who is wrong?? Say I'm being silly, but that's the way it is according to the law ........ not me! Cycling SA should take a stance on this. Surely it wouldn't be difficult to refuse someone a license because they brought the sport into disrepute by not wearing a helmet (breaking a rule of the road) whilst out on a training ride.

That's a cheap (read crappy) fork. Makes friends with an lbs and they'll probably have something suitable in their workshop which you'll get for a decent price.

is that what they call a couch photato?

a friend of mine has a klippies bottle filled with a concoction of brake fluid, degreaser and brandy, but since he mixed it and put it in his car no one's broken in. He had his car broken into at Nasrec while he at Auto Africa for the day. His house was cleaned out with NO sign of forced entry which caused all sorts of insurance problems.

Okay ..... let me rephrase that: the logo itself isn't stupid, but the way it is positioned across the picture certainly is. Why couldn't it form part of a border without taking the emphasis away from the subject. If I cut the banner off then a good prtion of the pic is lost. Put this way, if I'm buying a picture I certainly don't want to buy something that gives free advertising to P & P. If I buy the digital file will it also have the banner ad across the bottom? The way it stands at the moment means that I'm buying a P & P ad with me in the background.

Is it me or do others just hate the stupid 94.7 logo at the botom of the pics. I also find that cover thing rather silly. On other events the pics are alsp spoiled by some event advertising logo across the bottom

do you think they treat leaving the scene of an accident the same way as being drunk at the wheel??

Sure it's the bike shop's duty to service/repair as they charge you for doing the job. However, it also must be remembered that, like motor vehicle workshops, hospitals, lawyers and even doctors, some things get overlooked from time to time. It is always better to check something when you collect (yes I know its not always possible). But its what happens when you bring these problems to their attention that counts. Imagine if they'd said 'sorry, well fetch it and do it properly' or fixed it and given you a voucher for a free service next time. Would you then have written something like this? I somehow doubt it.

where was the expo?

forget the doggy bag ........... I enjoyed the race!!!!

I'm new to this roadie stuff and was amazed at how many people stop, change lanes etc without even looking ......... and don't even get me started about this 'KEEP LEFT' rule we have in everyday driving. Warped, how did the accident happen and btw, morphine's much better!

Well ............ I think giving someone a bag o'sh*te is an insult. The bottle is useful for some, as are other items, but on the whole, and as a male, I think it was a waste (I got two, mtb & road). Why were there no male bags, everyone I know got womens socks & peee thingies!! Do we need these goodie bags - surely they could have emailed a number and then we decide if we want to collect the doggy, oops I meant goodie, bags.

here's an idea!!!! Why not issue a number with our licenses next year. That number is then mine for the year and I nver, ever have to go through this nonsense number collection again!