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Boks on at 17:30

Late MTB entry done, bike cleaned and lubed, just have to fit board.

Wind is pumping now and I'm about to go out for a ride

Okay, back to actual race. Intriguing to see what the MTB section within the Carnival grounds will be like and getting over the road to the main section is going to be "interesting"

Did you do the summer/winter fast one MTB races in your neck of the woods ? Race packs were only available for collection Fri Sat and day of race Sun.

No race I'm aware of MTB or road are race packs available a week prior, some events even close for entries the week of the race e.g Land Rover Centurion MTB race on 3rd Dec and entries close on 1st of Dec so the packs cannot be available a week prior. .

Why not pick it up the morning of the race Participants taking part in both the MTB and Road events can collect race numbers from Carnival City on Saturday morning (05 November) between 06:00 and 07:00, or at any of the venues above.

We rode part of the route on sat around 3pm and i got 37c max and 32.9c average on my garmin.

Out cycling yesterday and came across this

What are the late entry penalties for MTB, I cant see anything on the site.

Well done, Cheetahs have been a cut above the rest in this years CC.

Only fitting that top 2 teams on log meet in the final, last time Cheetahs won CC was 2007, last time they met in final was 2009 with Bulls taking it at home. Cheetahs have home advantage this time. Go Cheetah's

Bulls fan neighbor will be having a huge party if they pull their win off.

What can one say but well done Cheetah's, you thoroughly deserve the win.

Frik du Preez was asked who he believed would win between the springbok team in his days and the current one. Frik without hesitation replied his and by 10 points, when asked why he thought 10 points, he replied "remember we are all in our 70's and 80's now".

Unless we screw up we should beat Italy and think we will beat the Barbarians. Wales finished 2nd to England in the 6 nations losing only to England and drawing with the Ireland who gave us a scare on our own home ground so 50/50. England will beat us, but I don't think by a huge margin.

NZ vs Nam 9-1 try count, NZ vs SA 9-0 try count, but our kicking was better

You owe me a new keyboard.

We should be able to beat Italy....I think 5 Nov Barbarians vs South Africa 12 Nov England vs South Africa 19 Nov Italy vs South Africa 26 Nov Wales vs South Africa

AC is probably thinking "We came 3rd that's bronze"

As shown in the RWC which is why I left them out.

Bash, crash and skop game plan might work against a team like Russia or Georgia, but not against a team that even using the same tactics are still far superior.

This also marks the biggest defeat in this round, the Arg lost to the AB's by 57-22 but that was in NZ, we scored worse playing at home.

AC setting new records. This is also the biggest winning margin ever by an All Black team against the Springboks.

AB's-57 , Steyn-15, Boks-0