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Ride MTB on/off road face oncoming traffic then you can rely on other means of protection but you know the possibility of a surprise bakkie is eliminated. I am thinking of taking Karate lessons and get back on my bike as soon as I get a black belt.

This is not easy for anyone to live with and one will never understand it until they experience it. In my 20's I moved to the EC and I was forever reminded that I am from Joburg...I got so much relieved when I had to come back after a couple of years.

Vingegaard is in a prime position to take this year's TdF. Pocagar is unfortunate to have to fight the whole JV squad on his own. Those who have been suspecting Pogi of doping I wonder what they are saying now...interesting 2022 TdF.

I probably will wait until there is an option of connecting it to the internet and for livestreaming and autosave on the cloud, that might be useful evidence when bikejacked or hit by a car.

I found this website very helpful for trails anywhere in SA. https://www.topsamtbtrails.co.za/the-top-trails-by-province/

I use raw lemon and squeeze the juice until the sugar water tastes to my liking, or any other juice for a good taste. It took me about 2 weeks to get used it. I still have 32GI Endure, Enduren and some USN carb that I forgot it's name and I keep changing them depending on the length of my ride or what taste I need on the day.

This whole thing is now very confusing because it seems as if there are duplicates now because there was one on the 27th of May at Hazeldean Valley Trails, so I am not sure how that one fits intothe cyclelab one.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255958218_Fructose-Maltodextrin_Ratio_Governs_Exogenous_and_Other_CHO_Oxidation_and_Performance In this O'Brien et all study they found that anything between 0.8-1.0 is the most optimal as you can see on the extract highlighted in red. So as long as your gut is trained to take that fructose you should be okay and should work more or less the same as the SIS's 1:0.8 but like I said it took a while for my gut to get used to it.

Yes I prepare it the night before with boiling water then let him cool down before putting it in the fridge to use it the following day. I must admit at first my stomach wasn't too happy but I slowly got used to it and as I got used to it I increased the concentration, sometimes I add a spoon of game powder for a different taste.

Please let us know what you think of it. I bought it about 2 years ago and I just didn't like it's chocolate taste. I've moved around from 32Gi Endure, High5, Enduren, Sponsor, ProBar and others until I found Selati sugar and I never looked back - last Saturday I just did the Cullinan to Tonteldoos MTB 255km on Selati with ease.

I use this and it is much cheaper than the RacePro/ Enduren, SIS etc ...gives multiple transport of both G/F for the same results as those expensive products, I just add a pinch of salt for electrolytes and a bit of Oros for taste and I can get up to 120g/h.

The 2:1 Glucose (60g) to Fructose(30g) per hour is old dogma. Currently even SIS has moved away from it and i's now on 1:08 ratio of Glucose to Fructose. There are people who are taking up to 120g of carbs per hour especially in a race, so the additional 30g over the 90g " limit" is still absorbed by both transporters. I think it boils down to one's gut tolerance and how you have trained your body over time.

With a good breakfast of oats+banana or +- 100g carbs breakfast you don't need to eat in the first hour of the ride if it is not a race. 240g should be enough to last for the next 4 hours especially for a newbie who will not ride at threshold he should be able to utilize some fat stores as energy as well. It's a totally different ball game in a race or for a seasoned rider...I for one at the moment I need about 90g per hour when racing but for a zone 2-3 training ride around 60g/hr.

2x energy bars, 2xbananas,peanut butter +honey on white bread and 14 teaspoons of sugar in a 500ml water bottle with a pinch of salt and you good for the whole 5hr+ ride.

Well I revived the topic after seeing how Rickardo redeemed himself. There are many youngsters who fall by the wayside due to mistakes and they get discouraged not to return to sport or whatever they were pursuing... here is an example of a youngster proving that even if you fall down you can get back up again and make it.