Stoffel76

Anyone lose a saddle bag at Tokai yesterday (13/4/2010) evening? Picked one up on the lower section of single track... Send me a PM describing it and we can make a plan to get it back to you. Cheers Adrian

Can you get into Jonkershoek with a Wildcard yet? Haven't been there for years and I seem to remember that, unlike Tokai, they didn't accept Wildcards...

The finish was a little chaotic, but given the construction work happening in the area, I guess there wasn't too much choice. Although, I bet Lance didn't have to push his bike through a construction site after he finished... Support was great, particularly with the wind. My favourite chirp I heard was going up Boyes, and a young blonde lady on the side of the road was jumping up and down shouting, "You're looking good, you're looking good!" Somewhere from within the pack a gruff voice said, "So are you, so are you!"

I was out on training ride one day and a small group formed. The guy in front of me was wearing a really well worn pair of cycling shorts that were getting very thin and see-through... I really wish he had been wearing jocks! Not a pleasant sight Never had such good motivation to lead a pack since!

[quote name=porky In my opinion and experience' date=' I stay away from cheap insurance, theres usually a very good reason its cheap - they dont pay claims. Stick with the blue chip companies like Santam, M & F, SA Eagle etc and you will never have issues. [/quote] Good advice! As insurance brokers, we only use these guys but then obviously we can't use the direct guys (otherwise they won't be direct ). It's true the direct companies are often cheaper, but then a Tata is cheaper than a Mercedes... Cyclesure is underwritten by Zurich (used to be called SA Eagle). Most of our clients put their bikes on the standard domestic policies, but I did investigate their product a while back. Looked pretty good

Jees, talk about stirring up the proverbial hornets nest!<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> OK, so to summarise? Give way or assert your right of way depending on whether you are ascending or descending and depending on whether the other person is ascending or descending and depending on the terrain and whether or not you had a nice breakafst that morning or a sucky day at the office in the afternoon. Didn?t realise it was so simple!! But seriously, sounds like, with a bit of common sense and some mutual respect for the other people using the trail, each situation can be dealt with as it happens and at the end of the day the majority of riders will go home having had a good ride. Heck, even a sucky ride would be better than a day couped up in an office!

It was a busy day at Tokai yesterday, and there were loads of riders out and I was wondering... When on single track and another rider is approaching from the opposite direction, is there any sort of unspoken rule as to who gives way? Eg the one going downhill gives way to the one going uphill because it's easier for them to pick up momentum again?

My wife and I were talking about this while standing in the queue for 2hrs! I think the fundamental problem with voting via the internet would the lack of anonymity. Someone somewhere could work out who you voted for.. Probably not a huge concern for most people, but if you had nut like Bob Mugabe as your president, I not sure I would like the idea of him being able to find out that I didn't vote for him? <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />