steve

Why is it that we are always taught to keep left when we are on the roads, whether it be on a bike or in a car, yet this basic rule of the road goes out the window at Kyalami. I was taught 'keep left, overtake right. It was the first thing about road use and and I'm sure many others were taught the same. There is even a sign at Kyalami urging slower riders to keep left but I don't think anybody bothers taking note of it. I almost had a 50km/h crash approaching the corner where Fat Arnies used to be when some rider decided to cut the corner. I was already fully committed but she just came across without even looking - honestly, I've no idea how I missed her - it was real scary and it made me cross .... bliksem my moer meter went off the scale.

its easy ................ explain it in your suicide note

JB ......... by trial and error, I meant there will always be things you don't get right first time ........... even simple things like routing a cable so it doesn't change gear every time you turn the bars!! But I do most of my own servicing. If I don't have the tools/time/inclination I take it to Finish Line remember, a clean bike is a fast bike!!

for starters try duplicate the road settings onto the mtb

I also won a bike. Apr 2006 (I think) I wrote a letter about how boring and how much I disliked a road race I stupidly entered on my MTB ............ I won a Silverback skinny tyre thing, but luckily swapped it for a Silverback Sierra MTB. I've got a brilliant tip I'll send to them. If you take the little ..............and .............. it ................ from one to ...............! Good hey, but you see I'm not stupid enough to tell you everything. PS, mah favourite actress is Bambi Woods!!

servicing a bike isn't difficult if you have a slightly technical aptitude and patience for the trial and error learning curve. The problem coms in getting the right tools for the job. You need a tool for the BB, cranks, cassete and other specific tools for headset etc. The tools are pricey and by the time you've bought them (and cable cutters) then sourced the spares you need, you'll find you've paid for a good number of services.

............... and had more than one wife

Make sure your bikes fit the rack ............ sounds obvious, but you'll be surprised how often bikes don't fit the racks.

Uh, forgive me ....... but why were you so trusting? I bought a bike last week (from a Hubbing oke). Took money along, looked at bike, handed over money, took bike away ............ not a difficult concept really.

I've got a GT I-Drive ......... the second one after the first was stolen. Brilliant susp.

Gather round and let me tell you a story. On the Crater Cruise i, for the first time put energy stuff in my camelback. By halfway it was empty so I refilled it, mixed it lekker etc but it clogged up and I had blow into it so I could drink. To cut a long story short, by 75 km I was dead and wanted water, just good ole water. I had energy gels with me, but didn't take one of them. Never again will I go without my water ........... now, how do I get that funny taste out of my camelback, HUH!

............. so is motorsport really any different to cycling then?

I agree ............. don't like that smug, know-it-all Hamilton. He's good, but I don't like him, and he's been moulded to fit the 'perfect F1 driver' criteria. I wonder, does he even fart?

did they refund you?

.............'The Knackerless Taunter'

I recently looked at a Raleigh RC3000 with Tiagra and price was R2000

my 2 cents: Generally I find cyclists to be more polite and tolerant than other humans, but sometimes they can be as single minded as a badly programmed android. Perhaps this is because we cyclists actually know a bit about life and how vulnerable we are most of the time. However, reading this thread makes me realise the youth of today have no respect for their fellow man - is this a product of 'post 94' South Africa? Standards seem to have dropped everywhere. A policeman won't even be civil to you when he stops you. The postman begs for money and meter readers have become abusive and threatening. Schools are not allowed to punish a child and now there's talk of being fined if one spanks one's own child. But there are always two sides to a story and George Orwell was right all those years ago when he said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."steve2007-10-18 16:22:53

Avrons Shop ( Cycle Traders ) ....... wher's this shop because I'll shop there if it's a kid free environment. On a personal note, I think all kids should be handcuffed and kept on a leash when they are taken to any shops. In fact .......... why cant we have a dedicated 'no kids allowed' shopping centre!!! Call me grumpy, but I don't like them

Us MTBers have the perfect solution. Simply stop, get off, peel a tyre off a rim and blow it all out into the inside of the tyre and voila ...... instant slime, no more punctures. Other people blow it into a little plastic bottle and then sell it to bike shops. Depending on the type of cold it is also often marketed as a chain lube ideal for the 'snotiest' conditionssteve2007-10-16 13:47:32

Probably find they go to a privateer team with Honda links - much like Mugen is. Like any motorsport or sponsorship programme, a manufacturer is only in it for as long as they feel they're getting a return on their investment. The returns can be anything from research and development to brand awareness to even things like, "okay, we'll run a team in your series if the local motorsport federation gives us the rights to a one make superbike class" or anything along those lines. I do think GM has done wonders for D/hill awareness in SA, but I'm pretty disgusted at the lack of media coverage he's recieved - only Mylo's underated MTB mag seems to keep his name in lights

It is now that you've explained it better ............

Something doesn't gel here .........how do they know the owner got mugged if they don't know who the owner is? Somehow I can't imagine a mugger going to the police and saying, "hello, I mugged someone to steal this bike but I don't like it so can you make sure he gets it back." Policeman: "Okay, who was the person you mugged?"

Ride ........... your body will tell you if you can or can't or if you're doing too much or too little. I was in a car crash in November. Punctured lung, broke ribs, dislocated shoulder, tore ligaments in my neck and banged my brain all stukkend. They say you never forget how to ride a bike, but bang your head hard and you can!!<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> My big problem was my neck and it took a longer front fork, new stem and riser bars to get comfortable again ????. then some low life scumbucket stole my bike!! . ............. and find a doctor who understands you!!

the first Crater Cruise I did saw both the 50 km and 100 km event on the same day. To me it had a better, more festive feel about it and I'm pretty sure it would go down well with many others like me (an average person)